Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — The Clovis Police Department is investigating a Sunday structure fire with one deceased person pulled from the residence. The deceased was sent to The Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque for an autopsy. The deceased’s identity was withheld until family is notified. According to a release from CPD Chief Doug Ford: • The Clovis police and fire departments were dispatched at 5:17 a.m. to a structure fire on the 800 block of Wallace Street. They arrived to find a residence engulfed in flames and a femal... Full story
CLOVIS — Some Little League All-Star teams don’t even score 19 runs in an entire tournament. Friday night, Roosevelt County’s Junior League District 3 team scored 19 in one-half inning. Yup, 19. Roosevelt County got its state tournament journey off to a wild, weird and exciting start by rallying to beat Zia of District 5 (Albuquerque) 26-15 at the Lady Wildcat Softball Complex. As if 26-15 wasn’t a crazy enough final score, consider this — Roosevelt County trailed 11-7 heading...
• Eastern New Mexico University is now selling 2019-20 memberships for the Greyhound Club, with club membership required to buy season tickets for football, volleyball and basketball. Memberships start at $100 with different benefits for donation tiers of up to $5,000, and money may be directed to support specific programs. Season tickets in general admission are $35 for volleyball, $40 for football and $50 for basketball, while reserved basketball season tickets are $60 and chair-back season tickets for football are $75. Gre...
PORTALES — Anyone expecting Eastern New Mexico’s athletic teams to bolt the Lone Star Conference and return to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics should not hold their collective breaths. ENMU president Jeff Elwell said Saturday afternoon that those are just rumors lacking validity. Elwell did say, however, that the university is in an exploratory phase of starting a women’s golf program that would begin competing in the fall of 2020. “Because we need (athletic) opportunities for females,” Elwell said, “an...
RICHARDSON, Texas — In the classroom, Eastern New Mexico University athletes have been some of the best in the Lone Star Conference, with six consecutive semesters of placing among the top three in LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selections. Wednesday made it seven semesters, as the list released by the LSC office had 131 Greyhounds on the list. Eastern was topped by only Angelo State (144) and Texas A&M-Commerce (139), and ahead of UT Permian Basin (125) and West Texas A&M (119). The commissioners honor roll had a total of 1,1...
Monday • Clovis Summer Reading Program: Andy Mason — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 • Portales Summer Reading Program STEAM Explorations: Mini Figure Rescue — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Games and science, technology, engineering, arts, math activities for kindergarten-sixth graders. Information: 575-356-3940 • Produce to People — 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Soccer fields by the Hillcrest Zoo entrance, 1200 N. Norris, Clovis. Free in-season f...
MELROSE — Last month the Melrose community said goodbye to one of its longtime residents, a “Great Generation” exemplar, a “good neighbor and happy person” and the oldest member of its Baptist church — both in age and in years of membership. Virginia Delores Blackburn, 95, was born in Melrose in 1924 and buried last month at the family plot in Melrose Cemetery. She lived many years at the home she made on a cattle ranch in Hassell, outside House, New Mexico, where she met her husband Eldon Blackburn while teaching sc...
The following books are available for checkout: Clovis-Carver Public Library “Code of Valor” by Lynette Eason finds Detective Brady St. John vacationing at a friend's cabin when he hears a scream and rescues a woman from her would-be killer. Brady vows to keep her safe, and catch those who would see her dead. Financial crimes investigator Emily Chastain lets Brady in on a few pertinent facts about why she was being attacked, but there are some things you just don't share with a stranger. Little does she suspect that the sec...
Curry County and Area Republican Women Curry County and Area Republican Women met Tuesday at K-Bob's Steakhouse, with Vice-President Debbie Eliason presiding. Gladys Birdsong lead the invocation and Debbie Spriggs led the Pledge of Alliance. There were 12 members present. Magistrate Judge Jane Marie VanderDussen spoke of the challenges of the primary and general elections. Judge VanderDussen also discussed new gun rules which became effective July 1. She thanked God, Rube Render, and the Curry County Republican Party for...
Information on the power of GET statements and how to cook with wonton wrappers will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Based on his new book titled “The Power of GET Statements,” author, Gary Barnes will explain what happens in the brain when we actually write GET statements. He’ll talk about how to create eight to ten GET statements and explain how to use them to achieve success. His company is Gary Barnes In...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Sunday: 2 p.m. gospel singing, 3 p.m. ice cream social, no daily activites Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. canasta, 5 p.m. business meeting, 6 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m. quilting, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. trivia mania Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 9a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. needle gang Thursday: 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $5, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo,...
