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PORTALES -- A shortage of grand jurors Friday could result in prosecutors’ inability to charge teenagers as adults in connection with a homicide last month. District Attorney Brian Stover said a grand jury was convened Friday to decide if the four teens should be tried as adults in connection with the slaying of James Roper, 37. But only 11 people responded to the summons to serve as grand jurors; a minimum of 12 is required before the case can be presented, Stover said. “From the time we filed our notice of intent to see...
Monday *Independence Day *Smoke on the Water summer celebration – 4-9:30 p.m., Greene Acres Park, 21st and Mitchell Streets, Clovis. Live music, food vendors, giveaways; fireworks at 9 p.m. Sponsored by Mix 107.5, the City of Clovis, Clovis Lodger’s Tax, the High Plains Community Development Corporation, Plains Regional Medical Center, and McDonald’s. Some area roads will be closed. Information: https://www.facebook.com/events/368413658662208 or 575-763-4649 Tuesday *Lego Club — 1 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N....
Monday *Independence Day Tuesday *Clovis Civil Aviation Board — 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: James Harris at 575-763-9618 *Portales City Council - 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers, Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Wednesday *Roosevelt County Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP) public input meeting – noon, Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Residents are encouraged to offer input on the...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Anna Daggett, 26, probation violation • Renee Bergeron, 52, failure to comply with specific requirements – attempt • Samantha Lomaintewa, 30, probation violation • Thomas De Encio, 29, battery against a household member, false imprisonment • Maria Deleon, 41, fraud by worthless check • Carlos Perez-Lopez, 46, voyeurism, battery • Jacob Richardson, 21, failure to appear on a felony charge • Christopher Saiz, 33, possession of a controlled substa...
The man suspected of robbing two Clovis banks will face federal charges, District Attorney Brian Stover said last week. James Robinson, 50, was arrested Tuesday at a Mitchell Street convenience store after two Clovis police officers recognized his car as the one used in one of the robberies. According to an arrest affidavit, Robinson is no stranger to law enforcement. Clovis Police Lt. Trevor Thron said in reviewing Robinson’s criminal history he had served time for a 1993 r...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University Men’s Basketball head coach Brent Owen has announced the signing of three new members to the 2022-23 team. Baej Czerniewicz of Gdask, Poland has signed along with Greg Johnson of Little Rock, Ark. and Alex Bossinakis from Fort Worth. Czerniewicz comes to Eastern from Hoosac School in Hoosick, N.Y. While at Hoosac, Czerniewicz battled in the New England Prep School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC), averaging 12 points and seven rebounds. “Baej is 6’5 guard from Poland who can shoot the thr...
While Clovis police detectives continue to investigate a June 25 “shots fired” incident in the 1000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. where an estimated 30 rounds were fired, shots fired reports are still periodically being phoned into police. Clovis police Lieutenant Trevor Thron reports officers were called to the 1000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Thursday around 1:30 a.m. in reference to two males seen carrying assault rifles. While the officers were on the scene they heard shots being fired somewhere in the...
For the second year in a row, Eastern New Mexico Football has been named 2021-22 sport academic champion, by the Lone Star Conference Balfour Academic Excellence Awards. ENMU Football claimed the football academic championship with the highest team GPA out of all LSC football programs. The Greyhounds posted a team GPA of 2.696 for the year. “Our coaching staff is extremely proud of the young men in our program for their achievement,” said head football coach Tye Hiatt. “This truly is a team award as it is a combination of ha...
On this date ... 1962: A warning against persons dumping trash “hither and yon around the county” had been issued by the Curry County Commission. Commissioners said a crackdown on irresponsible trash dumpers would be initiated immediately and said fines up to $100 could be assessed those who dump trash illegally or destroy public property. Commissioners also said a drive to stop people from shooting road signs full of holes would soon be started. Commissioner H.B. Moberly said people destroy their own property when they des...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “The Form Cove” by Amy Clipston. In the wake of a broken engagement and the death of her last surviving family member, sweet romance novelist Maya Reynolds moves to the haven of Coral Cove, North Carolina, to take over her great-aunt’s toy store...
This is not just another setback. Anyone who’s lived long enough has seen the Supreme Court issue a ruling they didn’t like. This is not that. No, what made the ruling that felled Roe v. Wade and its companion case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, more than just another disappointment, what made it the judicial equivalent of a kick in the teeth, is, as Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Breyer noted in a peppery dissent, the fact that this is the first time in history rights granted b...
