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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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SANTA FE — A district judge ruled Friday against Floyd school board members, who sought an injunction on their Aug. 4 suspension by the Public Education Department. The board members — Leon Nall, Jeff Essary, Charlsea Lee, Vicki Banister and Ryan Bollema, voted 5-0 in a July 26 meeting to make many COVID-19 mitigation requirements from the PED optional, including face masks, social distancing and advanced air filtration. Education Secretary Ryan Stewart warned the board it would face suspension if it did not rescind its Jul...
SANTA FE — The Public Education Department announced Thursday that new guidance will not require schools to go into remote learning should the campus pick up four rapid responses inside 14 days, as was required last school year. Instead, the department plays to “work with schools to implement enhanced COVID-safe practice that will maintain in-person learning as much as possible.” Schools that collect multiple rapid responses within a 14-day period will still be posted on the state’s rapid response watchlist. A rapid respons...
New COVID-19 cases in August are averaging more than 30 per day in Curry-Roosevelt counties combined, the highest rate since January. And the state health department reported that those numbers skyrocketed at the end of last week with the two counties combined averaging 40 new cases per day from Wednesday through Friday. Local, state and national health officials continued pleas for residents to be vaccinated. “We know that the end of the pandemic will only come with more community members getting vaccinated,” said Jorge Cru...
President Joe Biden announced his support on August 9th for Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s plan to add the COVID-19 vaccination to the list of required vaccinations for service members by mid-September. The News asked Misty Mercado, chief of media relations at Cannon Air Force Base about the requirement Wednesday. Q: What percentage of Cannon personnel are vaccinated as of right now? How many with at least one dose, and how many with both shots? A: The vaccination rate among Cannon Air Force Base personnel is on par w...
FOOTBALL Prep summary Friday Hobbs 21, Clovis 0 Hobbs 7 0 7 7 — 21 Clovis 0 0 0 0 — 0 Scoring summary First quarter H — Colton Graham 1-yard run (Brian Baiza kick), 6:08 Third quarter H — Ethan Vanlandingham 1-yard run (Baiza kick), 3:22 Fourth quarter H — Jordan Chism 22-yard pass from Graham (Baiza kick), 11:45 Team statistics Hob Clo First downs 18 9 Rushes-yards 31-173 33-110 Passing yards 134 90 Total yards 307 200 Comp-att-int 12-17-0 6-18-0 Punting 3-39.0 3-41.7 Fumbles-lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-yards 12-109 12-85 Individ...
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 clovis.polarislibrary.com or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “While Justice Sleeps” by Stacey Abrams. Avery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, is doing her best to hold her life together when the shocking news breaks that Justice Wynn has slipped into a coma. She is imm...
Information on feeding your children right and using essential and base oils will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Elizabeth Somer, a registered dietitian and author, knows that feeding your children right may seem to be one of life’s greatest challenges, but she’s going to share some of her secrets to make it easier than you might think. She’s part of the Eat Smart, Play Safe program and lives in Salem, Or...
CLOVIS - Clovis High boys soccer coach Greg Trujillo figured Hope Christian would provide his squad a solid test. With four regulars sent home because of COVID-19 contact tracing earlier in the day, he knew it would be even tougher. On top of that, the Wildcats lost freshman Angel Nunez to a dislocated shoulder during the first half. Still, while they played reasonably well on defense, the Cats simply couldn't muster any kind of offensive attack in falling to the Class 4A,...
I’ve told people I could write about any subject at the drop of a hat. Apparently I can do the same thing with a Rotary program. When the program coordinator cornered me I surrendered immediately and asked her what she wanted me to talk about. Photography was the reply. I think she probably had in mind that I give tips on making snap shots better. I turned that idea on its nose and made it about myself. It turns out my experience with photography spans a lot of history. You c...
CLOVIS - Hobbs gave Clovis High's football team a feeling it hadn't had in quite some time on Friday. The Eagles stormed downfield score on their first possession in each half and generally controlled the game in handing the Wildcats a 21-0 loss in the season opener for both teams at Leon Williams Stadium. It was the first win for the Eagles over Clovis since a 30-28 triumph in 2013, their second win over the Cats since 2000 and the first by shutout since 1970. The Eagles...
PORTALES - The Portales Lady Rams will have a similar look on the court this season, but a new look on the sideline. Moriarty assistant Jacki Bailey takes over the program after longtime coach Ruth Chavez stepped down to become the school's athletic director earlier this summer. It's been a quick turnaround. PHS opens its 2021 campaign on Tuesday night at Hobbs. "We've had a short summer," said Bailey, a 2008 Moriarty graduate who spent the past nine seasons as an assistant...
Today • Roosevelt County Fair Fiesta Day — Roosevelt County fairgrounds, 705 E. Lime St., Portales. Sun Valley Carnival rides, 5-11:30 p.m. Entertainment: Luis Sanchez and Del Norte Band, 7-11:30 p.m., Outdoor Slab. Information: http://rooseveltcountyfair.com/ or call Roosevelt County Extension Office at 575-356-4417 Tuesday through Thursday • Registration for Clovis/Curry County 50+ Olympics — Roy Walker Gymnasium, 316 W. Second St., Clovis. 8-11 a.m., Tuesday & Wednesday; 4-7 p.m. Thursday. Events include air gun, pickleb...
