Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The Portales Islamic Center is a place of peace, tolerance, and community. That's according to Ahmed Benssouda, the center's director. But now, the people who love this place are heartbroken and timid as they're forced to travel to Clovis for worship. Vandals have stripped the Muslim community in this region of their sense of security because of constant break-ins that have left thousands of dollars in damage to the Portales mosque, Benssouda said. But more poignantly, he...
I wrangled an invitation several weeks ago from Brendon Asher, director of Blackwater Draw, to visit the summer archaeology field school at Blackwater Locality 1 between Portales and Clovis. Early on the morning of the last Tuesday of June -and long before the temperature climbed to its afternoon high of 110 degrees - I was at the gate to the site to meet Asher and five of the six students who were enrolled in Eastern New Mexico University's summer class, Anthropology 482/583....
Curry and Roosevelt counties and the city of Portales are among 24 counties and six cities that have sued the New Mexico General Services Department (GSD) and its cabinet secretary to challenge invoices to cover deficits in the state’s employee health insurance fund. The counties filed suit on June 30 through New Mexico Counties (NMC), an advocacy group all belong to. The cities filed suit on Wednesday on their own and through the New Mexico Self-Insurer’s Fund. Both suits were filed with the Seventh Judicial District Cou...
Booked The following were booked into local jail (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Devin Hovious, 29, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Israel Sanchez, 28, failure to pay fines • Angelica Burgos, 27, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug • Mario Armijo, 52, aggravated battery, breaking and entering, probation violation • Charles Camerino, 33, criminal trespass, non-residential burglary, probation violation • Jess Lunn, 35, failure to comply with specific requirements, probation vio...
Scammers are making fraudulent phone calls attempting to collect money on behalf, they say, of the Curry County Sheriff’s office. “These scammers are claiming to be current deputies and are seeking money for anything from bonds to arrest warrants,” Sheriff Mike Reeves wrote in an email. He added, “The Curry County Sheriff’s Office will never solicit money or payments over the phone.” Reeves asked that receivers of such calls should notify the county sheriff’s office at 575-769-2335....
Two recent Clovis High School graduates each were awarded scholarships in a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest. Ella Howalt and Janee Royal were each awarded a $1,000 scholarship each by the Clovis Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, according to Second Vice Chair Constance Williams. “Both young ladies submitted excellent papers based on the theme, ‘It Starts with Me, Cultivating a Beloved Community Mindset to Break the Cycle of Injustice’ Williams wrote in a news release. Howalt will attend New Mexico State Unive...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots, dinner roll with butter, fruit cocktail. Tuesday: Crispy chicken strip salad, saltine crackers, cake. Wednesday: Spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans, dinner roll w/butter, pudding. Thursday: Beef enchilada, calabacitas, chips and salsa, cookie. Friday: Baked chicken, sauteed cabbage, sliced carrots, roll with butter, Jell-O. Baxter-Curren Activity Center 908 Hickory, Clovis 575-762-3631 Monday: 8:30...
On this date ... 1941: Clovis was preparing for a “black out” air raid drill. Every business owner and household was asked to eliminate all lights when the air raid sirens screamed. The drill was scheduled to begin at 9:29 p.m. on July 19. 1951: A Clovis man, a regular at the city jail for public drunkenness, was arrested for trying to break into a jail cell. The man, 41, had spent the weekend in jail, but was released about noon on a Monday. Then Tuesday night, police said they caught him trying to re-enter a cell. “Po...
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 Libyan Diversion”by Joel C. Rosenberg. Abu Nakba—the man responsible for lethal attacks in Washington, D.C., London, and Jerusalem—is finally dead. Marcus Ryker has been tasked with hunting down and destroying what’s left of the terror group Ka...
Etha Gray wants her own radio show. The 86-year-old would call it "Granny has the Blues." "I'd play the blues, nothing but the blues. Gutbucket blues: Bobby Bland, Memphis Slim, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lightnin' Hopkins," Gray said. She said she'd play the music, talk about the artists, tell funny stories. Gray is no stranger to the media. She was on the air in Houston and Brownwood, Texas; she spent part of her career working on television and working on a Texas newspaper. "I...
This Friday will mark 142 years since the death of Henry McCarty, a.k.a. Billy the Kid, a.k.a. William or Billy Bonney. On July 14, 1881, most historians believe Billy the Kid died around midnight in Pete Maxwell’s bedroom in Fort Sumner. That fact has been challenged and debated for years concerning just who did Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett gun down in the dark from Maxwell’s bedside. Some believed it wasn’t Billy and that he lived for decades in Hico, Texas. Former Gov...
The separate law firms representing defendants in a lawsuit filed by three former Eastern New Mexico University basketball team members have filed very similar responses to the team members’ complaint. The team members alleged in their complaint filed in the New Mexico district federal court they endured sexual abuse in 2021 and 2022 at the hands of their coach’s husband, Glen de los Reyes, in medical “treatments.” The basketball players state their coach Meghan de los Reyes required them to receive from De Los Reyes while t...
