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TATUM — It appears the 8-man state football championship is up for grabs this season. One thing appears likely — the champion will come from District 2, which looks to have the top three teams in the class. Tatum threw the district race wide open on Friday night, upending defending champion Melrose 38-26 to leave the Coyotes (6-1 overall), Buffaloes (5-1) and Fort Sumner (7-1) tied for the district lead at 2-1, including 1-1 head-to-head for each squad. Except for the second quarter, when the Buffs scored three times to tak...
FOOTBALL Prep summaries Friday New Mexico Clovis 28, Santa Fe High 21 Clovis 6 0 15 7 — 28 Santa Fe High 7 7 7 0 — 21 Scoring summary First quarter SFH — Martell Mora 33 pass from Luc Jaramillo (Molly Wissman kick), 5:02 C — Cameron Dickson 7 run (kick failed), :57 Second quarter SFH — Mora 8 run (Wissman kick), :53 Third quarter SFH — Harrison Ostenberg 78 interception return (Wissman kick), 8:14 C — Milo Acosta 1 run (Blake Curtis kick), 5:07 C — Acosta 1 run (Dickson pass from Acosta), :11 Fourth quarter C — Dickson 1 run...
PORTALES - The Hobbs Lady Eagles seem to have Portales High's number this season. Sporting a modest 8-8 overall record coming into Tuesday's matchup, Hobbs pulled away down the stretch in all three sets and posted a 25-18, 25-22, 25-18 victory over the Lady Rams at the Ram Athletic Center. It was the Class 5A Lady Eagles' second win this season over PHS (12-3), the other also coming in three games at Hobbs in the season opener. Still, first-year Lady Rams coach Jacki Bailey...
CLOVIS - The race for the District 4-5A girls soccer championship remains up for grabs. Clovis High's girls were looking for a sweep of the first round of district tilts on Friday night, but Hobbs broke through for two second-half goals to claim a 2-0 win at Leon Williams Stadium. The Lady Wildcats (12-2-1 overall), who had won five in a row coming in and were unbeaten (11-0-1) in their previous 12 outings, now share the district lead with Carlsbad (16-1), both with 2-1...
SANTA FE — A victory makes the long bus ride back from Santa Fe a lot more enjoyable. Clovis High’s football squad put together lengthy scoring drives on three consecutive second-half possessions, rallying from a 15-point deficit to post a 28-21 Class 6A District 2/5 victory over Santa Fe High on Friday night. After narrowly surviving a blown 16-point lead to edge Albuquerque High the previous week, this time the Wildcats (2-4, 2-1 district) played a strong second half to outlast the Demons (5-3, 1-3). “We didn’t play we...
Monday • Indigenous Peoples Day • Clovis Astronomy Club — 7 p.m., Room 143 or 145 (look for signs), Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: 757-846-7509 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Meeting may also be viewed at www.currycounty.org. Contact Lance Pyle at [email protected] prior to the meeting with comments or questions to be addressed in the meeting. Information: 575-763-6016 • Clovis Civil Aviat...
On this date ... 1951: Much of Portales was looking up, mesmerized by a mysterious white trail marking the sky like chalk on a blackboard. “Our flying saucer specialist says the vapor trail that appeared over Portales at 10:30 this morning was caused by a B-36, the Air Force’s largest and longest plane,” The Portales Daily News reported. “The six-engine bomber was probably flying at around 40,000 feet, and there was just enough moisture in the air to cause a condensation as the plane moved through it. The B-36s fly over Po...
Today • Clovis Evening Lions Club Gun, Knife, and Coin Show — 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. $5 general admission; $4 military discount for active duty and spouse; children under 12 free with an adult. Food vendors and on-site security. Information: Joel Edwards at 575-749-2855 Monday • Indigenous People’s Day • Opening day of the third annual Celebrate Recovery Pumpkin Patch — Living Word Church of God, 2101 E. 21st Street, Clovis. Patch is open through Oct. 30. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monda...
With just over four weeks left in October, statistics indicate the region’s COVID-19 cases are continuing to drop. Friday’s report from the New Mexico Department of Health reported 14 new COVID-19 infections from Curry County and four from Roosevelt County. Roughly a quarter of the way through October, Curry County has recorded 93 cases of COVID-19 while Roosevelt County has recorded 37. Assuming numbers stay consistent, Curry would record 372 cases and Roosevelt 148 for the month. Curry County recorded 869 cases in Aug...
PORTALES — The city of Portales is seeking resident help to improve access, and possibly appearance, to the city’s many fire hydrants. The city announced its “Adopt-A-Hydrant” program Friday on its Facebook page. The program’s primary intent is to encourage citizens to clear areas around the hydrants for usability, but citizens may paint the hydrants provided operation isn’t impeded. Requirements for hydrant decoration, according to the flyer: • An application to the Portales Fire Department is required in advance of wo...
Crime stoppers are among us, and they've been a little more vocal in recent weeks. Crime Stoppers organizations in Curry and Roosevelt counties have recently launched campaigns to put themselves back in the community spotlight, reminding tipsters that crime can pay. Anonymous tips to local hotlines can lead to rewards ranging from $1 to $1,000, organizers said. Chris Pettigrew is president of the Curry County chapter. Her husband, Doug Pettigrew, has been involved for 14 years. The COVID-19 pandemic hampered organizational...
