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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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SANTA ROSA — Vince Cordova is preparing to take his plans to enter the hemp-oil market to the next level, despite federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cautionary advice about cannabidiol (CBD), hemp oil’s active ingredient. On June 27, Cordova said he was not aware of any potential findings against foods and drugs containing CBD or of anything else that would deter his New Mexico Hemp Services’ $7 million effort to enter the hemp-oil industry on a large scale on the ground floor. A public notice the U.S. Food and Drug A...
With July 4 having come and gone, it’s time for the Little League state baseball and softball tournaments. Some tournaments are underway, most begin this weekend, others don’t start until the weekend of July 19-21. Locally, the 9-11 year-old Baseball and Junior Softball brackets feature a slate of games at Beachum Field and the Lady Wildcat Complex, respectively, beginning this weekend, as District 3 plays hosts for those tournaments. In the 9-11 bracket Friday at 5:30 p.m., District 9 plays District 1, and at 7:30 p.m., Dis...
PORTALES — Roughly two weeks after Eastern New Mexico University athletic director Greg Waggoner turned in his resignation, the process of replacing him is humming along. Waggoner’s resignation became public on June 25, was formally announced by the university on June 26, and the position was posted that weekend on ncaa.com, collegead.com and the university’s website, in addition to going out across social media. The response since has indicated great interest in the Division II position. “In less than two weeks we have go...
It’s been an NBA offseason where you need a scorecard to keep track of all the wild and wacky moves. For the NCAA Division II Eastern New Mexico men’s basketball team, it hasn’t been anywhere near as crazy. But the Greyhounds have made a flurry of moves since the spring, and perhaps a scorecard to track it all wouldn’t be a bad idea. In a span of just under three months, the Hounds added Brandon Meadows (Apr. 11), Marvin Mapaga (May 16), Yosnier Cobas (May 17), Jose Serrano (June 28), and just last week, Nico Matheus...
PORTALES — University Baptist Church is set to host Paul's Journey, an award-winning Houston-area Christian group. The performance is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday at the church, located at 1012 W. 15th St. Paul's Journey is comprised of Rod Treme, Ron Higgins, Brad Davis and Mark Green with David Thornhill on keyboards. The group has performed its ministry for 42 years, and was the 2007 Southern Gospel Music FanFair Group of the Year. The organization also refers to Paul's Journey as one of the country's top five traditional q...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University regents board will look at building a physical plant building and renovating the auto and welding center for its Roswell campus during its meeting Thursday morning at the Portales campus’ administration building. The 9 a.m. meeting is labeled as a telephonic meeting, meaning many entities will participate via conference call. The Roswell campus is seeking permission to contract with Bradbury Stamm on the two buildings, with $3.73 million approved by the state. The project was app...
CLOVIS - Chet Chenault thought it was nice to hear somebody nominated him to be the Veterans of Foreign Wars firefighter of the year. But after months of radio silence, he figured somebody else had won the state award. "I'd been told a while back I had been nominated for it," Chenault said, "but that was January and I hadn't heard anything else about it." He heard about it again Friday, and the surprise was much bigger. The lieutenant took not only the New Mexico award, but...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday - Monday: Clovis • Marisol Ramirez, 34, battery upon a peace officer, disorderly conduct, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Orlando Silas, 42, battery against a household member, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Samone Betancourt, 24, probation violation, criminal damage to property (under $1,000) • Edgar Biliebre-Organez, 22, concealing identity • Celestino Garza, 41, out of state fugitive, sex offender failing to comply with state procedure...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County will begin exploring options to sell its longtime healthcare building in an effort to “pare down and focus” its efforts as a governmental entity. Since 1995 the La Casa Family Health Center has operated at the 1515 W. Fir St. location through a lease agreement by which it provided “various services” to county residents, County Manager Amber Hamilton told The News. “I anticipate that they will remain in the building; the hope is that we would be able to dispose of the building and allow them to pro...
I took advantage of a long holiday weekend to travel up to the Continental Divide, where I camped and explored some of the highest points in Colorado. “Civilization” came to me through the radio, particularly National Public Radio. Like New Mexico, Colorado has NPR-member public radio stations all over the state, so I was never far from reception. I would be bordering on insanity if I had been listening all the time, but there was a lot of drive time between here and the Divide, so I tuned in — in between stops at some of th...
There are few things I enjoy more than helping people. In the past few months, I’ve opened a car for a neighbor who locked her keys inside. Twice. I gave a military-style can opener I was carrying to a guy who was unsuccessfully trying to buy a can opener. I hold doors for people, I hand them items they drop, and do my best to help whenever I see the opportunity. I just put in a two-week stint helping my family with a fireworks stand. It was like one of those harsh c...
It’s been a bumper crop of sorts in recent years for New Mexico as far as tax revenue goes. State coffers have swelled to epic proportions — revenues are expected to reach $7.5 billion for fiscal 2020 — thanks in large part to the ongoing oil and gas boom in the Permian Basin that spreads from west Texas into southeast New Mexico. Add on top of that a slate of new taxes that went into effect this month, levying extra charges on items including cars, cigarettes and online goods from national retailers. Needless to say, we’re...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission will look at continuing its movement on its effluent pipeline project at its regular meeting Thursday. The only item in the new business section of the 5:15 p.m. meeting at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library requests the city approve a scope of work with Bohannan Huston, Inc., for Phase 1D construction services. The city received $2.87 million from the state water trust board for Phase 1D of the project, which will extend the project transmission line from Thornton S...
