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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Finally, after 35 years, 100-plus cracked homicide cases and thousands of lives positively impacted, Dan Aguilar has decided to retire from law enforcement. A 2002 Officer of the Year while at the Clovis Police Department, Aguilar has been lauded by peers for his commitment and fearlessness: No better example than the seven years he spent working to catch Clovis' Noe Torres and Edward Salas who were involved in the murder of 10-year-old Carlos Perez in 2005. "Dan doesn't have...
Monday *Curry County 4-H volunteer meeting – 6:30 p.m., County Extension Office, 600 Woods St., Clovis. Dinner and information session for 4-H volunteers, leaders, parents, and anyone interesting in learning more about 4-H. RSVPs requested; Zoom link available for those who can’t attend in person. Information or to RSVP: 575-763-6505 or email to [email protected] *Read-to-Reel movie “Fahrenheit 451” (2018; PG-13; 1 hour, 40 minutes) – 6 p.m., Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Seating first com...
In an ever-changing college sports landscape, where name, image and likeness deals, conference realignment and ladder climbing reign supreme, Eastern New Mexico University rodeo coach Albert Flinn is an outlier. This isn’t because he’s 83 and dons a bluetooth headset (yes, those still exist). Instead, it’s because he happily accepts getting paid half a typical salary – roughly $30,000 a year – to dedicate his life to lifting an underfunded program to national prominenc...
After enduring a tough five-set loss two nights earlier to Melrose, it took Clovis High's volleyball team a while to get cooking on Thursday night against Lovington at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. Three aces from junior outside hitter Lileigh Oborny, including two to start her service run, did the trick and the Lady Wildcats eventually cruised to a 25-16, 25-10, 25-7 victory over winless Lovington. CHS struggled a bit to put the first set away and led just 10-7 in Game 2 before a...
The Clovis High boys soccer team got off to a bit of a slow start, but in the end the Wildcats had too much for Portales High. Four second-half goals gave the Cats firm control in a 5-1 victory on Wednesday at the PHS pitch. The match had been slated for Tuesday, but was pushed back a day due to lightning. Senior forward Anthony Cordova gave the Rams a 1-0 lead early in the contest, but senior forward Ihab Mesbah headed in the equalizer off a corner kick from freshman...
Suffice it to say, Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team has turned it around against Sul Ross State over the years – and the Greyhounds are glad to now see the Alpine, Texas-based Lobos in the Lone Star Conference. ENMU earned just its second win of the campaign on Friday night, rallying past Sul Ross 21-25, 25-22, 26-24, 25-18 at Steve Loy Family Foundation Arena on the second night of an LSC Volleyball Challenge event. It was the Hounds’ 23rd consecutive win in the series, which dates to the late 1970s. Sul R...
FARWELL – Farwell had trouble stopping Abernathy in the first half, then seemed to figure things out. A missed conversion kick helped keep hope alive for the visiting Antelopes, though, and they rallied for two touchdowns in the final three minutes to stun the Steers 42-41. Sophomore quarterback Jagger Wiley's fifth touchdown pass of the night, a 24-yarder to sophomore Dre Minfield with 2:24 remaining, capped a 79-yard, nine play drive and made it 41-35. Then the Steers m...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s football team broke its lengthy scoring drought on Thursday night and stayed competitive for much of the game. In the end, the Cibola Cougars were a bit too much and walked away with a 36-12 victory at Nusenda Community Stadium. Coming off losses against three of the better Class 6A teams in the state, the Cats had been outscored 158-0 since tallying a TD and a 2-point conversion on their first drive of the season. But early in the second stanza, the pulled to 7-6 when junior running back John Roy...
Tuesday *Curry County Commission – 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 *Portales City Council - 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers, Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 *Clovis Municipal Schools board — 5:30 p.m., Board Room, CMS administration building, 1009 Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-4300 Wednesday *City of Clovis Public Works Committee – 8:30 a.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Ma...
On this date ... 1910: Miller & Luikart, a Portales dry goods store, offered men’s black derby hats for $3. 1931: Pearson Valley school 26 miles west of Portales was wrecked for the second time in two weeks. Teacher Ruth Isham opened the school to find desks crashed to splinters, blackboards demolished and school records torn to bits and scattered over the floor, the Clovis Evening News-Journal reported. 1941: De Baca County homes were being evacuated and broomcorn farmers feared heavy crop losses after torrential rains f...
A friend of mine, who has long been retired from her career as an elementary public school educator, was reminiscing recently about her days in the classroom, and the stories she read aloud to her students. Her favorites were the “Little Britches” books by Ralph Moody, autobiographical accounts of Moody moving west with his family in 1906 to a Colorado ranch and the many adventures that followed. She said she found that no matter where she was teaching — and no matter the a...
Clovis Monday: Breakfast: Orange muffin top. Lunch: Chicken Alfredo, garden salad, cucumber slices, Ranch dressing, chilled orange, whole wheat roll or Ch (grades 6-12) . Tuesday: Breakfast: Cinn-a-twin. Lunch: Mini corn dogs, baked French fries, pasta salad, chilled fresh fruit or Chef salad or Meatball sub or Stuffwich and French fries (grades 6-12). Wednesday: Breakfast: Canadian bacon breakfast pizza. Lunch: Chili & cornbread, garden salad, sliced cucumbers, dressing, chilled mixed fruit, Jello or Chef salad or pizza or...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 1704 E 7th St. Clovis Monday: Beef Fajitas (3oz Beef Fajita Meat, 2 TBSP Salsa, 1 6in Flour Tortilla, Peppers & Onions), 1c Capri Vegetables, 1/2c LS Pinto Beans, 1/2c Apricots. Tuesday: Chicken Fettuccini (4oz Diced Chicken, 1/2c Fettuccine, 2oz Light Alfredo Sauce), 1c Italian Blend w/1tsp unsalted Butter, Wheat Roll & 1/2c Spiced Pears. Wednesday: Ham & Beans (2oz LS Ham, 1/2c Beans, 1/4c Sauce, 1/2c Peppers & Onions), 1c Vegetable Medley, Wheat Roll & 3/4c Fruit Cocktail....
