Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Editor's note: Reporter Landry Sena is a Melrose native and the daughter of former Melrose Superintendent Jamie Widner. Melrose is home to one of the oldest school buildings in New Mexico that's still in operation. But demolition may be drawing near. Superintendent Brian Stacy held a community forum Tuesday evening to discuss the status of the buildings on the school campus and possible monies available from the Public Schools Capital Outlay Council. Area residents expressed...
Why did Clovis schools decide to build a cinder block wall at the most engaging and pleasant looking corner of the Clovis High School campus? What's the purpose of the wall? How much did it cost? Who proposed the wall? When was there a public discourse on the matter? The wall was built for various reasons, including to enclose the practice area for the Wildcat Marching Band, according to Clovis Municipal Schools Deputy Superintendent of Operations,Technology & Athletics Jay Brady. “To prevent overuse of the turf at Leon W...
SANTA FE – Senior quarterback Jett Stone and senior running back Kash Roberts have given Clovis High’s football team a formidable 1-2 punch this season. With Roberts nursing an injury from the previous game and sitting out Friday, Stone was able to put the Wildcats on his back. He ran for six touchdowns, threw for one and caught a TD pass as well as the Cats routed Santa Fe High 62-42 in a District 5-6A matchup that wasn’t as close as the score. Clovis (3-5, 2-0 district) got the game to a running clock at 56-20 midway throu...
MULESHOE – In order to beat traditional District 2-3A Division I power Bushland, Muleshoe knew it would have to be at the top of its game on Friday night. Actually, even that might not have been enough. The Falcons, who’ve lost just one district game since 2016, wasted little time flexing their muscles and handing the previously unbeaten Mules a 56-26 shellacking in the district opener for both squads. Senior quarterback Dawson Jaco threw for five touchdowns – four in the first half – and ran for another as Bushland (6-1 ov...
The Portales High and Clovis High volleyball teams have seen a lot of each other lately, with Portales winning in three in last weekend's Peyton Chavez Invitational at the Ram Athletic Center and the Lady Wildcats posting a five-set victory over PHS earlier at the RAC. Tuesday night they met again, this time at Rock Staubus Gym, and Portales walked away with a 25-14, 25-17, 21-25, 25-17 triumph to extend its winning streak to five matches. Sophomore Myleigh Banda had 13 digs,...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Sloppy Joe on a bun, Tator Tots, Coleslaw, Blueberry/ Apple Cobbler. Tuesday: Beef Tacos, Pinto Beans, Spanish Rice, Chips and Salsa, Sopapilla w/honey. Wednesday: Baked Chicken, Cream of Chicken Rice, Vegetable blend, Breadstick, Peanut butter cookie. Thursday: Pork w/ Gravy, ½ baked Potato, Vegetable blend, Roll w/ butter, Jell-O with Peaches. Friday: Fish Patty, Macaroni & Cheese, Peas & Carrots, Roll w/butter, Fruit Cocktail. Friendship Senior...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “Cold Pursuit” by Nancy Mehl. Ex-FBI profiler River Ryland still suffers from PTSD after a case went horribly wrong. Needing a fresh start, she moves to St. Louis to be near her ailing mother and opens a private investigation firm with her fri...
Clovis Tuesday: Breakfast: Mini Cinnamon Waffle. Lunch: SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS, Garden Salad & Dressing, Chilled Pears, Cheesy Bread Stick Pizza or Spicy Chicken Sandwich or Chef Salad. Wednesday: Breakfast: Colby Omelet & Tortilla. Lunch: STUFFED BAKED POTATO, Mini Carrots & Dressing, Chilled Mixed Fruit, Whole Wheat Roll, Pizza or Bacon Cheeseburger and Fries or Chef Salad. Thursday: Breakfast: Breakfast Bowl. Lunch: HOMEMADE CHICKEN ENCHILADAS, Fresh Pinto Beans, Spanish Rice, Garden Salad & Dressing, Chilled Peaches, Pizza...
Some folks call her "The Goat Lady." Others may refer to her for her work with Clovis schools and others recognize her as a busy volunteer. She's Sara Williams. Monday through Friday she is the school liaison for Cannon Air Force Base. Weekends she's a local business owner. Williams took time to chat about her life, family and such with The News: Q: What brought you to Clovis? A: My husband, Jason, chose to come here on purpose. He is the only person I know of that put Cannon...
It’s unique New Mexican cuisine, tasty and half a century old. I can’t be talking about anything but the Allsup’s burrito. No, the burrito itself hasn’t been sitting under a heat lamp for that long but the concept has endured for 50 years. That’s right, since 1974, they’ve been frying those yummy little gut bombs at an “Allsup’s near you.” Apparently we’re about a month into a year-long celebration of the world famous burrito from eastern New Mexico. A month in and I stil...
A new president for Clovis Community College is set to be announced in early April with the help of ACCT Searches, the company that was hired last month to assist CCC trustees in the search. Chair Lora Harlan on Wednesday went over the process outlined by ACCT. “ACCT has been very diligent, and they've done this enough times,” Harlan said. “They know about how long it needs to take to go from one step to another.” Harlan said the next step will be to have a special meeting in mid-October to approve the search committ...
Kilo is a 1-year-old American Staffordshire that can never seem to sit still in his Clovis home. His owner Mya Veldez said Kilo always finds his "second wind" whenever the sun goes down, as he runs around the house causing mayhem in his wake. Veldez said Kilo always finds a way to get everyone in the family to play with him....
