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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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FORT SUMNER - Long before the days of the internet, email and social media, people used good old handwritten letters to spread information. Now 150 years later, some of the original letters from the Bosque Redondo reservation, with the help of some Fort Sumner High School students, will bring yesterday to life. The "Summer Letters from the Reservation" event begins at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Bosque Redondo Memorial. Historic Site Manager Aaron Roth said he went through the...
On this date ... 1973: Rescue workers made a heroic effort to save the life of a man who suffered an apparent heart attack while tarring a roof of a hardware store at 504 Mitchell St. in Clovis. An ambulance and snorkel truck were called to the scene and Clovis Fire Chief Jerry Carter went on the roof to administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Babe McClain, 45. McClain died later in the day at Memorial Hospital. McClain had lived in Clovis three years and owned Clovis... Full story
PORTALES — Portales and Hope Christian may not be district rivals anymore, but Rams football coach Jaime Ramirez expects nothing but the Huskies’ best tonight (7 p.m., Greyhound Stadium). So what is it about Hope that makes them such a tough out against Portales? “They have good athletes and I think their coaches do a good job with their kids,” Ramirez explained. “I think they just get up for our game.” Last year in Albuquerque, the Rams won just 16-0. Hope lost seven games la... Full story
CLOVIS — A man faces six years in prison following a conviction Wednesday of criminal sexual contact with a minor under 13, according to a news release from the 9th Judicial District Attorney. A Curry County jury found David Garcia, 46, guilty of the third-degree felony after a one-day trial and 45 minutes of deliberation. The incident occurred in October 2014, said the release, and the victim disclosed what happened three months later. Judge Drew Tatum ordered Garcia be remanded into custody pending sentencing, when he a...
The following marriage licenses were compiled from court records through Thursday at the Curry County clerk’s office: • Michael Don Richards, 38, of Sudan, to Kyriea Charlene Kana, 31, of Anton • Michael Paul Green, 47, to Christine D. Quinn, 47, both of Clovis • Johnpierre Hernandez, 26, to Misette Elena Vasquez, 28, both of Amarillo • Oscar Manuel Ramirez Salazar, 27, to Jessica Jasmine Acuna, 18, both of Clovis • Brandon Joseph Kolb, 21, to Lydia Susan Stewart, 38, both of Clovis • Fred B. Tristan, 30, to Lacier M. Pow...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Wednesday: Clovis • Irene Gomez, 40, battery • Brittney Mercado, 27, probation violation • Dazzmen Bonney, 18, failure to appear • David Garcia, 46, criminal sexual contact of a minor, criminal solicitation to commit criminal sexual contact of a minor • Angelica Vega, 22, possession of a controlled substance • Christopher Garcia, 30, driving while under the influence • Steven Mullins, 59, conspiracy to commit possession of a controlled substance • Arthur Gallegos, 26, b...
Roosevelt County Fair Schedule of events Today-Sunday (Subject to change without notice) Today • 8:30 a.m. — Supreme Livestock Showmanship Contest • 6:30 p.m. — Junior Livestock Sale • 7 p.m. — 4D barrel race • 3 p.m.-midnight — Wright's Amusement Carnival • 8:30 p.m. — Randal King Saturday • 9 a.m. — Kids Day events • 3 p.m.-midnight — Wright's Amusement Carnival • 8 p.m. — Coby Carter • 9 p.m.-10:30 p.m. — Micky and The Motorcars in the events arena Sunday • 4 p.m. — Fiesta Day • 4 p.m.-11 p.m. — Wrights Amusements Carniva...
CLOVIS — Even with a week still to go before his team made its 2018 debut at Hobbs, Clovis football coach Cal Fullerton was already looking forward to it. And there was a lot to look forward to as Fullerton peered ahead before last Friday’s practice at Clovis High School. For one, the dawn of a new season — Fullerton’s second as Wildcats head coach. And then there’s the Clovis-Hobbs rivalry. How much better does it get than a high school football grudge match? “It’ll be...