PORTALES - The brother and sister charged in a Portales homicide appeared in separate hearings Monday afternoon in Roosevelt County court for pre-trial conferences. Korbin Baldridge, 19, charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery in connection with the April 7 shooting death of Adam Holts, appeared in custody with his defense attorney Gary Mitchell. He is tentatively scheduled for a weeklong jury trial next year, but Mitchell said the court would likely need two weeks...
Clovis RGH clinic open to patients Today is the first day the Roosevelt General Hospital’s Clovis clinic can see patients, according to an RGH release. The clinic, located at 2000 W. 21st St., held a ribbon cutting in April. However, patients could not be seen until paperwork on the operating license was approved. The clinic offers family medical services for men, women and children. Hours for the clinic are 8 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. Appointments can be made by calling 575-935-0944. Business Digest is c...
CLOVIS - The weekend's heavy rains have led to a partial evacuation of the Wheatfields Senior Living facility. The facility, first opened in 2011, sustained extensive water damage when a roof repair coincided with the Friday night and Saturday morning rains, officials said. "They were doing some planned work on the roof," said Lesley Yanak, vice president of marketing and sales for Seasons Living, the owner and managing company for Wheatfields. "Evidently, it did not get the...
On this date ... 1969: Eastern New Mexico was celebrating the “alpha and omega” of flight, according to a pair of photos in the Clovis News-Journal. One file photo featured pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh, a frequent visitor to the region in 1929 “when it was thought that Clovis might become an air capital,” the newspaper reported. The other photo showed an F-111A fighter jet scheduled to arrive at Cannon Air Force Base late in the day. Ten F-111s were slated to be “the forerunners of a fleet of 84 planes” based at Ca...
Thursday • Eastern New Mexico University Regents special called telephonic meeting — 9 a.m., Regents Room, ENMU Administration Building, Portales. Information: 575-562-2121 • Senior Services Committee — 3 p.m. at Clovis city hall, 321 Connelly. Information: 575-769-7908. • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Cl...
CLOVIS — A state district court judge on Monday heard a motion to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit against Roosevelt County officials. Judge Fred Van Soelen said he would take a few days making a decision in the case that stems from the 2016 death of a Portales woman killed following a high-speed chase with Roosevelt County Sheriff Malin Parker. The case has already been dismissed in federal court. Attorney Daniel Macke represents defendants Roosevelt County, its board of commissioners and its Sheriff Malin Parker. In his F...
CLOVIS - A domestic disturbance on Saturday evening included reports of multiple shots fired, including one by police, officials said. No one was injured, according to Clovis Police Chief Doug Ford. New Mexico State Police announced Monday it is investigating the incident. A standoff that lasted more than two hours began about 5 p.m. Saturday when Ford said police received a report of a domestic disturbance with shots fired at 2720 Wallace St. Damon L. Smith, 42, of Clovis, wa...
Today • Clovis Summer Reading Program: Wonders on Wheels mobile museum — 9 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 • Clovis Summer Reading Program: Tiny Tots Storytime — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 • Portales Summer Reading Program Rocketeers: Moon Landing — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Preschool storytime. Information: 575-356-3940 • Indoor Picnic Lunch — 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Wheatfiel...
My younger friend laughed after worship a few years ago. “Preaching with you in the congregation made me nervous,” he said. Completely surprised, I laughed back: “Are you kidding?” It was a rare Sunday for me, one when I was both away from my own pulpit and not preaching or singing elsewhere. My friend had done a great job preaching, and I don’t know any pastor whose work in a community I respect more. I’ve preached on occasions when I was nervous myself because I knew a vete...
FORT SUMNER — It’s been 138 years, but the kid killer is still making news. Fort Sumner City Councilor Gerald Cline and movie director Michael Anthony Giudicissi are planning a Facebook Live broadcast from Billy the Kid’s grave on Sunday night in the old Fort Sumner Cemetery. The broadcast is scheduled for 11:30 p.m., the time Sheriff Pat Garrett killed the Kid at Pete Maxwell’s home south of today’s Fort Sumner, on July 14, 1881. The broadcast is to help promote the latest film about eastern New Mexico’s most famous outl...
My parents recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and I stood in front of the greeting card rack for a long time. Whenever I try to buy a card for my mom or dad, I have a heck of a hard time. I almost bought a “blank inside” card because there wasn’t anything that even came close to telling them what I was thinking on the occasion of this milestone anniversary. My parents have the kind of marriage that used to intimidate me. Other kids’ parents fought. Mine never did. Other kids would play one parent off the oth...
I was at church on a July Sunday a few years back when a friend came up and whispered to me furtively, “The pizzas should be ready Thursday.” I’ll be honest: I didn’t hear much of the sermon that day because I was baffled. Was she speaking in code? Was I missing a key piece of information? Well, yes, it turned out, I was. I’m a notoriously bad listener, and this friend was alerting me to the fact that the PEACHES that were practically breaking the branches of her trees that ye...
