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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS - Months-long issues with a new city payroll system came to a head on Friday the 13th as dozens of employees packed into the Clovis City Hall that morning and said they weren't going home until the issues were resolved. More than a dozen trash trucks and other city vehicles were parked outside the city manager's office as workers convened inside to speak with Justin Howalt, upset they hadn't been paid by midnight Thursday as expected. On Friday morning all but five of...
RUIDOSO — A Clovis woman was killed and two people were injured Friday night when a car drove through a Ruidoso restaurant, according to a release from the New Mexico State Police. Tammy Lynn Ford, 58, died on the scene at the Farley’s restaurant. According to the NMSP release: • A 70-year-old Ruidoso woman, who was not identified in the release, was attempting to leave the restaurant parking lot in a 2002 Honda. For reasons still under investigation, the car accelerated and drove into the restaurant. • The vehicle struck...
There were some big wins and tough losses for the local teams this past weekend. Elida (4-0) and Melrose (3-0) stayed undefeated, while Texico moved back to .500 (2-2) with a home shutout of Capitan. Thursday Melrose 64, Magdalena 12 The Buffaloes’ quest for another state championship run completed phase three when they defeated Magdalena by 52 in Thursday night’s home opener. Thus far, Melrose has defeated its three opponents — Dulce, Tatum and Magdalena — 160-18 this season....
FARWELL — The man accused of stabbing a woman to death last month in Bovina entered a plea of not guilty on Tuesday in Parmer County Court. Michael Orozco, 41, waived his arraignment appearance and pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder, for which he was indicted Aug. 27. Orozco is accused in the Aug. 5 slaying of Erica Sanchez, 30, who was found dead that morning in her residence on the 300 Block of Ave. K in Bovina. Court records show "a protective order was issued on (July 9) in Muleshoe, Texas, against Orozco, with S...
PORTALES — When Tres Segler decided to fill the role of associate head coach for his men’s basketball program at Eastern New Mexico University, he went with somebody he trusted long before he’d arrived in Portales. That person was Andre Shaw, whose promotion to the position was announced Friday by Segler. The two worked together as assistants at fellow Lone Star Conference school Midwestern State until Segler took the ENMU job in 2016. They were reunited last year, when Shaw...
At least Bernie Sanders is an equal opportunity misanthrope. He doesn’t like rich people, and it turns out he doesn’t necessarily like poor people, either. At the CNN town hall on climate change, a questioner asked the socialist senator if he’d be “courageous” enough to endorse population control to save the planet. Sanders answered “yes,” and then, after referring to abortion rights, endorsed curtailing population growth, “especially in poor countries around the world where...
For the United States to end its longest war and bring the troops home from Afghanistan, it must negotiate and cooperate with the leaders of the Taliban, the most powerful and stable political power in that nation. That’s a bitter pill to swallow, knowing that the Taliban harbored Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida operation leading up to the attacks of 9/11. And it feels like a retreat, not just from conflict but from honor and decency, too, because the Taliban brutalized Afghanistan with civilian massacres, human trafficking and a...
ROSWELL — A decent outing for Clovis cross country, all things considered. The boys finished third, the girls fourth, in Saturday’s meet at New Mexico Military Institute. Clovis’ boys result could be considered especially impressive, considering the team’s list of injuries. No Colton Wolf (calf). No Kannon Brooks (hip). No T.J. Gregg (stress fracture). No problem. Jerrick Maldonado won the darn thing with a time of 15:17 in the 5K race. Clovis head coach Mark Bussen says that time converted to 3 miles was a new school...
In case you haven’t heard, our lawmakers have returned from their six-week, summer sabbatical, ready to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty. Among the agenda items for this legislative session: firearms, keeping the government from shutting down, trade and, at least for some Democrats, impeaching the president. The congressional recess is necessary. Not for members of Congress, but for the rest of us. We need the break from them, even though, out of 261 work days, the House and the Senate will be in session togeth...
“What the (expletive) is a pasty?” That’s what I said when we were in Butte, Montana. Fine, that’s what I wanted to say, but I was 8. While I knew better than to say the expletive, young me did not yet know Butte as strange sibling of the Montana family. If some Wyoming piece of trash talks about Butte, know that we will defend our brother — but if we’re all Montanans, Butte has an extra vowel because it was the butt of almost every joke. My favorite joke: When you registered a vehicle, the state would take a few days to sta...
ST. GEORGE, Utah — An own goal may be a strange way to take an overtime win, but you’ll take it -- especially when it gives you your best start in program history. A cross in front of the Greyhound goal took a fortuitous bounce off a Dixie State defender Friday night, and the tally gave Eastern New Mexico a 2-1 win and its first 3-0 start in program history. The Greyhounds never trailed, and took a quick lead in the contest when Charlie Hackshall set Joe Conway up on a breakaway. Conway had little trouble beating keeper Zach...
It’s too bad for America that CNN’s seven-hour town hall on climate change was such a rating disaster. If 20 times as many viewers had tuned in Sept. 4, about 22 million Americans today would have a real clear idea what a bunch of leftwing nut-jobs are running in the Democrat presidential primary. Bernie, Liz, Kamala, Cory and the others took turns trying to out-do each other with their scary visions of the coming environmental apocalypse and their heroic trillion-dollar plans to use the Green New Deal to save the planet. Poo...
