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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — The Portales girls soccer team would like to forget most of last season. But not how it ended. Reeling from a 10-game losing streak, the Lady Rams went into their last game against Ruidoso, played with heart, and came away with a victory. Though their season wrapped at 6-12, that stirring finale gave the Rams a look at their great potential and, they think, a glimpse of their future. “We’re hoping to start off like we ended last year, on a good note,” Portales senior striker/wing Angie Gonzalez said. “I feel like...
FARWELL — One person was treated and released from a local hospital after a Sunday night traffic accident that involved a Farwell police officer and vehicle. Parmer County Sheriff Randy Geries said Officer Alexis Cisneros was “working radar” on U.S. 60 on Sunday night when he made a u-turn in front of a vehicle he did not see. “It was 100 percent the officer’s fault,” Geries said. Cisneros was cited for failure to yield right of way, the sheriff said. The injured passenger in the other vehicle was taken to the Clovis hosp...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis has paid out $183,000 to settle complaints against it since Jan. 1, records show. The city has paid out 12 claims, with allegations ranging from damage caused by garbage trucks and sewer backups to traffic accidents. The information was provided in response to a public records request filed by The Eastern New Mexico News. The largest settlement paid so far this year was $75,713 to five individuals involved in a vehicle accident with a city bus. Lendon Tye Odell, Virginia Lykins-Odell, Logan L...
CLOVIS — Legal action has been presented to the city of Clovis on behalf of Gevion Lewis, who died less than two weeks after a July 4 accident in a pond at Hillcrest Park. Lewis, 13, never regained consciousness after being pulled from the pond, where he had been submerged up to 10 minutes after going under while swimming with friends. He was removed from a respirator July 15. A tort claim submitted July 12 by Albuquerque-based lawyer Kimberly Brusuelas noted the absence of safety precautions surrounding the pond near the old...
Even without benefit of a calendar, a recent slow trip up NM 206 following a food truck painted with a four-foot tall picture of a glistening candy apple was proof-positive: Fair season has arrived in eastern New Mexico. Curry County kicked off festivities on Tuesday for a five-day run in Clovis. Roosevelt County will follow suit this Tuesday through Aug. 26, with entry day slated for Monday at the fairgrounds north of Portales. In the 110 or so years since Roosevelt County...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University's men's basketball team finished one win away from reaching the Lone Star Conference tournament last season. This year, the Tres Segler-led Hounds return with a schedule that says they're trying to make the NCAA tournament. Eastern opens its season with as tough a Division I exhibition as it gets, a Nov. 1 road date to face USA Today Preseason No. 1 Arizona. While the Greyhounds have faced Division I teams in exhibition play, this is t...
On this date ... 1942: A man working on his truck while smoking a cigarette escaped injury after tossing a lit cigarette into a puddle of gasoline that he thought was water. The incident happened at El Vado Service Station at First and Main in Clovis. The only damage was to the tires of the truck. 1942: The Clovis city clerk's office had a new member. Matie Gilham and Marguerite Sellars became the co-mothers of a half-inch long horned toad. Gilham said she wanted to name it...
TUCUMCARI — A pair of Tucumcari residents are out on bond, charged in connection with the 2016 death of a 1-year-old boy. Hope Bass, 25, and Daniel Martinez, 19, were arrested Aug. 10, and both entered no plea to four counts of child abuse — one resulting in death. The charges stem from the Aug. 5, 2016, death of Chase Bass. The two were arraigned Monday before Quay County Magistrate Judge TJ O'Quinn and released on $20,000 appearance bonds, with caveats including house arr...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday: Clovis • Stephen Casillas, 45, warrant failure to pay fines/fees • Donte Robinson, 19, failure to yield, failure to stop upon striking unattended vehicle, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Maria Olivas, 32, probation violation • Joseph Sandoval, 44, forgery, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Trenton Sumner, 25, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia • Jermain Jones, 46, failure to appear at time and...
PORTALES — Pencils, paper, glue and erasers. Notebooks, binders, crayons and calculators — the school district has “boxes and boxes and boxes” of these items thanks to the United Way of Eastern New Mexico, said Portales Municipal Schools administrative assistant Julie Miller. With support of the community and local businesses, UWENM received 5,424 items during its day long “Stuff the Bus” promotion Aug. 5 outside Portales’ Wal-Mart. It was recognized accordingly at the city’s board of education meeting Monday night. “We just...
Tuesday • Friends of the Library — 11 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-9687 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 ext. 1012 • Clovis Municipal School Board — 5:30 p.m. at district board room. Information: 575-769-4300 Wednesday • Public Works Committee — 8:30 a.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 This calendar is a daily listing of area public meetings. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-763-6991...
Saturday • Big Bass Bonanza — 7:30 a.m. fishing fundraiser at Ute Lake for Melrose Senior Center. Entry fees: $65. Information: 575-309-4496 • Old Timers’ luncheon — Noon at Curry County Events Center. Information: 575-763-3435 Monday • Stitch Addicts — 1:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Lesson: Tea towels, scrubbies. Information: 575-763-9687 Ongoing • Pintores artist of the month — Brackston Taylor is the Pintores Art League featured artist for August at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 The...
