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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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If someone presses a cup of coffee into your hands this weekend, stops by your business with complimentary doughnuts, or washes your car but flat-out refuses any money for it, you may have experienced a “We Love Portales” moment. Today, Friday, and Saturday, members of local churches involved in the Roosevelt County Ministerial Alliance will be engaged in a variety of projects all designed to give back to the community, according to Don Thomas, president of the Alliance and...
CLOVIS — Reserved seats for the 2017 Clovis High School football regular season will go on sale July 31, according to a release from the school athletic department. Anybody who had a reserved seat during the 2016 season has until Aug. 17 to renew or relinquish their seats. Remaining tickets will go on sale to the public. Reserved seats are $60 each. A $30 discount will be available for active duty and retired military with a military ID card, and will be available after Aug. 17. Tickets may be purchased at the CHS athletic o...
CLOVIS — The annual Tyler Fontenot “It’s All Good” memorial golf tournament will be held July 27 at Colonial Park Golf Course. Check-in for the four-person scramble will begin at 4:30 p.m. with tee-off to start at 5:30 p.m. Food will be served following play. Registration is $40 per person, with $5 for mulligans. Participants are asked to wear lime green. Information: 575-762-4775....
On this date ... 1962: The Clovis Zoo gained a new prickly friend from Cannon Air Force Base. Some unidentified airmen donated a porcupine to the zoo after trapping it on base. The airmen discovered the prickly porcupine while they were golfing. The zoo was appreciative of its new addition. 1977: The funeral services were scheduled for a two year old hit and run victim, struck July 17. Rachael Gallegos, 2, was killed on a Portales street after being run down by a yellow Dodge...
CLOVIS — The city is scheduled to hold its third closed-doors executive session in as many weeks, this one in advance of its regular City Commission meeting tonight. City officials reported no action following the previous two sessions. The second session, which lasted almost two hours July 13, was attended by Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority Executive Director Justin Howalt. During that meeting, Howalt and Interim City Manager Tom Phelps briefly left the city chambers in the Clovis-Carver Public Library and e...
CLOVIS — The Lodger's Tax Advisory Board recommended $67,342 Tuesday from $114,842 in funds requested by various community entities for promoting tourism dollars in the city. The board came in well under its limit of $100,000 in cash awards for the quarterly distribution of lodging tax revenue. Board recommendations are subject to final approval from the City Commission. The board made the following recommendations: • American Legion Riders Chapter II: $8,000 for Clovis' part...
PORTALES — The Portales Municipal School District's school resource officer has learned some lessons of his own while acting as teacher and counselor for students. Going into his second year in the position, Sgt. Eric Muller already feels like a part of the district. "They brought me in and made me a part of the schools. The kids are great," he said. Muller wasn't initially sure he would like the position, but as he began interacting with children from Brown Early Childhood C...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University rodeo coach Albert Flinn was honored by the Sixx Shooter Gallery in Fort Sumner Friday. He was one of four honored as part of the gallery’s annual Billy the Kid Legend Day celebration. Since becoming ENMU’s rodeo coach in 2008, the Greyhounds have posted a pair of regional championship teams and four individual national championships....
PORTALES — Water line improvements this week in Portales will continue an extra day, according to city officials. Portales city administration has been notified the intersection of Globe and Chicago will remain closed through Saturday due to equipment issues. The closure was to originally run Tuesday through Friday....
CLOVIS — Airport Manager Kyle Berkshire turned in his letter of resignation Monday, saying it was time for him to “go a different direction.” Berkshire’s resignation is effective Aug. 4, and he said he will take the month following to consider a couple of job offers outside the city employ. “Unfortunately I am just not going the same direction as the city,” he said Wednesday. “I really don’t want to get too in-depth about it but it’s time for me to go in a different direction.” Berkshire took the position in Oct. 2015 and sai...
Before it's time to stuff school busses with students, the United Way of Eastern New Mexico, 211 and area businesses are working to "Stuff the Bus" with school supplies for students in Portales and Clovis School districts. This is the sixth year UWENM and 211 have put on the Stuff the Bus event. According to UWENM Executive Director Erinn Burch, 211 and businesses in the area are seeking school supplies, monetary donations, and volunteers through Aug. 5 to stockpile supplies...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday-Wednesday: Clovis • Bobby Sena, 50, theft of identity, forgery, fraud, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Jonathan Romero, 22, child abuse (no death or great bodily harm), aggravated assault (deadly weapon), shooting at or from a motor vehicle, out of state fugitive, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Johnny Bagwell, 54, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • David Marquez, 36, parole violation • Robert Navarro, 67, probation...
It is prime time for new hires in education. As the new school year fast approaches, districts across the region are hiring new administrators, many of whom are moving from within their district to new positions. • Clovis At Clovis Municipal Schools, Karri Hatley, who has been with CMS for 23 years, is now principal of Los Ninos Early Intervention Center and Lincoln Jackson Family Center, while Wayne Marshall came out of retirement to become principal of Parkview Elementary. Hatley said it is her first time being in a p...
Today • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. in North Annex of Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 • Curry County Health Council — 3 p.m. at commission room in Curry County Complex, Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 Monday • Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee — 5:30 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Tuesday • Clovis Municipal Schools Board — 5:30 p.m. in school district board room. Information: 575-769-4300 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Mem...
Today • Childrens’ Storyhour — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library for ages 3-6. Theme: Let’s get ready for Shark Week. Information: 575-769-7840 • Closing party — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Event to wrap up summer. Information: 575-356-3940 Friday • Friday Flix — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Movie: “Moana.” Information: 575-356-3940 • Blood drive — 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-625-9743 Saturday • Ethnic Fair — 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at Hillcrest Park, Clovis. Adm...