CLOVIS — A resumption of work on the city’s reuse water pipeline will impact a pair of the city’s busiest intersections, beginning Monday. A city release notes that work that will impact the Llano Estacado-Thornton and Prince-Wilhite intersections is scheduled through November. Both Llano Estacado Boulevard and Prince Street will remain open to through traffic throughout the construction, but through traffic on Thornton and Wilhite at the intersections will be closed off. Motorists are asked to be aware of any traffic signs...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday-Friday): Clovis • Luis Tarango, 38, probation violation • Justin Arias, 26, criminal trespass • Elias Ortiz, 21, armed robbery • Dominique Lucero, 20, probation violation • Brittany Barrows, 30, shoplifting • Brenda Green, 59, failure to pay fines • Frankie Estrada, 20, shooting at or from a motor vehicle • Eugene Anaya, 31, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, disorderly conduct, littering • Lisa Lopez, 30, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, failure t...
If you don’t like my opinions this week, you can take a flying leap … into a pile of festive autumn leaves. (Skip the wet sucker — per Linus van Pelt.) In this great melting pot of a nation, people have many ways of handling leaves. They rake them into a compost heap, bag them and use them as insulation along the foundation of the house, bag them and consign them to the landfill, where they work their methane-generating magic. Some of the more cantankerous homeowners take the winged-monkey approach, gazing at the immac...
I remember when people were poring over photographs of President Trump’s inaugural back in 2017, trying to disprove his theory that it was the largest crowd in history. Clearly, it wasn’t. It wasn’t even close, which didn’t particularly bother me in the least. I was never one of those ladies who thinks size actually matters. But I changed my mind after I saw the photos from the recent PA March For Life, which took place in Harrisburg, Pa. It was the first time that Pennsyl...
Maybe Facebook can’t be fixed. Did anyone ever think of that? As a whistleblower releases damning information, as Congress holds another hearing into the harm the company does, the implicit assumption is that the social-media giant can be reformed, that with the right combination of algorithmic tweaks and legislative remedies, it can cease being a malevolent force. Even whistleblower Frances Haugen says that her aim in giving a trove of embarrassing internal documents to t...
Everybody is an expert in something. A good ditch digger will take only a few seconds to watch someone who has never used a shovel flail around to know that the incompetent has no business trying to create a trench. Any welder or farrier can do the same, and so can any truly practiced professional of any skill set, including the academic and scientific skills. Murray Gell-Mann was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the theory of...
News that a federal judge had approved the unconditional release of John Hinckley Jr. in June set my phone to ringing furiously. Journalists naturally wanted to know what I thought about the decision to let Hinckley go free after serving nearly 40 years in a mental hospital for trying to assassinate my father on March 30, 1981. Hinckley, now 66, has been living on his own outside the mental facility for several years without incident and doctors say he is no longer violent...
Early voting for local school boards is under way and it’s great to see several area races are contested. Expect to hear a lot of talk about “local control” among the candidates. A few thoughts on that topic: First, local control is obviously the best way to run every school district. What works in Albuquerque is not necessarily the best approach for students in Grady or Fort Sumner or Texico. Second, it’s not realistic to think you can become a part of a government entity and refuse to adhere to the rules of that governm...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees will swear in a new board member in its Nov. 3 meeting. Who that is remains to be seen, with the board announcing during its Wednesday meeting it is seeking applications through Oct. 15 to replace Arnold Martinez, who resigned his District 2 post Aug. 16 due to a move out of the district. Martinez was appointed to the position in December 2004, and had won re-election ever since. Board Chair Lora Harlan said the appointment was one of the more important tasks the c...
CLOVIS - Whether it gets served on a kitchen table or a cafeteria line, state education officials said Thursday, good food is the product of labor and love. The staff of Clovis Municipal Schools was recognized for both, as CMS was proclaimed New Mexico's inaugural school food champion. The district's 63 employees were honored in a ceremony at the Marshall Middle School courtyard. According to a PED release, the award was given to CMS based on a quality of food survey taken in...
The following is a Q&A with candidates for the District 3 position on the Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education. Angela Smith and Jimmie Standifer are running for the open seat, with incumbent Alan Garrett not running for re-election. Candidates were each asked the same questions via phone. The election is Nov. 2. Early voting began Tuesday. Why did you decide to run? Smith: There are many reasons. One of the reasons is I think God has been leading me to do this for some time and I’ve also been very concerned about t...
Clovis voters on Nov. 2 will be asked about changing the Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) to allow the city to use funding to incentivize retail. Currently the law allows LEDA funds only to be used to incentivize industry. The ballot question reads: "Shall the City of Clovis allow retail businesses to constitute a qualifying entity for purposes of furthering or implementing economic development plans and providing public support for projects as defined in the Local...
PORTALES — A Portales man was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 33 years in prison Tuesday, according to a release from the district attorney’s office. Jonathan Mendez, 20, was also convicted of armed robbery, tampering with evidence, shooting at or from a motor vehicle and contributing to the delinquency of a minor in connection to a Sept. 11, 2020 robbery of Brady Vallejos and Jean Pierre Brodie at gunpoint. Vallejos received a gunshot wound to the head and...
CLOVIS - James Burns said he has been more than happy with the decisions and the directions the city of Clovis has taken over the last several years. Still, he saw a vacancy on the city commission as the right way to help play his part. In a 4-3 vote, the hardware store owner was selected to be a District 1 representative through at least March. Also applying for the position were George Jones, Justin Nutt and Michael Thalleen. "I plan to do the best job I possibly can,"...
