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If anybody needs an excuse to stay up late to watch college football, Muleshoe's Lincoln Riley gives us one. The University of Southern California's third-year coach has been under fire since last year's 8-5 season that was even more disappointing in the Pac 12 (5-4). But all is forgiven for now after Riley's Trojans beat 13th-ranked LSU, 27-20, on Sunday. Sports writer Luca Evans of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune called it Riley's first "signature win" at the West Coast...
It certainly looked like Clovis High's volleyball team was about to pull even with Santa Fe High on Saturday at Rock Staubus Gymnasium, but the Lady Wildcats couldn't pull it off. Trailing 20-15 in Game 2, the Lady Demons rallied with a strong finish to open a two-set lead en route to a 25-17, 25-22, 25-20 win in Clovis' season opener. Junior Ava Evans' kill staked the Lady Cats to their five-point cushion, but just as quickly the Lady Demons (2-0) took it away with a...
Today *Tiny Tots storytime: Ms. Ashley’s favorites – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 *Preschool storytime: “Welcome Back” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940 *Young adult programming: Book discussion of “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman – 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Copies of the book are available in the young adult room for checkout. Open to ages 9-18. Information: 575-356-3940 T...
BOVINA – Senior running back Alex Fuentes ran for four touchdowns and sophomore Jaheim Moses returned the second-half kickoff 70 yards for a score, and Texico pulled away to a 50-12 victory over Bovina on Friday night. Fuentes, who finished with 122 rushing yards, scored on a 53-yard run in the first quarter and a 3-yard run early in the second to stake the Wolverines (2-0) to a 12-0 lead. The Mustangs (0-1) closed to 20-12 at halftime, though, on senior Angel Lara's 4...
There’s an uncomfortable truth starting to emerge from Lubbock. It’s an idea that would have seemed absurd just 13 months ago, but one that might be picking up steam as the calendar turns to September, October and November. It is this: Texas Tech head football coach Joey McGuire just may not be the guy, that he may not be the one to revive a long dormant Red Raider football program. The great escape of Saturday night, a 52-51 overtime win over Abilene Christian in the 202...
Alamogordo girls soccer coach Lee Wilder was happy to get out of town with a victory. His Clovis High counterpart, Ray Rodriguez, thought his squad should have played better. Down a goal at the half, the Lady Tigers (4-1) found the back of the net three times in the second stanza and held on for a 3-2 victory on Saturday at Leon Williams Stadium. Senior defender Toni Wilder, daughter of the coach, provided the deciding goal on a penalty kick in the 68th minute of the match...
So far, so good for the Portales High volleyball team. The Lady Rams improved to 3-0 for the young season on Saturday at the Ram Athletic Center with a solid 25-20, 25-18, 25-12 victory over Las Vegas Robertson, which also came in having won its first two matches. “We started a little slow, but we gained confidence with each set,” PHS coach Bailey Greenwalt said. “It was a good match. “There are still some kinks, but we’re playing scrappy. It’s going to be fun to see this team when we find our roles.” Senior outside hitte...
RICHARDSON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University was picked for eighth place this season in the 11-team Lone Star Conference in a men’s soccer poll released by the LSC office last week. ENMU (4-7-6, 2-3-4 LSC in 2023) received 136 points in the poll, finishing ahead of Texas-Tyler (124), St. Edward’s (113) and conference newcomer Sul Ross State (35). Defending champion Midwestern State was tabbed a prohibitive favorite with 32 of 33 first-place votes and 362 points. West Texas A&M (303) was second, followed by St. Mary...
Eastern New Mexico University senior fullback Ron Craten cracked up while reflecting upon a smiley face tattoo on his right bicep. Though it's the size of a dime, it unearths who this first-year transfer from Mississippi College is and where he hails from. "It's definitely a country tattoo," laughed Craten, a native of Oak Grove, a rural, low-income town in northeastern Louisiana of fewer than 2,000 people where folks honk their horns to holler at one another, kids fish, play...
When he became Clovis High’s football coach over the summer, Stan Hodges knew he was walking into a challenging situation. The Wildcats’ early schedule hasn’t done him any favors, either. Clovis faces its third consecutive Class 6A power to open the season on Friday night when it hosts Rio Rancho Cleveland in a 7 p.m. kickoff at Leon Williams Stadium. Since taking an 8-0 lead on their first possession of the season in the August 23 opener at Farmington, the Cats have been outscored 97-0 by the Scorpions and Rio Rancho. It do...
The U.S. Supreme Court has appointed a new judge to oversee the Rio Grande water dispute between Texas and New Mexico. The case will continue after the high court’s June ruling dismissed a deal between New Mexico, Colorado and Texas, as five justices sided with objections from the federal government to the deal. Justices appointed Judge D. Brooks Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from Duncansville, Pa., to replace federal appeals Judge Michael Melloy as the special master in the case in July. A special m...
Following one of the hottest months on record throughout New Mexico, the first week of September is expected to see high temperatures more like fall in the Clovis-Portales area, with a chance for rain most days. The National Weather Service predicts highs in the mid-80s all week with lows in the mid-50s. Thursday night offers a 20% chance of rain, forecasters say. “We have a backdoor front coming through Wednesday night. It’s going to give us enough moisture for isolated storms late [in the] week into the weekend,” said Matt...
