Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 30
CLOVIS - As the auctioneer rapidly spat out bid numbers, youngsters wrangled and paraded their animals around the auction pen late into the night. The crowd clapped, hooted and hollered as the bids rose higher and higher, while the exhibitors readied themselves to reap the rewards of months of hard work. The Curry County Fair's Junior Livestock Auction kicked off Friday evening and lasted well into the night as 102 exhibitors showed off the cattle, swine, lamb and other...
Imagine if your supervisor said you and your coworkers should each set aside $50 of your paycheck so the office can make a major purchase. The donation is voluntary, but there will be a list of who does donate (meaning you’ll also know who doesn’t donate). I don’t suppose it would matter how well-intentioned that money pooling was. Whether it be for donut Fridays, a Christmas party or helping a coworker befallen with medical expenses, you’d feel like you were being squeezed. Now imagine you’re not getting paid. That’s so...
We don’t usually report on personal disputes or private matters. Whether it’s a parent asking for help in locating a teenage runaway — who may or may not have a good reason for running away — or if it’s a customer unhappy with service at a for-profit business — who may or may not have a legitimate beef — experience tells us it’s a bad idea for the newspaper to get involved. Those who contact us on these matters seldom want us to tell the whole story, just the part they want known. Getting to the truth can be difficult. And...
PORTALES - It's not every day you get to watch a great migration of 600 freshman college students unload truckfuls of furniture, clothes and the rest of their personal items into the cramped dormitories they'll be inhabiting over the next year. Saturday morning saw the streets outside the various residence halls of Eastern New Mexico University packed with trucks and cars packed with cargo. Students and families led by councilors walked the campus, getting themselves...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission plans to finalize its Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan during its regular meeting Tuesday morning. The ICIP is a document every municipality moves on to its state legislators, with hopes the projects identified receive capital outlay dollars in the upcoming legislative session. Municipalities often rank their top five projects, but include numerous others because legislators often will not fund projects that have not been identified on an ICIP. Curry County has identified nearly f...
PORTALES — The Portales City Council on Tuesday is scheduled to review its 2020 to 2025 Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan. The meeting is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. Priorities were discussed on Friday when the city held a public hearing on ICIP. After receiving no comments, the list was approved for review and approval during Tuesday’s meeting. At the top of the priority list are ongoing well-field improvements, followed by fire protection and water circulation upgrades from last year. A cemetery expansion and the acq...
LBUQUERQUE — A Portales man pleaded not guilty yesterday on a federal charge of production of child pornography. Augustin Gallegos, 34, was indicted last month in U.S. District Court on the charge of "production of a visual depiction of a minor engaging sexually explicit conduct" during a period from March 31, 2018 to May 16, 2019, according to court records. The FBI arrested Gallegos Aug. 7 while he was already in custody on related state charges. Gallegos was indicted May 24 in the 9th Judicial District for first-degree fel...
CLOVIS — Sandoval County Treasurer Laura Montoya has been busy visiting New Mexico communities, dropping by county fairs, chatting in coffee shops and more to get in touch with the citizens she hopes to one day represent in Washington D.C. In her opinion, the divisiveness of the federal government has been distracting policy makers from what's really important: serving the people they represent. With 17 years of government experience at the federal, state and local levels, Montoya decided to run for New Mexico's 3rd C...
The folllowing marriage licenses were recently filed at the Curry County Clerk’s office: • Bill Junior Martin, 22, and Katheryn Renee Simpson, 32, both of Clovis • Kasey James McRobbie, 42, and Michelle Lynne Peffley, 45, both of Clovis • Cooper Ray Montague, 37, and Ashley Diane Fraser, 32, both of Gillette, Wyoming • Carlos Isaac Alvarez, 30, and Samantha Mays-Segura, 26, both of Clovis • Dahntae Tomas Draece Deluna, 20, and Makayla Ellen’s Balch, 21, both of Clovis • Manuel Enrique Paez-Soto, 35, and Consuelo Isabel...
On this date ... 1989: Sharon Hughes and Lisa Harrison had teamed up to win the championship flight of the annual Colonial Park Ladies Golf Association Championship Tournament. In other sports news: • The Clovis High School Wildcat Football Booster Club was preparing for its first meeting of the season. Dues were $3 per person or $5 per family. • Cal Ripken had played in his 1,208th consecutive Major League Baseball game, moving him into third place on the iron-man list behind Boston’s Everett Scott (1916-1925) and Lou Gehri...
PORTALES - On a night of many positives, the biggest one from Ram football might be that they expect to be a lot better. With eight days remaining before their season opener at Hope Christian, Portales generally outplayed Robertson in its home scrimmage and showed it expects to make a run for its second 4A title in four seasons and its fifth-consecutive year reaching at least the semifinal round. "I thought we did well on both sides of the ball," Portales coach Jaime Ramirez s...
Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Friends of Clovis-Carver Public Library — 11:30 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 • Civic Center Policy Board — 3 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Wednesday • Cit...
