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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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A standoff with Clovis' Special Weapons and Tactics team ended peacefully late Friday afternoon with one suspect in custody. The incident began about 3:30 p.m. when police recognized a wanted felon in the doorway of a metal building near Fifth and Axtell streets, according to a police news release. Louie Robert Maes, 37, was wanted for aggravated battery on a household member and criminal sexual contact, both felonies, police said. Police began seeking a search warrant for...
Brian Lee Page, age 34, of Clovis, NM passed away on September 22, 2023. Visitation will be Tuesday, October 3, 2023, from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm at The Chapel, 1500 Thornton St., Clovis, NM with a rosary to follow at 6:00 pm. Funeral Services will be on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at 11:00 am with the Reverend Delmus Gillis officiating. Graveside service will follow immediately after at Mission Garden of Memories, 2900 W. Seventh St., Clovis, NM. Honorary Pallbearers will be...
Memorial services for Shirley Ann Faver will be at 10:00 am, Saturday, September 30, 2023, at the Emanuel Baptist Church in Portales with Rev. Josh Faucett officiating. Shirley Ann (Hurd) Faver went to be with our Lord and Savior on September 26, 2023. She was born January 31, 1941, in Canon City, Colorado to Ralph and Elsie Hurd. She graduated in 1959 from Canon City High School and attended Colorado State University majoring in foreign language. It was there that she met Geo...
A Clovis man was jailed Thursday after leading police on a vehicle and foot pursuit. Timothy Gore, 31, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, along with two other felonies. He was being held without bond Friday in the Curry County Adult Detention Center. The incident began about 5 p.m. Thursday when police pulled over the pickup Gore was driving as he exited North Plains Mall. Records show police had "active warrants for his arrest." Gore s...
Imogene Willmon, 92, of Clovis, passed away on September 27, 2023, in Clovis, NM. Visitation will be 4pm-8pm on Friday, September 29th at Steed-Todd Funeral Home. Graveside service will be held at 2pm on Monday, October 2nd at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Rev. Jon Forrest officiating. Imogene was born in O'Donnell, TX to Martin and Ima Wall on May 9, 1931. She was a graduate of Portales High School. She married T.E. Willmon, Jr. on May 12, 1950. She was a...
David E. Turner, age 89, passed away September 17, 2023 in Albuquerque, NM. Delivered by his grandmother, he was born February 15, 1934 in Portales, NM David was preceded in death by his father and mother, James Taft (JT) and Edith Turner, brother Wayne Turner, sisters Juanita Payne and Waunema Hyman. Surviving family members include his wife Lucia Turner, Albuquerque, NM; brother Jim (Betty) Turner, VT; brother Dwight (Carol) Turner, Canyon, TX; sons Spencer (Corrine)...
A 54-year-old Clovis man died Wednesday morning in a traffic accident near Fifth and Walnut streets. Joseph Sandoval was found in the roadway after being hit by a vehicle. Sandoval was transported to Clovis' Plains Regional Medical Center where he died from his injuries, according to a police news release. The vehicle's driver, 61, was on scene when police arrived and was cooperating with investigators, the release stated. Deputy Police Chief Trevor Thron said Sandoval lived near the area where the accident occurred. The...
If you’re perusing my column today for some sort of deep spiritual lesson, I warn you up front that I’ll be surprised if you find much. Wisdom and I may not, I’m afraid, sit on the same couch as often as we should anyway, but today … For one thing, there’s not much room on the couch. It counts as a somewhat flat surface. If my main goal in life were to fill up flat surfaces with all manner of junk and debris, I could hardly be more successful. Worse than any woman’s p...
The EPCOR water company is helping the city of Texico operate and evaluate the city’s water system’s reliability under a contract between the city and the water company that provides EPCOR the opportunity to acquire the system in the future. EPCOR already provides water service to the city of Clovis. EPCOR's Senior Communications Advisor Matt Atwood said the contract allows EPCOR to make a plan with the city of Texico to ensure the system is in compliance with drinking water standards. "But (purchasing the system) is not a d...
A couple of area seniors take the term "active" to a higher level. Robbie Telles, 55, is an ardent bicyclist and Greg Southard, 64, regularly participates in triathlons. Telles is employed with the Clovis Police Department. He is a captain and oversees the special operations unit. "I try to do at least three weekly rides of at least 16 to 20 miles. Saturdays I meet up with a group and we ride from 16 to 80 miles," Telles said. Telles got interested in bicycling when he was...
Barbara Riggan believes Clovis is a strong municipality because of the services it offers senior citizens. “Seniors rely on services from the city such as transportation, recreation and libraries. Without such services seniors would struggle,” Riggan said. For the past 13 years, Riggan has been Director of Clovis’ Senior Services. Her office is in the city’s senior center, The Friendship Center at 900 W. 13th St. “The main thing we do is offer a variety of activities for seniors 50-plus,” Riggan said. Riggan said the departme...
