Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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What happens when we lose our focus? If we lose our focus on our jobs, we become less productive. If we lose our focus on our family, we see relationships deteriorate. When we lose our focus on finances and too much is spent or too much is hoarded, life gets terribly out of balance. So is it the same with our spiritual lives? Several summers ago I made a trip to Plainview, Texas, and passed several fields of sunflowers. As I passed the fields on my way, sunflowers in the...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University redshirt junior quarterback Wyatt Strand was named to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for 2018. The prestigious off-the-field college football honor is for players that are actively involved with a charitable organization or service group, while maintaining a strong academic standing. This year, Allstate and the AFCA nominated 169 NCAA football players across all divisions. The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team is comprised of 11 p...
CARLSBAD — The Zia 9 & 11 All-Stars can only hope they play up to the nickname they themselves came up with for the team. Hit City. Beginning tonight, that Clovis boys team is playing Las Vegas Little League in the semifinals of the 9 & 11 New Mexico State Tournament in Carlsbad. A victory sends the Zia All-Stars, via the winner’s bracket, to their next game on Saturday at 6 p.m. A loss and they have to bounce back quickly for a loser’s bracket game on Saturday morning at 8 a.m. “But we don’t look at the loser’s bracket,” Z...
On this date ... 1968: Clovis' American Little League All-Stars had defeated the National Little League All-Stars, 5-3. The win enabled the American team to advance to the District Three Little League Tournament in Tucumcari. Clovis' Evening Lions Little League All-Stars had also qualified for the district tournament. Steve Kriegshauser had pitched a complete game nine-hitter for the Americans. Jeff Beasley was the Americans' top hitter with a single, double, one run scored...
PORTALES — An investigation Thursday into the death of a young man in Portales during the night occupied local police and the 9th Judicial District's Major Crimes Unit for much of the day, but by evening, no charges had been filed in connection with the incident. Condolences for Dylan Nutter, 20, poured in across social media as word broke of officers finding a "deceased subject" around 3:30 a.m. Thursday at his residence on the 1400 block of South Avenue B. According to a P...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Wednesday: Clovis • David Howl, 50, failure to appear • Benny Lucero, 32, failure to pay fines, probation violation • Domingo Bolanos, 61, criminal sexual contact of a minor in the second degree • James Shorts, 62, probation violation • Claudia Romero-Delgado, 27, failure to appear • Patrick Burgess, 26, failure to appear • Dettra Hernandez, 41, failure to pay fines Portales • Ross Lopez, 21, hold for other agency • Simon Apodaca Jr, 32, hold for other agency • Patrick...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission on Thursday decided not to adopt a new ordinance that would have created stricter leash laws. Commissioner Ladona Clayton said she wanted to see more evidence that there was a serious problem in the community regarding animals running at large, "meaning that they're creating a threat or some type of harm to our community residents." Clayton also objected to creating additional restrictions for residents. "Does this make us a bigger government and less liberty and the answer seems to be f...
The following marriage licenses were compiled from court records through Thursday at the Curry County clerk’s office: • Allen Ray Hicks Jr., 48, to Misty Ramona Maldonado, 39, both of Clovis • Luis Fabrico Cardenas Perez, 40, from Gabriela Rivera Escarcega 25, both of Texico • Navor Estrada Jr. 23, to Marissa R. Tijerina, 23, both of Clovis • Dennis Dean Smith, 36, to Nicole Ashley Griego, 32, both of Clovis • Taylor Badraun, 30, to Nichole Clark, 30, both of Clovis • Keshaun Lyndell Land, 39, to Almudena Ramirez Moya, 32, bo...
PORTALES — Six months after a sheriff’s bullet ended his alleged rampage in Portales on a stolen front-end loader, James McFarlin turned himself in Thursday morning to the Roosevelt County Detention Center. McFarlin, 48, of Portales, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the head and charged with three fourth-degree felonies after officials say he stole the heavy machinery Jan. 15 from a dairy on the 500 block of South Roosevelt Road P, drove it to his residence on Cottonwood Place and then used it to flip over his the...
TEXICO — The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority unanimously approved its final budget for fiscal year 2019 at Thursday’s meeting. ENMWUA Administrator Orlando Ortega said the authority receives funding primarily from three sources: the local communities’ membership contributions, state funding in the form of grants/loans from the Water Trust Board and federal funding in the form of grants from the Bureau of Reclamation. The ENMWUA budgeted $21,053,187 in revenues for fiscal year 2019. Members Jim Lucero and Josh...
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a murder conviction stemming from a 1993 Memorial Day weekend slaying in Portales. The court held that sufficient evidence supported the conviction of Arnoldo Navarette, who in 2010 was sentenced to life in prison plus three years for the slaying of Reynaldo Ornelas and the aggravated battery of Danny Ornelas. Navarette, who claimed he did not shoot either man, appealed his conviction on seven issues that ranged from ineffective counsel to improper jury instruction. Navarette...
“Trendy” never lasts. Whether you’re talking about clothing and hair styles, the latest instructional “cure-all” in education, technological whiz-bang devices, automobiles (think Pacers and PT Cruisers), tattoos still affixed to one’s epidermis long after the tatt has sagged past its coolness date, “cool” marches on. No surprise, words and phrases also have a shelf life; the trendiest end up the moldiest most quickly. For years, no mission statement (speaking of trendy) was...
Saturday • CRELA — 10 a.m., Raton Convention Center, 903 S. Third, Raton. The Coalition of Renewable Energy Land Associations for New Mexico’s annual membership meeting is open to the public. Topics of discussion will include land rights and wind energy. Information: 575-456-1000 Monday • Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee — 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Tuesday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission room at county courthouse. Information: 575-356-5307 • Water Policy Ad...
Today • Friday Flix — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Movie: “Home on the Range” Information: 575-356-3940 • Vacation Bible School — 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. for preschoolers to fifth grade at Kingswood Methodist Church, 2600 N. Main St., Clovis. Please register in advance. Information: 575-762-1253 Saturday • Ethnic Fair — 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. car show, 10 a.m.-11 a.m. children’s hour, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. health fair, all at Clovis’ Hillcrest Park. Information: 575-749-6570 • Slime Lab — 1 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Li...
