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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — Officials on Sunday identified the shooter and those hurt in the deadly incident Saturday morning outside Portales, but said no arrests or charges had been made. Roosevelt County Sheriff Malin Parker said Devin Guidry, 23, was "determined to be the shooter" and that "Guidry described how he shot (Derek) Garcia in self-defense because Garcia came at him with a knife." Guidry is cooperating in the investigation and as of Sunday afternoon had not been charged or arrested — nor had anyone else. Guidry was not on the... Full story
CLOVIS — Clovis, Clovis Municipal Schools and Cannon Air Force Base were nationally recognized this week as recipients of the 2019 Pete Taylor Partnership of Excellence Award, according to a CMS release. The award is the highest honor the Military Child Education Coalition gives during its annual award ceremony, held Tuesday in Washington, D.C. “Your community partnership truly lives the MCEC vision to ‘ensure inclusive, quality educational opportunities for all military-connected children,’” an award letter from the MCEC sai...
FRIONA — A 22-year-old Clovis man was killed in a crash Thursday afternoon near Friona, officials said. Benjamin Arguello was leaving Cargill Meat Solutions when he "failed to yield right of way and entered the eastbound lanes of U.S. 60 in the path" of a tractor-trailer rig, according to a report from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Arguello was attempting to turn left onto the highway’s westbound lane and was struck on the door of his Chevrolet Silverado truck by a 2014 Freighliner pulling a trailer in the eas...
PORTALES — The Roosevelt County Commission will give final consideration to its 2019-20 budget and cover fourth-quarter financials from the just-concluded 2018-19 fiscal year at its Tuesday meeting. The commissioners will also consider two road closure requests at difference stages and a look at long-term utilization of another county road. The commission will consider road view committee recommendations regarding the closure of a 1-mile stretch of South Roosevelt Road 9 east of South Roosevelt Road N, and appoint a road v...
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday signed an executive order providing for the establishment of fitness and wellness programs for its 17,000-plus state employees, according to a release from her office. The order directs the State Personnel Office to develop fitness and wellness guidance for state employees, including a policy template for agencies and departments to implement. Per the order, each agency and department will implement a fitness and wellness policy that facilitates work-life balance. “A hea...
CLOVIS — In their last regular summer meeting before the new school year, the Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education will meet this week to consider some policy revisions, inventory disposal and staff retention. A “discussion of staff retention” is on the agenda under “employee services,” and officials have previously noted a turnover rate of 20-25% among CMS personnel in recent years. Teacher shortage is an issue statewide, and CMS staff have said they’re taking proactive approaches to meet those challenges locally. Al...
PORTALES — City Manager Sammy Standefer projected drawing down further on reserves for Portales' general fund in a presentation Tuesday evening on the coming fiscal year budget. In a public hearing before the Portales City Council the "Final Budget for 107th Fiscal Year 2019-2020," Standefer forecasted drawing down reserves by $1,428,252, $127,863 more than projected in the interim budget. He maintained as he had in previous council meetings that either revenues must be increased or expenditures decreased to protect the c...
ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico attorney general and the Environment Department have filed a motion asking that the U.S. Air Force be required to quickly clean up contamination from toxic firefighting foam that leaked into the ground on and near Holloman and Cannon Air Force bases. The preliminary injunction, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, asks the court to compel the Air Force to outline the contamination plume and test groundwater and drinking water. Another demand is that the Air Force provide alternative water s...
Quick, now. What comes to mind when you think about University of California athletics. Aaron Rodgers? Jared Goff? If you’re old enough you probably remember when Cal football’s kick-return laterals beat Stanford while New Mexico native Joe Kapp was coaching the Golden Bears. If you’re older still, you might remember when Kapp was California’s quarterback. Cal men’s basketball? Kevin Johnson likely comes to mind. “KJ” in 1992 became the first California men’s basketball play...
Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s long day of testimony on Capitol Hill had all the elements one expects of political theater in these partisan times. Some day, scholars will have to analyze all the questioning and determine how much was posturing by lawmakers and how much was actual fact-finding (or at least maintained the appearance of information gathering). One imagines 2% would be a generous estimate. And while there’s certainly value in Americans hearing from the man-of-the-hour that President Trump was not act...
Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley used a perfectly good word in its appropriate context, and stands accused of dog-whistle bigotry. At the National Conservatism conference in Washington, D.C., this month, Hawley gave a keynote address that attacked the coastal elite for being out of touch and out of sympathy with the heartland. He called it “the cosmopolitan elite,” described its beliefs as the “cosmopolitan consensus,” and accused it of building a “cosmopolitan economy.” E...
A few assignments ago I found myself at a local softball game, looking to fill a small spot in the sports section. A member of the crowd recognized me as a photographer — the camera is apparently a dead giveaway — and asked for a favor. A player on one of the teams had just gone through a difficult family ordeal, and she said a picture of him in the newspaper would mean so much. I had no idea what would unfold in the game, and I make no guarantees because news can break at any time. I told the person I’d keep it in mind,...
A July 16 column by the New York Times’ Thomas L. Friedman favors some moderate ideas he thinks the Democratic party should adopt even as it lists leftward. I agree. Friedman and I share a belief that Americans tend to settle toward the center even as the Republican and Democratic parties gravitate toward extremes. Friedman and I also concur that people mostly miss good jobs. Yes unemployment is down, but, as Friedman points out, “the wealth of the top 1 percent equals that of the bottom 90 percent.” At the same time, the t...
Looking at the United Kingdom from this side of the Atlantic, it’s fair to say that who becomes prime minister isn’t always a crucial development. The “special relationship” is solid — so keep calm and carry on, as the British would say. Tuesday brought something different. Not panic-inducing, but different: the ascension of Boris Johnson, a quirky, cerebral figure, to the post of prime minister. Johnson won a Conservative Party election to succeed Theresa May. Johnson will become a consequential figure in American eyes for...
CLOVIS — As it greets the 2019-20 fiscal year and waves goodbye to the 2018-19 fiscal year, the Curry County Commission heard phrases anybody would want to hear — under budget and $10 million in the general fund. That was the financial picture county officials gave during Friday’s special meeting largely dedicated to final passage of the $37.312 million budget. County Finance Director Carol Pipes said every county department came in under budget for the year, with the departments averaging 19% below budget, and reven...
The following are first days for schools in Curry and Roosevelt counties. Aug. 6 • First day of classes for Floyd Schools. Information: www.floydbroncos.com or 575-478-2211 Aug. 7 • First day of classes for Melrose Schools. Information: www.melroseschools.com or 575-253-4269 Aug. 8 • First day of classes for Elida Schools kindergarten through grade 12. Information: elidaschools.net or 575-274-6211 Aug. 9 • First day of classes for Dora Schools kindergarten through grade 12. Information: www.doraschools.com or 575-477...
