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CLOVIS — Fourth of July festivities took a violent turn for two Cannon Air Force Base airmen celebrating the holiday into the early hours of Thursday morning in Clovis, officials say. A 23-year old man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a caller reported him shot in the head while the two were drinking and “playing” with a gun, according to a news release from Clovis Police Department. “The 911 caller stated he had a friend ‘playing’ with a firearm,” said the release. “The caller stated they had been c...
PORTALES — Four Portales players made the 4A All-State baseball team this week, led by first-team selection Joel Legarda. The senior catcher is joined from the Rams by second-team selection Luciano Rodriguez — a third baseman who was just a freshman in 2018 — along with honorable mention accolades for senior pitcher Josiah Lucero and sophomore outfielder Jordan Garcia. Legarda was arguably the best hitter on a Portales team (19-11) that made it to the 4A semifinal, before falling to eventual champion Hope Christian at the Uni...
CLOVIS - The 2018 New Mexico Junior Softball state championship will go through Clovis - in more ways than one. The Wildcats 13-14 junior league team is the defending state champion, and will have an opportunity to repeat in its own backyard. Clovis High School will play host to the championships next Friday through Sunday (July 13-15), but first, the junior 'Cats must get through this weekend. The Clovis American Little League team will host a sectional on Saturday, which als...
CLOVIS - The Clovis City Commission selected members for the city's 2018 Revenue Review Committee during a 35-minute meeting on Thursday. The committee is tasked with reviewing the city's fees for various services and consists of one commissioner and one citizen from each district. The commission first selected its own members for the committee, choosing Mayor Pro Tem Juan Garza for District 1, Commissioner Gary Elliott for District 2, Commissioner Helen Casaus for District 3...
CLOVIS — Eastern New Mexico can pat itself on the back for exercising enough control this Independence Day to keep any unplanned firework blazes to a minimum. “All I know that they went through (Wednesday) night were two incidents in (Roosevelt) county that were little bitty fires that didn’t amount to probably much of anything, but they were probably caused by fireworks,” said Portales Fire Marshal Mike Inge. “Then we had two dumpster (fires) early in the morning, and no telling if they were related to fireworks or just r...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday-Thursday: Clovis • Carmen Acosta, 41, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Javier Garcia, 30, driving while license suspended or revoked • Damian Allmand, 22, failure to appear on a felony charge, probation violation • Veronica Galvan, 41, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to pay fines • Jonathan Gutierrez, 32, possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphern...
The following marriage licenses were compiled from court records through Wednesday at the Curry County clerk’s office: • Christian Tait Bibler, 22, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Autumn Marie Schriver, 25, of Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania • Miguel Rojero Martinez, 74, to Maria Monarrez Castro, 83, both of Littlefield • Guy Harold Whitesides, 58, to Nieves Maria Jones, 42, both of Melrose • Camron O’Neil Lamar-Sparks, 20, to Tiffani Star Newman, 20, both of Clovis • Philip Wayne Long Jr. 63, to Stacey Almeda Eckstein, 41,...
On this date ... 1978: Spider mites had infested corn fields in eastern New Mexico, Extension Agent Billy Dictson confirmed. "The small spiders begin weaving their web on the lower portion of the corn stalk and work their way up, sucking the life from the plant and suffocating the leaves," the Clovis News-Journal reported. Insecticides were sprayed in effort to reduce damage, but officials said the best way to combat the disease was with "cloudy, rainy days," which had been...
CLOVIS — The intersection of Seventh Street and Sycamore Street will be closed for approximately one week starting at 11 a.m. Monday while the New Mexico Gas Company conducts maintenance on a gas line in the area, according to a press release from the city of Clovis. Contact J.D. Gutierrez at the New Mexico Gas Company at 575-763-8429 with any questions....
Tuesday • Water Policy Advisory Board — 8:30 a.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Portales Schools Board — Noon in board room, 501 S. Abilene. Information: 575-356-7000 • Lodger’s Tax Advisory Board — 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. at Portales Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 Wednesday • Planning and Zoning Commission — 3 p.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 The meetings calendar is a daily listing of area event...
Today • Friday Flix — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940 Saturday • Memorial Dedication — 2 p.m. for Reverend Charles and Angie Green at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Trade Days — 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at Melrose Senior Center. Food and drinks available. Information: 575-253-4261 Monday • Andy Mason — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Full STEAM Ahead — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Program: Science of Sound. Information: 575-35...
If God exists and is all-powerful and all-loving, why does he allow suffering in the world he created? Life’s biggest questions, the ones that truly matter, can be condensed into a few that can be counted on one hand. The question I’ve just asked is one of them. It, and the very few more in its league, are worth asking. I’m convinced that our God will help us face such questions in his strength if we really want his help. But if we’re fat and sassy, dollar-blinded and bloated...
At times I think I am so used to the phrase “mercy of God,” I don’t stop to think about the true scope, capacity and extension of that beautiful phrase. The mercy of God I still don’t understand because I have questions. How could God show so much mercy to people who were once so evil, deceiving and conniving? I struggle to understand. Yet, Charles Spurgeon, the 19th century English preacher, summed up God’s mercy in way that helped me grasp the vastness of God’s mercy. He w...
