Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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LOGAN — The village of Logan is considering two candidates for its vacant manager position, including one from Clovis. Acting Village Manager Larry Wallin said Monday during a phone interview the candidates are Connie Harrison, assistant finance director for the city of Clovis, and Scott Parnell, a project manager for a building company in Los Lunas. Village Council members were scheduled to gather during a special meeting Monday afternoon to discuss the candidates, but Wallin said he didn’t anticipate a final decision at...
PORTALES — Greyhounds football coach Kelley Lee said it best about Saturday night's 21-11 loss to No. 1 Texas A&M-Commerce at Greyhound Stadium. "Three first-half drives inside the red zone, resulting in just three points." For Eastern New Mexico, there was certainly a somber feeling after the game, and it wasn't necessarily because the Greyhounds now fall to 0-3 on the season, 0-1 in Lone Star Conference play. Instead, it was the disappointed feeling of knowing that they h... Full story
TUCUMCARI — Artists Doug and Sharon Quarles, known for dozens of murals they painted in Tucumcari since 2003, recently returned to town to stay after spending five years in southern Arizona. The couple announced on Facebook in mid-August they were moving back. They largely were responsible for Tucumcari officials describing their town as the "City of Murals" in the last 15 years. This month, the Quarleses talked about their return over coffee and water at a local r... Full story
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday-Monday: Clovis • Nathaniel Jackson, 40, attempt to commit a felony (child abuse - no death or great bodily harm) • Lambert Campbell, 34, failure to comply with specific requirements • Keaundra Cunningham, 19, possession of marijuana, concealing identity • Aiden Carpenter, 20, probation violation • Joseph Steward, 52, probation violation • Reynaldo Armijo, 21, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Naomi Garcia, 30, probation violation • James North...
On this date ... 1968: Sue Deaton of Clovis and Terry Lovett of Texico were among the cast scheduled to present "The Taming of the Shrew" at Wayland College. Lovett, a junior at Wayland, was set to play the role of Baptista in the comedy. Deaton's role was not reported, but the Wayland sophomore was social vice president of the Treble Tones and had been a student leader majoring in speech. Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens. Contact him at: dstevens@th...
Xcel Energy promotes two With two promotions from within its ranks, Xcel Energy said in a news release Monday that it’s “positioning Texas and New Mexico operations for strong leadership for years to come.” Brad Baldridge, of Amarillo, will become director of Customer and Community relations. Farwell native Casey Meeks will fill the position Baldridge vacates as senior director of distribution operations in Texas and New Mexico. Both men are professional engineers in both states; in their new roles, Meeks “will oversee...
Curry Road 4, from U.S. 70 to the railroad tracks, will be closed to through traffic on Wednesday. The Cheese plant road will be closed from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. for an overlay of chip seal, according to a Curry County news release. Information: Contact Dennis Fury at 575-762-1501....
CLOVIS — A fire Sunday evening at an apparently unoccupied building on Prince Street closed the roads for close to an hour and drew 11 units between police and fire responders, officials said. There were no reported injuries in the blaze at the “possibly abandoned structure,” on the 1700 block of N Prince St., Clovis fire Capt. Johnnie Gibson told The News on Monday. First responders were called at 5:04 p.m., knocked the fire down before 5:30 and cleared the scene just over an hour later. “They shut down part of Prince...
CLOVIS — A motorcyclist was hospitalized Sunday evening with a broken arm following a crash at the intersection of 21st Street and Sugar Beet Road, according to Curry County Sheriff Wesley Waller. Travis Wilson, 40, of Clovis remained Monday at Plains Regional Medical Center, where he was transported after being struck while riding westbound in a 2010 Triumph motorcycle on State Road 523 (which continues into Clovis as 21st Street). Waller said Jose Altamirano, 20, of Clovis was driving south on Curry Road G (Sugar Beet) i...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County commissioners on Monday unanimously approved the 2018 annual property tax rates, amounting to decreases in three districts and more-or-less the same in the rest, officials said. “The only things that really changed were Dora and Causey school districts dropped, and the House school district dropped due to a debt service decrease,” said Assessor George Beggs. “Portales and Floyd and Elida and all of them stay relatively the same. It’s not going to be noticeable.” The special meeting lasted all...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission is scheduled to discuss a May 2016 resolution approving and ratifying Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority loans during today’s commission meeting. During the commission’s Sept. 14 special meeting, Commissioner Seth Martin requested that the resolution be reviewed. Martin told The News on Monday that the county should have more of a say prior to the commitment of any funds. “I think any time that the county is obligated to any type of a loan or monetary issue, that it needs to be e...
Today • Town hall — Dangers of misusing prescription drugs, 7 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh, Portales. Information: 575-359-1048, ext. 2 Wednesday • Volunteer workshops — 3:30 p.m. at Zia Elementary and Lockwood Elementary, for Clovis Municipal Schools. Information or to reserve a spot: 575-769-4322 Thursday • Town Hall — Underage drinking, 5:30 p.m., Clovis Community College Auditorium, 417 Schepps Blvd. Hosted by Curry County Office Substance Abuse Prevention. Information: 575-763-7725 • Paella on the Patio — M...
Today • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 Thursday • Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority — 1 p.m., Sitterly Professional Center, 801 Pile St., Clovis. Information: 575-935-4262 • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St. Information: 575-769-7828 Monday • Roosevelt General Hospital board meeting — 5:30 p.m., Fred Anthony Conference Room, RGH, 42121 U.S. 70, Portales. Information: 575-359-1800 Se...
CLOVIS — Wanted: 20 team players to train early next month for an “all-risk, all-hazard” course by the Clovis/Curry County Office of Emergency Management. The 20-hour course is open free of charge to volunteers 18 and over, “designed to help you protect yourself, your family, your neighbors and your neighborhood in an emergency situation,” according to a news release. The course is billed as “a positive and realistic approach to emergency and disaster situations where citizens may initially be on their own and their actio...
