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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS - Drones, dogs, hundreds of volunteers on foot and even a helicopter crew came out to search for Bob Casey after he went missing late Wednesday night. The volunteers found the 83-year-old man's body Saturday morning in a field west of Clovis. "With the heat and knowing that he was outside, we were being realistic today that the outcome might not be ideal," said Scott Casey, Bob's nephew. "But it was comforting seeing all the people who came out to help us. Clovis...
The dairy industry was just humming along in early January. Milk prices had been holding steady around $17.50 per hundredweight - roughly 15.625 cents a pound - and producers were making a decent profit. And then the rest of 2020 happened. Just as the COVID-19 pandemic rocked every corner of the globe, the U.S. dairy industry got hit with some devastating blows. But local dairy representatives think the industry is well on the path to recovery. "I would have to say that...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s board of regents on Friday discussed a pair of presidential searches, one underway and one needing to start soon. Regent Dan Patterson discussed the need to start the process to replace Jeff Elwell, who resigned as ENMU system chancellor and Portales campus president in April. While Patterson said he has trust in Interim Chancellor Patrice Caldwell, he believes the regents have an inherent duty to keep her time in the position limited. Caldwell is not interested in applying for the...
CLOVIS — The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority had optimism, albeit cautious, a $1 million capital outlay award it received from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in February would survive a coronavirus-fueled budget cutting special session. With the session concluded and the authority meeting Wednesday, state consultant Joe Thompson said the optimism was justified. The money remains in the authority’s ledger to help cover costs of the authority’s Finished Water 3 construction. Thompson said during the session there were...
CLOVIS - Sutton's Bakery has a history in Clovis as rich as the goods it used to sell at 515 N. Main St. Justin Cole is in the process of unearthing some of that history, researching the bakery's past. While doing that, Cole is getting ready to make some new history at the location, where he will open a Clovis version of the Roosevelt Brewing Company & Public House that he has owned on 201 S. Main St. in Portales since 2012. Cole is aiming for the Clovis establishment, which w...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday-Friday): Clovis ∞ Antonio Gallegos, 23, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, reckless driving ∞ Gunner Wynn, 26, theft of identity ∞ Zahira Estrada, 21, driving or moving an unsafe vehicle, failure to maintain traffic lane, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, expired registration plate ∞ Aaron Garcia, 34, tampering with evidence ∞ Ronald McDonald, 22, aggravated assault against a...
PORTALES — With the caveat that plans will certainly change based on state guidance and whatever public health orders exist as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Eastern New Mexico University staff updated regents on plans Friday to resume in-person instruction on its Portales campus. Interim Chancellor Patrice Caldwell said the ENMU system, to nobody’s surprise, “is experiencing unprecedented stress points” due to the pandemic, but has seen modest increases in fall enrollment and could see some uptick in July when reopeni...
PORTALES — Matt Billings has been the athletic director for Eastern New Mexico University for roughly five months. Less than two months into the job, he no longer had athletic events to oversee due to COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. Friday, he couldn’t guarantee when there would be athletic events again as he updated ENMU regents on plans to reintroduce student-athletes for the 2020-21 year. “The first five months have been interesting; not really what I pictured,” said Billings. “What I walked into is a great group of coache...
CLOVIS - Braelyn Kruelskie loved lots of sports growing up in Oklahoma. "Volleyball, basketball, tennis, a little gymnastics," she said. "It always came back to softball." Ah, her true sports love. She loved playing it, loves coaching it, and is getting a chance to do the latter at Clovis High School. This past Thursday, Kruelskie was announced as the Lady Wildcats' new varsity softball head coach, replacing Emery Sierra. "I am really excited," Kruelskie said. "I think we've...
The following marriage licenses were recently issued at the Roosevelt County clerk’s office: • Bill James Palma Duenas, 49, and Remedios Palma Orallo, 48, both of Killeen, Texas • Braden Wade Fraze, 22, of Clovis, and Leah Michelle Weathers, 21, of Roswell • David Dorsey Nash, 71, and Sherida Anne Fahrenkrug, 70, both of Floyd • Darrel Ray Kilmer, 38, and Lacy Dawn Jouett, 36, both of Clovis • Ryan Ainsworth, 45, and Lisa Riley, 48, both of Portales • Ryan Bone, 21, and Shaylee Sours, 22, both of Clovis • Ramiro Zapata,...
Finally! After nearly three decades of pleading to deaf Republican and Democratic congresses for a fair shake, American workers can celebrate. Breaking with his White House predecessors, all of whom displayed an addicted-like commitment to more employment-based visas, President Trump gave American workers a reason — at long last — to cheer. Whether low- or high-skilled, Trump’s announcement that he would cut 525,000 visas from among those who would have entered and taken a U.S. job during this year’s final six months means th...
The personal finance website WalletHub recently released its ranking of the “patriotism” of all 50 states. In an era of toppled statues, kneeling athletes, microaggressions, border wall controversies and globalist agendas, trying to define and quantify patriotism resembles voluntarily crisscrossing a minefield. We’ve settled for a society where the “melting pot” is less important than “TAXING pot”; but once upon a time, patriotism was easier to recognize. Good Americans knew that true patriots kept a watchful eye on the od...
