Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Eighty years ago this week, the United States was still hoping to avoid sending troops into a global war. The anxious nation had turned its eyes to Joe DiMaggio who was halfway through his still-record 56-game hitting streak. And here at home, the Clovis Pioneers were mired in last place in the West Texas-New Mexico League. Some of those young Pioneers would go off to war and would never play baseball professionally again after the summer of 1941, but they were about to become...
I face an ongoing dilemma: I love having a clean house, but I hate cleaning. But with an incoming overnight guest on the way last weekend, I tackled our abode in an all-out scrub fest. By nightfall, it was far from immaculate (because let's be real here), but by golly, it was a lot cleaner than when I started. Then sometime around 11 p.m. Saturday, the first of two overnight sandstorms arrived, pummeling the north side of our house. I raced around in the dark, slamming...
BASEBALL Prep linescores Friday District 2-1A Dora 18, Elida 16 Dora 900 117 0 —18 9 4 Elida 100 441 6 —16 8 5 Bryson Paxton, Alex Luscombe (5) and Cole Kircher; Levi Victor, Hardy Fraze (1), Kalyn Kirk (5), Alex Castro (6) and Tyler Belcher. W — Paxton. L — Victor. Top hitters — Dora: Paxton 4-5, 2B, 4 RBIs, 2 runs; Austiin Wall 2-4, 3B, 2 runs; Jaedyn Hays 2-4. Elida: Alex Castro 2-2, 2-run 3B, 2 runs, HBP; Ryon Howell 2-3, 2 RBIs. Records — Dora 1-9 (1-4), Elida 2-7 (1-3). Saturday Non-district Texico 10, Estancia 0...
The New Mexico Public Education Department urges eligible families to apply for two programs to help pay the mortgage or rent and keep the lights on so children will not be uprooted from their local schools: • The federal Emergency Rental Assistance program was created to reduce evictions or utility service cut-offs due to financial challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. • The New Mexico Homeowner Assistance Fund offers grants of up to $10,000 to maintain housing and reduce housing cost delinquency related to the pan...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday-Tuesday): Clovis • Matthew Roberts, 30, probation violation • Santiago Betancourt, 26, kidnapping, criminal sexual penetration in the first degree, aggravated battery against a household member • Rudy Rodriguez, 38, probation violation • Charles Hood, 50, speeding, possession of drug paraphernalia, attempt to commit a felony, to wit: unlawful distribution of controlled substance by registrant, possession of a controlled substance • David McDonald, 55, failure t...
I didn’t remember it being quite that far down. I don’t remember being so tempted to “loft” the ball. And what in the world is wrong with these rented shoes? Or maybe it’s the lane surface? This just doesn’t feel right; in fact, it feels kinda terrible. “It” was a recent attempt at bowling. I’d taken maybe a 15-year break. (Probably more like 25.) When my dad was in his 80s, one of my brothers asked him what age he thought of himself as being. He said, “Oh, probably about 38....
On this date… 1966: Eight Roosevelt County girls were packing their suitcases for New Mexico Girls State, set to open later in the week on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Dora School’s representative was Nicky Gresham, while Causey School was represented by Ramona Casey. Elida School’s candidate was Beverly Radcliff, and Mary Ella Dobbs was selected by Floyd School. Portales High School had four representatives: Sheryl Brasell, Sue Kremenak, Coret...
CLOVIS — A member of the Clovis Ladies Golf Association scored her first hole-in-one Saturday at Colonial Park Golf Course. Beverly Lockmiller scored the ace on the course’s No. 8 hole, a 91-yard par 3. She used an Adams No. 5 rescue club. The hole-in-one was witnessed by Melissa Ham and Jacque Ochs....
CEDAR HILL, Texas — A Cedar Hill senior was the first recipient of a scholarship honoring a former Eastern New Mexico University basketball player. The Stephen Hafford Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Kyser Cannon for $1,500, according to a release form the Cedar Hill Independent School district. The scholarship, started this year by widow Cena Hafford, drew an applicant pool of 10 students who had a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and planned to attend college or vocational school. Hafford played basketball and f...
PORTALES — The former men's basketball coach at the University of New Mexico will visit Eastern New Mexico University today as part of the school's search for a new athletic director. Paul Weir, who coached the Lobos for the last four seasons, will be at an 8:30 a.m. meet-and-greet at Courthouse Cafe (109 Main St.), followed by a 9:30 a.m. discussion at Greyhound Arena. Both events are open to the public. University officials said Weir will be one of four candidates interviewed, and did not immediately identify the other c...
LOVINGTON — The Portales High softball team dropped a District 4-4A doubleheader to Lovington on Saturday, falling by scores of 4-1 and 11-3. The Lady Wildcats led just 1-0 before scoring three times in the bottom of the fifth in the opener. PHS (2-14, 1-9 district) got on the board in the sixth when sophomore Kenzee Rowland singled to drive in junior Cashlin Fraze. Sophomore Alivia Gonzales went the distance in the circle for the Lady Rams, allowing nine hits but no earned runs. She walked two and struck out seven. G...
