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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority board officially socked away a nearly $672.4 million agreement in a special meeting on Thursday that guarantees 75% of the funds needed for completion of the Ute Reservoir Water Project. "It's a milestone day," Mike Morris, the mayor of Clovis and chair of the ENMWUA's board said as he called for the vote on the agreement between the water utility and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation that finalizes funding arrangements for the...
Alpacas can show you just how gentle a relative of llamas and camels whose heads come up to a six-foot-tall person's shoulders can be. If you found yourself surrounded by them as they follow their owner and the food buckets, you would not be afraid of them. You can stroke the wool on their necks, but they'd rather you didn't. They tolerate human presence with what seems to be cheerful curiosity. Their wool makes soft, warm clothes, blankets and even rugs. The alpacas' owner,...
PORTALES -- Before every election cycle, the Roosevelt County Clerk's Office tests its ballot tabulating machines to make sure everything is working correctly. This is called the certification process. On Thursday the clerk’s office began this testing that will continue through Friday Oct. 7, as stated in a press release. Widespread publicity prior to testing alerted the public and invited anyone interested to view the process. That publicity included a presence on social m...
New Mexico’s November 8 election day is approaching. Early voting begins Oct. 11. Here are candidates on the ballot in contested races in Curry and Roosevelt counties along with proposed Constitutional Amendments and Bond Questions: STATE United States Representative District 3 Alexis Martinez (R) Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) GOVERNOR Karen Bedoni (L) Mark Ronchetti (R) Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Efren Gallardo Jr. (L) Ant L. Thornton (R) Howie C. Morales (D) SECRETARY OF STATE Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D) A...
FOOTBALL Prep summaries Friday New Mexico District 5-6A Clovis 31, Albuquerque High 28 Clovis 7 7 14 3 — 31 Albuquerque High 14 6 0 8 — 28 Scoring summary First quarter C — R.J. Nora 84 run (Kash Roberts kick), 11:25 A — Jonathan Chavez 2 run (Frederick Ford kick), 6:58 A — Isaac Houlihan 1 run (Ford kick), 2:03 Second quarter C — Roberts 9 run (Roberts kick), 11:08 A — Houlihan 6 run (kick failed), 2:33 Third quarter C — Nora 7 run (Roberts kick), 4:29 C — Brian Weiss 2 run (Roberts kick), 2:53 Fourth quarter A — Jesus...
Briefly last week I thought I might have an identity crisis, but it turns out I’m just becoming more unique. The man on the radio asked me if I’d ever searched my name on the internet and if I needed to repair what’s out there. So naturally, with the World Wide Web as close as my cell phone, I did as I was told. It seems the most popular Karl Terry out there seems to be an old dude at least 20 years my senior who is a long-time rock and roll singer in Liverpool, Engla...
TEXICO — For the time being, it appears the Melrose volleyball team may be playing a notch below its talent level. After dispatching Texico 25-18, 25-18, 25-20 on Thursday night, the top-ranked, two-time defending Class 1A state champion Lady Buffs (11-0) improved to 5-0 in matches against Class 2A top-5 teams, beating second-ranked Santa Rosa twice and No. 3 Capitan, No. 4 Texico and No. 5 Eunice once apiece while also winning against Class 3A West Las Vegas. They’ve only lost one set this fall — in their first meeti...
CLOVIS — The Gattis 7th grade football team dropped to 2-3 for the season on Tuesday when it dropped a tight 34-27 decision to Portales. Abel Chivira returned the opening kickoff 80 yards for a score, and also ran for the Cubs’ other three TDs. Meantime, coach Larry Jones noted that Chavira, Irving Mendoza, Beau Clements, Andrew Fenstermaker, Erik Merion and Antonio Pena teamed up to lead the Gattis defense. Gattis returns to action with a 4:30 p.m. kickoff against Yucca on Monday at Norman Vohs Stadium....
PORTALES — After a strong start in pre-conference play, Eastern New Mexico University continues to have buzzard’s luck in its Lone Star Conference slate. The Greyhounds dropped their second five-setter of the week on Friday night, running out of steam in the final set in a 23-25, 26-24, 23-25, 29-27, 15-7 loss to St. Mary’s at Greyhound Arena, a match that took nearly three hours to complete. On Wednesday night, visiting Texas Woman’s eked out a 25-21, 12-25, 25-27, 25-14, 15-12 win over ENMU (9-9, 0-6 LSC). In a tilt wh...
CARLSBAD - Clovis High's girls got off to a solid start in District 4-5A play on Tuesday, blanking Carlsbad 2-0 to improve to 12-3 for the season. Sophomore forward/midfielder Ava Crain gave the Lady Wildcats the lead with a goal about midway through the opening stanza, and senior midfielder Caley Adams provided an insurance tally from about 30 yards out near the midway point of the second half. "We were a little sluggish at the start, but we picked it up in the second half,"...
RUIDOSO — Portales High’s volleyball team ended a four-match losing streak on Thursday with a 25-21, 25-12, 25-12 victory over Ruidoso. Senior setter Maebri Knox posted a double-double with team highs of 11 digs and 16 assists for PHS (5-7), while junior outside hitter Audrey Paden had nine kills, five digs and a pair of aces. “We finally played in control (of the match),” said Lady Rams coach Jacki Bailey, whose squad led virtually the entire way. “We limited our errors and played with the composure we haven’t had at time...
