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PORTALES — A man charged with killing a Portales woman in 2018 has been convicted of second-degree murder. Gerardo Marquez, 35, will face up to 16 years in prison at sentencing. A Portales jury deliberated about 30 minutes Friday before delivering the verdict. Marquez was on trial for the April 19, 2018, death of Erika Zamorano in Portales. Full coverage of the week-long trial will follow in Sunday’s newspaper....
All honorable work is God’s work, a calling, and anyone serious about doing a good job in his/her work derives priceless benefit from the example of respected mentors. Surely teachers and doctors, business folks and farmers, all need mentors to encourage them to “soldier on.” One of my most influential mentors passed away almost a year ago, and I never met him. Eugene Peterson, best-known for his amazing paraphrase of the Bible, “The Message,” never wrote anything poorly, b...
Today • Tiny Tots — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 • Preschool storytime “Autumn Air” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940 • Stitch Addicts stitch group — 1:30-3 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 • Representative Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02) staff mobile office hours — 3-5 p.m., Fort Sumner City Hall, 173 E. Ave. C, Fort Sumner. Constituents are invited to meet...
The man's name was apparently Lopes. He seemed to have World War II ties to Company L, Second Division, Saipan, Tarawa, and Clovis, N.M. At least that's what was carved on the sheath of his knife, along with the words "My kiss is death." Joe Wolf, a Texas Hill Country collector of military memorabilia, said the U.S. Marine Corps knife has a blade that is sharpened on one edge only. "It's not a fighting knife," Wolf said. "It's certainly not a bayonet. It's for hacking the...
The message said: “The septic guy can’t find the cover. Call him.” I’ve been getting a lot of messages like this since I decided to put my century-old farmhouse up for sale. I haven’t lived in the farmhouse for years now — not since I moved out to go to graduate school and become a writer, met Peter, married Peter, and moved on with my life. The farmhouse was where I lived for many years with my first husband and then, for a while, after our divorce. The farmhouse is where I thought I’d grow old. I planted a lot of trees....
As Eastern New Mexico University celebrates its homecoming this weekend, it seems fitting to look back to the first one that was held 85 years ago — on Oct. 6, 1934. That first gathering didn’t include alumni. There weren’t any yet. Eastern New Mexico Junior College had only opened for business a few months earlier. The 17 students in the first graduating class wouldn’t receive diplomas until the following spring. But the day-long event on the first Saturday of long-ag...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County Commissioners in a brief special meeting on Monday fulfilled an annual requirement to update property tax rates imposed by the state’s Department of Finance and Administration. County Assessor George Beggs presented on the agenda item and said his office’s responsibility is to ensure there are no math mistakes in the finance department’s tax rates. Beggs told The News that rates are “about the same” and that “minor fluctuations from last year rates are normal.” House Bill 407, “which allowed...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday-Monday: Clovis • Christopher Patterson, 28, driving while license suspended or revoked, failure to register vehicle, no insurance • Sarah Chavez, 36, failure to appear on a felony charge • Johnathan Claudio, 32, possession of a controlled substance • Catalina Ortiz, 33, probation violation • Travis Reid, 33, possession of a controlled substance • Britini Chavez, 37, probation violation • Michael Burgess, 35, failure to pay fines • Joshua Pena, 33, probation viola...
CLOVIS — An easement agreement comes Thursday before the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority, one of several still outstanding as progress advances toward the Finished Water 3 component of the interim groundwater project. ENMWUA Administrator Orlando Ortega said the offer and easement agreement with Carl D. Moore was “one of a handful that are on our list.” Ortega told The News on Tuesday that he didn’t have the specifics of that agreement immediately available, but noted “we’ve acquired half of the easements...
CLOVIS — Golf is a difficult game. Golf course regulations aren’t much easier sometimes. The city’s parks, recreation and beautification committee worked with Touchstone Golf on Monday evening to hammer out basic course rules, and how to notify people, whether they play golf or walk around the course. Keaton Aucutt, general manager for the Colonial Park Golf Course — operated by Touchstone as of May 1 — presented a list of 16 rules he acknowledged were often common sense, but have to be written somewhere on the basic notion o...
PORTALES — The Roosevelt General Hospital Board of Trustees met Monday night and discussed progress on the construction of its new emergency department. The construction project is still in its planning stages, with the hospital putting together an evaluation team and searching for a qualified construction management firm. The board is seeking an engineer from the community to be a part of the technical evaluation team that will select contractors for the project. Members of the team are Kaye Green, John Bridges and Doug Ston...
