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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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DORA - Senior Dylan Taylor's 28-yard touchdown run about midway through the fourth quarter on Friday lifted Elida past Dora 24-20 in a key 6-man District 2 matchup. Both teams now stand 5-2 overall and 2-1 in the district, trailing top-ranked Gateway Christian (6-0, 3-0). Elida is third in this week's MaxPreps 6-man poll, while Dora is fourth. In a seesaw affair, the Coyotes held a 7-6 lead at halftime. Most of the scoring came in the third stanza, which ended with Dora...
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Angelo State’s Zach Bronkhorst made a costly early mistake, but he recovered in plenty of time to help the third-ranked Rams remain unbeaten. The senior quarterback finished with four touchdown passes on Saturday night, and the Rams held Eastern New Mexico University to just three points the rest of the way en route to a 28-9 Lone Star Conference victory. Junior Cason Ochoa stepped in front of an ASU receiver and returned an interception 35 yards on the game’s second play from scrimmage, giving ENMU (1-5,...
The Clovis Wing-Shooting Complex and Archery Range at Ned Houk Park opened Thursday. In a news release from the Clovis city manager's office the center is described as a newly constructed multi-faceted facility that will be open Thursdays through Sundays. The complex features four trap/skeet overlay fields, a 12-station sporting clays course, indoor and outdoor archery ranges, an indoor air gun range, and a multipurpose building for hunter education and other activities. The...
New Mexico voters will get a second — and likely last — chance to watch the two most prominent gubernatorial candidates square off in a face-to-face debate. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Mark Ronchetti are scheduled to take part in a one-hour debate sponsored by KOAT-TV, the Albuquerque Journal and KKOB-AM Wednesday night. Libertarian Karen Bedonie will not participate. As was the case when they met in KOB-TV's live debate on Sept. 30, voters should expect Ronchetti and Lujan Grisham to again tangle on high-profile issues l...
On this date … 1957: Camille Vohs had been honored as Woman of the Year by the Clovis Business and Professional Women’s Club. The purpose of the award was to recognize outstanding women in the community who had also been active in business or professional fields, the Clovis News-Journal reported. Vohs “is well known in Clovis and surrounding communities as a woman who gives tirelessly and selflessly to the advancement and progress of the community to which she belongs,” the newspaper reported. She was a longtime chairma...
Mark Lee Dickson is not acting alone in his quest to make Clovis a "Sanctuary City for the Unborn." "All I did was answer a call," the Longview, Texas, man said last week. "All I did was go where the Lord was calling me to go." "I did not go forward thinking I could do this on my own. I went forward saying, 'God help me. God help this city. I can't do this alone. We can't do this alone. We are going to need your help.'" Look up Dickson on the internet and you will learn of...
Prep standings New Mexico All Times MDT District 5-6A Dist. All W-L W-L Los Lunas 2-0 4-4 Clovis 2-0 2-6 Santa Fe Capital 0-1 3-4 Santa Fe High 0-1 1-6 Albuquerque High 0-2 1-6 Friday’s results Clovis 53, Santa Fe High 0; Los Lunas 27, Albuquerque High 0. Friday’s game Los Lunas at Santa Fe High, 7 p.m. Saturday’s game Albuquerque High at Santa Fe Capital, 1:30 p.m. District 4-6/4A Dist. All W-L W-L Portales 0-0 6-1 Albuquerque Academy 0-0 5-2 Bernalillo 0-0 2-4 Lovington 0-0 1-6 Friday’s results No games scheduled. Friday...
A fish out of water. It’s rather amazing how easy it is to be one of those finny creatures. We’re not talking here about lip injections and a person (I’m avoiding sexism here) who paid good money to look like a largemouth bass. What I’m talking about is being “out of your element.” That happens to all of us from time to time, maybe right where we live and right where we’re sitting. You get called on to do something way out of your usual area of expertise or routine. You...
Clovis’ bi-annual “Trek for Trash” cleanup is this Saturday. The event is hosted by the city of Clovis Parks and Recreation Department and New Mexico Clean and Beautiful programs. A news release from Clovis city manager’s office says “Trek For Trash” cleanup is “a great opportunity to beautify Clovis.” The news release says the city has been participating in the Trek for Trash program for over 20 years. Trek for Trash headquarters Saturday will be the Parks & Recreation Department at 500 Sycamore Street in Clovis. “Trek for T...
He occasionally played at a time when most fans were filing out of the stadium. They didn’t care to take the time to look, to search for the details in his decisions or notice the little extra zip on his passes, the quickness as he evaded the rush and scurried out of bounds. Until Saturday, Behren Morton anonymously played when the credits rolled. The game was over one way or another. A year ago, the true freshman Texas Tech quarterback took a few snaps in a win over K...
FRIONA — Portales High’s volleyball squad stepped across the state line to face a couple of rugged foes on Saturday, losing to Amarillo Highland Park 25-21, 25-13, 25-23 and to Friona 12-25, 24-26, 25-14, 25-22. Despite the setbacks, coach Jacki Bailey said she thought the Lady Rams (6-10) competed fairly well. “It’s not the result we wanted for sure, but we played well in (large) spurts,” Bailey said. “Highland Park is really good, and Friona is solid.” In the opener against the Lady Hornets (17-4 after beating Frion...
PORTALES - One thing about playing defense - if you do it well, you're rarely out of any contest. Still, you have to score to win, and the Eastern New Mexico University women's soccer team couldn't do that on Saturday, playing Texas A&M International to a scoreless tie in Lone Star Conference action at Greyhound Stadium. "We had our chances, but we couldn't capitalize on them," first-year ENMU women's coach Eric Belcher said. "We struggle at times on offense, but what can you...
