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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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FORT SUMNER — A dark and rarely discussed period of eastern New Mexico’s history will be in the spotlight this weekend at the Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner State Monument. Several events are planned today and Saturday to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Bosque Redondo — signed in 1868 — and the preceding 25 years of hardship the Navajo and Mescalero Apache people faced. Historic site manager Aaron Roth said the purpose of the event is to draw more attention to the 25 year-long internment of thousan... Full story
CLOVIS - Persisting drought conditions have inspired the Curry County Commission to consider a pair of fire safety measures at today's special meeting. The commission will hold a public hearing before taking action on a proclamation restricting fireworks sales and use. If approved, the proclamation would prohibit the sale and use of aerial fireworks and ground audible fireworks including helicopters, aerial spinners, missile type rockets, stick type rockets, chasers and firecr... Full story
Booked The following were booked into local jails Wednesday: Clovis • Jordan Proctor, 20, failure to pay fines • Cesar Sanchez, 24, probation violation, false imprisonment, battery against a household member • Travis Roach, 62, driving while license suspended or revoked, evidence of registration • Robert Cordova, 45, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Antoinette Lucero, 25, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia • Markel Kinnebrew, 25, probation violation • Selestino Owen, 36, probation...
CLOVIS — Plains Regional Medical Center’s free meal program has served more than 9,000 meals to area children since it began in 2016, according to a recent PRMC press release. The program takes place all year long, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner each day from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. to anyone under the age of 18 in the PRMC cafeteria. Support services manager for food and nutrition services April Goff said she was expecting fast-food style fare like hamburgers and chicken would become the most popular meals. Instead, it has...
On this date ... 1978: The New Mexico Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of two Farmington men on charges of "spotlighting" in a game habitat area. The ruling upheld the constitutionality of the state's spotlighting law, The Associated Press reported. The men argued the law made "an innocent act a crime." They said they were only shooting at tin cans and field mice. According to New Mexico Game and Fish, it remains unlawful today to "Shine spotlights or other...
CLOVIS - The P-4 job fair, by all accounts, has the reputation of being a great job fair in its service of eastern New Mexico residents. The concern, however, might be that it's not a great big job fair at the moment. Organizers with the Eastern Plains Council of Governments reported on the April 12 fair held at the Clovis Civic Center. Raymond Mondragon of EPCOG said that of 45 vendors that filled out a survey, 31 of them would absolutely attend future fairs; also, 23 of 37...
PORTALES - The Roosevelt County Commission will meet today to certify the results of Tuesday's election. Chief Deputy Clerk Stephanie Hicks said the clerk's office will present the results of the election to the canvassing board, which is the same as the board of county commissioners, who will then certify the results. Also on the agenda for today's meeting, scheduled for 9 a.m. in the commission's room at the Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St.: • The board will v...
Today • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. special meeting at Commission Chambers, 417 Gidding St. Information: 575-763-6016 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission room at county courthouse. Information: 575-356-8562 Monday • Portales Municipal Schools Board — Noon at L.C. Cozzens Administrative Office, 501 S. Abilene. Information: 575-356-7000 Wednesday • Portales MainStreet Board — 5:30 p.m. at the Yam Theatre. Information: 575-226-3783 • Planning and Zoning — 3 p.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-76...
Today • Theatre Arts and Drama Academy — 9 a.m. to noon for students in grades four through six and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for students in grades seven through nine at the Eastern New Mexico University Theatre Center. Tuition is $75 per student for one week. Information: 575-562-2711 • United Blood Services Blood Drive — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Curry County Administrative Complex parking lot, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Rodeo Tailgate and Cowboy Trade Days — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Curry County Fair...
I don’t remember ever quoting that famous philosopher Forrest Gump, but here you go: “My momma always said, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.’” That’s true, isn’t it? Noted Swiss psychiatrist and Christian of deep faith Paul Tournier wrote a book about that truth and summed it all up in the book’s title, “The Adventure of Living.” Life, he writes, is, by definition, an “adventure.” You “never know what you’re gonna get.” From eve...
It was over 35 years ago next week that I was terrified we had lost Buffy. She was only five years old at the time and I still can remember the horror and hopelessness I felt when we lost her at Six Flags in Texas. Charlie and I were sponsors for a church trip for about 80 teenagers and we took our three children along. On that day in June, Six Flags was already crowded. Then late that afternoon, admission rates were reduced so literally swarms of people came through the revol...
