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With the possibility that chemical pollutants are still spreading in soil near Cannon Air Force Base and the prospect of trainloads of spent nuclear fuel stopping in Clovis, New Mexico State Sen. Jeff Steinborn, D-Las Cruces, thought Clovis should host a meeting of the Legislature's radioactive and hazardous materials committee, which he chairs. The committee met at the ClovisCivicCenter on Friday, with members of the committee joined by state Sen. Pat Woods, R- Broadview, and...
The FBI seized classified records — some marked top secret — from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, according to court documents unsealed Friday. The list of information seized includes materials labeled with “Various classified/TS/SCI documents,” which refers to top-secret and sensitive compartmented information. That’s a government label for material gathered through sensitive intelligence sources, methods or analytical processes. The items were taken during the execution of a search warrant signed by a...
CLOVIS - Robin Jones, executive vice president of Academic Affairs at Clovis Community College, will serve as the college's interim president for three weeks, which began on Monday. Jones was chosen on a 4-0 vote of CCC's board of trustees Monday morning at a special meeting. Trustee Terry Martin was absent for Monday's virtual meeting. Martin, who also did not vote on whether to place President Charles Nwankwo on paid leave on Aug. 3 despite attending the meeting, did not...
CLOVIS - Schammiel Kirven, 17, liked hanging out with friends, especially her cousin, Legacy Kirven, "who was like her sister," Pastor Daniel Murrell said. Murrell is pastor of the First Church of the Brethren where Schammiel's funeral is scheduled to be held at 2 p.m. today. The teenager died a week ago, shot in an incident her alleged shooter called "an accident." The suspect, Zyon Williams, 19, remains in the Curry County Adult Detention Center charged with abuse of a...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis * Larry Smith, 46, driving while license suspended or revoked * Aramis Johnson, 29, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge * Christian Alonzo, 21, child abuse – intentional, tampering with evidence * Francisco Ramirez, 42, possession of a controlled substance * Raquel Jaramillo, 35, probation violation * Ahimad Hicks, 41, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge * Lorena Mendoza, 41, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating l...
On this date … 1962: Seven teenagers on their way to a church picnic had been killed when a passenger train crashed into their car. Those killed were all from Olton or Springlake, Texas. One teen survived when he jumped from the car moments before the impact. Officials said the Santa Fe Railway train was traveling 80 mph when it hit the car near Lubbock. It wasn’t clear why the car was on the tracks. “The kids had plenty of time to get out of the way,” the train engineer told a reporter. “They probably froze.” Pages Past...
A state advisory committee has announced a public “request for information,” or RFI, to gather input on conservation activities most important to New Mexicans. The New Mexico 30 by 30 Advisory Committee is seeking ideas for a “uniquely New Mexico” vision for conservation, according to a news release from the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department. In August 2021, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Executive Order 2021-052, protecting New Mexico’s lands, watersheds, wildlife, and natural heritage. The order est...
If all of our eggs are in this earthly “basket,” how sad. I find myself thinking of the Apostle Paul’s words written, of course, specifically to Christians: “If for this life only we have hope, we are of all people most to be pitied.” (1 Corinthians 15:19) No pity needed this morning. But I must admit that I’ve lost faith. I’ve lost faith in those who have enough blind faith to claim to believe in nothing and esteem their own blindness as some sort of tragic courage. Fashionab...
For 52 years in a quiet house on South Avenue F in Portales, Teri Blakeley has been dispensing love to generations of children left in her care. A week from Friday, she'll be bidding those tots and their parents farewell as she officially closes a daycare that has helped raise countless small Portalesanos. "I always said God would tell me when it was time to quit," Blakeley told me when I dropped by for a visit a few weeks ago. "God has been telling me for the last few months...
I found inspiration at a burn scar recently. It was in California, which has been burning for years now as Exhibit A for the onset of climate change. I had driven into the state to pick up my daughter Maya at LAX, after she had traveled back in time (thanks to the international date line) from Japan to the U.S. After embracing in the same space-time continuum, we spent a few hours under the smog of Los Angeles, then made our way into Sequoia National Forest, where some of the biggest trees on earth stand. This is not to be co...
The Clovis Softball Association has set up a 10 game Fall Ball season. According to a news release from softball association’s Roger Jackson the games start Sept. 6, 7 & 8. Games will be played on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays. Men’s #1 4 HR Rule (1 up rule after that), Men’s #2-#3 2HR Rule (1 up rule after that), Men’s #4-#5 1HR Rule (all others are an out) and Women #1, Women #2 and Women #3. Jackson said there will be 66 teams this fall. The first 44 men’s teams to pay and first 22 women’s teams to pay will be the only...
An American basketball player was recently arrested and imprisoned in Russia for possession of cannabis. Some people are outraged over this; others claim she deserved to be arrested because she broke Russian law -- a “law” without any ethical basis; a fake law that goes against natural law, as does most legislation. The Russian government imprisoning an American for marijuana possession isn’t more wrong than the U.S. government encouraging local governments in America to do...
How angry are some Republicans at what they see as betrayal by a centrist Democrat? Angry enough to betray sick military veterans, apparently. That’s the only rational explanation for the sudden about-face by two dozen Senate Republicans, including Missouri’s Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley, who opposed legislation they previously supported to make it easier for cancer-stricken veterans to get help from the government. Facing ferocious public pushback, Blunt, Hawley and the other GOP senators who about-faced quickly about-faced aga...
According to a recent report, the longterm water supply for the city of Portales “looks promising.” However, the city’s water supply until the pipeline is turned on is a reason for its water conservation efforts. City Manager Sarah Austin said the city’s water conservation efforts are tied to the city’s current water situation. Long term, the city’s water supply situation looks better. “Portales’ long-term water supply looks very promising because of the City’s participation in the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System’s Ut...
Clovis police have arrested a suspect in the June 25 robbery of a city convenience store. Arrested on a second-degree felony charge of armed robbery is Dakota Conner, 22, of Clovis. The robbery happened June 25 just before 10:20 p.m. at the Allsup's convenience store at 2600 W. 7th St. A call to police was phoned in by a clerk who told dispatch the store had been held up at gunpoint by a six foot, 300 pound man originally described as African-American. The suspect demanded...
