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Officers with the Region 5 Drug Task Force on Sunday morning arrested a man accused of possession of $270,000 worth of methamphetamine. David Licea, 35, of Bakersfield, Calif., was booked into the Curry County Adult Detention Center after police stopped a Honda Accord he was driving on North Prince Street in Clovis. Licea was being held without bond on Monday. Curry County Sheriff Mike Reeves said the vehicle was pulled over for traffic violations. According to a news release from Reeves: • Agents of The Region 5 Drug Task Fo...
On this date ... 1953: Two Clovis men were among prisoners of war on their way home after a truce had been signed in Korea. • Cpl. Dan McKinney was captured by Chinese troops on April 23, 1951. “The Chinese wiped us out that night,” McKinney said when he addressed airmen at Cannon Air Force Base more than 60 years later. “They over-ran us, and to this day I suffer from what’s called survivor’s guilt. Out of 200 (U.S. Army) men, when that night was over there were 26 men alive, and out of those 26, 13 were captured....
I enjoy reading, and I particularly enjoy reading good columnists. “Good” may mean that I agree with them. I can be narrow that way. But “good” also means that they make me think. I do that rarely enough that I appreciate the help. My favorite columnists are my favorite columnists in large part because they’re good at wielding words to cut through fog and haze and mental mushiness. At least, they help me see what’s going on around us all through the eyes of someone I’v...
This week marks week 23, and Baby Sena is the size of a grapefruit. I’ve definitely been able to feel the growth inside of me, considering I can’t button any of my pants anymore. I’ve officially moved into maternity clothing. Also, I know my belly is stretching because of how itchy my skin gets throughout the day. Still no stretch marks yet … but I’m sure they’ll make their appearance toward the end. Ever since we found out Baby Sena is a girl, all of our family has started gifting us with goodies and shopping for all thi...
CLOVIS — Clovis Police will host a “National Night Out” on August 1 from 6:30pm to dark, at Greene Acres Park, The event will be part of a national series of events marking the 40th observance of National Night Out, which, according to a Clovis Police news release, “is designed to: heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, generate support for, and participation in, local crime prevention efforts, strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships, and send a message to criminals letting them know neighbo...
Boy, it sure is hot today. How hot is it? It’s so hot I bought a loaf of bread and by the time I got home it was toast. It’s so hot my grandfather’s chicken laid an omelet. It’s so hot his cows are producing evaporated milk. It’s so hot the catfish are fried by the time you reel them in. It’s so hot the Statue of Liberty disrobed. It’s so hot I went to Congress just to be around some shady characters. It’s so hot I intentionally leave the toilet seat up to get icy stares from my wife. It’s so hot my children’s crayon...
“Sound of Freedom” is still going strong despite the efforts of the left to kill it. In just three weeks the action-thriller, about a real-life American hero who went to Colombia to rescue one child from child sex traffickers and ended up rescuing 120 children, has racked up more than $100 million in ticket sales. Millions of Americans – including my son Cameron and I – have now watched the true story of Tim Ballard, the founder of Operation Underground Railroad who has devote...
When the Clovis News-Journal moved into its newly constructed building at 521 Pile in the summer of 1947, it boasted of venetian blinds, concrete floors, asphalt tile floor coverings, acoustical ceilings and air-conditioning. That was the report on the newspaper's front page the day before it hosted a community open house on July 26, 1947. The lot at 521-523 Pile had previously been occupied by the Presbyterian Church, which was established by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa...
CLOVIS – An Albuquerque woman's design will grace T-shirts for the Clovis' Wings and Wheels event, scheduled for Sept. 23 at the Clovis Regional Airport. The winning design is entitled "Retro Feels Wings N' Wheels," and was created by Albuquerque's Danielle Leach, according to a news release from the city of Clovis. In her submission, the news release stated, Leach wrote "I wanted to add the main elements of a fly-over, car and airplane in solid design that would pop off t...
PORTALES – The New Mexico Health and Human Services Department (HSD) office in Portales, has expanded office hours. The new hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, HSD announced in a news release. The new schedule went into effect on Monday. HSD stated in the release that the new hours resulted from listening to concerns from the Roosevelt County Commissioners office and the Roosevelt County Health Council about the challenges residents of rural communities have when applying for or renewing public a...
Artificial intelligence may sound scary. Webster defines it as "a branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers." But the head of the Electronics Engineering Technology program at Eastern New Mexico University is convinced humans will always remain superiors to computers. Hamid Allamehzadeh said AI won't replace people, but it can make us more efficient. "Especially if you collect data," he said. "This is the era of big data. "You...
A Clovis teenager wrapped up his summer on the world stage. Kyan Wilhite, 17, earned the world championship title in tie-down roping at the 75th National High School Finals Rodeo. Wilhite claimed the crown Saturday in Gillette, Wyo., after securing a cumulative score of 27.24 seconds for the week-long event. The score is based on the combined times and scores of three rounds. Tie-down roping, or calf roping, is a timed rodeo event in which a rider must lasso a calf from...
Oppressive heat has settled in across New Mexico and west Texas and does not intend to leave any time soon, a National Weather Service meteorologist said on Monday. The “heat dome” that has locked in high pressure and temperatures maxing out in the 90s and 100s, is resting over the Southwest, including most of Arizona and New Mexico and west Texas, Meteorologist Sara Bemis said. That dome is a “ridge of high pressure” being held in place by the jet stream, and the Southwest is on the wrong side of the curve in the jet ste...