PORTALES — A fugitive wanted this month for shooting and injuring his girlfriend in Kansas was arrested this week in Portales, where he remained Thursday without bond pending extradition hearings. Eli Mendoza, 28, was arrested Tuesday outside apartments on the 1300 block of West Ivy after police were dispatched on a report of a man there wanted from out of state. He initially hid his identifying arm tattoos behind his back and told officer Andrew Olivas his name was Enoch, which police dispatch advised was one of his a...
PORTALES — This year is perceived to be a rebuilding year for coach Sia Poyer’s Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds volleyball team. ENMU was ranked seventh in the Lone Star Conference Preseason Poll, and has nine new players on a roster of 19. Nothing new, Poyer said. “You lose that many kids and people are like, ‘Hey, rebuilding year.’ To me, it seems like every year is a rebuilding year,” Poyer explained. “I guess I look at rebuilding differently. When you lose starters from...
PORTALES — Hopeful to begin development on a local pipeline section before year’s end, the board of the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility authority approved in a special meeting Thursday morning two recommendations from its newly created finance committee, which met immediately prior in Portales. The two business items entailed the approval of funding already budgeted for the new fiscal year to the authority’s engineering firm for upcoming services, and set the local match needed from member contributions on the Finish Water...
King David wrote a beautiful praise to God in Psalm 18. My favorite verse of that psalm is verse 16: “He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.” Evidently King David at this time was in danger and distressed. Several commentaries I studied noted the imaginary of deep water: Peril, danger, raging waters and life threatening conditions. As I write this today, Hurricane Lane, a category 4 hurricane, is headed for Hawaii. High winds, res...
What are you waiting for? The truth is that most of us spend the vast majority of our lives waiting for something. Maybe it’s a birthday. A vacation. A holiday. A graduation. A wedding. An anniversary. A retirement. Maybe it’s when the baby is finally born, or the student loan (good luck waiting that out!) or car or house or business loan is eventually paid off. You waited — even as you were working all the necessary hours and many more — to achieve that hard-to-reach busines...
RUIDOSO — The New Mexico Racing Commission on Thursday established the order — but no dates — in which it will visit three communities vying for the state’s sixth racino license. Commissioners said they will hear proposals from Lordsburg, Clovis and Tucumcari, in that order. Five groups applied for the racetrack/casino license, which the Racing Commission has said it plans to award before the year ends. Clovis’ Gayla Brumfield, promoting Clovis as a site for the racino, attended Thursday’s NMRC meeting. She said commissione...
Monday • Revenue Review Committee — 5 p.m. in assembly room at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Tuesday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. at county courthouse. Information: 575-356-5307 • Clovis School Board — 5:30 p.m. at Clovis Municipal Schools District Board Room. Information: 575-769-4300 The meetings calendar is a daily listing of area events. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-763-6991 or e-mail: [email protected]...
Today • High Plains 42 Domino Championship Tournament — 6 p.m. at Texico Senior Citizen Center, 211 N. Griffin. Registration $30 per team (cash only). Information: 575-714-3947 • Roosevelt County Fair carnival — 3 p.m.-midnight at Roosevelt County Fairgrounds. Information: [email protected] Saturday • New Mexico State 42 Domino Championship Tournament — 7:30 a.m. at Texico Senior Citizen Center, 211 N. Griffin. 6:30 a.m. registration, $40 per team (cash only). Information: 575-714-3947 • Special food distribution...
Dogs causing neighborhood distress I have lived at 128 Park Drive in Clovis for about a year. All this time, there have been three dogs running all around, terrorizing the neighborhood. I have called animal control every time I see them and they say they cannot catch the dogs. The dogs, which are pit bulls, have been aggressive since day one. They have done damage to a neighbors’ fence and to mine and to my window. I have two dogs that stay outside and I am afraid these loose dogs will attack my dogs. If animal control c...
