Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CANNON AIR FORCE BASE - The 17th Special Operations Squadron, which stood up Friday at Cannon Air Force Base, will do many of the same things it did on Thursday. But the Jackals have a clearer path going forward, and sound much better than the 27th Special Operations Group Detachment 2 that ceased to exist once the ceremony was complete. The new squadron is not expected to significantly impact the population at Cannon going forward, as many of the initial members were already...
FOOTBALL Prep summaries Friday Class 6A District 2/5 Clovis 25, Albuquerque High 24 Albuquerque High 0 3 7 14 — 24 Clovis 6 6 7 6 — 25 Scoring summary First quarter C — R.J. Nora 46 run (kick failed), 7:03. Drive: 3 plays/54 yards/1:20 Second quarter A — Keon Raynor 22 FG, 6:24. Drive: 9 plays/54 yards/4:00 C — Angel Chavarria 1 run (run failed), :07. Drive: 14 plays/80 yards/6:17 Third quarter C — Ezequiel Coronado 20 run (Ki Cox kick), :51. Drive: 6 plays/65 yards/1:42 A — Andres Aguirre 36 run (Raynor kick), :02. Drive: 2...
Information on making candy pinwheels, unique no-sew pillows and preparing savory and flavorful California figs will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Nancy Siler always has new ways to use basic candy melts, and she’ll demonstrate how to make candy pinwheels that will be a big hit at any occasion, especially a child’s birthday party. Siler formerly represented Wilton Brands LLC in Woodridge, Illinois. Jana Be...
Human observation can be a blast when done right. The opportunity presented itself last month on a trip to Denver with my wife. We stayed downtown in a hotel a block off Denver’s 16th Street Mall. The area is linked up to light rail and has a free bus service running continuous and frequently up and down its length. Restaurants and shops of all types run the length of the strip and the whole time we were there the place was packed. We got moved into the hotel mid-afternoon and...
Born and raised in Clovis, Doris Roberts is proud be from this part of the world and proud of the family she has raised here. Roberts has been married to her sweetheart Jimmy since 1962 and together the couple has four children, as well as several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A woman of many talents, Roberts has contributed to the local economy throughout her lifetime - owning and operating businesses ranging from floral design and wedding supplies to her current pro...
Gattis 7th-graders outscore Portales The Gattis seventh-grade football team defeated Portales in a 56-36 shootout Tuesday. Preston “Jett” Curtis led the way with six rushing touchdowns and a pair of 2-point conversions. Corey Whitley also scored a touchdown on a pass from Brodie Hopper, and had an interception. Kyden Everett aided the defense with a fumble recover, and Hopper had a rushing touchdown of his own. The Cubs moved to 2-2 with the win, and face Portales again 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Norman Vohs Stadium. The Eas...
RICHARDSON, Texas — The Lone Star Conference will soon say farewell to its final remaining original member, with Texas A&M-Commerce making the leap to the Division I Southland Conference next season. The school will be the second to leave the LSC in three seasons for a Division I opportunity, with the move effective on July 1. Tarleton State left the conference in 2020 to join the Division I Western Athletic Conference. “It is a distinct honor to join the Southland Conference,” Texas A&M-Commerce president Mark J. Rudin...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Senior Aminata Kenyawani placed 89th in a field of 322 runners, leading Eastern New Mexico University’s women to an 18th-place team finish out of 37 total squads in Saturday’s Chile Pepper Festival cross country meet, hosted by the University of Arkansas. The event featured NCAA Division I and smaller four-year universities, along with junior college contingents. NCAA Division II power Colorado School of Mines came in sixth in men’s competition while the Orediggers won the women’s team title, tallying 39...
PORTALES - After some early struggles, Portales High's volleyball team made short work of Ruidoso on Thursday. Senior middle blocker Kylyie Paden was her usual dominating self around the net and the Lady Rams eventually cruised to a 26-24, 25-10, 25-16 victory over the struggling Lady Warriors at the Ram Athletic Center. PHS (11-2) has won six in a row, but first-year coach Jacki Bailey said the team's focus is on District 4-4A play, which begins on Oct. 19 against Roswell God...
TEXICO — Max Villarreal scored three touchdowns on Friday night and the Texico Wolverines got back on the winning track with a 53-0 blistering of Tucumcari. Texico (2-4) snapped a three-game losing streak with the rout, ending the game early in the final stanza on the NMAA’s 50-point mercy rule when Villarreal tallied from 30 yards out. He also ran in Texico’s first tally and later caught a long scoring pass from sophomore quarterback Cade Figg. Texico led 33-0 at the quarter and 47-0 at halftime against the Rattlers (1-5), a...
How does a stupid and ridiculous lie come to be embraced and promulgated by top officials of the United States government? Well, as it turns out, it’s easy. You start with an easily misinterpreted news photo that seemingly confirms the assumptions of progressive opponents of immigration enforcement that the agents policing our Southern border are cruel racists. Then, you work up a Twitter mob saying that the photo has captured a tableau of hideous abuse. You add o...
PORTALES - Off to a slow start this season, Portales High's football team hoped last weekend's easy 53-0 victory at Rio Grande might get their campaign kick-started. Instead, they took a kick of another kind - right in the gut - on Friday night at Greyhound Stadium. Dexter struck the final blow on a 32-yard scoring pass from senior running back Juan Fuentes to regular quarterback Joshua Duran with 32 seconds left, and the Demons escaped with a 25-21 victory over the Rams. Now...
