Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The village of Ruidoso and "a good portion of Lincoln County" were evacuated Monday and Tuesday as wind-whipped wildfires damaged hundreds of homes and businesses throughout the resort region. "... Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs, and Lincoln County (are in) full evacuation mode. Please stay out of the area, and do not attempt to get back into the Village. There are no open roads into Ruidoso, and the New Mexico State Police will have roadblocks at all entry points and they will not...
Authorities have recovered the remains of two people killed as the growing South Fork wildfire edged toward the Village of Ruidoso this week, a New Mexico State Police spokesman said Wednesday. One of those killed was Patrick Pearson, 60, who died Monday evening while trying to walk away from a Ruidoso hotel where he had lived since 2021, said his daughter, Hilary Mallak of Rio Rancho. On Tuesday, just before noon, State Police officers were called to a scene less than a mile away, south of Alto. They found a person located...
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared a state of emergency in Lincoln County and the Mescalero Apache Reservation and deployed additional National Guard to the area in response to the South Fork and Salt fires that began Monday outside Ruidoso. The Governor's Office said at least one person has died in the fires, but didn't have any additional details. Residents of Ruidoso remained under an evacuation order Wednesday, as wildfires continued to threaten property and buildings in the southern New Mexico resort community....
Monetary donations can be made to Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs ,and Lincoln County via The Community Foundation of Lincoln County at: www.cfolc.org/copy-of-the-shelter-fund All other donations (water, food, etc.) should be taken to the evacuation center at the Inn of the Mountain Gods evacuation center. More information: The state has set up a fire-information hotline where the public can obtain information about the fires or the whereabouts of family members. That number is 833-663-4736....
Protecting those in need has always been a priority for Jon Harris. After several years in the Army and three decades as a peace officer in Texas, one might say he'd dedicated his entire life to the cause. But at 60 years old, Harris wasn't done serving. He decided to chase his next dream and become an attorney. After finishing up his master's degree in criminal justice at Texas Tech School of Law, Harris joined the Ninth Judicial District Attorney's Office. District Attorney...
Last week, Andrew "Ranger" Kielak added Clovis to the list of cities he's trekked through as he attempts to walk across the U.S. It's a journey that started in March in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and will span 3,000 miles, ending in Southern California. And along those 3,000 miles he'll unearth wisdom, have life changing experiences – he completed The Big Texan's 72-ounce steak challenge in Amarillo – and raise thousands for three different non-profits: Future Farmers of Ame...
I’ve got a question for you. And I’m not kidding in the least. Why is resting so hard? I understand that finding balance in life is a challenge. But if “too lazy to breathe” is on one end of the spectrum, most of the folks I know err very much in the opposite direction. I’d call that “rest-less.” They need to rest more. “Rest,” according to one definition, is “freedom from activity or labor.” That sounds rather appealing, almost like something worth an occasional try. It’s eas...
On this date ... 1945: Opal Jackson of the Fitzhugh Addition in Clovis received a telegram reporting the death of her husband, Pvt. James D. Jackson, on May 11 on the Okinawa Island in Japan. Jackson had previously been reported missing in action. The private had lived in Clovis and the Grier community all of his life, the Clovis News-Journal reported. He was 26 and survived by his wife, his mother, and two children. 1951: Clovis police, led by Chief John Droke, staged a...
Today *Juneteenth *Allen Theatres Summer Kids Series free movie “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (2023; PG, 1 hour, 32 minutes) – 9 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 1:40 p.m., North Plains Cinema 7, 2809 N. Prince St., Clovis. Free; open to all ages; first come, first served. Information: 575-218-7106 *Tiny Tots storytime: Make Believe – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 *Stitch Addicts stitch group – 6:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Informati...
Thursday *Clovis city commission - 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 *Public meeting to give input regarding animal and public safety ordinances – 7 p.m., Melrose Village Hall, 105 E. Ave. B, Melrose. Speakers limited to five minutes each. Information: https://villageofmelrosenm.com/ Monday *Roosevelt County Crimestoppers — Noon, Einstein’s Bagels, Golden Student Success Center, ENMU, Portales. Information: Darla Reed at [email protected] or 575-2...
There was water, water everywhere during Friday’s storms across eastern New Mexico. But Mother Nature’s show left some Clovis residents with low water pressure. “Thunderstorms in the area disrupted power and communications to the Llano tank site and associated booster stations,” EPCOR spokesman Matt Atwood wrote in an email. He said “a handful of residents that live on the highest points of the system had low pressure.” “Reports of low pressure (came in) late Friday evening around 11pm. Within a couple hours, EPCOR crews w...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Brandon Garza, 37, failure to pay fines • Destiny Reiser, 28, failure to pay fines • Shannon Lopez, 48, failure to pay fines • Victor Armijo, 43, failure to comply with specific requirements • Roy Barela, 61, out of state fugitive • Carlos Gutierrez-Ibarra, 40, aggravated stalking, failure to pay fines • Antonio Gallegos, 27, reckless driving, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, resisting, evading or obs...
The Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce’s newest Retail Rockstar is Johnson Wholesale Lumber. According to a Chamber news release Johnson will be presented with the award at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at its location at 1904 W. Seventh Street. Johnson Wholesale Lumber was nominated for the award by the previous winner, Bullet Bob Has It! Johnson Wholesale Lumber has been serving the Clovis area for 60 years, according to the news release....
Clovis entrepreneur Rocky Benard has opened a restaurant serving Cajun food. The Salty Mermaid is in the Red Arrow entertainment center, 320 W. 21st St., Clovis. “Me and Rocky were just brainstorming about names we could name it and we liked mermaids,” Benard spokesperson Maria Galang said Monday. Galang also likes the word salty “because it means you have, like, an attitude.” Galag said The Salty Mermaid will be serving boils of all kinds: Snow Crab leg boils, crawfish, shrimp, lobster tail, scallops and mussels. “We’ll...
Sutton’s Bakery, a fixture in downtown Clovis for 65 years, is returning to its original 515 N. Main St. location soon. New operator Nick Dominguez told The News he is planning to open in July. “The date is not set yet,” Dominguez wrote in a text. Dominguez said the shop will be offering cookies, pies, bread, sticky buns and a few other assorted items. “We won’t have the full capacity of goods as we start, but if the community is patient we will grow together. We will bring back as many original items as we can,” Dominguez w...
Editor’s note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials. Andrew McCraw is beginning his third year as Clovis High’s football coach. Q: What’re your overall thoughts on last season? A: We were excited where we finished the regular season. We kind of struggled early, and then we figured it out. We were waiting for some guys to develop a little bit. When that happened we went on a little roll. We were undefeated in district, won a district championship and had an awesome comeback in the distr...
Earlier this month, during an event in Philadelphia supporting Donald Trump and the Republican Party, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds made the attention-grabbing assertion that Black families were stronger and more conservative under the Jim Crow era. “You see, during Jim Crow, the Black family was together,” Donalds said. “During Jim Crow, more Black people were not just conservative — because Black people have always been conservative-minded — but more Black people voted con...
So I turn on the news …. We’ve got wars raging in Ukraine and Israel. We’ve got nuke-carrying Russian warships visiting Cuba. We’ve got 4,000 illegal immigrants a day crossing our Southern border. We’ve got eight men from Tajikistan with potential ties to ISIS arrested this month in New York, Philadelphia and here in Los Angeles. We’ve got pro-Palestinian and antisemitic protestors making trouble on our college campuses, surrounding the White House, blocking traffic and...
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's cabinet secretaries are scheduled to host community events in Clovis and Portales on July 8-9. The events are intended to help residents navigate and procure available state and federal resources, according to a news release from the governor's office. "We want New Mexicans to know that their state government is here for them, and that we're building stronger communities through accessible state resources," Lujan Grisham said in the release. Attendees can learn about Medicaid, unemployment...
Common sense is not as common as it once was. Used to be, good ol’ horse sense would tell you that if a jury found a businessman turned politician guilty of every damn charge brought against him, he must be guilty. But now, way too many people have suspended their reason to see the convicted felon as nothing more than a victim of some unimaginable conspiracy against him. It makes no kind of sense, but that’s the Republican Party these days. The fact is, Donald Trump paid a porn star to keep quiet about their sordid affair so...
Residents and businesses can show off their outdoor spaces at the city of Clovis’ annual summer yard contest. The competition serves to promote “pride of ownership in our properties, which, in turn, improves the appearance of our community and acts as an economic development incentive for people and businesses looking to relocate to Clovis,” according to a city news release. To nominate a resident or business for the Yard of the Summer Contest, submit a short online form via the City’s website at www.cityo...
I heard if one could walk a full hour every day, a person could knock a pretty good hole in that danged ol’ condition some folks call “The Sugar,” more widely known as diabetes, which I have. I’ve been concentrating so much on my walking I was neglecting my bicycle riding. And I like my bicycle riding: The relative quiet, the breeze in my ears. I would’ve written “wind in my hair,” but I don’t have much of that. So I went riding through Clovis around noon on a Sunday. Soon I found myself on L. Casillas Boulevard. My r...
Despite weather challenges, Draggin' Main organizers declared the 2024 event bigger and better than last year. Rain interrupted gatherings on three different days during the eight-day focus on motorized vehicles. "People are diehards," said Sherri Wilson, event coordinator. "We had a nice sizable crowd, more than we expected, because hot rodders are particular about their cars getting wet." The rain did wipe out the Hittin' the Bricks Block Party on Friday evening, including...
