Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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• Youth substance use, mental health program earns $1.1 million grant. Curry County’s Substance Use Prevention and Mental Health Project has earned a “big win” – a $1.1 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, officials said. County Grant Administrator and Preventionist Kristian Price presented the news to the Curry County Commission on Tuesday. Price said the county has been applying for this award for nearly three years and recently learned of its success. “This is money really well...
Warmups are over. It's time to hit the District 4-5A portion of the schedule for the Clovis High girls soccer team. CHS improved to 10-2-1 and extended its winning streak to six on Wednesday with a 4-0 victory over West Las Vegas at Leon Williams Stadium. Next up, the Lady Cats entertain Carlsbad (9-5) in Tuesday's 6:30 p.m. district opener. "It's going to be tough," CHS coach Ray Rodriguez said. "It's a wide-open district. Hobbs (6-5-2) played some tough teams and beaten...
The Gattis Cubs seventh grade football team shut out Portales 29-0 on Tuesday, improving to 3-2 overall and 3-0 in the Border Conference. Luciano Gallo scored three touchdowns and a 2-point conversion for the Cubs, Brayon Weaver had a touchdown and a conversion kick and Jacen Maes had a 2PAT and a fumble recovery. Next up for the Cubs is a 4:30 p.m. game on Oct. 10 against Yucca at Norman Vohs Field....
• Diaz, Faust get pick-6s as Portales pulls away to beat Valley 45-7. Portales High has put together a potent offense this season. The good thing, though, is that in those times when the Rams struggle a bit, their defense can hold the line. Seniors Devin Diaz and Layton Faust each had two of Portales' six interceptions – each returning one for a touchdown – as the Rams eventually overwhelmed Valley 45-7 on Friday night at Greyhound Stadium. Portales (7-0), ranked second in Cl...
• Clovis leads 28-0 early in second quarter en route to 42-12 triumph. Clovis High's football team is positioned right where it was at this time last year. The Wildcats went 0-6 in pre-district play in 2022, then found themselves going for a Class 6A state playoff berth only to lose 54-0 at Los Lunas. Friday night, they opened their District 5-6A slate with a 42-12 rout of Albuquerque High in the district opener for both teams at Leon Williams Stadium. The Cats weathered (...
I value liberty -- the freedom to exercise my rights -- enough to leave you alone to exercise your rights. I respect your liberty as much as I value my own. It shocks me to realize how many people don’t do the same. Instead, I see people who want so badly to control what other people are allowed to do that they eagerly sacrifice their own liberty in order to give government the power to govern others. To me, this seems insane and self-destructive. How can people be so a...
The terms misinformation, disinformation and lies fall into the category of Shakespeare's “A rose by any other name.” Many poets and playwrights avail themselves of poetic license to shade the truth and enhance the plot. The other day, for example, while watching a movie, I heard a Marine drill instructor tell a recruit, “Don’t call me sir. I’m a sergeant.” I almost dropped my coffee cup. “Sir” was all we ever called our drill instructors. That’s a bit of misinformation. P...
When my father proudly mentioned to one of his colleagues that his firstborn child had just been accepted to Bryn Mawr College, he responded: “Let’s hope she doesn’t stop shaving her underarms.” This quip was relayed to me years later by that same gentleman, with a half apology. While there was some truth to the suggestion that Bryn Mawrters were not exactly glittery Disney princesses, I didn’t notice an unusual amount of hirsute women flooding the campus. We seemed to run th...
I’m conflicted. The American in me doesn’t want Donald Trump to ever again come close to the presidency. A second time around would be a move away from democracy and toward an autocracy, which sounds very un-American to me. The partisan side of me, however, sees another Trump nomination as great for the Democrats. First, the odds are Trump will lose again in the general election, dragging other Republicans down with him, maybe even giving all of Congress back to the Dems. With Trump at the top of the ticket in 2024, the Rep...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was indicted by a grand jury in 2015 on two counts of securities fraud and one count of failing to register with the state. He allegedly defrauded investors in a tech startup company called Server Inc. He has thus far been able to delay the start of his trial. But, those criminal charges were not the reason Paxton had 16 articles of impeachment filed against him by the Texas House of Representatives, which is controlled by Republicans. They were sparked by a letter sent by Paxton’s former f...
EUNICE – In a battle of No. 1 against No. 2 in Class 2A, top-ranked Texico had just put itself in position to make a run with a late second-quarter touchdown against Eunice. Then the weather took over. After a lengthy delay for rain and lightning, the game was called before the start of the second half and the homestanding Cardinals were awarded a 21-14 victory in the District 6-2A opener for both teams. Last week, Texico also played in bad weather against the Carlsbad junior varsity and was awarded a 32-0 win when that g...
