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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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VOLLEYBALL College UTPB Iceman Invitational At Odessa, Texas Saturday Augustana (S.D.) 3, ENMU 2 ENMU 18 25 25 21 10 Augustana 25 19 22 25 15 Individual statistics Kills — Eastern New Mexico, Kali Nelson 14, Mikaela Garvin 12, Gracelyn Stubbs 9, Anjolina Perez 8. Augustana, Kate Reimann 13, Maddy Guetter 10, Kia Kriener 10, Piper Asche 9. Block solos — Eastern New Mexico, three tied with 1. Augustana, none. Block assists — Eastern New Mexico, Stubbs 6, Garvin 4, Jordan O’Connor-Dempsey 4, Nelson 3, Perez 3. Augusta...
I was flipping through old newspapers the other day and came across a 1972 Office Center advertisement offering a $5.95 back-to-school special to “bench clean, oil, and make minor repairs, plus install new ribbon on any make portable or standard typewriter.” I have absolutely no idea how one would “bench clean” a typewriter, or even what that means, but it made me realize how long it is has been since I have heard the distinctive clack of a manual typewriter. It was part of th...
NEW DEAL, Texas — Senior quarterback Alec Actkinson threw for four touchdowns, including a 55-yard, go-ahead score to senior wide receiver Joe Crume in the third period, and Farwell held on for a seesaw, season-opening 27-21 victory over New Deal on Friday night. Actkinson threw just 11 passes, but completed seven for 236 yards and also tossed scoring passes of 66, 41 and 31 yards to junior running back Corey Stancell. Those were the only three receptions of the night for Stancell, who also led the team in rushing with 64 y...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University has announced the selection of seven individuals to its Hall of Honors class for 2022. The inductees include current ENMU president Patrice Caldwell, Larry Chavez (track), Earl Diddle (men’s basketball), Lauren Frye (volleyball), Becky Meek Lewis (rodeo), Luis Quinones (baseball) and Heath Ridenour (football). They will be recognized during Homecoming weekend, with ENMU’s football team slated to host Central Washington on Oct. 1 at Greyhound Stadium. Caldwell has been at ENMU for m...
ODESSA, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team finished with a 2-2 split in Friday and Saturday’s season-opening Iceman Invitational, hosted by Texas-Permian Basin. The Greyhounds posted a 25-5, 25-10, 25-13 rout of Hobbs-based University of the Southwest in Friday’s first match, then lost to the host Falcons 25-18, 25-19, 19-25, 25-19. On Saturday, ENMU dropped a tight 25-18, 19-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-10 decision to Augustana (S.D.) before blitzing former Lone Star Conference member Southeastern Oklahom...
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — So far this season, it’s been “first goal wins” for the Eastern New Mexico University women’s soccer team. After posting a season-opening 1-0 victory at Colorado State-Pueblo on Thursday, the Greyhounds lost by the same score to Colorado Christian on Sunday and settled for a split in their opening-weekend trip to Colorado. Sophomore midfielder Parker Sweet pounced on a loose ball and knocked it in past ENMU junior keeper Samantha Jeffries in the 14th minute, and the goal held up. The lone shot on goal for...
We interrupt the final days of the nearly nine-month preseason coronation of Joey McGuire as head football coach at Texas Tech with one fairly sobering thought: The Red Raiders may not be very good. At least not this year. McGuire, hired on Nov. 8, has seemingly led a parade for months that Tech fans have enthusiastically jumped aboard. He’s recruiting at a level not seen in Lubbock in a long time. He’s been a goodwill ambassador wherever he’s been. He’s on the cover of Texa...
CLOVIS — Portales High senior Michael Riess has developed a friendly rivalry over the years in cross country and track with Lovington’s Derrick Castellanos. Riess often doesn’t often beat his fellow senior, but Castellanos certainly brings out the best in him. The two ran 1-2 in Friday’s season-opening Clovis Invitational at Ned Houk Park, with Castellanos running a time of 17 minutes, 8.0 seconds to Reiss’ 17:10.4. “It was a good way to open the season,” Reiss said. “I wasn’t really going for any time today. I was just...
PORTALES - It's only taken two weeks for the Portales High football team to match its win total from a year ago. Now the Rams, who hit the road for the first time this week, will see if they can keep it going. Portales travels to West Las Vegas on Friday in a battle of 2-0 squads. Meantime, Clovis High will seek its first win on Thursday night when the Wildcats visit Canyon Randall. PHS coach Jaime Ramirez said he thinks the Rams are ready for this week's road challenge. "I...
PORTALES — Ruidoso’s boys and girls soccer teams are hopeful of good things to come this season. The Warriors and Lady Warriors cruised to a doubleheader sweep of Portales High on Saturday, the girls winning 5-0 and the boys prevailing 3-0 at the PHS pitch. Diminutive senior forward Itzel Parga pounded home four goals for the Lady Warriors (2-1), including all three of their second-half tallies. “We’ve got a really good team this year,” Ruidoso girls coach Sergio Castro said. “We’re senior-laden with a lot of experience....
PORTALES — Kason Martin may have dropped down a couple of levels in the NCAA, but he’s looking forward to getting a chance to start at quarterback when Eastern New Mexico University opens its 2022 campaign under second-year coach Tye Hiatt on Thursday night at New Mexico Highlands. A fifth-year junior out of Manvel, Texas, the 6-foot-3, 218-pound Martin spent four seasons at Football Bowl Subdivision (Division I-A) member North Texas, redshirting the first year and gaining an extra year in 2020 due to COVID. Already mar...
