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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS - James Ridling, the most recent addition to the Curry County Commission, died Saturday morning. County Manager Lance Pyle confirmed the death to The News. "Jim was a great man that loved his community and serving others," Pyle told The News. "Our thoughts and prayers are extended to his family." Ridling, a retired farmer and U.S. Postal Service employee, was in his first year as the commission's District 2 representative. Ridling farmed for most of his life, starting i...
FOOTBALL Prep summaries St. Pius 21, Portales 20 St. Pius 7 7 7 0 — 21 Portales 7 6 7 0 — 20 Scoring summary First quarter P — Devin Diaz 2 run (Eric Ramirez kick), 7:48 StP — Marco Ybarra 13 run (Chris Coash kick), 5:59 Second quarter P — Eric Ramirez 40 pass from Diaz (kick failed), 8:20 StP — Dominic Esparza 4 pass from Alejandro Sapien (Coash kick), 3:05 Third quarter P — Elijah Kladiihbah 20 pass from Diaz (Ramirez kick), 6:27 StP — Ybarra 3 run (Coash kick), 1:28 Team statistics StP Por First downs 15 14 Rushes-yards...
CLOVIS — Clovis High’s volleyball team was pressed in Thursday’s matchup against winless Lovington at Rock Staubus Gym. In fact, Lady Wildcats coach Darrel Ray couldn’t find positives other than his team pulled out a victory. Clovis and Lovington took turns building a little momentum, then giving it up again before the Lady Cats dominated Game 5 to nail down a 25-21, 23-25, 25-21, 21-25, 15-9 win. “We didn’t practice well this morning and we didn’t play well tonight,” said Ray, whose squad routinely has its practices befor...
PORTALES — Portales High’s volleyball team made relatively short work of Carlsbad on Thursday night. After getting trounced in the first two sets, the Cavegirls came alive a bit, but it was too little, too late as the Lady Rams cruised to a 25-10, 25-5, 25-22 victory at the Ram Athletic Center. Senior middle blocker Kylyie Paden had 14 kills on a night when the Cavegirls (4-6) didn’t put up much of a challenge most of the way. Senior Riley Shillings had 18 assists. Despite the lopsided result, PHS coach Jacki Bailey said...
PORTALES - Still looking for their first win of the season, things haven't generally bounced the right way so far for the Portales High Rams. Friday night, PHS went down to the wire with St. Pius in a rematch of the team's New Mexico Activities Association "bowl" matchup in the spring, won by Portales 6-0 with a late score. This time, the Albuquerque-based Sartans escaped with a 21-20 victory at Greyhound Stadium behind 160 rushing yards and two touchdowns from senior running...
FARWELL - The Texico Wolverines made plenty of stops Friday just across the tracks, getting host Farwell to come up short on three drives in Wolverine territory while also notching a defensive touchdown and a kickoff return touchdown. More impressive for the host Steers, however, is all of that happened and the boys in blue still managed a three-touchdown victory, rolling out 580 yards in a 56-34 victory that seemed all but certain midway through the second quarter. Sophomore...
Curry County reached an unwanted milestone Wednesday, with the Department of Health reporting the county's 100th death related to COVID-19. DOH reported 18 new deaths in its Wednesday briefing, including four residents of Curry County. All four Curry deaths reported Wednesday were men, including • A man in his 50s who had been hospitalized. • A man in his 70s who was hospitalized with underlying conditions. • A man in his 80s who was hospitalized. • A man in his 70s whose death occurred more than 30 days ago but not confirm...
Local hospitals, like many around the nation, are reporting staff shortages as COVID-19 cases continue to surge. "We have experienced extreme staff shortages in the past four-to-six weeks with the recent surge, so we had a rapid hiring event on Wednesday and were able to make several offers," said Kaye Green, chief executive officer of Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales. Green said RGH staffing is down to the "bare bones, but we're working hard to improve that." She said...
At the Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents meeting last week, we discussed the importance of maintaining face-to-face learning at the university. The regents were firm in their desire to maintain in-person instruction as long as possible. There is no doubt the regents believe this is the best way to provide education to our students, but community help is also necessary. Last year, when the university provided most of its instruction virtually and was essentially shut down because of COVID-19, there was...
Two-thirds of voters (67%) oppose a proposal that would allow the IRS to collect bank account deposit and withdrawal information from American consumers, according to the Independent Community Bankers of America. The results come as thousands of community bank customers and other consumers are encouraged to contact their members of Congress in opposition via banklocally.org/privacy . According to the ICBA poll conducted by Morning Consult, opposition to the new IRS reporting is bipartisan and strenuous, with more than half...
Benjamin Franklin was right about death and taxes, but new taxes only become inevitable when a Democrat is elected president, and here we are. The House Ways and Means Committee released an outline of tax proposals to offset President Biden’s jaw-dropping spending plans, and it’s the expected assortment of tax increases on business and the affluent that Democrats like to pretend can fund a social welfare state of the sort that Bernie Sanders has long pined and advocated for...
Clamp a hefty fee on every mineral mined in the United States? The House Natural Resources Committee, chaired by Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., is backing a bill that would place new royalties and additional taxes on domestically mined minerals, while banning mining on some public lands that contain minerals critical to U.S. manufacturing and the production of Green technologies. And the committee has voted to include language in the $3.5-trillion infrastructure measure that would block construction of the proposed Resolution...