Complying with a ruling from Third Judicial District Court Judge James T. Martin, the city of Las Cruces has released unlawfully withheld public records and provided a written description of other withheld records and passages redacted. The case was brought by attorney Peter Goodman on behalf of Michael L. Hays when the city of Las Cruces failed to comply with a request from Hays to inspect records under the Inspection of Public Records Act, according to a news release from the New Mexico Foundation of Open Government. The la...
Seven people were transported to Plains Regional Medical Center on Monday after an SUV “contacted” the rear of an 18-wheeler on Mabry Drive not far from the eastern Clovis city limits at CR G. Clovis Fire Department Battalion Chief Chris Elam said Tuesday the unidentified occupants of the SUV were two adults and five children. The driver of the semi was uninjured, according to Elam. “The SUV driver is a 34-year-old male, there was a female about the same age and five children who ranged in age from an infant to a 12-ye...
My best friend Kelly and I frequently had loud, boisterous arguments over politics that led folks to believe that we disagreed about everything. They were mistaken. His views were influenced by watching Fox News, and mine are influenced by watching CNN, so that’s where the arguments would start. But they didn’t end there. It usually didn’t take long for both of us to call BS on the TV talking points and get to the heart of the matter. That didn’t always lead to an agreement, but it almost always led to a common underst...
Hollywood can’t always be trusted to accurately portray reality or history, to say the least. But I fully enjoyed watching the facts go by in the premier of “Reagan,” which I saw last week at the famous Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. “Reagan,” which stars Dennis Quaid as my father, covers my father’s career from Illinois lifeguard to the American president who set out to bankrupt the Soviet Union – and did it. It took an international team of freedom fighters like...
More than 650,000 Americans experienced homelessness on any given night in 2023 -- a 12% increase since 2022. Chronic homelessness is also worsening, with over 143,000 people homeless for at least a year in 2023 -- an all-time high. I’ve been the mayor of Aurora, Colo. for five years. In my first term, I went undercover and lived among people experiencing homelessness in Aurora and Denver for a week. I wanted to understand why Colorado’s homeless community was growing and how my city could best help. The leading policy app...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Julian Montoya, 43, aggravated burglary, aggravated assault, possession of firearm or destructive device by a felon, probation violation • Sylvia Orosco, 44, falsely obtaining services • Jennifer Loredo, 49, concealing identity, battery against a household member • Rosa Hernandez, 66, criminal trespass • Steve Anthony, 60, failure to appear on a felony charge • Gregorio Tafoya, 29, criminal trespass • Jose Navarrete, 29, driving while under t...
Sutton’s Bakery has established regular open hours. The bakery opened in July and was essentially open when it was open. But with a Clovis MainStreet ribbon cutting Aug. 28, the bakery at 515 Main St., downtown Clovis, will be open Wednesday through Friday, from 7 a.m. until sold out. That’s according to a Facebook post by Sutton’s Bakery. “My inspiration for this is when I started baking it was a change in my life that felt like I had a sense of direction and enjoyment,” owner Nick Dominguez said in an earlier article i...
After a couple of decades, Lucio Marin can still remember the people – Loyce Hodges was a favorite teacher – and activities – kickball, blacktop basketball – that made Lincoln-Jackson, an original Black school and later a Clovis public school, so special. "I think it really represented the core of what education should be," Marin said. Given the positive experience Marin had, it made Saturday's reunion "bittersweet." "Sweet" because it honored 100 years of the school'...
The Democratic Party of Roosevelt County has announced days and hours of operation. According to a DPRC news release, the headquarters in Portales are at 604 E. Second St., in the little red caboose. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays. The release reports hours and days of operation will increase in October. Members at the HQ are encouraging voter registration for anyone. Other activities include phone banking along with preparing postcards to send to “battleground states.” The release also not...
St. Helen Catholic Church in Portales will host its annual fiesta this Saturday and Sunday. “We invite the whole community to come join us this weekend. We will have entertainment, fun, games, and excellent food for the whole family,” said John Houser, co-chair of the fiesta committee, in a news release. Live music will be featured throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday at the gazebo at the center of the church courtyard. Games “for kids of all ages” are scheduled, including a dunk tank. Participants can win tokens they ca...
The other day I was chatting with a friend about a deal they were working on when an old saying came to mind. “It’s like this radio station owner back east told me a long time ago, ‘Everything I own is for sale,’ part of stuff he said on a road trip,” I said. I was remembering “Bossman.” I call a few people “Bossman.” I managed one of Bossman’s radio stations in West Virginia. One day he called me up. “McGee, come on up here and pick me up. It’s a surprise inspection. I want to see what you’re doing at my station,” he said. S...
Eastern New Mexico University and the ENMU Foundation will host an inaugural music, arts, film, and masterclass festival on the Portales campus, Tuesday through Sept. 12. According to an ENMU news release the festival is called "Return of the Hounds: Alumni Masterclass+Festival." The event "will bring back some of the university's most notable alumni for a three-day event to inspire a new generation of artists, musicians, and journalists." The festival is the creation of ENMU...
Clovis police are investigating a shooting that occurred about 10 p.m. Monday in the area around 11th and Wallace streets. Records show Angel Villalobos was shot in both legs and then moved to the area of 10th and Mitchell where he was interviewed by police and treated for his wounds. Villalobos told police there was no altercation but that he didn’t know what had happened. “Angel was visibly distraught from the pain,” according to a police incident report. “There is no information indicating this is a self-inflicted gunshot...
