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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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A former Clovis police officer charged with drug trafficking and as an accessory to residential burglary turned himself in to authorities on Friday. Frank Careri, 34, under criminal investigation since February 2023, was charged July 26. Since he was out of state at the time, prosecutors gave him until Friday to turn himself in. Court records show Careri was booked into the Curry County Detention Center and released on a personal recognizance bond. Careri waived his...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Spaghetti w/Meatsauce, Salad w/Dressing, Italian Blend Veggies, Roll w/Margarine & Grapes. Tuesday: Hawaiian Pork, Rice, Stir Fry Vegetables, Gelatin & Berries. Wednesday: Spinach Quiche, Salad w/Garbanzo Beans, Light Italian Dressing, Crackers, Cantaloupe & Vanilla Yogurt. Thursday: Lean Chopped Steak w/Gravy & Onions, Mashed Potato, Broccoli Spears, Roll w/Margarine & Apricots. Friday: Green Chile Chicken Macaroni Casserole, Salad w/Dressing & Pears....
Monday *Clovis Astronomy Club – 7 p.m., Room 221, Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Use west parking lot entrance. Information: 757-846-7509 *City of Portales Planning and Zoning Committee meeting – 5:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 *Portales Municipal Schools board - 6 p.m., Board Room, L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Information: 575-356-7000 Tuesday through Friday *67th Annual New Mexico Municipal League Annual Conference – C...
Portales Monday: Breakfast: Benefit Bar, Fruit Cup & Juice. Lunch: Drumsticks, Macaroni & Cheese, Green Beans, Carrots, Pineapple or (grades 7-12) Steak Sandwich, Fries, Cucumber & Pears. Tuesday: Breakfast: Pancake on a Stick & Juice. Lunch: BBQ Sandwich, Baked Beans, Broccoli, & Mixed Fruit or (grades 7-12) Nachos, Carrots, Broccoli & Mixed Fruit. Wednesday: Breakfast: Muffin Top, Sliced Apples & Juice. Lunch: Frito Pie, Corn, Broccoli & Applesauce or (grades 7-12) Cheeseburger or Hamburger, Fries, Lettuce & Tomato &...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “The Rare Jewel of Everleigh Wheaton” by Susan L. Tuttle. Personal care nurse Everleigh Wheaton knows it only takes a few well-placed lies to ruin a reputation. She’s experienced it time and time again. When she loses yet another job and an enigm...
Evelyn Ledbetter is a woman of many worlds. She spent her childhood on a farm, received an accounting degree from Eastern New Mexico University, owns a chile farm, is the promotions director of KENW-FM and has a TV talk show. She credits her mother and the advice she left. "I never heard her talk poorly about others. When someone hurt her feelings or wouldn't behave right, she would always just say, 'Well that's on them, I'm accountable to God.' And she would just leave it at...
It only happens every four years, but I’ve never caught Olympic fever. Hope that doesn’t put me on a black list for national pride. I’ve always caught the headlines and even enjoyed the telling of a heartstrings, overcoming-the-odds story. But I never have had any event at any Olympics that I didn’t want to miss. I know New Zealander Rex Maddaford, a distance runner at Eastern New Mexico University who competed in Mexico City in 1968. But that’s about as close as I’ve come...
Free blood testing for PFAS contamination will be administered in September and October in a program spearheaded by the New Mexico Environment Department and the New Mexico Department of Health. Preliminary details were revealed by state representatives at Thursday's monthly meeting of the Curry County Health Council. Kate Cardenas of the Environment Department and Heidi Krapfl of the Department of Heath called the blood testing an inter-agency project for people in an area...
A man was hit by a vehicle Friday morning in the parking lot at Clovis’ McDonald’s on Prince Street. “A vehicle hit a pedestrian and the person became trapped under the vehicle,” Clovis Police Lt. Trevor Thron confirmed. “(The) victim did suffer some moderate injuries, but not life-threatening from what I was told....
Staff for U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., will hold in-person mobile office hours in Texico on Tuesday. The office hours will be from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and take place at the Texico Senior Center, 211 N. Griffin St. “Staff will be on hand to assist residents who have questions regarding Social Security benefits, Medicare, immigration, veterans benefits, student loans, and other federal programs,” the release from Heinrich’s office states. “Constituents who are not able to attend Mobile Office Hours can visit the Hel...
Power was out late Tuesday night around the Clovis airport following a traffic accident. Curry County Sheriff Michael Brockett said juveniles “ran a stop sign and hit a power pole.” The incident interrupted power in the area from about 10 p.m. Tuesday until about 1 a.m. Wednesday. The sheriff said only one vehicle was involved and no injuries were reported....
Saturday will be move-in day for Eastern New Mexico University students living on campus. The university's administration has also planned several activities that will take place during the annual welcome weekend, or Dawg Days, to welcome students back to campus, according to an ENMU news release. "Dawg Days are here again. I love this time of year when students move in, and the campus truly comes to life," ENMU Chancellor James Johnston said. Johnston said he's "looking...
The New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration has awarded $24.9 million in grants to pay for 190 additional firefighter and EMT positions across the state, according to a DFA news release. The $24.9 million in awards will help offset the cost of new firefighter and EMT salaries for three years, the release states. “Firefighters are on the front lines protecting our communities from potentially devastating blazes everyday,” said Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in the release. “As fires––and especially wildfires...