PORTALES -- The Stage 3 water emergency in the city of Portales continues, along with continued restrictions on water use, according to a city news release issued Thursday. The city wellfield’s capacity has been reduced over the last several years due to the declining levels in the Ogallala Aquifer, the wells’ water source, the news release reported, and the problem has been made worse by drought conditions and high temperatures. “The city continues working with the state of New Mexico to develop and maintain water resourc...
The New Mexico Supreme Court Wednesday issued an order providing guidance to the Fifth Judicial District Court for resolving a partisan gerrymandering claim in a legal challenge to New Mexico’s congressional district map. According to Barry Massey, public information officer with the state Administrative Office of the Courts, the court also issued a “writ of superintending control” directing the district court to proceed in the redistricting litigation in accordance with Wednesday’s order. The state Supreme Court also ga...
The Clovis Community College (CCC) Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to seek proposals from multiple entities to assist in their search for CCC’s next president. The board then voted to appoint Trustee Jan Bradburn and Chair Lora Harlan to seek out the proposals. The proposals will include the cost, what each company is going to do, and the timeframe each can provide. “We realize that the biggest duty that we have as a board of trustees is upon us right now as we search for a new president,” Harlan said durin...
When will Leal’s on Mabry Drive reopen? Leal’s of Clovis owner Laura Leal said she hopes her location on Mabry Drive will reopen “no later than February 2024.” “That might be a reasonable goal. We’re almost done with the inside, then we’re going to be working on the outside,” Leal said. Leal said the patio on the east side of the building will be fixed up inside and out. “I’ve got some major plans. I’m just taking my time to do everything right. It just takes time,” Leal said. The Mabry Drive location, which opened...
Contrary to what some of you think, patriotism isn’t about who fires the largest firecracker. I get weary of people who equate fireworks and flag waving with patriotism. It makes me want to break out in John Prine’s old tune, “Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore … They’re already overcrowded for your duty little war …” Sure, it’s a Vietnam War protest song from way back, but it still makes a mockery of the superficial gestures of patriotism we so often see around Independence Day. It reminds me of another cul...
After conducting tense research and holding public hearings for more than two years, a California task force determined that payments as part of a reparations initiative could surpass $1 million in certain cases. The proposal is aimed at targeting historical injustices faced by Black residents who are descendants of enslaved people and have battled against racism and discrimination for generations. Assembly Member Reginald Jones-Sawyer, a member of the reparations task force,...
In his recent paper titled, “The Darkness Ahead: Where The Ukraine War Is Headed,” Professor John J. Mearsheimer writes: “Western leaders frequently portray the Ukraine war as an integral part of a larger global struggle between autocracy and democracy. On top of that, the future of the sacrosanct rules-based international order is said to depend on prevailing against Russia. As King Charles said this past March, ‘The security of Europe as well as our democratic values...
Every year, during the last few days of June, I sit at my computer and wait impatiently for the most important Supreme Court decisions to be announced. Last year, the picnic brought the Dobbs decision, which ended legalized abortion, so it seemed like anything else would be a let-down. Boy was I wrong. Last month, the Supreme Court announced that giving someone an advantage because of their race was illegal, unconstitutional and dead wrong. If you thought this was already the...
Sometimes the ignorance and childishness of those living among us shocks me. It probably shouldn’t after this many years of life, but it still can. I don’t believe the phrase “hate crime” has any real meaning. It means whatever those who use it want it to mean; to serve a purpose they want served. It’s a government fiction used to justify extra punishments -- in other words, additional revenge. Some things called “hate crimes” aren’t even actual crimes at all. An act has to b...
I don’t always fight with public officials. But when I do, it’s usually over public records. This time it started over a bill for public records. I wanted records related to Clovis Mayor Mike Morris’ allegations that Commissioner David Bryant didn’t attend a training seminar in Santa Fe last month as Bryant claimed. The city provided hotel bills and other documents at no charge, but declined to release emails unless I paid them $68.75. I complained about the cost to City Attorney Jared Morris. I said something about how the...
Warm weather and humidity could pose as a threat to cattle this summer in Eastern New Mexico. Beef and dairy ranchers should monitor this year’s temperatures, humidity levels and airflow to ensure the safety of their livestock during the summer months, according to Mason Grau, New Mexico State University’s Extension Agricultural Agent in Clovis. Terminal heat stress starts when temperatures reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and 80% humidity, but ranchers should start watching the humidity when it hits 50%, Grau said. “We usual...
While firework shows in Clovis and Portales last week created quite a picture in the sky, local fire departments stayed busy on the ground fighting flames. The calls and responses didn't stop for the departments until the sun came up Wednesday morning. None of the incidents that occurred during the holiday caused major damage or injuries, according to fire officials. Local fire departments start preparing for the Fourth of July holiday about six months in advance, according to...
Clovis Mayor Mike Morris on Thursday once again called on City Commissioner David Bryant to resign amid allegations he failed to attend a training session the city paid for him to attend. Morris first made the allegation public on June 23 and promised to bring it up again the next time commissioners met, which was Thursday. Morris claims Bryant engaged in a “misuse of public funds” since he stayed in a hotel at city expense where the training was held. Bryant was absent from Thursday’s meeting. He offered no expla...
