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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission will, after two months, tackle an ordinance that could allow for more feathered friends in city backyards. Ordinance 2094-2017 would expand permissions for citizens to keep female chickens in residential areas. Backyard chickens are currently allowed in the city through an ordinance last updated in 1963, but that ordinance's requirement that chickens be 100 feet or more from another person's residence or business effectively outlaws them f...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football team returns home this Saturday night to host UT-Permian Basin for the annual Greyhound homecoming football game. The game will kick off at 7 p.m., with the 1957 Greyhound football team being honored at halftime. The 1957 Greyhound squad completed a perfect season that year, going 9-0-1. Led by coach Carl Richardson — a 1987 ENMU Athletics Hall of Honors inductee, Eastern’s only tie came against Southwestern Oklahoma (14-14) on Nov. 9. The Hounds outscored their oppon...
Increasingly, our elementary schools are holding multiple “Literacy Nights” or “Family Nights” during the course of the school year. This provides an opportunity for parents to come by the school, shortly after work, and visit their children’s classrooms. Principals and teachers plan a specific focus for the evening: for example, reading, numeracy, writing, or math skills. Parents not only learn unique tips and strategies for effectively helping their children at home, the...
In a world that feels increasingly R-rated due to violence and language, I am especially grateful that Eastern New Mexico University has lined up a bevy of family-friendly festivities this weekend to celebrate its 2017 homecoming. This is the first alumni gathering since the Blackwater Draw museum underwent a major facelift and moved in May to the north wing of Lea Hall, at South Avenue K and West 15th Street. Curator Jenna Domeischel and her staff have created a real gem at...
On this date ... 1952: Stockholders of the Roosevelt County War Memorial Association had voted to build a community building in Portales as a war memorial. The stockholders agreed that work on the building should begin as soon as possible. The association had $18,902 in a projects fund, and estimated the completed building would cost around $25,000. "Means will be taken to raise an additional $10,000 after construction is under way," according to the Clovis News-Journal....
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico is celebrating homecoming. Festivities ramp up on Friday. The president's backyard barbecue will begin at 6 p.m. at the president's home at 1600 W. Cherry St., said Alumni Affairs Director Annamaria Short. "We haven't had that for the last couple of years, but with the new president (Jeff Elwell), we wanted to invite everybody to come and meet him," she said. A bonfire and pep rally are also set for Friday, at 7:10 p.m. at Greyhound Stadium. K...
CLOVIS — At least $20,000 in funds raised from private donors the past month have been designated for a memorial to the victims of the Aug. 28 library shooting, but details are still to be ironed out. Members of the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce fundraising committee will defer to recommendations early next month from the Clovis-Carver Public Library Board, said Library Victim Advocacy Fund Committee chairman Scott Odom. “Fundraising is still going on,” he said. “Right now we have about $20,000 for what we’ve t...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday Clovis • Mytrice Williams-Deleon, 46, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Andrew Quiroz, 24, speeding, aggravated driving while under the influence • Caressa Bandy, 24, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Juan Serrano-Rodriguez, 18, driving while license suspended or revoked • Kristine Hostetler, 42, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Laurence Perez, 18, dangerous drugs (conditions for sale), possession with intent to distribute...
Former Farwell and University of Arkansas football player Bobby Field will be inducted into the University of California-Los Angeles Athletics Hall of Fame this month for his contributions as a football coach and administrator at the university. Field, 69, spent 22 years on the UCLA football team's coaching staff, as a defensive coordinator and an assistant head coach, and 13 years as an athletics department administrator. "It's kind of mind-boggling to me when you look at man...
CLOVIS — Clovis Community College is close to finalizing its energy performance contract that will provide the school with a savings in utilities cost, Chief Financial Officer Tom Drake told the Board of Trustees at its regular meeting on Wednesday morning. Drake said the legal teams for CCC and Siemens are working on language in the contract and he hopes to provide the completed documents to the board next week. The board will hold a special meeting to approve the energy performance contract once it’s finished, which Drake s...
PORTALES — Area residents wanting to offer input at Portales City Council meetings will be on the clock after the council voted Tuesday to formalize the process. Council members unanimously agreed to ask those addressing the council to limit their comments to three minutes. They also clarified that no formal action can be taken during the public input sessions. Council members will, however, continue to respond to comments. The proposal was brought to the council’s Sept. 19 meeting by City Attorney Steve Doerr, who tho...
Today • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. at North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 Friday • Board of Regents — 9:30 a.m. at Eastern New Mexico University administration building, Portales. Information: 575-562-1011 Monday • Portales School Board — 6 p.m.-9 p.m. at Portales High School. Information: 575-356-7000 Tuesday • Water Policy Advisory Committee — 8:30 a.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Civic Center Policy Committee — 3 p.m. at Clovis Civic Center. Information...
Today • Preschool story-time — 6 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Book: Donut Miss This. Information: 575-356-3940 • Tween program — 4:30 p.m. for ages 9-12 at Portales Public Library. Throwback Thursday: Board games. Information: 575-356-3940 • “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” — 7 p.m. musical at Eastern New Mexico University Theatre Center. Tickets: $7 general, free for students with ID. Information: 575-562-1011 Friday • “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” — 3 p.m. musical at ENMU University Theatre...
