Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Twice last weekend, police had eyes on Jimmy Guillen, a person of interest now tied to last Sunday's Walmart fire. Twice, they let him go. In both cases, officers did the right thing, Police Chief Roy Rice said. "We didn't have anything to hold him on. If we knew then what we know right now ... they would have placed him under arrest," Rice said. Going into this weekend. police were actively searching for the 59-year-old California man believed to be transient. "I think he's... Full story
Gail Tarson, owner and operator of Diamonds Evermore on Main Street, said an early morning burglary attempt woke her from a dead sleep the morning of Aug. 30. "Yeah, it definitely had my heart pumping," Tarson said. Two Clovis jewelry stores were burglarized, and a third was the scene of an attempted break-in during a 24-hour period late last month, police said. Keepsake Jewelry inside North Plains Mall was also broken into Thursday night. Store owner Khai Buong said thieves m...
CLOVIS – It's no secret when you get ahead of a ground-and-pound team, you've made it hard for that side to come back. If that team, though, gets out to a lead, they're going to be hard to catch. Just about everything went right early on Friday night for Clovis High, and the Wildcats used their run-dominant style to lock up a 33-23 victory over former district rival Carlsbad at Leon Williams Stadium and claim their first win in 2023. Senior quarterback/slotback Jett Stone comp...
Junior quarterback Paxton Culpepper threw for four touchdowns – all in the first half – as Class 4A No. 1 Portales High continued its dominating early-season performance on Friday night with a 51-0 thumping of Valencia at Greyhound Stadium. Culpepper completed 9-of-14 passes for 238 yards, hitting senior Braden Beck for tallies of 55 and 45 yards in the first quarter and seniors Zane Mayberry for 65 yards and Andru Ontiveros for 16 in the second canto as the Rams (4-0) ope...
ALBUQUERQUE – Melrose limited defending Colorado 8-man champion Dove Creek to one touchdown after halftime on Thursday night and the Buffaloes rallied for a 42-26 victory in a neutral-field game at Menaul H.S. The Buffs (3-1) ended the Bulldogs’ 15-game winning streak, dating to a second-round playoff setback in 2021. Junior quarterback Josiah Roybal threw for three touchdowns while senior Michael Cardonita ran for a pair of scores. The teams traded touchdowns during the first half, with Dove Creek (2-1) taking an 18-16 lea...
In effect, the Roosevelt County Commission held two meetings, one on Tuesday and one on Friday, to complete a single agenda. On Tuesday, the commission on a 3-2 vote decided not to take action on action items because, as Commissioner Tina Dixon told the board on Tuesday, commissioners had not had time to review meeting packets adequately before the meeting. Dixon moved to suspend action items, and the motion passed with Dixon and commissioners Dennis Lopez and Roy Criswell voting to suspend action and commissioners Paul...
SANTA FE -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday announced a new public health order that, she said, will ban people from carrying firearms, either open or concealed, in Albuquerque and throughout Bernalillo County for the next 30 days, regardless of whether they have a permit. Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, issued an executive order Thursday evening declaring gun violence a public health emergency. During a news conference Friday, she said she expects legal challenges to the public health order and expressed uncertainty about...
Clovis Municipal Schools leads the state in the number of teacher trainees participating in a program that gives the participants classroom experience while they accumulate college credits to obtain a full-fledged teaching license. The participants are called “ed fellows,” and Clovis Municipal Schools has registered 43 of them, the largest number of ed fellows in the state, through the New Mexico Public Education Department’s Educator Fellows NM program, which is designed to help alleviate the state’s teacher shortag...
The Clovis City Commission will appoint a replacement for District 3 Commissioner David Bryant, the commission decided on Thursday, and on Friday began accepting applications from candidates for Bryant's seat. Applications for the position will be accepted until noon on September 18, in time for the commissioners to make a decision on who should fill the vacancy at their next meeting on September 21, the commission decided on Thursday. Residents of District 3 may apply for...
Editor's note: This is one in a continuing series of state-of-the-entity interviews with local officials. Javier Sanchez is the Roosevelt County sheriff. Q: How are crime numbers right now in Roosevelt County? Anything that sticks out? Is there a crime that's most common? A: Crime has been pretty steady for the last few years. Some of the most common crimes in Roosevelt County are property crimes, which generally go back to narcotics. We have also seen an increase in...
Bernie always greets guests at his Clovis home with a loud bark and by ramming his head into their laps for a hug. Tammi Cochrane said despite Bernie's "huge enormous size," he always finds a way to squeeze in for cuddles like he's a puppy. The 3-year-old bernedoodle has been at his handler's side since Cochrane's husband retired from the military after his 20-year commitment....
With a wide slobbery smile and a wagging tail, military working dog Csubi sat in attention as he got his photo taken in front of the American flag on Aug 30. Like any airmen who's made it through basic, each dog within the unit will have their picture taken to commemorate their achievements, said Cannon Air Force Base Staff Sgt. and Kennel Master Allison Boehler. While most dogs are running around in their backyards or barking at the closest squirrel, Csubi the 3-year-old...