A Clovis animal protection organization is seeking help from residents to donate at the pet food drive to help local animals and households in need. Since the Sept. 3 fire that closed Clovis’ Walmart, High Plains Humane Society has reported local pet families have been in high demand to find affordable means in getting pet food. Linda Cross, president of the organization, said HPHS usually maintains a pet food pantry for emergencies and to assist struggling households so they can continue to feed their pets while they get t...
Tuesday *Roosevelt County Commission - 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 *Clovis Civil Aviation Board — 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: Amanda Brungart at 575-763-9618 Wednesday *Clovis Community College Board of Trustees – 8 a.m., CCC, 417 Schepps Blvd., Room 512, Clovis. Information: http://www.clovis.edu/about/administration.aspx or 575-769-4003 Thursday *Clovis City Commission - 5:15 p.m., Nor...
LOVINGTON — Although closing arguments ended Thursday in a trial questioning the legality of the state's congressional district map, more evidence could emerge this week for the judge to consider. The trial did not include the testimony of any of the Democratic lawmakers named in the suit or those who received subpoenas to appear: state Sens. Mimi Stewart of Albuquerque, Peter Wirth of Santa Fe, Joseph Cervantes of Las Cruces and then-House Speaker Brian Egolf of Santa Fe. Ninth Judicial District Judge Fred T. Van Soelen o...
Sweats and a hoodie on the U.S. Senate floor? Well, why not? Why not, I mean, a dress code for the U.S. Senate appropriate to the present habits and pastimes of the, ahem, world’s greatest deliberative body? We know, I assume, how the Senate’s Democratic majority leader, Charles Schumer, put the matter the other day. He instructed the sergeant-at-arms to cease enforcing an unwritten rule prescribing business dress on the Senate floor — suits, neckties and all that stuff. And dresses or pantsuits for women members. “Sena...
The Portales City Council on Tuesday approved a 50-foot tall electronic billboard to be placed at 1603 W. Second St. The sign will be 10 feet by 32 feet wide. Some council members had concerns with the sign's size, stating they wanted the city to look clean and inviting. Some also were concerned it might distract drivers. Tom Palmer, who was there to represent the Lindmark advertising company, told councilors the city's Planning and Zoning committee had also expressed...
Curry manager named to national board Curry County Manager Lance Pyle has been appointed to the National Association of County Administrators board of directors. In addition, Pyle will serve as the at-large director for the Mountain Plains Region, which includes New Mexico, Texas and 12 other states, according to a county news release. NACA “encourages professional development and excellence of county administrators and provides information, training and resources to its members to improve the management of county g...
Clovis authorities on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend through her bedroom window. Chasidy Mathis, 37, is charged with aggravated battery and three other felonies following a Sept. 20 shooting at a home in the 1100 block of Hinkle Street. He remained at large going into the weekend. Melissa Silva told police she was in bed when she "heard someone yelling from outside," court records show. "(S)he looked over towards the window...
Editor's note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials. Debbie Zamora was recently appointed to the Clovis City Commission to fill the vacant District 3 position. Q: Tell me about yourself, your family, background, etc. A: I was born and raised here in Clovis. I'm married to Martin (Zamora) and we've been married for 43 years. We raised two daughters, and they are both registered nurses. We have nine grandkids. I graduated from Clovis High School...
Historians generally agree that our long ago human ancestors engaged in what was known as the hunter-gatherer culture from around 2 million years ago until 11,000 to 12,000 years ago. With the exceptions of small pockets around the world today, most of us are well-settled into agrarian civilizations, depending on complete strangers to keep us fed and clothed. At least that was the case until a few weeks ago, when the hunter-gatherer culture was reborn with new vigor in...
Why isn’t North Kilgore paved in Portales? What is the pipeline started at East Seventh Street east of Norris in Clovis? What are the goal post structures on that project? The Kilgore Road Improvement Project is awaiting action by a corporation. “We are waiting on Century Link to move their lines before we can start. Gas company already moved theirs,” Portales City Manager Sarah Austin wrote in a text Wednesday. The Kilgore Road project began in July 2022. “Kilgore Road has needed improvement for quite some time,” Austin sa...
- Trystn Montoya being held in Lea County detention center. The Clovis teen held as a suspect in connection with last weekend’s homicide is wanted on two charges of murder and armed robbery in Arizona. Police in Tucson, Ariz., said last week that Trystn Montoya, 17, was wanted for slayings that happened there on Sept. 18. Clovis police arrested Montoya on Monday. He is being held in a juvenile detention center in Lea County. “We received the suspect information from eyewitnesses who were on scene when the incident hap...