PORTALES — The real season begins this week for Portales High’s football team. Coming off an open date, the Rams take a 6-1 record into Friday’s 3 p.m. District 4-6/4A opener at Albuquerque Academy, a game which gets an early start because the Chargers’ field does not have lights. Meantime, Academy brings a 5-2 mark into the contest, so it figures this matchup could go a long way towards determining the eventual district champion. “They’re a very good team,” Rams coach Jaime Ramirez said. “They’re very aggressive defens...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Isaiah Torres, 27, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Anthony Zamora, 31, failure to pay fines • Jett Sours, 33, probation violation • Arron Mills, 47, battery • Steve Garcia, 32, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Barry Burch, 47, out of state fugitive • Juan Sierra, 73, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Ashley Kilmer, 39, failure to pay fines • Oscar Trujillo, 28, probation violation • Suzanna Hardin, 39, failure...
We could all learn some lessons from the folks who volunteer for our community fire departments. One of the best is the concept of “mutual aid.” Paul Luscombe, chief of the Dora Fire Department, defines it officially as this: “A joint powers agreement between departments which states that we will come to the other’s aid if requested on any kind of call.” Kellie Bilbrey, a longtime volunteer with the Milnesand Fire Department, concurs. “Mutual aid for us is the knowledge that w...
This is altogether anecdotal, so I won’t pretend it’s based on scientific observation, but I’ve noticed something in my annual trips to Arkansas for a Thanksgiving get-together in the Ozark Mountains. The autumn leaves seem to be peaking earlier. October is the best time to see a brilliant display of colors in the Ozark Plateau. It’s as if God painted the mountains just for our viewing pleasure. But by the end of November, when I take my trip, the fiery splash of the red, orange, yellow and green broadleaf colors have al...
Being political leads to unfortunate outcomes. Politics never makes people act smart. I don’t think federal agents -- FBI or anyone else -- have any business digging for things over which to prosecute Hunter Biden. I don’t find federal agents credible. When someone is targeted for political reasons, whether Donald Trump or Hunter Biden, it makes those targeting them look unintelligent and corrupt. Maybe because they are unintelligent and corrupt -- as bad as their target, or...
With midterm elections fast approaching, we should be doing everything we can to help the people of New Mexico participate in our democracy and have their voices heard at the ballot box. That’s why the Center for Voter Information (CVI) was disappointed to see the op-ed published in the Eastern New Mexico News and Quay County Sun -- “Register to vote -- and watch out for mailers,” on Oct. 4. The op-ed has the potential to create distrust about the important work that civic engagement organizations do to empower voters in Ne...
The most recent booster designed to combat the Coronavirus is now available, said Amy Kelley, retail pharmacy supervisor at the Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. The medical center pharmacy started administering the doses of the vaccine three weeks ago, Kelley said. The shot is called the omicron or bivalent booster for the Coronavirus. “We’ve been giving about 60 or 70 (doses) a week at the PRMC Pharmacy,” she said. Once someone has had their primary shots –first and second—in one brand, they can take this booster t...
The Clovis Wildcat Marching Band was named the best band in its class and second overall in competition against 26 Texas bands and one from Oklahoma on Saturday. The band won top place in its class for musical performance, visual impact and general effect, Bill Allred, the Wildcat Band’s director, said. The Wildcat band competed in the Bands of America West Texas Regionals Saturday in Midland, Texas, and the competition included band from Fort Worth, and other major Texas cities, Allred said. In the past month or so the W...
New Mexico’s Cannabis Control Division of the Regulation and Licensing Department released cannabis sales figures for September Friday. Licensed retailers in the state sold over $39 million in adult-use and medical cannabis combined. Total sales have hovered around the $40 million mark for months. The state’s population centers of Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces and Hobbs saw the highest sales numbers, with Sunland Park also posting high numbers, rounding out the top five. Eastern New Mexico sales reports for Sep...
PORTALES -- The 49th Annual Peanut Valley Festival is happening this weekend at the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds in Portales. Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Karl Terry said, “It’s primarily an arts and crafts show and sale event. We have a variety of different local folks, folks from out of town too.” Terry said the festival will feature a number of Native American artisans. “Some have been coming for years,” he said. R. Diane Martinez is among those artists. “Her work has been featured in the Smithso...
The Clovis City Commission has scheduled a “special session” for Thursday to consider a “sanctuary city for the unborn” ordinance. Mayor Mike Morris said District 3 Commissioner David Bryant requested the special session. The meeting is scheduled to start at 5:15 p.m. and there is only one item on the agenda: “Request for approval of introduction of an ordinance requiring abortion providers in the city of Clovis to comply with federal law.” Multiple attempts to reach Bryant were unsuccessful. Morris said last week he pla...
Angela Lansbury, the actress and singer who conquered film and theater and solved mysteries in "Murder, She Wrote" on TV, died Tuesday. She was 96. Lansbury died at her home in Los Angeles, her family said in a statement. She was just five days shy of her 97th birthday. Born Oct. 16, 1925, in London to politician father Edgar Lansbury and Irish-born actress Moyna Macgill, Lansbury moved to New York City in her early teens before heading to Hollywood. Noticed by MGM honcho...
A full scale emergency exercise is scheduled for the Clovis railyard Wednesday. Dan Heerding, Director of Clovis' Office of Emergency Management issued a press release Monday about the event. Heerding spoke at Thursday's city commission meeting about the event set for Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the vicinity of the BNSF railyard near the Hull Street overpass. In his press release Heerding describes the event as involving the BNSF Railroad, Clovis Fire Department, Clovis Police Department and responders from Cannon...