Tuesday • Candidate filing day in Curry and Roosevelt counties — 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Curry County Clerk’s office, 417 Gidding St., Room 130, Clovis, and Roosevelt County Clerk’s office, 101 W. First St., Room 106, Portales. Sign up to run in the November general election for seats on local municipalities, villages, schools, colleges, and soil and water conservation districts. Information: Curry County Clerk at 575-763-5591; Roosevelt County Clerk at 575-356-8562 • Clovis Municipal Schools board — 5:30 p.m., Board Room, CMS a...
Chris Rock described it as a kind of temper tantrum. This was in 2011. “When I see the tea party and all this stuff,” the comedian told Esquire, “it actually feels like racism’s almost over.” He likened the tea party — with its street theatrics, overwrought histrionics and overt panic at the idea of living under a Black president — to little kids throwing one last hissy fit at bedtime. “They’re going crazy. They’re insane. You want to get rid of them — and the next thing yo...
When President Joe Biden announced a plan to send local public health workers door-to-door on a mission to increase COVID-19 vaccinations, conservative pundits warned that those foolish enough to open their doors would be forcibly vaccinated against their will. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene went one step further, as is her wont, comparing those health care workers to the Nazi Brownshirts who aided Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. Greene has become the leader of a perverse effort on the far right that seems intent on keeping o...
I’ve been practicing immigration law for over 25 years, and I speak four languages fluently. I’ve traveled widely outside of the United States, and lived abroad for large stretches in the 1980s and ‘90s. All of this is to say that I am devastated with what’s happening in Afghanistan. Some readers will simply yawn and turn the page on this one. They’re more interested in being warriors against school boards than in hearing about the fall of Kabul. They’re focused on kids in mas...
The left is truly dumbing down America’s kids. It’s nothing new. But based on the insane education policy recently implemented by the state of Oregon, it looks like the future of America’s already awful public school system is getting worse. Last month, as the media just learned, Oregon’s Gov. Kate Brown quietly signed a bill that dropped the requirement that high schoolers had to prove they were proficient in reading, writing and math before they graduated. The bill’s support...
President Biden arrived in office with the Southern border secure and Afghanistan in a state of fragile equilibrium. Eight months later, the border continues to be deluged with migrants overwhelming our capacity to properly house and process them, and we are evacuating our personnel from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul overrun by desperate Afghans fleeing the Taliban. The crisis at the border and the stunningly swift defeat in Afghanistan are entirely on Biden. He...
While every school year is different, this year is certainly more different than most. For starters, students are returning to “semi-normal” classrooms after 1.5 years of remote learning and relative chaos. Unfortunately, as of this writing schools in Rio Rancho, Carlsbad, Los Lunas, and Roswell have “temporarily” had to again go “virtual.” Lost classroom time has had a big impact on academic outcomes for New Mexico students. According to the Legislative Finance Committee,...
On this date ... 1966: Robearl's, located at 21st and Thornton streets, had become known as “the hair styling headquarters for Clovis,” according to a report on the Business Review and Forecast page in the Clovis News-Journal. Robin Winton and Earline Strand were owners and operators of the shop, offering expert styling, the finest in hair cosmetics and conditioners, permanents and hair coloring. “The new trends are the vogue now, and the Sasoon cut and Mutation coloring, a delicately blended tri-tone coloring of one shade...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday-Friday): Clovis • Lach Grimes, 54, unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance • Christopher Clubb, 26, failure to appear on a felony charge • Harvey McReynolds, 20, failure to pay fines • Maribel Bravo, 31, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Virginia Palaia-Edgington, 41, failure to pay fines • Anthony Villalta, 25, failure to appear on a felony charge • Matthew Martinez, 26, breaking and entering, criminal damage to the proper...
WASHINGTON — A Clovis physician pled guilty Wednesday to a federal charge associated with the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Leonard Gruppo, who turned himself into police in June, pleaded to a charge of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a capitol building. The charge carries a punishment of up to six months in jail, a fine of up to $5,000 and $500 in restitution. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 29. According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court, Gruppo was seen on surveillance v...
CLOVIS — A Clovis woman was arrested Wednesday on allegations she shot at a building on the 1700 block of East First Street. Melanie Noack, 49, made her first appearance Friday in Curry County Magistrate Court, and is due back Monday afternoon for a conditions of release hearing. She remains held without bond at the Curry County Adult Detention Center, where she has been since her Wednesday arrest on charges of shooting at or from a vehicle, criminal damage and conspiracy to tamper with evidence. According to a criminal c...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission approved the final adoption of its cannabis ordinance at its meeting Thursday. The ordinance approved by the city commission, among other things, creates a new section that states cannabis retail businesses are only allowed in Commercial General and Industrial zones and that cannabis manufacturing businesses and cannabis production businesses are only allowed in Industrial zones, said city attorney Jared Morris. The ordinance will go into effect on Sept. 1, at which time the city can s...
PORTALES - With the fairground bleachers packed full of family and friends, buyers ready to make deals and the animals decorated with bows and sometimes glitter, the Roosevelt County Junior Livestock Sale made its return Friday after a one-year absence due to COVID-19. The sale raised $157,100 between the 53 entries, but sale organizers still hadn't counted the "add-on" dollars that generally come in through unspent buyer money, community members or simply relatives who want...
