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MULESHOE - A school bus crash north of Muleshoe sent nine children and a truck driver to area hospitals, officials said early Tuesday evening. The truck driver suffered “medium to severe injuries,” Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Bryan Witt said. He was undergoing treatment at University Medical Center in Lubbock on Tuesday evening. Eight of the children were treated for minor injuries at Muleshoe Area Medical Center. One child was transported to UMC with “no... Full story
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University selected senior Ezra Bagwell and junior Kandice Miles as its top academic athletes for the 2018-19 season, according to a release from the school. The Academic Greyhounds, one male and one female, are selected based on their athletic and academic performance. Every program’s head coach nominates one athlete, and Greyhound head coaches and athletics administration staff vote from within the pool. This is the second academic award for Bagwell this week. He and fellow senior Mercy Rotich...
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Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday - Monday: Clovis • Gladys Paulk, 62, larceny ($250 or less) • Damian Bargas, 22, failure to appear on a felony charge • Ray Gomez, 46, driving while license suspended or revoked • Sean Omey, 24, parole violation, concealing identity, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, failure to pay fines, probation violation • Roger Warford, 64, driving under the influence of liquor • Carlene Prado-Espinosa, 32, aggravated assault (with intent to commit a felony) • B...
If I had to assign a genre to Rudolfo Anaya’s latest book, “Chupacabra Meets Billy The Kid,” I’d say it’s of the Western / science fiction / fantasy / Chicano literature / historical fiction genre, as if there’s such a thing. Maybe “unique” is a better description, because that’s certainly the way this outside-the-box tale reads. And to the contrary, I’d describe its Guadalupe and Lincoln county settings as realistically descriptive … well, except for the wormhole along the Pecos. Anaya, best known for his groundbreaking bo...
It amazes me how often people create worse problems while trying to solve problems. Most problems can be solved; some probably can’t. Don’t give up trying to solve the hard problems, though. You never know if the Elixir of Life is waiting for you to discover just around the next bend. The best approach is to let people find their own solutions. Most of their ideas will fail; some will be spectacular failures, but as long as no one’s solution is forced on everyone else, people...
Another day, another attack on innovation and science. The Trump administration announced last week that the federal government would block funding for medical research by scientists using fetal tissues, halting progress on promising projects that could provide cures for diseases that range from HIV to Parkinson’s to dementia to various forms of cancer. It’s portrayed as a victory for anti-abortion forces. But fetal tissue research should not be regarded as an abortion issue. Former Republican Sens. Bob Dole and John McC...
MELROSE — A Tijeras man was killed Tuesday morning in an accident involving three tractor trailers just west of Melrose. Richard Joseph, 45, was declared dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred just before 5:30 a.m. according to information from the New Mexico State Police. The NMSP investigation indicated a 2000 Kenworth tractor trailer driven by Joseph was traveling east on U.S. 60 near mile marker 357, and for unknown reasons crossed the centerline into the westbound lane. The vehicle sideswiped a 2017 K...
PORTALES — City workers began water utility repairs Monday on University Drive, according to a release from the city. Repairs to the water service will be ongoing throughout the week. Workers are attempting to limit water outages, but may disrupt some services for customers on University between Avenues A and I and Fifth Street. Drivers are asked to watch for equipment and workers along the road. Information: 575-356-6662, Option 2....
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis has four vacancies to fill on its Clovis-Carver Public Library Board. The positions are for two area residents and two student representatives. The board meets 5:30 p.m. on the last Monday of every July, October, January and April at the library. Applications will be accepted through June 28. Application forms are available at the city manager’s office on 321 Connelly. Information: 575-769-7828....
CLOVIS - Progress doesn't come easily. It's important, then, to celebrate the advances of past generations while reminding the new ones of the work still to be done. There will be some of both - education and reflection, food and fun - at Juneteenth programming this Saturday in Clovis and next week in Portales. The celebration Saturday in Clovis runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Potter Park, with free swimming at Potter pool, entertainment and health care informational booths...
PORTALES — The Board of Education for Portales Municipal Schools is scratching its head over an “allocation error” to the tune of $200,000 for its special education program. The issue was discussed at Monday’s PMS board meeting, when Special Student Services Director Cheryl Aguilar said she was contacted last week by the New Mexico Public Education Department stating they made a mistake in their allocation of approximately $900,000 in federal funds for special education in the Portales school district. “I want to know what th...
ENMU second for affordability U.S. News and World Report has ranked Eastern New Mexico University second on its list of affordable colleges for international students, according to its website. The magazine surveyed 976 schools in total, with annual international student tuitions as high as $7,630 and as low as no tuition costs at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy — where the government picks up the tab in exchange for a service obligation. The survey lists ENMU as holding a 50 percent graduation rate within six years and tuit...