ALBUQUERQUE — Senior R.J. Nora rushed for 173 yards and two touchdowns on just nine carries and junior Kash Roberts kicked a go-ahead 27-yard field goal with three seconds left as Clovis High’s football team broke into the win column on Friday night with a 31-28 victory over Albuquerque High in the District 5-6A opener for both teams. Roberts, who also booted four extra points and rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown, capped a 13-play, 70-yard drive with his field goal after the Bulldogs (1-5) had tied the game with just under...
MULESHOE — At the end of a wild football game, it came down to Muleshoe’s ability to stop a late 2-point conversion. The Mules were able to do that, and they held on for a 39-37 victory over previously unbeaten Brownfield on Friday night. “We have great kids,” Mules coach and Clovis High alum Jason Richards said. “It was a tale of two halves. We started really slow, but down five (at halftime) to a really good football team, I just told them, ‘Let’s go play football.’” Muleshoe (5-1) rallied from an 11-point deficit...
Clovis Municipal Schools (CMS) will be the recipient of $3.1 million in public school capital outlay funds from Santa Fe this school year. The money is the city school system’s share of $75 million dollars in capital outlay funds from the state legislature to be spread to school systems statewide. The news came from Jay Brady, deputy superintendent of operations, technology and athletics at Tuesday’s monthly meeting of the CMS school board. Some needed projects according to Brady are the restrooms at Leon Williams Sta...
PORTALES -- Eastern New Mexico University’s search for a new chancellor has entered its semi-finalist stage, the university announced Tuesday in a press release. The field of candidates, which started out with 96 applications, has been narrowed, but university officials did not specify in the news release the number of applicants in the semi-finalist pool. Earlier this month, the search advisory committee evaluated applicants against the leadership profile they developed, and narrowed the list. The semi-finalists will p...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis * Robert Burke, 53, criminal damage to property * Eloy Carabajal, 43, battery upon a peace officer, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, concealing identity * Nicoles Davis, 24, possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon, trafficking, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, possession of a controlled substance * Frankie Owen, 39, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, larceny *...
Well, there goes the United States Air Force. The wokesters who have been wrecking our colleges for years with their insane diversity and inclusion codes have infiltrated the Air Force Academy. Cadets there now have to take a training class that includes a slide presentation titled, “Diversity & Inclusion: What it is, why we care, & what we can do.” The diversity pitch not only instructs cadets that they should “include all genders” when they speak among themselves, it tell...
“When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.” — Maya Angelou Maya Angelou, meet Herschel Walker, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. Here he is on the Inflation Reduction Act: “A lot of money, it’s going to trees. ... We’ve got enough trees. Don’t we have enough trees around here?” And on school shootings: “What about gettin’ a department that can look at young men that’s lookin’ at women that’s looking at just social media? What about doing that?” A...
Every one of us has the right to defend our reputations against attack. Over the past few years, I’ve seen reputations destroyed by people with agendas. Those agendas have been personal, political, criminal or simply borne out of the nihilistic desire to hurt a moving human target. Many of these attacks have been unjustified from an objective standpoint, although, like Christine Blasey Ford, they have garnered the support of like-minded social predators with resentment in t...
As a data point, I write these missives early in the week and they get posted on Sunday. As such, they may appear a bit dated or missing the very latest facts and figures of the subject matter I am covering. Having said that, it would be absurd to discuss anything other than the sabotage of Nord Stream 1 & 2, the two pipelines that provide gas to Germany and originate in Russia. As I write this it appears that both pipelines have been disabled by explosions that will result...
Dear fellow New Mexicans, As the presidents of Clovis Community College and Eastern New Mexico University, we want to outline the benefits of General Obligation Bond 3 in the Nov. 8 General Election and why it deserves the support of the citizens of Curry and Roosevelt counties. First and foremost, the students of both campuses need and deserve high-quality learning environments. Passage of Bond 3 will allow higher education institutions in Curry and Roosevelt counties to receive $10.685 million for needed facilities and camp...
Election Day is Nov. 8 and early voting begins Oct. 11 in New Mexico. Our ballots are full of Republicans, Democrats and even a few Independent candidates. But we seem to be a little short on small-government proponents. Oh, sure, those words are coming from some candidates’ mouths and their websites and their promotional advertising – they say they are “conservative,” they say they want to reduce spending, they say they believe in individual “liberty.” But too many of those same candidates also talk about their plans for n...
The Bureau of Land Management is holding a Wild Horse and Burro Adoption sale on Friday and Saturday October 14 and 15 at the Curry County Fairgrounds and Events Center. The sale starts at 10 am on Friday and 8 am on Saturday, concluding at noon. The fairgrounds are located at 1900 E. Brady Ave. in Clovis. "It's been awhile since the event was held," said K.C. Messick, general manager of the events center and fairgrounds. Crystal Cowan, wild horse and burro specialist for the...
Cherry Gooch lives in the Dallas area, but she thought the money she wanted to use to help the homeless would go further and help more people in Clovis, where she has family roots. Gooch has rustled up enough of her own cash and donated money and material since July to convert two houses at 712 and 716 Rencher St., in Clovis into new shelters for the homeless -- one for men, with a capacity of 28 residents, and one for women, which can house 12 residents. Gooch said she wants...
Curry County Clerk Annie Hogland and Roosevelt County Clerk Mandi Park say ballots for the Nov. 8 election have been proofread and are ready for viewing online and at county clerk offices in Clovis or Portales. Early voting begins Oct. 11. Election Day is Nov. 8. “Voters may print a sample, know who the candidates are on the ballot and research the candidates,” now that sample ballots are available, Park said. Both counties have different legislative districts and county commission districts, so not all precincts have the...
