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Clovis police have apprehended a suspect in the shooting of a Clovis man in the early morning hours of July 18 at Clovis Apartments. Wounded in the shooting was Jesus Navarrette, 24, who was taken to a Lubbock hospital with a gunshot wound to his chest. Navarrette is listed in critical condition according to a news release from Clovis police Lt. Trevor Thron. Named as a suspect in Navarrette's shooting is Marcus Lewis, 21, of Clovis. According to a news release from Clovis...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis * Carl Armstrong, 60, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge * Adolfo Urban, 22, aggravated burglary, battery against a household member, criminal damage to property, larceny * Amanda Rodarte, 37, failure to pay fines * Richard Narro, 58, driving on suspended or revoked license, failure to obey traffic control devices * Bobby Sena, 55, probation violation, failure to appear on a felony charge * Tyler Perez, 28, failure to pay fines * Luis Molina, 34...
CLOVIS -- A 16-year-old boy was shot in both legs and a 17-year-old suspect was identified after a shooting Tuesday afternoon in a shopping center. Police Lt. Trevor Thron stated in a news release that officers were dispatched to the Hilltop Plaza near the intersection of 21st and Main streets near the T-Mart store on a "shots fired" call about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday. Enroute officers were called to the 1900 block of 21st Street on a gunshot victim call. When officers got to that location they found the 16-year-old boy with...
A Fort Sumner woman accused of killing her grandfather and hiding his remains in a toolbox in August 2020 pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Wednesday before Judge Benjamin Cross in a Clovis courtroom Candy Jo Webb, 28, the Fort Sumner woman, also pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges of tampering with evidence and fraud. Cross accepted the plea agreement that included the guilty plea and called for a sentencing hearing in 30 days. Cross said the second-degree murder sentence could be as long 21 years in prison, plus...
A Honduran man died Saturday evening in a one car rollover accident east of Dora, according to New Mexico State Police. According to a report from NMSP Officer Dusty Francisco: Nehemias Rodriguez, 23, of Honduras was eastbound on State Road 114 near milepost 28 when, for reasons unknown, the 2004 Nissan passenger car he was driving left the road and rolled. Rodriguez, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the car. Rodriguez sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene by personnel from the Office...
On this date … 1987: Former Miss Black America and Clovis High School graduate Varetta Heidelberg was visiting her home town. Heidelberg played the saxophone and sang at Faith Christian Fellowship Center on Main Street to promote her first Gospel album, “Give Him Praise.” She made the album under her own label, La La Records, reflecting her nickname. Heidelberg told the Clovis News-Journal she was planning to do a music video but was spending most of her time ministering to youth. “That’s really my heart,” she said. “I lo...
As a serious lover of coffee, and as a mortal, I read the headline with interest: “People With Daily Intake Of 1.5 to 3.5 Cups Of Coffee Less Likely To Die.” I find this headline problematic on several levels. First, it’s lousy capitalization. No matter which style manual you use, this title has problems. But you see the bigger problem, don’t you? I suspect that your experience is the same as mine, and I’m telling no secrets here. But, in my experience, though I find coff...
Portales’ own New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones will be at the Portales Public Library at 5:30 p.m. Thursday to talk about her work, visit with fans, and sign books. She’s going to have to work hard to top her first appearance at the library 11 years ago, a packed event that ended with a surprise reunion and happy tears all around. A little background is in order. Darynda Jones’ first two books — “First Grave on the Right” and “Second Grave on the Left” — came...
It feels like the future is being pulled in two directions at once. Things are getting better, while things also feel like they are getting worse. Both are probably true. I’m not so naive as to believe this is something new. Looking back at history I see how every era of the past had opposing forces pulling in different directions, fighting to shape the future. Two steps forward and one step back, as one or the other got the upper hand for a time. I do believe the long-term t...
The Governor’s Office recently boasted of record-setting in-state spending from the filmmaking industry. And while a good chunk of that is going into the Rio Grande Corridor, where Netflix and other filmmakers have set up shop, smaller cities and towns are benefiting as well. According to state figures, the film, television and digital media production industry pumped $855.4 million in “direct spending” into the New Mexico economy in fiscal year 2021-22, an impressive leap from $626.5 million in FY 2020-21, and eclipsing the...
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to take full credit for the recent capture of notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero. But the signs point to some degree of cooperation between the U.S. and Mexican governments. At any rate, we welcome Caro Quintero’s arrest and other recent developments as evidence that the U.S. and Mexico are taking steps to mend their relationship despite what López Obrador’s rhetoric suggests. Caro Quintero is no average drug lord. He served 28 years in prison for the 1985 kidnap...
Work began on the first phase of the Kilgore Road improvement project in Portales Monday with preliminary surveying. The four-phase project will stretch from Highway 70 to 18th Street and the first phase will extend from 3rd Street to 18th, said John DeSha, Portales public works director. The work will involve completely replacing the road with six inches of asphalt, DeSha said. “The asphalt that was there has failed and the amount of traffic on it has caused it to breakout,” he said. This stretch of road is one-mile long and...
Fire departments from Curry and Roosevelt counties helped crews from Cannon Air Force Base to put out a blaze that engulfed about 5,000 acres at the Melrose Air Force Range July 20. According to a news release from the Cannon AFB public affairs department, around 8:15 p.m. that date lightning struck starting a fire that spread throughout the western quadrant of the MAFR and went about 100 yards beyond the range perimeter. The fire was successfully contained July 21 at 3:11 a.m. “Our firefighters received immediate r...
FORT SUMNER — De Baca County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a burglary in the early morning hours of July 19 at the Outlaw Herbs cannabis dispensary. About $2,000 in marijuana product was reported stolen in the burglary. The business has been open since June 22. According to DBSO reports, owner Joe Eddleman was alerted to an alarm at his business by his security monitoring company at approximately 2:45 a.m. Noting a footprint on top of an air conditioning unit on the south side of the building, Eddleman found the AC...
The Clovis City Commission voted Thursday to serve as the applicant for a loan from the New Mexico Environment Department to fund a study to determine the feasibility and costs of filtering per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – known as PFAS — contaminants out of the well water south of Cannon Air Force Base. The first step would be to submit what is called a pre-application to the NMED Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund program. EPCOR, the Clovis water utility company, approached the July 21 commission meeting to ask the...
Both of the main candidates in New Mexico's race for governor are making their children a visible campaign presence. Most recently, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's reelection campaign on Monday launched a TV ad that features her eldest daughter talking about her family's struggles after Lujan Grisham's first husband died of an aneurysm while jogging in 2004. The governor's daughter, Taylor Stewart, says in the 60-second ad that Lujan Grisham was forced to balance being a single...
A Fort Sumner woman accused of killing her grandfather and hiding his body in a tool chest in 2020 is scheduled to be in court today to consider a plea agreement in the case. Candy Jo Webb, 27 at the time, is accused of killing A.J. Harden, 83, in 2020. The plea hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today in the Clovis courtroom of Judge Ben Cross. Andrea Reeb, special prosecutor in the case, said the agreement calls for Webb to plead guilty to charges of second-degree murder,...
CLOVIS — Clovis High has filled two of its coaching vacancies this week, including boys head basketball coach. Athletic director Lonnie Baca said on Monday that Joshua Mattox, who spent last season as a men’s basketball assistant at University of the Southwest in Hobbs, has taken over the boys basketball reigns following the resignation of Jaden Isler earlier this summer. A 2010 graduate of Belen High School, Mattox earned his Bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from the University of New Mexico earlier this year. Prior to USW,...
