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A longtime Texas high school football coach is Clovis High’s new head coach, Clovis Municipal Schools officials announced Friday. Stan Hodges, who’s coached in Texas schools more than 25 years, is scheduled to meet with Wildcats players for the first time on Wednesday. He succeeds Andrew McCraw who last month was named offensive coordinator at Eastern New Mexico University. Hodges has been a part of 50 playoff games in his coaching career, according to a CMS news release. Mos...
A flash flood warning has been issued for Curry County until 8:45 a.m. Monday. The National Weather Service reports up to 2.5 inches of rain has fallen and more is expected. Curry County officials said they’ve rescheduled the ribbon cutting for their new playground at the fairgrounds to 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. “So places that I noticed a lot of water would be 21st (Street), especially at Cameo and Greene Acres Park,” said Ruthann Kelly, the county’s emergency management director. She said Mitchell Street from Seventh to Grand A...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Martika Pettit, 48, criminal trespass • Desiree Maes, 36, failure to comply with specific requirements • Collin Brook, 33, probation violation • Kenneth Stockbridge, 51, possession of burglary tools, criminal trespass • James Sanchez,19, probation violation • Mindy Smith, 45, failure to pay fines, failure to pay fines • Dereke Hall, 41, criminal trespass • Frankie Owen, 41, probation violation, probation violation • Rakeem Johnson, 31, aggr...
On this date ... 1930: The Judevine Creamery of Portales shipped its first major order of butter to Los Angeles. A carload containing 25,000 pounds of butter featured a banner on the side proclaiming the contents were manufactured in Roosevelt County. 1941: A. B. Cares of Pep had lost about 25 acres of broom corn to heavy rainfall. Overnight rainfall had measured 3 inches. Cares, described by the Portales Daily News as “one of the best dry land farmers in the country,” sai...
Former Clovis High football coach Andrew McCraw will once again be the offensive coordinator at Eastern New Mexico University, he said last week. McCraw, in a Monday interview with The News, conceded his resignation from CHS didn't have the best timing, just two months before the season begins. "You don't want to disappoint kids. And I did," McCraw said. But he also pointed out, "You got to take the college football job when they offer because I know how hard it is to get...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Chicken Nuggets, Potato Wedges, blended Vegetables, Breadstick w/Margarine, Butterscotch Pudding. Tuesday: red Chile Beef Enchiladas, Pinto Beans, green Chile Corn, Salad, Chips & Salsa & Peaches. Wednesday: Frito Pie, Mixed Vegetables, Pineapple Pudding. Thursday: Baked Chicken w/Chicken Gravy, Green Beans & Carrots, Dinner Roll w/Margarine & Mandarin Oranges. Friday: Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce, Blended Vegetables, Salad, Garlic Toast & Ice Cream. Hillcrest...
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 Summer We Started Over” by Nancy Thayer. Eddie Grant is happy with her life and her work as a personal assistant to Dinah Lavender, one of the most renowned romance authors in the business. But being a spectator to notoriety and glamour isn...
Today is Jeremiah Woodruff's birthday. And what does this 18-year old want for his birthday? "I want to live another year," he said. Who is this Elida High School graduate? "I'm a boy who just graduated high school, coming into the world looking for a nice place to work. I have the initiative to go far in life," Woodruff said. The News caught up with him Monday after he got off work as a Roosevelt County ranch hand. Q: You were born in Elida? A: No, I was born in Clovis. I gre...
It’s summer and it’s hot and we all need to hydrate. These days I carry a Yeti 30-ounce cup of ice water just about everywhere I go. I drink water with meals almost exclusively these days. I even bought me a filter pitcher to keep in my refrigerator to fill that mug with the best tasting water possible. That hasn’t always been the case with my hydration choices, however. Growing up we drank two things that would make folks today cringe. We had freshly brewed iced tea at noon a...
The Roosevelt County Road Department will begin work this week on South Roosevelt Road P, according to a county news release. The work will be from SRR 10 to SRR 11. Personnel will also begin work on SRR 11 for one-half mile west from NM 206. “This work is expected to be completed by Aug. 23 … weather permitting,” the news release stated. The Roosevelt County Road Department also will begin applying microseal to the intersection area of Industrial and South Roosevelt Road 6, beginning Monday. That work is expected to be co...