Otero County Commissioner Gerald Matherly smells something fishy with the results of the recent primary election. Matherly didn’t come right out and accuse the winners of cheating, but said he knew of at least one case where “ghost” ballots were returned from an address where the homeowner had died. “I don’t even know if it’s one ballot, 10 ballots or 20 ballots,” he said. He also shares the concerns of fellow commissioners Couy Griffin and Vickie Marquardt that the Dominion voting machines used by the county to tabulate the...
Whenever the Supreme Court comes down with a particularly momentous decision, it’s customary to look at the majority opinion. After all, the majority makes the law. Sometimes, though, it’s the dissenting opinions that are more interesting, more shocking, more passionate and in a very small number of cases, more influential. John Marshall Harlan was nicknamed “The Great Dissenter” because he disagreed with so many of his court’s decisions during a storied lifetime on the bench...
Monday is Independence Day. As children in grade school, we were required to memorize passages from several documents and speeches that epitomized what the concept of independence meant for us. The opening of the Declaration of Independence states: “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which t...
The left simply lost the intellectual and political fight over the direction of the Supreme Court but can’t bear to admit it. Progressives tell themselves instead that they’ve been undone by a series of dirty deeds, including the alleged deceit of conservative justices who lied to the U.S. Senate about their commitment to preserving Roe v. Wade. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez believes that impeachment proceedings should be in play. What the perjury case against the justices in the...
We’ve heard their condescending refrain, like they are speaking to children, a million times: “We can’t live without water.” But have our intellectually superior city leaders considered the possibility there’s a way to pay for the Ute Water Pipeline project without raising taxes? It’s called prioritizing. The way it works is, see, you look at all the taxpayer dollars you have available, then you start paying for the most important things first. Like water. And you keep going until all the bills are paid or you run out of...
The Clovis Municipal Schools board of directors now has new officers, in line with an annual transition. District 4 representative Shawn Hamilton moves to the board's presidency after serving as vice-president. District 5 representative Terry Martin is now serving as the board's vice-president after serving as secretary of the board. District 2 representative Cindy Osburn will now serve as the board's secretary. The new slate of officers was approved unanimously by the board....
I’m not sure if grade-school kids actually have a music class these days, one with a teacher equipped with a piano and sheet music, but I did. Each student was shuttled through a music class and an art class. I believe we did one or the other each week. The music building, an old WWII-era barracks, was across the street near the equipment playground. I guess that way the racket didn’t disturb students studying other subjects. Bless her heart, Mrs. Brasell tried her best to...
As expected, two new independent candidates have joined 10 Republicans and one Democrat for local races on the Curry County ballot for the November general election. One name not on ballots released by the Secretary of State’s Office – at least not yet – is District Attorney Brian Stover. But Stover said Friday he is still on track to be on the November ballot, unopposed, as a Republican candidate for the DA position. Thursday was candidate filing day statewide for independent, minor party, and write-in candidates for the 2...
CLOVIS -- The annual “Smoke on the Water” Fourth of July celebration and fireworks show is scheduled for Monday at Clovis’ Greene Acres Park. Some streets around the park have been closed off in advance of Monday’s events. The city’s public works department has closed Main Street from 21st to Purdue. That section of street will reopen Tuesday. During that time, no thru traffic will be allowed, according to a news release from the city manager’s office. Closed Monday only will be 21st Street from Mitchell to Main and Mitchel...
CLOVIS -- A two-hour standoff with Clovis police ended without injury Thursday in the 1100 block of Hickory Street. Patrick Burgess, 30, was taken into police custody after officers launched gas canisters into his home. Police went to the home to serve six outstanding warrants against Burgess, but he refused to come outside, Police Lt. Trevor Thron said. The warrants included charges alleging felon in possession and failure to appear in court, Thron said. Two unidentified peop...
Jaden Isler, whose family name has been synonymous with Clovis boys basketball for more than two decades, resigned Wednesday as the team’s head coach. Clovis Municipal Schools Athletic Director Lonnie Baca confirmed the resignation after Isler posted an announcement on his Facebook page: “I wish nothing but the best for all my boys and the future Wildcats. It has been a pleasure to be your coach,” Isler wrote. Baca said he believes Isler will be pursuing another career in the...