National Body Language Day is Friday. This recognizes the silent messages friends and families send to one another in your everyday life. From a smile to a tilt of the head, body language is one of the most revealing forms of nonverbal communication between not only people but even to our furry companions. More than 1,000 pets are killed within shelters every day. According to Best Friends Animal Society, understanding a pet’s body language can encourage adoption rates and ultimately tackle the overcrowding crisis within s...
The Clovis City Commission on Thursday approved employee pay increases. City Manager Justin Howalt said the process to make this possible has lasted a couple of years. “We have been working hard to get our compensations within the correct range based off the market,” Howalt said. Over the last several years, the city has increased the ranges for each position, according to Howalt. While this did move each salary forward, Howalt said the downside of increasing pay is that it created some compression within the salary ran...
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I grew up on them. They were the first thing I learned to make in the kitchen. That and a glass of milk. Microwaves hadn’t been invented yet. Playing basketball on a dirt patch in our back yard. That’s where I learned to dribble and shoot with one hand. And football in our front yard. When no one else was around, I’d take the hike from an imaginary center, drop back and throw to the trees, believing that I was the star quarterback for the Arkansas Razorbacks, the only college team that...
LAS CRUCES — I think we can cut to the chase regarding the city of Las Cruces survey of those participating in its guaranteed basic income pilot program. In 18 months, the responses will show that families who were given $500 a month by the government benefited in all kinds of positive ways, and nearby businesses also got a boost. Results are already in from similar surveys in different communities, and show pretty conclusively that people like free money. The city has taken $2 million of the $24 million it received from t...
John F. Kennedy’s book “Profiles in Courage” told the story of a rare, few U.S. senators who went against the tide of popular opinion and committed acts that ultimately led to severe criticism and in some cases, political defeat. The names are at best vaguely remembered and in some cases lost to history, but the idea of defying societal standards in service of a higher purpose i.e. “doing the right thing” as Spike Lee might say, is fundamental. I thought of the book last week...
The only people who believe Russia is winning the war are a smattering of retired U.S. military officers, retired CIA analysts, assorted writers of opinion columns and the Russian government. The chairman of Russia’s Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defense Chief Sergei Shoigu, speaking at different times, recently noted that Russia is not interested in a negotiated settlement with Ukraine. Volodin’s statement, “Ukraine must surrender on Mo...
Someone recently asked me if the "government shutdown" had happened yet, and I didn't know. I didn't care enough to find out at the time. Later I learned, purely by accident, that Congress had delayed it for a month and a half with some procedural hijinks. Instead of doing the responsible thing and shutting it all down, they kicked the can down the road. Calling it a "shutdown" is dishonest, anyway. The truly harmful parts of the federal government -- the FBI, CIA, other...
News, notes and trivia by the numbers: 4: Number of arrests recorded by New Mexico State Police at last month’s State Fair in Albuquerque. All four arrests were for misdemeanor crimes. Also of note: “(N)o vehicles were stolen from the 230 acres of Expo property” during the fair, according to a police news release. Maybe we can visit Albuquerque and do fun stuff sometimes. 9: Days until Eastern New Mexico University hosts First Amendment Day in the Sandia Room at the Campus Union Building on the Portales campus. One of the p...
Curry Road 12, between Curry Road R and State Road 311, will be closed on Monday and Tuesday for repairs. The road construction will be west of Cannon Air Force Base, about two miles north of U.S. 60/84, according to a news release from Oscar Renda Contracting. Traffic control will be in place throughout the duration of the work, detouring motorists to the south....
Eastern New Mexico University College of Business Dean Bob Schneider was named one of the 2023 Veteran Champions of the Year in Higher Education by G.I. Jobs Magazine in the magazine's fall edition. The selection means Schneider is one of the advocates who goes above and beyond to help student veterans and their families succeed in education, according to an ENMU news release. Schneider was among 40 Higher Education administrators recognized nationwide for being a 2023...
Clovis Fire Chief Mike Nolen had high praise for firefighters who battled the Sept. 3 blaze at Walmart. “The personnel in my department performed as well as anybody ever has. I am so proud,” Nolen told city commissioners at Thursday’s meeting. Crews from Pleasant Hill, Farwell, Texico, Ranchvale, Grady, Broadview, Melrose, Portales and Bovina also helped extinguish the fire Walmart officials estimated caused $42 million in damages. Nolen said it was a major challenge, and not something anyone could really be prepared for....
Say what you will about the flat horizons of the High Plains, they offer some of the best skies on earth. I’ve loved our great bowl of sky my whole life, with our unimpeded views of sunrises, sunsets, thunderstorms, rainbows, constellations, and all manner of celestial events. Given all that, one of the wonders that has evaded me is seeing an annular eclipse … that proverbial “ring of fire.” With luck — and some grace from Mother Nature — that will change on Saturday mo...
The rock band Gin Blossoms and country music’s Kip Moore will headline the 37th Clovis Music Festival this spring, officials announced on Friday. The festival is scheduled April 19-20 at the Curry County Events Center. “Music is in our roots,” Music Festival Committee Chair Robyn Snowberger said in announcing the lineup. Snowberger said Clovis has people from across the world visit Clovis to celebrate the history of rock ‘n’ roll. Norman Petty’s recording studio on West Seventh Street gave us all of Buddy Holly’s hit...