CLOVIS - Far from a starter, chips and salsa took center stage Friday night during the annual contest at the Curry County Fair. Made with a base of core ingredients - tomato, onion, garlic, salt and peppers - 21 entries competed at the fairgrounds' indoor pavilion for cash prizes and coveted salsa chef aprons from the event sponsor of seven years, Leal's Mexican Restaurant. "Everybody has their own style of salsa," said event announcer Jeff Lynn. "Sometimes, as soon as you tak...
PORTALES — And then there were three. Eastern New Mexico University’s search for a new athletic director began with 38 candidates in early summer, and that has since been pared down by more than 90 percent. ENMU recently announced three finalists — Michael Scarano, John Lewis and Casey Lish — for the position, which came open in late June when then-athletic director Greg Waggoner submitted his resignation. All three finalists have been invited onto campus for in-person interviews, and are slated to be there this coming...
PORTALES — Officials do not expect shortages, but all the same they are requesting Portales residents restrict outside water use to only essentials next week while renovation work takes place. A rehabilitation of Johnson Hill Tank West, a project of several months, will involve re-piping and interruption to wellfield flow from Tuesday to Thursday this week, city manager Sammy Standefer told The News. Residents served by that wellfield — including those in Portales and some outside the city — will be instead served by a 6-mil...
Monday • First day of classes for Clovis Community College. Information: http://www.clovis.edu or 575-769-2811 • First day of preschool for Clovis Schools. Information: http://www.clovis-schools.org or 575-769-4300 • First day of preschool for Dora Schools. Information: http://www.doraschools.com or 575-477-2211 • First day of classes for Grady Schools. Information: http://www.gradyschool.com or 575-357-2192 • First day of classes for Portales Schools kindergarten through grade 2. Information: http://www.p...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday - Thursday: Clovis • Caleb Negrete, 28, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia • Angel Gallo-Davis, 31, possession of a controlled substance • Mariah Garcia, 21, battery against a household member • Augustine Gonzales, 41, failure to pay fines, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Nikki Newman, 31, violation of restraining order prohibiting domestic violence • David Hernandez, 59, failure to appear on a felony char...
RUIDOSO — Technically, Clovis scored four touchdowns to Las Cruces’ two. But the weather might have won the day Wednesday at Ruidoso High School. The second of two lightning delays led the Wildcats and Bulldawgs to just skip the goal-line situation portion of the battle, and each side got on the bus to make the long trip home from the neutral-site scrimmage. “It was a good battle,” Clovis coach Cal Fullerton said. “They got after it, we got after it. We had two lightning delays, so that was something we got to work with too,...
The following books are available for checkout: Clovis-Carver Public Library “Falling Darkness” by Karen Harper keeps the action and mystery going at full throttle right up to the end when forensic psychologist Claire Britten, her ex-husband, young daughter, and new love survive a plane crash. To stay alive they must enter the witness protection program, hiding from the criminal mastermind out to get her boyfriend, but danger follows them to the supposed safe haven. “Please Don’t Feed the Mayor” by Sue Pethick blends my...
Clovis Schools K-5 Monday: Breakfast, Breakfast pizza. Lunch, Sweet & sour chicken, steamed rice, garden salad, mini carrots & ranch, fresh fruit - veggie bar Tuesday: Breakfast, Cinnamon roll. Lunch, Hamburger on a bun, baked french fries, veggie cup & ranch, sidekicks, veggie bar Wednesday: Breakfast, Filled Cocoa Puff bar. Lunch, Pasta with 3-cheese sauce, steamed broccoli, fresh fruit, veggie bar Thursday: Breakfast, Sausage croissant. Lunch, Pig in a serepe, garden salad & ranch, seasoned green beans, fresh fruit -...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8-ball pool, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. line dance, 1 p.m. canasta, 5 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8-ball pool, 8 a.m. quilting, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. trivia mania Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8-ball pool, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 9 a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. needle gang Thursday: 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $5, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m....
Information on twilling and using paintstiks will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Erica Plank is a designer and owner of Unseen Hands. She’s going to demonstrate a technique called Twilling which makes a beautiful stitch. She will also show how to do twilling on quilts, table runners as well as other fabric samples. Plank lives in Frontenac, Kansas. Quilter and designer, Laura Murray will demonstrate how t...
Sadly, I haven’t been fishing at all this year. I did pick up my copy of “Even Brook Trout Get the Blues,” and do a little reading however. The first chapter of that book, by John Gierach, author of “Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing,” describes his learning how to fish. Actually, he’s not certain of the details of the first fish he ever caught. I confess I would probably be right in that same boat. I might have been in a boat when I caught my first fish but I just can’t remember. G...
My name is Valeree Austin. I have been married to my husband, Dale, for 14 years. He is in the United States Air Force and we have moved 9 times in the last 14 years including a tour in England where my youngest daughter was born. My oldest daughter was born in South Carolina in the same hospital where my husband and I were both born. I currently work with two-year old children, and I am working on my associate's degree in Early Childhood Education. When you were a child, what...
Sixty years ago Aug. 18, 1959: Big Chief tablets were on the school supply list. Click Here to Download...