Fair to say it was a good, and interesting, week for the Clovis boys soccer team. Heading into Saturday’s late-afternoon game against Artesia, the Wildcats had gone 2-for-2 this past week, shutting out Portales 3-0 on Tuesday night and walloping Goddard 6-2 on Thursday night, improving to 6-2-1 in the process. That was the good part. Now the interesting part. Tuesday’s game against the Rams was originally scheduled for Portales High School, but according to what Clovis head coach Greg Trujillo was told, the sprinkler sys...
“Be polite, be professional and have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” — Retired Marine Corps General and Defense Secretary James “Mad Dog” Mattis talking to his Marines in Iraq James Mattis is a warrior, and the above quote reported by Politico.com is one sample of what reporters who covered him over the years refer to as “Mattisisms” — comments by a tough-as-nails military leader with a keen intellect and gruff exterior. This isn’t somebody afraid of the fray. So, when someone like James Mattis warns that bitter polit...
PORTALES — The Portales City Council will seek approval of a memorandum agreement between the State of New Mexico Department of Transportation and the City of Portales during its regular Tuesday evening meeting. The agreement would be for FY2020 Section 5311 for rural public transit funding. The council approved the submission of a funding request for FY2020 Section 5311 during their Aug. 20 meeting. The request was for $340,340. Of that total, $208,161.70 of which would be supplied federally and $132,268.30 would be l...
PORTALES — The Portales volleyball team might just be on to something. The Lady Rams have won five of six to start the season, the fifth of those victories coming via sweep — 25-18, 25-23, 25-10 — against Hobbs Tuesday night at the Ram Athletic Center. It’s early, only September. But things are clicking for the Rams. “The girls, they just have something that I can’t coach,” Portales head coach Charity Gomez said after Tuesday’s sweep. “I coach the skills, but this group of girls has determination, has heart. They just lock in...
CLOVIS — Residents with limited water access south of Clovis are invited to a meeting Tuesday evening to hear about recent and forthcoming infrastructure developments. The Eastern Plains Council of Governments is sponsoring the meeting from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Clovis Carver Library North Annex, with presentations from Western Bank representatives, EPCOR's Mark Huerta and Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority Administrator Orlando Ortega. "It’s basically to bring them up to date on the infrastructrue that has bee...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Board of Commissioners will look to approve a response letter to the New Mexico Department of Aging and Long-Term Services in regards to grant funding for two projects at La Casa Senior Center during its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday morning. The department sent a letter to the county on Aug. 27 stating it did not qualify for grant funding for two projects at La Casa Senior Center, stating that outstanding issues from the county’s 2018 audit must be corrected first or the county must seek an...
CLOVIS - A police chase ended Wednesday morning with a stolen vehicle crashing into a Clovis apartment complex, witnesses said. A police spokesman said no one was injured. A Muleshoe man, Ismael Zach Martinez, 34, was arrested and in custody at the Curry County Adult Detention Center early Wednesday afternoon. The vehicle's owner, Amber Wagley, said she was asleep when a friend called to say her 1993 Mitsubishi Expo LRV had been stolen and was being chased by police. Wagley...
The folllowing marriage licenses were recently filed at the Curry County Clerk’s office: • Chase Thomas Garrison Knighton, 24, and Marianne Cendana Panes, 26, both of Clovis • Leroy Taylor, 81, and Glenda Ruth Horner, 70, both of Clovis • Adam Douglas Lansford, 24, of Broadview, and Brenda Sotelo-Quintana, 25, of Amarillo • Joseph Reyes Garcia, 60, and Paula Katherine O’Brien, 54, both of Clovis • Alejandro Torres Rodriguez, 28, and Marisol Hernandez, 27, both of Texico • Rourke Everrest Blake, 28, and Hannah Abigail Borden,...
Speaking to a crowd of first-responders and area residents, David Stone asked those gathered to reflect on the 18 years that have passed since the deadly terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. "Can you believe it's passed that quickly?" said the long-time president of James Polk Stone Community Bank, where the group assembled for the annual remembrance ceremony. "This was not the first attack on America, but it certainly was a terrible one." In nearly two decades following, the...
Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • South Clovis Water Users Meeting – 6 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Sponsored by Eastern Plains Council of Governments. Representatives will be on hand from Western Bank to discuss financing opportunities, EPCOR Water will update the residents on south Clovis EPCOR infrastructure, and there will be an update on the Ute Water Pipeline Project...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis is suing the former operator of the Colonial Park Golf Course, alleging it was never informed of outstanding debt on equipment purchased in May. The city is suing Charlie Maciel and Real Golf, his limited liability corporation, for costs in excess of $177,000 covering debts and attorney fees. According to a civil court filing on Wednesday, the city alleges: • The city was transitioning golf course operations from Real Golf to Touchstone, and entered an agreement to purchase 15 pieces of lan...
CLOVIS — Agriculture is one of the biggest industries in Curry County and the Clovis/Curry Chamber of Commerce has decided it’s high time to get the word out. The Chamber held a meeting Thursday afternoon to re-organize the Ag 50 of Eastern New Mexico Committee by inviting new members and arranging a monthly meeting schedule. Interested agriculture business owners, both big and small, showed up to discuss the committee’s role moving forward. The purpose of Ag 50 is to promote long-term success of agriculture in the count...
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