In case you missed it, 106 people were shot in Chicago last weekend. That’s not a typo — 106. If mainstream news organizations still covered the news, instead of only the news that serves or refutes an agenda, we might have heard more. Of the 106 people shot, 14 — including a 3-year-old boy — were killed. When asked about the catalysts for such violence, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown boiled it down — “gangs, guns and drugs.” And then, amid the national cacophony of calls to defund and/or abolish local police depar...
They’re coming for Thomas Jefferson. This was always obvious, but now it’s even more plain. Protesters in Portland, Oregon, used axes and ropes to topple a statue of President Thomas Jefferson. The New York City Council is agitating to remove a statue of the author of the Declaration of Independence from its chambers. At this rate, the Sage of Monticello will be lucky if the Jefferson Memorial isn’t bulldozed and if he isn’t effaced from the nickel. Jefferson is, to use the...
The New York Times has a story that’s entertaining reading for conservatives. It concerns a mostly white, solidly leftist neighborhood so inspired by the death of George Floyd at the hands of a rogue policeman, they decided to volunteer to become victims, too. Rapidly the residents of Minneapolis’ Powderhorn Park began living in Powderkeg Park. Almost en masse, the “progressive neighbors have vowed to avoid calling law enforcement into their community. Doing so … would add to the pain that black residents of Minneap...
President Trump has ideas. New Mexico lawmakers do, too. All the politicians have the same goal: Reform police departments so no more George Floyds are killed over allegations of fake $20 bills. How exactly to achieve this goal is complicated. Our politicians, as always, want to make new laws. What they need to be doing is eliminating some old laws. They can ban chokeholds, employ more officers, reform deadly force policies, supply more military-style weapons ... but none of those ideas will be as effective as reducing the...
CLOVIS — A Clovis man is suing the city, its police department and a former officer, alleging he was arrested and jailed without probable cause on shoplifting charges. The suit by Cory Knight alleges Officer John Hong of the Clovis Police Department sought a warrant against Knight in June of 2018 for stealing a box of beer from a convenience store despite information during the investigation that should have eliminated Knight as a suspect. The Clovis Police Department declined comment, and noted Hong is no longer with CPD. K...
In the wake of nationwide racial unrest, protests and rallies, a new law has been handed down from Santa Fe that requires New Mexico law officers to wear body cameras and keep them turned on. And not everyone is pleased with it. Count State Sen. Pat Woods, R-Broadview, and State Rep. Randal Crowder, R-Clovis, among them. While both lawmakers are all for racial justice and equality, each has his reasons to think the body-camera law may hurt more than it helps. Meanwhile, Clovis Police Chief Doug Ford is awaiting more clarity b...
CLOVIS — After meeting for the first time since January, the city of Clovis’ Public Works Committee decided it would need at least an additional meeting to take care of much of its leftover business. The committee met Wednesday morning at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library, a recent standard for public meetings given the facility’s large capacity and infrastructure for Internet streaming. The main discussion items of traffic near the Walgreens pharmacy and recycling bin relocation were discussed in some detai...
CLOVIS — Starting Wednesday, there will be new leadership in the Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education. The board, during its final meeting of the 2019-20 year on Wednesday, reorganized its officer slate. Kyle Snider will serve as president, Paul Cordova as vice president and Shawn Hamilton as secretary. The board had traditionally assigned officer roles to begin calendar years, but decided to convert to fiscal years because most of the district’s documentation falls in those timelines. In other business at the Tue...
On this date ... 1960: Be on the lookout for web worms. That was the message in the Portales News-Tribune. “Look over your trees. More than likely you will find several colonies of web worms, and if they aren’t taken care of promptly, your trees will be most unsightly within a week or ten days,” reported Gordon Greaves in his By The Way column. “There are several ways to fight the worms, all of them requiring climbing the trees and risking life and limb.” The writer suggested fire or a high-pressure water hose, though mo...
Meetings are subject to change due to coronavirus concerns Thursday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 July 7 • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., zoom meeting. Information: https://www.currycounty.org/open-government/meeting-portal or 575-763-6016 • Portales City Council - 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 July 8 • City of Clovis Planning and Zoning Commission — 3 p.m., North A...
Today through Tuesday • United Way of Eastern New Mexico Diaper Drive — Collecting diapers of all sizes for Roosevelt and Curry County diaper banks. Diapers may be dropped at C & S, Inc., 300 W. First, Portales, or Matt 25, 1200 N. Thornton, Suite A, Clovis. Financial donations may be made at https://www.unitedwayenm.org/civicrm/pcp/info?reset=1&id=7 or by check to United Way of Eastern New Mexico, P.O. Box 806, Clovis, NM 88102. Information: 575-769-2103 or 2-1-1 Tuesday • “The Relationship Between Emotional Intelli...
A plan to reopen more of New Mexico’s economy is on hold for now as coronavirus cases surge throughout the state and region. Eastern New Mexico and neighboring Texas counties are among those seeing the number of positive tests skyrocket. In a public briefing Thursday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said she and state health officials are monitoring a “very concerning” climb in the transmission rate of the disease and waiting to see whether it’s a longer-term trend. The state’s business restrictions — allowing restaurants...
CLOVIS - It is often said it takes a village to raise any generation. Should their paths go astray, the criminal justice system has secure villages more commonly known as detention centers. Curry County's village gets a little larger this week, as officials plan to start using their recently completed detention center expansion. A tour of the facility was offered Wednesday to county officials and media, with Administrator Mark Gallegos leading an hourlong journey through the...
