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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Volunteer recognized for service CLOVIS — A Hartley House volunteer has been recognized for her service with an award and a $10,000 donation to the domestic violence shelter. Robyn Ochoa-Costa received the 2017 Heart of Her award from Thirty-One Gifts, a direct-selling company that donates a portion of its profits to women’s organizations. Ochoa-Costa received the award “for her conduct as a Thirty-One sales consultant as well as her community service,” according to a Thirty-One news release. Business Digest is compile...
Tucked inside a hard, ornate shell, with leathery skin, bright eyes, slow, deliberate movements and generally peaceful dispositions, turtles are just plain cool. Pairing these turtle traits with kids is near perfect — easy going, while at the same time fascinating to little eyes and hungry minds, many a turtle has found its way into the bedroom aquarium of a young one as a first pet. Unfortunately, more has been learned in recent years about some of the downsides of e...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University women’s soccer team has so far gone to double overtime in both of its games this season. Unfortunately for the Hounds, they’re still seeking their first win. Valentina Loza scored 1:52 into the second sudden death period Sunday, helping the Grizzlies steal a 2-1 victory Sunday at Greyhound Arena for their first win in two tries. The Greyhounds, who tied Fort Lewis 2-2 Friday, led until the closing minutes, when Brenna Flores headed Loza’s corner kick past Alejandra Caramil...
PORTALES — Tyler Lucas intended to bring a single small trailer of supplies for the hurricane-stricken communities on the Texas Gulf Coast. He started that effort Thursday morning, and by Sunday evening he and four others departed for Houston hauling about 40,000 pounds of water and food. "I said if I was going to go down there I might as well take some supplies with me, and it kind of just blew up from there," said Lucas, a Clovis firefighter. "I was definitely surprised b...
CLOVIS — Calling all alumni: Clovis High School's Air Force Junior ROTC program will celebrate half a century as the first such unit in the state this month with a special "50th Anniversary Military Ball," Sept. 30 at the Civic Center. The Reserve Officer Training Corps is intended to instruct students in citizenship and, while it bears no requirement for joining the military, its programming is rooted in the armed services. NM-021, so-designated as the 21st program n...
On this date ... 1972: Clovis Municipal Schools reported an enrollment of 9,108 1/2 students for the opening of the 1972-73 school year. Fortunately, no Wildcats were injured to achieve that count. The Clovis News-Journal explained that the one-half student was the result of the evening high school, where students were counted according to the number of classes they took. An evening student taking one class, for example, counted as one-fourth of a student. Thirty-five and...
CLOVIS — Town hall meetings to discuss the city’s Master Water Assurance Plan scheduled today and Wednesday have been rescheduled. According to a city news release, meetings are now scheduled as follows: • District 2 — Fellowship Hall (east side entrance) Living Stones, 1800 N. Norris St. 6 p.m. Monday District 1 – Youth Recreation Building, 1504 E. Seventh St., 6 p.m., Sept. 12 District 4 — Kingswood Gym, 2600 N. Main St., 6 p.m., Sept. 19 District 3 — Friendship Center, 901 W. 13th St., 6 p.m., Sept. 20 Information:...
PORTALES — Public Works Director John DeSha at tonight’s Portales City Council meeting is scheduled to review the Aug. 26 water line break that left most of Portales without running water for over 12 hours. The meeting is set to start at 6:30 p.m. at the Memorial Building. The report will cover the opportunities water breaks provide the city to better deal with similar situations in the future, according to DeSha. “It just goes back to what we’ve talked about before: What it takes to handle these kinds of breaks, the things...
Today • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. at commission chambers, 417 Gidding St. • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in the commission room at the courthouse • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Memorial Building. Wednesday • Clovis Community College Board of Trustees — 8 a.m. in room 512 at CCC. Information: 575-769-4001 Thursday • Portales Library Friends — Noon, Portales Public Library. Speakers are The Eastern New Mexico News Publisher Rob Langrell and Editor David Stevens. Informatio...
Friday • Randy Rogers, Parker McCollum bands — 6 p.m., Curry County Events Center. Tickets: $30-$60. Information: 575-935-7000 Saturday • Desert Cruzers Run — 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Hillcrest Park, Clovis. Admission is free. Information: 575-693-2511 The events 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]...