It took a little over two weeks to get the details of a vehicle wreck in Clovis that sent two area residents to the hospital for minor injuries and caused a state police cruiser to flip and land on its top. New Mexico State Police released the 24 page report after an Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) request was submitted by The News. Trooper Robert Hernandez was eastbound on Seventh Street Aug. 3 at about 12:15 p.m. with his lights and siren on his 2018 Ford Explorer...
The Southside Church of Christ in Portales is offering a walk-in prayer service to the public five days a week, according to Judy Meyer, who organized the walk-in service for the church. “People are going to need it a lot with inflation and other struggles,” Meyer said. In a notice about the service, she wrote, “We are offering any member if the community to walk in and receive in-person prayer.” In addition, the church has opened a small food pantry for use by those in need, Meyer said. Walk-in prayer service is offered...
The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority board on Thursday accepted the terms of a $32.3 million loan from the New Mexico Finance Authority’s Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund that will finance about 40% of the $81 million local share of cost remaining for the Ute Lake Water Project The loan is expected to be repaid in 33 years at a rate of 0.25% per year, according to the listing on the board’s agenda for Thursday’s regular meeting. The loan agreement also includes a 1% origination fee. The board on Thursday also...
In the Great American Culture Wars of our time, two different worldviews, science and religion, continue to do battle, even though it doesn’t have to be that way. Science has reshaped our world in incredible ways. Digital technologies have come to dictate how we live our lives. Medical advancements are saving people from diseases and deformities that once killed off people by the thousands. And mathematics has turned our economy into a numbers game that doesn’t even require actual productivity to build wealth. “Ne...
Is it my imagination, or do many people run from responsibility as fast as they can? If you cause harm to a person’s life, liberty, or property you need to take responsibility. Don’t wait for someone else to hold you accountable. Step up and accept it. If it was an accident, it can’t be a real crime, no matter how bad it was or what government says. You still owe restitution, but government has no stake in the matter. It’s between you and the one you harmed. Punishm...
On this date … 1962: Clovis’ Iceland Skating Rink was advertising ice skating classes. The instructors were Roxanne Maxcy and John Dauphinais. Beginners were encouraged to consider eight classes for $10 with private instruction from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts could earn badges by taking 10 lessons for $1, which included skates and instruction. Housewives could skate from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays for $1.50, including instruction and skate rental. “This is an opportunity for you ladies to co...
Congressional Democrats are demanding that social media companies do a better job of policing threats against the FBI in the wake of the agency’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence for classified documents that he took from the White House. The issue presents a crucial test of those companies’ ability to weed out dangerous speech without trampling on the First Amendment. If the companies don’t respond transparently to these demands and make a stronger effort than they are currently making to detoxif...
Rare and antique documents are now on display at Eastern New Mexico University's Golden Student Success Center (GSSC). The arrival of the display is the reason for a reception celebrating the exhibit Sept. 16 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and the public is invited. According to a news release from ENMU's vice-president of marketing and communications John Houser, The Remnant Trust is a public educational foundation which shares a collection of manuscripts and works dealing with...
Proposals to make it easier to jail people awaiting trial will do little to reduce crime because they fail to accurately identify the individuals most likely to be arrested for a new offense if released pretrial, according to a new study. According to a news release from Barry Massey of the state administrative offices of the courts, creating “rebuttable presumptions” in the law for pretrial detention would instead jail many people who would not be re-arrested if allowed to remain free before trial when they are legally pre...
Eastern New Mexico University, having secured a liquor license, will for the first time sell liquor at sporting events. At its recent meeting, the City of Portales Council approved a liquor license for ENMU to serve alcohol at the Greyhound Arena and the Greyhound Stadium. The ENMU Board of Regents asked the university to "investigate having alcohol at certain events," said Jeff Long, Vice President for Student Affairs at ENMU. "The university already secured a license to...
The New Mexico Racing Commission, meeting Thursday in Albuquerque, declined to take action on Coronado Partners’ application for a horse-racing license, but there was no urgency to do so because both sides recently agreed to an extension on the decision. Warren Frost, a Logan-based lawyer for Coronado and one of its principals, said Friday his investor group and the racing commission mutually agreed on an extension for a decision on the application. The deadline for the commission to act now is Nov. 2, Frost said. The l...
Eastern New Mexico University regents and administrators, and Portales community leaders agreed on Monday that the next ENMU chancellor should give high priority to increasing the number of students who live on campus. They gathered Monday in Portales for a community focus group, one of three such sessions on Monday led by Wyn Goering of EFL Associates, the consulting firm that is guiding the search for ENMU’s next president. The first two sessions in this first round of focus group sessions were held Monday at ENMU’s Rui...
A community meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Clovis Church of the Brethren to discuss the recent surge in crime. The church is located at 101 Acoma Drive just off Manana Boulevard in Clovis. One of the meeting organizers, Josefita Griego, said the purpose of the meeting is to bring to the community an awareness of the rising crime rate, especially the rise in number of incidents of gun violence. “I think there has been a rise in crime in general in New Mexico,” Griego said. “I have always been a belie...
CLOVIS — Robin Jones will continue as Clovis Community College’s interim president until at least Oct. 5, the CCC board of trustees decided on Monday by a unanimous vote. Jones was named interim president on Aug. 8 for a term of three weeks before her acting title was renewed on Monday. CCC President Charles Nwankwo remains on paid leave, which the board imposed on him at an Aug. 3 meeting. Jones’ salary is listed as $141,489 per year. Monday’s vote to extend Jones’ appointment came after an executive session that lasted ab...