On this date ... 1969: The Clovis News-Journal comics lineup included “Peanuts,” “Mickey Finn,” “Short Ribs” and “Bugs Bunny.” Charlie Brown was telling Snoopy that he’d be gone for two weeks and that goodbyes were difficult. “My throat feels like I’ve swallowed a hockey stick,” he said. Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens. Contact him at: [email protected]...
LOGAN — For the 41st time in 43 years, and the 10th consecutive year in Logan, fellowship and camping will mix as the Ute Lake Camp Meeting runs Thursday through Saturday at Ute Lake Park. The event, running 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day, is part of the Ranchmen’s Camp Meeting Association in the Southwest. The RCMSW is a group of seven camps in four states with an interdenominational outreach and a goal of Christian camping for all ages. The theme of this year’s camp is “Jesus, a Lantern for Life.” The camp has been around mo...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Rotary Club has been hosting the city’s soap box derby for so long, its first racers could now have racers of their own. “Or our first champion is now 30; we could look at it that way,” race organizer Larry Erwin said. This weekend marks the 18th running of the Clovis Soap Box Derby, which serves as a qualifier for the national Soap Box Derby. That will be July 20 in Akron, Ohio, with practice rounds and family activities for all of the competitors in the preceding days. Saturday’s competition begins at...
FORT SUMNER -There probably weren't many people in Fort Sumner cheering the flight of Billy the Kid's tombstone in 1951. Nor were many likely happy to see it stolen a second time in 1981. On Saturday evening, however, residents reclaimed that bit of local history with the "World's Richest Billy the Kid Tombstone Race," a signal event of the town's annual "Old Fort Days" celebration. About 50 people, local and from across the region, competed before a packed stadium at the...
PORTALES - A long-standing summer choir camp wraps up this week at Eastern New Mexico University with a public performance Thursday afternoon. Dating back to the 1950s and now in its 14th year under the leadership of ENMU music faculty Jason and Kayla Paulk, the camp this year brings 157 high school students from across the state for a jump-start on their all-state choir auditions. The camp is supported by 30 faculty and ENMU student counselors instructing attendees in solo an...
Today • Peanut Butter Cookie Day — all day, Wheatfields Senior Living Community, 4701 N. Prince St., Clovis. Free cookies and milk. Information: 575-762-8700 • Allied Health Synergy Camp 2019 — 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Hands-on simulations and activities for students going into grades 9-12 who are interested in health career professions. Two-day (Tuesday/Wednesday) event. Register online at http://www.clovis.edu/synergycamp/. $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Includes lunch b...
Today • Eastern Plains Council of Governments — 10 a.m., EPCOG office, 418 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-762-7714 Thursday • Curry County Health Council — Noon-1 p.m., Commission Room, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6009 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Friends of Clovis-Carver Public Library — 11:30 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N....
To be truly meek is to be truly strong. The Bible says regarding one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known that the man Moses was the meekest of all the men on the earth. But in the Hall of Fame of Meekness (call it the Hall of Fame of Humility, if you wish), I’ve been privileged to know several individuals who deserve to be included. Among the greatest of the humble, in my opinion, was my father. If you’ve been blessed to have such a father or grandfather or men...
With Curry County’s Pioneer Days celebration in the books and Roosevelt County set to celebrate its Heritage Days this weekend, I can’t help but think of those folks who settled eastern New Mexico and wonder what they’d make of our annual festivities. My grandparents rolled into this area by covered wagon in 1915. “Pa” and “Ma” (my elders believed in sparse, utilitarian titles) went broke in Pecos, Texas, before loading up their three young kids, hitching up the horses, and r...
My husband, Peter, decided to make friends with a raven. We have a lot of ravens around our house. Ravens are smart birds and Peter did some research on them. They mate for life and can live to be 17 years old in the wild. They learn to recognize people and will grow less afraid once they know someone. So, Peter decided he was going to leave small treats on the birdbath every day and let some raven couple get to know him. At approximately the same time as Peter hatched his plan, we decided to replace one of our two pub chairs...
I collect historical tidbits that interest me from area newspapers. Here are a few from Junes past in Roosevelt County papers: • June 1, 1950: Eastern New Mexico University formally dedicated three new buildings — the student union, science hall and girls’ dormitory. • June 2, 1955: Area farmers formed groups to begin battling a grasshopper invasion. About 90,000 acres of croplands were in danger, officials said, with cost to poison the hoppers estimated at 20 cents per acre. • June 3, 1941: The Portales Daily News reported t...
RICHARDSON, Texas — Eastern New Mexico seniors Ezra Bagwell and Mercy Rotich were selected as the school’s recipients of the Lone Star Conference Scholar-Athlete Awards, according to a Monday release from the conference. Following each school year, the conference selects one male and one female student-athlete from each member institution on the basis of outstanding accomplishments in athletics, scholarship and leadership. The candidate pool is made up of student-athletes who have played their respective sport for at least tw...