Watching the classic rivalry of New York Jets vs. New England Patriots as I write this column on a Thursday night, I’m struck by one thing. It’s just no fun hating the Patriots anymore without Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. When Brady retired, then unretired, much like myself a few short months later, he went on to lead Tampa Bay to a Super Bowl win. Hating Brady then, without Belichick wasn’t the same, even when he beat my favorite quarterback Patrick Mahomes for the honor. Su...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “The British Booksellers” by Kristy Cambron. A farmer’s son had no business daring to dream of a future with an earl’s daughter, but that couldn’t keep Amos Darby from his secret friendship with Charlotte Terrington until the reality of the Great...
Aucutt's Paint Store celebrated its 85th anniversary in July. Tisha Brothers runs the place now, an occupation that started with her great-great-grandfather G.C. Williams on Main Street, Clovis, back in 1939. Did she train for the job? How did she come into running a paint store? "I grew up around the business, I learned from my dad and my education," Brothers said. Brothers, also director of the Clovis Volleyball Association for more than 20 years, told The News more about...
MULESHOE – A BNSF train derailed about 9:45 p.m. (CDT) Tuesday along U.S. 84 between Muleshoe and Sudan. BNSF spokesperson Kendall Sloan told The News in an email the train was “stopped during a high wind warning” when dozens of cars were tipped off the tracks. No injuries were reported. Sloan said mainline operations resumed through the area about 2 p.m. Wednesday. Sloan declined to provide any additional information....
Officials on Thursday broke ground on a pipeline project intended to deliver 6.5 million gallons of water per day to the city of Portales. If all goes as planned, the water should begin to flow about 2031. The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority calls it Finished Water 3B of the Ute Water Project. The ceremony was held at the intersection of Lime Street and Boston Avenue in Portales. FW3B is scheduled for completion in about a year. It will cost "about $15.5 million,"...
Quay County attorney Warren Frost asked to speak to Clovis city commissioners on Thursday, reporting he had “new and alarming information” about the Ute Water Pipeline. Permission denied. “You don’t have new and alarming information to this commission; this commission is informed. I don’t see you as qualified to lecture us,” Clovis Mayor Mike Morris told Frost. Frost and others opposed to building the 100-mile pipeline have publicly stated in recent weeks that costs for a necessary water treatment plant will run $400 millio...
Some form of the Golden Rule can be found in many ancient writings, including: the New Testament, the Talmud, The Koran and The Analects of Confucius. The Golden Rule states, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Politicos have never grasped this concept. When the New York Times decided during the 2016 presidential campaign that Donald Trump was so beyond the pale that he no longer deserved the equal treatment afforded other candidates, they began to openly cast...
How can you expect people, especially those who believe in politics, to agree on anything when they can’t even agree on the reality of what is happening right in front of them? Add in the opposing way events are framed, depending on the bias of the information source, and I don’t think it’s possible. I saw neighboring yards in town; one had a Trump yard sign and the other had a Harris sign. I’d bet both think they are the reasonable one and their neighbor is nuts. Or maybe t...
When New Mexico’s rural hospitals called for help, our entire state came together – hospitals statewide, the governor’s office, NM Health Care Authority and legislators from both sides of the aisle -- to pass the 2024 Health Care Delivery and Access Act. New Mexico is at a pivotal moment as we struggle to address healthcare challenges facing our hardworking families especially when it comes to access to healthcare. Almost half of our residents are enrolled in Medicaid and, frankly, the Medicaid reimbursement rates to pay o...
Are people in New Mexico allowed to smoke marijuana outside of businesses in public? Consuming cannabis in public in New Mexico is illegal. The News got the answer from Clovis Police Department Deputy Chief Trevor Thron. “According to the New Mexico Cannabis Regulation Act: All cannabis consumption (smoking, vaping, eating, etc.) must be done either in your private residence or at a licensed consumption lounge,” Thron wrote in an email response Thursday. Thron also said it’s illegal to use cannabis or cannabis products while...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Andres Jurado, 35, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Carlitos Apodaca, 24, failure to comply with specific requirements, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Victor Apodaca, 55, failure to appear on a felony charge • Tanessa Kendrick, 30, failure to pay fines • Jesus Suarez-Vigil, 25, criminal damage to property, interference with communications, battery against a household member • Brianna Harpold, 34, out of state fugitive ...
Clovis city commissioners on Thursday narrowly approved the renewal of a service agreement between Retail Strategies LLC and the city. The company is contracted to recruit businesses to Clovis. Mayor Mike Morris urged renewing the contract, but Commissioner Helen Casaus objected. Casaus has asserted that Clovis’ newest businesses have come to town at the urging of North Plains Mall owner Sam Mick and the economic development department at the city’s Chamber of Commerce. “And the city wasted $160,000 on Retail Strat...