CLOVIS - From domination to collapse to comeback, Friday had a crazy five minutes for the Clovis Wildcats and their new district rival. Senior Milo Acosta, just minutes after throwing what appeared to be the deciding pick-six, escaped a sack just long enough to deliver a 91-yard strike to Robert Nora that just flipped a 25-24 decision the Wildcats' way at Leon Williams Stadium. Clovis, in avoiding its first 0-5 start since 1999, did just enough to come away with a victory....
CLOVIS — Clovis High’s girls took the first step in their bid to challenge for a District 4-5A soccer championship on Tuesday. Sophomore midfielder Aspen Ulibarri drove past a couple of Carlsbad defenders and punched in the game-winner midway through the second sudden-death overtime to give the Lady Wildcats a 2-1 win over the Class 5A top-ranked and previously unbeaten Cavegirls at Leon Williams Stadium in the District 4-5A opener for both squads. First-year CHS coach Ray Rodriguez was ecstatic with the outcome. “It was j...
Here’s what happened when Ruby Bridges went to school in 1960. Four federal marshals escorted her. She walked through a mob of outraged white people. They called her names. They threatened to poison her. And to lynch her. They held up a small casket with a black doll inside. One Southern belle explained to a reporter why she and other New Orleanians felt it necessary to come out first thing in the morning and scream at a 6-year-old girl. “We’re white people,” she shrieke...
Whenever I write about abortion, I get a lot of pushback from people who disagree. I fully admit that I’m an extremist when it comes to whether a child has a right to be born. There is no wiggle room for me, no negotiation, no gray areas. The “rape and incest” exceptions are what my old law professors used to call “red herrings” used to shut down discussion. I am a conservative, an anti-feminist, a woman of the far right. I was a Republican and I was a Democrat and I was an...
Does anyone on the planet really still believe Joe Biden has the mental faculties to be president? Anyone in Congress? Anyone in the media? Seriously. It’s time for Democrats and Republicans to be honest. Skip the partisanship. It’s not about how much you hate Donald Trump or Republicans or Fox News. It’s not about your opinion of VP Kamala Harris. It’s not about the series of major domestic and foreign train wrecks Joe Biden has engineered in just eight months — the immig...
The management of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis has been a disaster from the start. “Two weeks to flatten the curve,” should have been two weeks. The point at which legislative action is required to replace “management by executive order,” may be debatable, but surely staring a third year in the eye while continuing to govern through autocratic fiat is unacceptable. Federal and state lawmaking bodies should have enacted legislation long ago. The reason you don’t call your stock...
Front-page headlines in recent editions of the Albuquerque Journal paint the picture of a system in crisis. • NM struggles with teacher vacancies; ‘Staggering number’ of 1,000 openings, up from 570 last year (Sept. 22). • Pandemic learning loss may lead to more school; After 43 of 89 districts reject adding days voluntarily, mandate a possibility (Sept. 23). • ‘Alarming’: NM education retirements increase 40%; Wave comes amid severe shortage of teachers (Sept. 25). As has been reported again and again, New Mexico’s K-12 syste...
Curry Resident Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St., Clovis 575-762-9405 All meals served with 2% milk and tossed salad w/dressing Monday: Cheeseburger, baked beans, potato chips, peaches Tuesday: Frito pie, pinto beans, sugar cookies Wednesday: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes w/gravy, green beans, Hawaiian roll w/margarine, orange Jell-O with mandarin oranges Thursday: Green chili chicken enchilaas, pinto beans, chips and salsa, pudding Friday: Salmon patties or chicken nuggets, potato salad, diced carrots, dinner roll w/marga...
Clovis elementary Monday: Breakfast, bagel & cream cheese, milk; Lunch, chicken bites, mashed potatoes, gravy, seasoned corn, chilled mixed fruit, whole wheat roll, milk Tuesday: Breakfast, pancake sausage on a stick, milk; Lunch, meat & cheese nachos & salsa, Spanish rice, mini carrots & celery, ranch dressing, chilled peaches, milk Wednesday: Breakfast, French toast, milk; Lunch, pig in a blanket, baked tater tots, veggie cup, ranch dressing, fresh orange, milk Thursday: Breakfast, bacon biscuit, milk; Lunch, meatball sub,...
PORTALES — An incident report acquired by The News detailed what led Portales Police to a mistaken case of potential methamphetamine that led to a weekend closure at a Portales hotel. The News received the brief incident report through an open records request, made before the substance in question at the Super 8 was revealed to be salt. The hotel closed over the weekend as a precaution and reopened on Tuesday. The Portales Police Department redacted all names involved except for the responding officer, Jarvis Hall. A...
CLOVIS - Benjamin Cross said he has quite a legacy to uphold in the Division I judge's position, and he's excited to get started. Cross, who had spent the last 10 years as staff attorney for the Ninth Judicial District, was officially elevated to the bench Thursday in a brief swearing-in ceremony led by Chief Judge Drew Tatum at the Curry County Courthouse. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham selected Cross for the position a week before out of a field of four nominees. Throughout...
CLOVIS - Ladona Clayton was more than prepared to call it a career in education and start retirement in Angel Fire. But the only job that could change her mind came up, and she will restart her efforts on local water issues as executive director of the Ogallala Land and Water Conservancy. Clayton's first day in the position was Friday, and she is handling the early tasks remotely until she takes up office space in downtown Clovis on Oct. 11. "I'm excited, and I'm thrilled to...
It's hard to say if Wilcy Moore was the best or the most popular Clovis Pioneer in the professional baseball franchise's 20-year history. But it's fair to say he's in both conversations. The record books tell us Moore played 256 games over two seasons with the Pioneers, hitting .321 with 29 home runs. In 1949, the lanky 20-year-old outfielder drove home 107 runs and scored 82, impressive numbers for a team that lost 63 percent of its games. The argument suggesting he was the...