Today *Benefit lunch and rifle raffle for Elida volunteer firefighter – noon-2 p.m., Elida Community Center, 704 State St., Elida. Taco pile-on lunch. Raffle tickets $20; donations of all amounts accepted for lunch. Information: Darrell Chenault at 575-760-0601 Monday * 9/11 memorial event honoring Major Ronald D. Milam – 11 a.m., Ballroom, ENMU Campus Union Building, Portales. Public event honoring Milam, an ENMU alum who died in the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. Information: 575-562-2412 *National Preparedness Month emergency...
Is it a violation of New Mexico traffic laws to stop in the street and wait for lines to clear on a business’ property? There is no law about stopping and waiting in a line in a public street. There is a law about blocking driveways, entrances and other streets. The question came up on social media after the recent opening of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant on Clovis’ North Prince Street. Clovis Police Department Deputy Chief Trevor Thron responded to the query by e-mail. “So no, there is no law against vehicles waiti...
Monday *Clovis Astronomy Club – 7 p.m., Room 101, Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Use west parking lot entrance. Information: 757-846-7509 Tuesday *Curry County Commission – 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 *City of Clovis Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board – 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 *Portales City Council - 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers, Memorial Build...
The new Curry County Multi-Purpose Livestock Pavilion is expected to host the 2024 Curry County Fair's livestock competitors after ground was broken Wednesday for construction of the $15 million, nearly 58,000-square-foot facility. Upon completion, expected in early summer 2024, according to Curry County Manager Lance Pyle, the new, enclosed arena will feature 250 stalls for animals and 23 wash bays for livestock grooming, 15 garage door bays, a new show office, a pedestrian m...
In July, I visited the New Mexico State University Agricultural Science Centers and Cooperative Extension Service offices in Artesia, Roswell, Portales, Clovis, Tucumcari and Santa Rosa, along with the Field Day events at our Clovis and Tucumcari centers. I was impressed by the diversity of landscapes and people in eastern New Mexico. During my visits and conversations with people, I learned some important information about our connections to those communities. I learned about just how much NMSU contributes to those...
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more consequential New Mexican than Bill Richardson. He was a U.S. congressman and New Mexico governor, a cabinet secretary, an ambassador to the United Nations, a diplomat at-large, and for a few months in 2007-08, a candidate for president. Richardson died Sept. 1 at age 75. William Blaine Richardson III was born in Pasadena, Calif., grew up in Mexico City and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Tufts University in Massachusetts, where he met his future wife, Barbara Flavin. In 1978, Bi...
Well, the first Republican presidential debate was held on Aug. 23, and we celebrated Labor Day last Monday, so I guess the 2024 presidential campaign has well and truly started. I have thought for a few years now that the primary debates in their current format have reached their sell-by date, and this year may drive the nail in their coffin. A cast of 10 or so candidates, all competing for time and all attacking the supposed front runner doesn’t make for a...
Sometimes when I write about my father’s civil rights work in Mississippi, I get emails telling me that I should be proud of his fight against racism at a time when it was neither easy nor accepted, particularly in a young white man. Other times I get comments about how bizarre it is that such a wonderful father sired such a backward daughter, someone who voted for the wrong president and holds bigoted beliefs. But the comments that anger me the most are the ones that d...
I don't always publish press releases, but when I do they're usually interesting. The best press release in recent weeks comes from Wheatfields Estates Senior Living. It tells the story of retired football coach Sesario Ramos, who was honored at the Clovis High game on Sept. 1. "Ramos was announced to the crowd before the varsity football game as he joined the team on the field to wish them good luck prior to kickoff by shaking each one of the players' hands," Wheatfields repo...
I saw firsthand the fear and confusion some employees of the Clovis Walmart felt after their store burned. These are our friends, family, and neighbors just trying to earn money to pay their bills; suddenly the rug was pulled out from under them through no fault of their own. The company has stepped up, under difficult circumstances, to do what they can for the employees. This is appreciated. My family, like so many others in the area, has been directly affected by this fire....
The Clovis Community College (CCC) Board of Trustees on Wednesday voted to hire ACCT Searches to assist them in their search for a new CCC president for a basic fee of $41,250, "They'll be basically doing all the leg work," Secretary Terry Martin said. "The background check, the police check, they're looking at experience." Martin said the firm will not be deciding on a president, but will help the board find the right candidates to select from. ACCT is the same firm that...
The temperature was somewhere around 100 degrees the afternoon I met Esther Steinle in a Clovis coffee shop, which had the doors propped open because of a malfunctioning air conditioner. But we had a chillier topic to talk about: upcoming holiday travel. For a group of young men and women who are stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, Steinle is the most visible "angel" in Angel Arms, a ministry overseen by Clovis' Central Baptist Church, which provides tickets for airmen who...
Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer for most of eastern New Mexico. So when will the temperatures start to feel more like fall? Next month is when we will hit fall temperatures and stay there, said meteorologist Micheal Anand with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque. But with a more active storm pattern coming in, Anand said we should finally see some rain and fall-like temperatures this week as well. Anand said a backdoor front is coming from the Northeast,...