TEXICO - After taking an inadvertent shot from teammate Seth Griego while chasing a pop-foul bunt, all Texico catcher Freddy Davalos needed was a little recovery time. Davalos suffered a bloodied nose when he collided on the play with Griego, who was playing first base, but after coming out for part of an inning he returned and eventually earned a save as the four-time Class 2A state champion Wolverines edged Eunice 6-5 in a battle of 2A's top two teams. That gave top-ranked T...
ALBUQUERQUE — Team titles may be out of reach for area teams in this week’s state small-school track competition at the University of New Mexico, but not necessarily team trophies (top-3 finish). Four schools in Class 1A — Melrose, Clovis Christian, Dora and Floyd — and Texico in Class 2A are sending athletes to state. The Class 1A meet is scheduled for Thursday, followed by the 2A meet Friday. Melrose is taking 14 girls and nine boys to the meet, but coach Casey Jackson said the Buffaloes and Lady Buffs probably don’t have e...
CLOVIS — Ray Rodriguez is anxious to put his stamp on the Clovis High girls soccer program. On Monday, Rodriguez was named the Lady Wildcats’ head coach, replacing Traci Sievers, who recently resigned the position after 11 seasons. Rodriguez will be a contract coach. He works as a mechanic for the New Mexico State Police. “Those are my two favorite passions — cars and soccer,” Rodriguez said. He has previously served in both CHS soccer programs. He was the junior varsity coach for boys coach Greg Trujillo in 2011, and joine...
The Cold War propelled the first race into space. Gazillionaires are making this latest space race happen. Three super-wealthy men — Jeff Bezos, who owns half the planet under the Amazon brand; Elon Musk, who owns half the future with his electrified transports; and Sir Richard Branson, builder of the Virgin empire — are each spending fortunes to launch humanity, and themselves, into orbital and outer space. Bezos, who was born in Albuquerque and raised in Houston, made news last week by announcing he and his brother Mar...
It seems nearly everyone is talking about Bitcoin and Dogecoin, as well as the thousands of other cryptocurrencies, these days. Cryptocurrency is seen as a tool for financial freedom and privacy, as a way to hide profits from crime, and as a way to gamble and get rich (or go broke) quick. Depending on how it’s used, it can be all those things and more. The prices of cryptocurrencies, as measured against government fiat currency like the U.S. dollar, rise and fall, often b...
In 2012, Pew Research asked 1,008 Americans to describe then-Vice President Joe Biden in one word. The responses ranged from “Good,” the most common answer, to “Goofy.” But almost five months into his tenure, the word that perhaps most accurately describes him as president is “Shortsighted.” Time after time, Biden has been caught short by consequences of his policies that should have been obvious. Biden should have been able to foresee, for instance, that he would face a crisis at the border in his first year in office. The...
State bar to hold workshop ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico State Bar will hold a consumer debt/bankruptcy workshop June 23. The 6 p.m.-8 p.m. workshop will be Zoom meeting ID 921 3305 4058, passcode 381384. The workshop will include an attorney presentation on bankruptcy, followed by one-on-one consultations at no charge for anybody who registers in advance. Registration is available by calling 505-797-6094. Business Digest is compiled by the staff of The News. Contact Editor Kevin Wilson at 575-763-3431, ext. 320, or by e...
The state will reveal its latest report for its “Red to Green” reopening Wednesday, but there has been no indication from the state any county will fall out of the turquoise designation. Every two weeks, the state measures counties based on meeting the metrics of full vaccination rate (55% this period), daily cases at or below 10 per 100,000 residents and test positivity at or below 7.5%. Both Curry and Roosevelt counties are meeting the latter two criteria but below the vaccination targets. Between May 30 and June 14, the...
The pandemic isn’t quite over, but as more and more people get the vaccine and are able to get out and back to normal the state and Curry County’s economies are beginning to see upward trends. The New Mexico Economic Development Department recently released the latest of its quarterly economic reports for the state and all 33 counties. The May 2021 reports include data through the third quarter of fiscal year 2021: January, February, and March. This is the fifth in a series of quarterly economic summaries that began in May 20...
Albuquerque financial adviser and military veteran Greg Zanetti jumped into New Mexico’s 2022 race for governor on Monday, becoming the third Republican to announce plans to challenge Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. A retired brigadier general in the Army, Zanetti said he would bring a different leadership style to the Governor’s Office and criticized Lujan Grisham’s handling of the COVID—19 pandemic, claiming the governor “overreacted” to the virus by imposing broad business restrictions. “I think we all want a be...
At the Plains Regional Medical Center community garden, community members come together to watch the fruits of their labor grow. It’s also a place where young careers flourish. One Saturday morning last spring, John Sharp, PRMC Director of Support Services, was approached by 18-year-old Brenin Hillis, a then-junior at Clovis High School who was seeking a place to plant his vegetable garden. In an interview with the Eastern New Mexico News Hillis said his passion for gardening began when he started doing it with his grandpa wh...
CLOVIS — A man reported missing in Texas on Friday night was discovered deceased in Curry County on Saturday, according to the Levelland Police Department. Curry County Sheriff's deputies, acting on a tip from a concerned citizen, found an unoccupied vehicle on the side of a dirt road. The vehicle was confirmed to be that of Greg Balboa, 23, who was reported missing by family members as of Monday night. Deputies later located Balboa's body in an undisclosed location in the county. Levelland police did not release the cause o...