I was reading news on the internet, when the following caught my eye: Dozens of students from the San Juan Unified School District in Sacramento County, Calif., are believed to still be in Afghanistan. Raj Rai, director of communication for the district, said in a statement that 27 students, from 19 families, are in Afghanistan. The students, along with family members, were reportedly in Afghanistan visiting families over their summer break. SJUSD Deputy Superintendent...
Nearly every major medical organization has warned against self-medicating with ivermectin, a deworming drug with both veterinary and human medical uses, to treat COVID-19. Nevertheless, there remains a persistent belief, particularly on social media, in this drug’s curative properties. Credible medical research does not currently support a benefit. But if you’re still thinking about giving it a try, please consider a far safer alternative: enrolling in a clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of ivermectin against the...
On this date ... 1961: Mrs. J.P. Steiner’s second-grade students at Lindsey School in Portales had been introduced to a “good breakfast,” the Portales News-Tribune reported. The students were seated at three tables covered with tablecloths. Two tables had flower centerpieces and a bowl of fruit for decoration. The menu consisted of cantaloupe balls, orange juice, oatmeal, milk and cinnamon toast. “They called this their ‘go, glow, grow’ breakfast,” the newspaper reported. That’s because it “supplies the elements needed f...
PORTALES — Lindsey Park will play host this afternoon and evening to longtime Portales neighborhood tradition. The Fiesta de Familias will run 2 p.m.-9 p.m., marking the first running of the event since 2019. The event was not held last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fiesta began in 1992 when Dolores Penrod and her protégé, Pilar Moreno, came up with a way for families to take back Lindsey Park from gang activity with a day of free activities. The celebration has, other than 2020, been held on the Sunday closest to...
CLOVIS — The Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce has launched its newest tourism website at visitclovisnm.org, according to a chamber release. The website, created in partnership with the New Mexico Tourism Department and the city of Clovis’ Lodgers’ Tax fun, seeks to strengthen the area’s tourism presence with information about activities and attractions in the area, a local events calendar and virtual presentations of places to stay and things to do. “This was a collaborative effort between these organizat...
CLOVIS — Curry County received an Aa3 rating in its latest report from Moody’s, according to a county release. The Aa3 is the fourth-highest rating awarded in Moody’s long-term municipal obligation rating. In a letter announcing the rating, Moody’s noted the county is in a strong financial picture with funds at 70.5% of operating revenues and a cash balance of 81.3% of operating revenues. “We are very pleased to continue receiving the Aa3 rating of Moody’s Investor’s Services and this speaks volumes for our economy and c...
CLOVIS — The District Attorney’s Office has launched a new program aimed at students who may be “knowingly or unknowingly” distributing or possessing child pornography. “Picture This” is a pro-active program … to educate middle school and high school students about the dangers of possessing and distributing child pornography and sending inappropriate messages via social media, also known as ‘sexting,’” according to a news release from DA Andrea Reeb. “My office takes this issue seriously, and we are working actively with...
Curry Resident Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St., Clovis 575-762-9405 All meals served with 2% milk and tossed salad w/dressing Monday: Green chili chicken enchiladas, pinto beans, chips and salsa, pudding Tuesday: Pulled pork, fried cabbage, potato salad, cornbread, cake Wednesday: Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes w/cream gravy, carrots, dinner roll, cookie Thursday: Beef lasagna, green beans, garlic toast, fruit cocktail Friday: BBQ pulled pork on a bun, seasoned baked potato, BBQ beans, cookie Friendship Senior...
PORTALES — Water service to Portales' Super 8 hotel has been shut off while officials investigate concerns of methamphetamine contamination. Portales City Manager Sarah Austin said Friday night officials have determined there has been no contamination to the city's water supply. "This situation has been contained to just the Super 8 ... The city water is not affected," she said. Police in a news release issued Saturday said they were first contacted on Thursday after a crystal-like substance was found in a sink at the h...
CLOVIS - A Clovis teenager was in intensive care in Lubbock following a Thursday evening motorcycle accident. Clovis police did not identify the teenage male on Friday, with Capt. Roman Romero noting the department still hadn't made contact with the teen's mother regarding his condition. Police received the call at 4:49 p.m. at the intersection of 10th and Hickory streets after the southbound motorcycle crashed into the rear of a 2017 Toyota Tundra. Mike Turner, who lives less...
Cannon Air Force Base hosted its third virtual meeting Wednesday to update the community on its progress to determine whether contaminants called Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that have leaked off-base into the area’s water system is an unacceptable risk by the government’s definition. Cannon officials said the Air Force is legally required to conduct the investigation in a way that begins with an Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis Pilot Study. The study is preliminary to a full scale remedial inv...
CLOVIS - To an outsider just pulling into an empty grocery store parking lot on a clear Tuesday night, the gaggle of trucks and low light suggested something nefarious was happening in north Clovis. The real answer is a lot less scandalous, and a lot more interesting and/or complicated. A sizable portion of the Eastern New Mexico Amateur Radio Club had gathered informally to communicate with other radio enthusiasts across the country - with a little help from above. Members...
CLOVIS — Parents of Clovis High School Freshman Academy students understood lost instruction time was a No. 1 priority for school administrators. But they felt a policy the school announced Wednesday, and subsequently flushed Thursday, was a well-intended effort that missed the mark and created issues downstream. The policy announced Wednesday informed parents that to reduce lost instruction time to the restroom, students would receive punch cards limiting them to five in-class breaks every nine weeks, and that students were...
