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SANTA FE — State officials said Thursday New Mexico is showing positive signs against the COVID-19 pandemic, but noted the next few weeks will be key in allowing schools to return to face-to-face instruction. There were no changes announced to the current public health orders Thursday, following a generally positive round of news on new infections. The state announced 177 new cases Thursday, including six in Curry County and two in Roosevelt County. There have been 22,987 total confirmed cases, with 9,980 of those cases d... Full story
It may be hard to remember now, but before the pandemic began, streaming movies on our TVs and laptops was not the only way of enjoying a new film. Movie theaters have been hit hard by COVID-19. As places where groups of people would gather together in close proximity, their prolonged closure has not been a surprise under current health and safety mandates. North Plains 7 of Clovis is one location of the Allen Theaters chain whose closed status has not changed since shortly...
The Mountain West Conference, which includes the University of New Mexico Lobos, has canceled fall sports, including football, because of COVID-19 concerns. It will consider playing them in the spring, the league announced Monday. At New Mexico State University, the Aggies’ football team paused its preseason camp, after a positive COVID-19 test by an asymptomatic individual, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported Monday. The rest of the position group and coaches all tested negative, according to NMSU. And the rest of the f...
Joe Biden has named his one-time rival Kamala Harris as his running mate, the campaign revealed Tuesday, elevating California’s junior senator as the first woman of color to appear on a major party’s presidential ticket. Harris, who centered her unsuccessful White House bid last year on a promise to “prosecute the case” against President Donald Trump, was widely seen as a front-runner to be Biden’s vice presidential pick. With her statewide experience as California attorney general and four years in the U.S. Senate, Harris wa...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis ∞ Cecilia Sandoval-Jimenez, 23, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug ∞ Tia Osby, 22, probation violation, driving under the influence of liquor, speeding, no seat belts, no insurance ∞ Paul Aragon, 51, assault upon a peace officer, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer ∞ Sheresea Gibson, 44, probation violation ∞ Joseph Ramirez, 30, possession of a controlled substance, bringing contraband into jail...
PORTALES — As school board members met online Monday, they heard reports of Portales Municipal Schools staff happy to be working in classrooms again as they prepare for the new school year. “It’s nice to see them back, and most of them were glad to be back,” Superintendent Johnnie Cain told the Portales school board. “They learned a lot about the new path we’re heading.” The school board heard of numerous challenges with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and how staff hoped to overcome them as the school year starts Monday...
Lazarus was dead. Of that sad fact everyone was now absolutely sure. He had been barely breathing when Mary and Martha, his sisters, had sent the urgent message to Jesus to beg the Lord to return to help the desperate friends. They needed Jesus badly, and quickly. Yesterday, if possible, and it wasn’t possible. Even for the Lord. But the odd truth is that after he’d received the message from these dearly loved friends, Jesus had not hurried. When he finally arrived back nea...
One resource that has remained open to the public this summer despite numerous businesses and attractions being closed is the Clovis-Carver Public Library. Closed from March 18, the library was able to reopen its doors on May 18 with regular hours. "I believe we were one of the first libraries to reopen," said Margaret Hinche, library director, "but we did it under very strict guidelines and under my boss, the city manager. The city assistant manager came in and made sure...
I have fresh appreciation this week for two of the appliances in my house: the washing machine and dryer. I may have lacked the proper appreciation for the luxury of in-home laundry services as a kid, but by the time I was a college student and entered the better part of a decade relying on commercial laundromats, I rapidly grasped the value of what I had left behind. My first apartment fitted with … gasp … a built-in washer and dryer … gasp again … was bliss. When my 40-some...
The news of peace, The Portales Tribune told us, was received in various moods. It came about 5 p.m. that Tuesday in New Mexico. “When the final news was received some hearers stood calmly and spoke softly ‘Thank God it’s over,’ while others screamed with joy,” the newspaper reported. “Women jumped up and down in delight and men threw their hats into the air. “There were many, many tears, some for joy, some of sorrow and others just tears of relief. There was little of comfort to be said to those shedding tears of sorrow for...
As you get older, you get more used to death. You become familiar with seeing your elders pass on. Death can be painful, especially, for the ones left behind. It’s a tragedy when a loved one’s life is cut short; and for parents, the loss of a child must be the worst. Thankfully, I haven’t gone through that, so I can only imagine how incredibly heart-wrenching it is. I’ve lost people who meant the world to me — friends, mentors and family members. I lost my parents, Charles and Lois McDonald, several years ago and still mis...
Government actions have consequences. Some people were happy with the so-called stimulus checks they got from the federal government. Most of them are excited about the prospects of getting another one. One such fan of stimulus checks was complaining to me a while ago after realizing prices on some necessary items have gone up a noticeable amount. Instead of keeping my mouth shut, I said “Remember the stimulus check you were so thrilled to get a couple of months ago? Y...
The social media app TikTok has been downloaded more than 175 million times in the U.S. alone since its global launch in 2018. But now it’s going viral for reasons other than teens dancing or cooking in pajamas. President Donald Trump recently announced that the U.S. government would ban TikTok on Sept. 15 or force the company to divest its U.S. holdings, citing national security concerns. The Chinese company ByteDance, which operates under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party, runs the app. Although ByteDance c...
SANTA FE — Three of New Mexico’s top Republicans lashed out at the state Oil and Gas Association in an opinion column this week, exposing a rift between two organizations that normally work well together on state energy policies and politics. The frustration burst into view after the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association’s executive director, Ryan Flynn, described U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small last week as a strong advocate for New Mexico’s energy interests and as someone who has “stood up to those in her party who want to c...
CCC receives five-year grant Clovis Community College has received a five-year U.S. Department of Education TRIO Student Support Services grant, which will help it support 180 low-income, first-generation or disabled college students. The $294,725 grant is part of an estimated $314 million awarded through 1,069 grants. The college has received TRIO-SSS grants since 2000. The funds will help CCC provide academic tutoring, mentoring, advising and course selection assistance, assistance completing financial aid applications,...
On this date ... 1970: Postal clerk Charlie Nelson had retired after four decades in the Portales post office. Nelson began his career on April 1, 1938, as a substitute carrier. He took three years off to serve in the Army during World War II, but even then his job in the military was with the Army post office. After his military service, he returned to Portales where he spent most of his time “behind a stamp window,” the Portales News-Tribune reported. Charlie and his wife were planning to go “wandering,” he told the new...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County officials on Tuesday implored residents to take pride in their own housecleaning. County Manager Amber Hamilton and Road Superintendent Ricky Lovato noted during the county commission meeting the strain illegal dumping takes on the county. Hamilton said it is frustrating to go along a county road and see furniture and tires in the ditch, and Lovato said road crews spend time clearing debris from roads — time that could be spent on road maintenance. Hamilton said she would like to see more pri...
SANTA FE — The Administrative Office of the Courts has introduced a smartphone app for New Mexico court case lookup. The app will display summary information for both civil and criminal cases, including scheduled hearings, attorneys and judges, a register of case actions and the charges and dispositions. The app will search district, magistrate and metropolitan courts, as well as the New Mexico Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. “New Mexico Courts are committed to using innovative technology, like this software program, to...
SANTA FE — A Roswell musician. A Clovis liquor store. A floral shop with locations in the Four Corners. Those are among the individuals and businesses that have recently filed lawsuits against Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration in an attempt to recoup economic losses incurred during the coronavirus pandemic. Albuquerque attorney Blair Dunn, whose law firm filed the recent round of lawsuits, said the financial losses suffered as a result of the pandemic range from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of tho...