Carlos Lopez, 40, of Clovis, on June 18 was sentenced to 11 years in prison for two counts of battery on a police officer, according to a news release from the Ninth District Attorney’s Office. According to the release: On Oct. 2, 2023, officers were dispatched to the La Vista Inn for subject removal. The officers made contact with Lopez, and an altercation ensued. Police tazed Lopez. “While officers were detaining Lopez, he struck one officer in the jaw and another in the chest while attempting to bite officers,” the relea...
The former head of maintenance at Dora schools on June 26 was sentenced to three years in prison following his conviction on six counts of unfair bidding practices. Steven Butler, 56, was convicted by a jury on April 25. He faced a maximum of 10 years in prison, according to District Attorney Quentin Ray. “According to evidence presented, Butler was working as head of maintenance for Dora Schools and used that position to gain favorable bids for his own company to provide cleaning supplies and services to the school,” acc...
The Roosevelt County Commission on Tuesday passed a resolution calling on the New Mexico Legislature to petition for a convention of the states. The action falls under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. Roosevelt County became the fifth New Mexico county to adopt the resolution, joining Hidalgo, Colfax, Otero, and Catron, according to Myles Culbertson, the Dona Ana County man spearheading the drive. “Actually, Roosevelt was a county that took the initiative pretty much on their own. Catron was the same way,” Culbertson sai...
Vegetable lovers rejoice. Farmers markets are back on the High Plains. Clovis' farmers market was set to kick off Saturday at the North Plains Mall. Opening day for Portales' market is 5 p.m. Monday. It's at the corner of West First Street and South Avenue B. Selections may be limited at first, organizers warn. "It's been a bad growing year," said Margie Plummer, market manager for Clovis and Portales. Because of hail, high temperatures and wind, some products may take longer...
The presidential debate once again convinced me that these shows have reached their “sell by” date. Neither contestant answered questions that could have been answered yes or no. This is not unusual. No politician running for any office will answer a yes/no question yes or no. Candidates also never have the time to explain policies or plans that are complicated and difficult to understand. One example of this is, “What is your plan to reduce global warming?” The thing that am...
By the time I knew what the term “blue collar” meant, I wasn’t. I come from a long line of blue-collar people, proud Italians and Irish who were carpenters and cooks and iron workers, and in the case of my beloved Pop Pop, a trashman. My parents were able to move way up in the social and economic ladder through lots of sweat, even more tears and dedication to each other. And while my maternal grandparents will always be two of the four most important persons in my life, I gre...
You are probably familiar with the poem, “First They Came,” by Martin Niemöller. It begins, “First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist.” It goes on to list more groups “they” came for. We are living in such a time again. People in power are coming for those they don’t like: often the ones who speak out against the evil being committed by political criminals in positions of power. They are coming with lawfare, inflated charg...
When it comes to the issue of debates, perception is often just as crucial as reality and substance. There is no way to codify the fact that Joe Biden’s debate performance last month was nothing short of dismal. The ferocity we witnessed at his State of the Union earlier this year was absent, although his performance did incrementally improve as the evening progressed. The debate was an opportunity for Biden to ask the American people about what direction they wanted the n...
What’s with fuel prices in our area? Gas prices all around us are cheaper than Clovis and Portales. Why is this? “It’s really the price of crude oil that drives the price of gas,” Daniel Armbruster said Wednesday. Armbruster is corporate spokesperson and community relations person with the American Automobile Association, Texas/New Mexico. Prices are also affected by transportation costs and state taxes, he said. “The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded in Curry County today (Wednesday) is $3.21, $3.27 in Roosev...
Joe Biden dominates most newscasts these days as the nation debates his presidential future following the June 27 debate with former President Donald Trump. Democrats concede Biden's debate performance was poor, but some argue one bad night should not force him out of the race. We asked area residents for their views: Portales' Krista Pietsch, a registered Democrat: "Even before (the June 27) debate, I did not believe President Biden was a viable presidential candidate. Much...
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series about that time in 1978 when Gray and Sara Wilson bought the Roosevelt County community of Pep. There may not be many things more daunting than moving into a new-to-you small community and finding your niche in a place where everyone else seems to have known each other forever. When Gray and Sara Wilson bought the town of Pep in 1978, they didn’t know a soul here, but I can’t remember anyone who ever more joyously embra...
Clovis police on Friday were investigating reports of shots fired and a man hit by a pickup truck near the 800 block of Wallace Street. When police arrived on scene late Thursday night they found a man in the road, bleeding from his head. Subsequent investigation found another man in the area who reported he hit a man with his pickup after the man shot at him, according to police Capt. Robert Telles. The man in the road was taken to a Texas hospital. Telles said he did not know the man’s condition but said injuries p...