They say fences make good neighbors, but when it comes to a neighbor like the U.S. Air Force, Clovis residents need one hell of a deep fence. I am an outspoken critic of how the Air Force continues to treat the families of Clovis, given not one drop of PFAS-contaminated groundwater that migrated outside of Cannon Air Force Base’s fence line has been cleaned up yet. That’s right – not one drop in the last six years. Since discovering firefighting foams containing PFAS used on Cannon AFB contaminated groundwater some four...
Ordinance only punishes impoverished “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” — Mahatma Gandhi The city of Clovis has put forth an anti-homeless ordinance that does nothing but punish those impoverished. We cannot ban homelessness to eliminate homelessness. This proposed ordinance (final vote is scheduled Aug. 22) only serves to sweep a widespread issue under the rug, criminalizing those whose only crime is not having a permanent residence. Not only that, where do our city...
I am what J.D. Vance would have called a single cat lady. Actually, I don’t have, nor do I particularly like, cats. I am more along the lines of a single black Lab lady, or a single bearded dragon lady. But the label still matches my civil status. I have neither spouse nor spawn, which puts me in the demographic targeted by the Republican VP candidate in his critical commentaries on the state of civilization. And guess what? I agree with him. I was not offended when I heard Va...
Nobody has ever accused me of being some sort of cockeyed optimist. Any rose tint that may have once colored my spectacles has faded due to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. I’m a kind of a hope-for-the-best, plan-for-the-worst kind of guy. On the other hand, every morning when I wake up and pour a cup of coffee in me to get my heart started, I feel blessed. In casting a jaundiced eye over the current world situation, it seems to me that we are neck deep in a p...
No matter which politician attains the office of president after the upcoming election, you’ll probably be fine. I know it’s more popular to say we are all doomed unless a certain politician wins. The truth is, no president has had much effect on my life, regardless of whether I liked or despised him. Or, potentially, her. If they imposed unconstitutional legislation I didn’t like, I probably ignored it or found a workaround. We all commit an average of three felonies per d...
If the recent Las Cruces town hall meeting on public safety called by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was intended to demonstrate the public’s concern about crime, it was a huge success. They expected it to draw about 200 people and take two hours to complete. Instead, a crowd of more than 500 packed the Convention Center ballroom for a discussion that lasted long into the night. There were a couple of clear takeaways. The first is a growing belief among residents that Las Cruces is no longer the safe community that it once w...
The Curry County Fair opens its gates to the public Tuesday through Saturday this week. Here’s the schedule of events: Monday • Fair entry day – 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Curry County Fairgrounds, 1900 E. Brady Ave., Clovis. Information: www.curryeventscenter.com/fair Tuesday • Food Bank Night – Admission: Adults (13-59) $7 daily, $18 weekly; seniors (60 and up) $6 daily, $15 weekly; kids (ages 5-12) $3 daily, $8 weekly; military $5 daily, $12 weekly; children 4 and under are free. • 9 a.m. – county-bred swine show; 9:30 a.m. – rabbit...
What is going on at the southwest corner of Purdue and Thornton streets in Clovis? It looks like a new structure is going up. Nick Griego & Sons has a building permit to create storefronts at that location, said city officials and Nick Griego Jr. “There was a hamburger joint there when I was young, then an Asian store,” said Griego, vice president of the construction company. Griego said the new construction at Purdue and Thornton will have eight storefronts facing Purdue. “Each one has 800 square feet. Two of them will...
The diagnosis fell on Clovis native Lexi Cross like an anvil out of the sky. "You have Type 2 diabetes," her endocrinologist told her last summer at a doctor's office in Roswell. First came "shock." Then confronting her own mortality at 40 years old, followed by an alarming thought of not being there for her four kids, particularly her child with epilepsy. At the time, Cross had said she knew her health habits weren't the greatest. Exercise was contained to weekend softb...
If you want to fall in love with your community, there may be no finer way to do it than from the top of a Ferris wheel at a county fair, ideally with a cone of cotton candy melting into your hand as you ride. If we’re lucky, we have a number of upcoming opportunities to do just that. Curry County’s annual fair runs from Tuesday through Saturday in Clovis, and folks in Roosevelt County will be following suit from Aug. 20-25 in Portales. I have no insider’s information on wh...
It wasn't just that Laura Araiza's lacking health habits left her "feeling tired of feeling tired." Rather, this lethargy festered into her not being the parent she wanted to be for her four kids. She couldn't play with them. She was "sad all the time." And was prone to snapping. "They weren't getting a good side of me," said Araiza, a native of Clovis and stay-at-home mom. It all came to a head on a family vacation last summer. While at a water park in Dallas, Araiz...
Portales City Council members, in a “special council meeting” last Saturday unanimously voted to make a “conditional offer” for Christopher Moyer to be the city’s next manager. Council members voted 8-0 for the city human resources department to begin background checks on Moyer, who was one of 37 applicants for the job. The position became open after the Council fired Sarah Austin “without cause” in April. A recording of Saturday’s special meeting was posted on the city’s YouTube channel. Interim City Manager T.J. Cathey said...
