Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Today *Clovis Evening Lion's Club Gun, Knife & Coin Show – 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. $5 general admission; $4 active duty military. Food, venders, raffle. On-site security. Federal Firearms License dealers on-site. Information: Joel Edwards at 575-749-2855 *Wind Symphony in concert – 3 p.m., Buchanan Hall, ENMU Music Building, Portales. Dustin Seifert and Sidney Shuler, conductors. Information: 575-562-2377 Monday *Indigenous Peoples’ Day *Stitch Addicts stitch group – 6:30 p.m., Clovis-...
The Portales City Council on Tuesday voted to approve its 2023 infrastructure capital improvement plan with a change to the order of priorities. Fire chief Timothy Cathey told the council the department’s newest ambulance is seven years old and there is an issue with its turbo chargers. The chief said he wants to start the process of replacing the ambulance as soon as possible and that the estimated cost of a new one is $300,000. The council approved a motion to move the purchase of a new ambulance up to position eight on t...
Monday *Indigenous Peoples’ Day *Clovis Astronomy Club – 7 p.m., Room 110, Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Use west parking lot entrance. Information: 757-846-7509 Tuesday *Curry County Commission meeting – 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 *Roosevelt County Commission - 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 *Curry County and Area Republican Women — 11:...
A motorcyclist apparently fleeing a Clovis Police officer sustained severe head injuries in a wreck and was transported to a Lubbock hospital early Saturday morning. Clovis Police lieutenant Trevor Thron reports in a news release at about 2:15 a.m. Saturday officers were dispatched to the area of the Grand Avenue Apartment Complex in the 2100 block of West Grand Avenue on a report of a motorcycle causing a disturbance. Thron reports once in the vicinity of Jones Street and Grand Avenue an officer saw a motorcycle traveling...
For two decades, William "Larry" Erwin organized the annual Soap Box Derby in Clovis, in which kids coast home-built racers down a hill in hopes of winning a trip to Akron, Ohio, for a shot at a national championship. Erwin, who died on Sept. 6 at the age of 76, introduced the Soap Box Derby to Clovis based on his memories of rumbling his own Soap Box Derby racer, the pieces of which were secured together with Elmer's Glue, down the hills of Owensburg, Ky., in 1960 and...
