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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Virginia Montoya, 78, and her husband, Adan Lucero, 84, were sitting in their home Wednesday night in the 1300 block of Traver Street. They were watching television. The doorbell rang. Montoya got up to answer it. “JR, is that you?” she can be heard telling a man dressed in a light gray hoody with a dark mask over his face. “Leave!” Moments later, Lucero tells police, he heard a loud pop. “Virginia sat down on the love seat by the door and told (her husband) she had been shot...
MELROSE – They've got a ways to go to return to the glory days of seven consecutive state small-school volleyball championships (2010-16), but it's clear the Elida Lady Tigers are headed in the right direction. Still, Melrose has been the dominant program in this decade, winning three of the last four Class 1A titles, and the Lady Buffs handed Elida a 25-18, 25-15, 25-23 District 4-1A setback on Thursday night to move ahead of the Lady Tigers for the early lead in the district...
MELROSE – They've got a ways to go to return to the glory days of seven consecutive state small-school volleyball championships (2010-16), but it's clear the Elida Lady Tigers are headed in the right direction. Still, Melrose has been the dominant program in this decade, winning three of the last four Class 1A titles, and the Lady Buffs handed Elida a 25-18, 25-15, 25-23 District 4-1A setback on Thursday night to move ahead of the Lady Tigers for the early lead in the district...
TEXICO – Senior Alex Fuentes ran for three touchdowns, including two in the final quarter, and top-ranked Texico erased a 21-point deficit to edge No. 2 Eunice 36-28 in District 3-2A on Friday night. Down 21-0, the Wolverines (7-0, 2-0 district) got on the board late in the half on a 30-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Bennett Wahlen to junior receiver Maverick Hawkins. Fuentes’ first TD, a 6-yard run, and his subsequent 2-point conversion run pulled Texico to 21-14 midway through the third segment. The Cardinals (5-2, 0-...
For a while, Clovis High's football team looked like it might end its season-long losing streak on Friday night. The Wildcats went toe-to-toe with Organ Mountain in their District 3-6A clash at Leon Williams Stadium. In the end, though, the Knights pulled away with three second-half tallies for a 42-24 win, keeping CHS winless for the season. Junior running back John Royal broke off a 77-yard scoring run on the team's first play from scrimmage, and sophomore quarterback Javier...
After three possessions, it looked like anything but an offensive eruption for St. Pius. The Sartans surrendered a safety less than a minute into the game, followed by punts on their next two tries. Then sophomore running back Hershul Olloway Jr. broke off a 62-yard touchdown run, and the floodgates opened. St. Pius piled up 511 total yards and rolled to a 48-18 District 2-4A victory over Portales High on Friday night at Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium. Olloway netted 160...
The Gattis seventh grade football team improved to 4-1 for the season on Tuesday with a 46-0 victory over Yucca. Ricky Fenstermaker scored two of the Cubs’ three touchdowns on defense and also tallied one on offense. Other TDs for Gattis came on a 55-yard run by Uriah Sarracino, a 28-yard run by Ezra Cano and a 30-yard run by Nathan Lewis, who also tacked on a pair of conversion runs. Meantime, Langdon Lewis returned an interception 50 yards for a score, while Jaime Hernandez had a forced fumble and a sack and Andres C...
LOVINGTON – The preliminaries are over for Clovis High’s volleyball team, which begins District 4-5A action on Tuesday at home against Carlsbad. The Lady Wildcats take a 7-9 overall record into district competition after polishing off Lovington 25-21, 25-18, 25-23 on Thursday night. Playing without senior outside hitter Ashlynn Evans (shoulder) and senior middle hitter Maricella Gutierrez (broken foot), the Lady Cats controlled their third match of the campaign with winless Lovington (0-15) most of the way. Lovington clo...
The General Election, what some term the 2024 presidential election, is scheduled Nov. 5. Early voting began Tuesday at county courthouses. Early voting ends Nov. 2. Here are “Super Ballots” for Curry and Roosevelt counties: President Kamala D. Harris (D) Laura Ebke (Liberal Party) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (None) Chase Oliver (Libertarian Party) Jill Stein (Green Party) Donald J. Trump (R) Claudia De La Cruz (Socialism and Liberation Party) U.S. senator Martin Heinrich (D) Nella Louise Domenici (R) U.S. representative Dis...
Portales City Council members on Tuesday briefly discussed the idea of Portales pivoting from Xcel Energy to Roosevelt County Co-op. Portales Mayor Michael Miller said the idea won’t likely work because, “We’re (Portales) under a franchise agreement with Xcel until 2036.” But Councilman Rustin Self said, “They (Xcel) could be bought out.” Councilman Eldon Merrick told The News after the meeting that a switch in electricity providers could provide benefits for Portales and its residents. “They (the co-op) have a lot of infras...
Monday *Indigenous Peoples’ Day *City of Clovis Water Policy Advisory Committee – 8:30 a.m., Waste Water Treatment Plant, 851 County Road 7, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 *City of Clovis Revenue Review Committee – 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 *City of Portales Planning and Zoning Committee meeting – 5:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 *Clovis Astronomy Club – 7 p.m., Room 221, Clovis Community College,...
The Portales High School trumpet line left the school board meeting room Monday and marched toward the hallway to perform. It was done to ensure that meeting attendees didn’t burst an eardrum, Director Kelli Morrison explained. So, they played. Attendees rejoiced. Then the trumpet line returned and spoke to the room about how band has provided enduring friendships, and an understanding of work ethic and discipline. A couple members — and Morrison even — teared up. In a post-pandemic world, where anxiety and depression are r...
Genghis Khan is often quoted as saying, “The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters.” During the U.S. Civil War, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is credited with the observation, “It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.” When the Germans lost World War I, the new government was req...
The situation with Hurricane Helene was terrible, but thanks to government — specifically FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Administration — it ended up being much worse than anyone could have expected. As I write this, Hurricane Milton, which looks potentially even more dangerous, has set its sights on central Florida. Will FEMA bungle or sabotage the response to this one, too? I accept it as a given that government doesn’t help, but at a minimum, it shouldn’t get in...
The rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes. This has been said or written by politicians from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris, Sen. Martin Heinrich to Rep. Melanie Stansbury and many others. “Soak the rich” forms the basis of “progressive” economic thinking in the United States. What constitutes “fair” in the world of taxation is an open question, but many of these politicians make the unfounded claim that the rich pay taxes at a lower rate than do low- and moderate-inco...
The Eastern Plains Council of Governments has scored a grant for more than $700,000 to help overcome youth homelessness in Curry, Roosevelt, DeBaca and Quay counties. EPCOR Executive Director Sandy Chancey shared the news with those in attendance at EPCOG's annual board meeting Wednesday at the agency's office in Clovis. The Youth Homelessness Demo Grant has EPCOG partnering with the United Way of Eastern New Mexico in the program that targets those age 18 to 25 who have been...
What’s the status on the Clovis Chamber of Commerce building a recording studio? When will it be ready? And did they resolve the issues with Norman Petty Studios? The Clovis Sound Studio project is under development, according to Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ernie Kos. “The demolition has taken place and we have been in design mode working with our contractor, the City of Clovis and our expert design team,” Kos wrote in an email Tuesday. Kos added construction “will begin soon” and equipment...
Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday will “officially rededicate the newly named Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium,” according to an ENMU news release. “ENMU will welcome back former players from the Jack Scott and Don Carthel era, as well as those who were teammates of Steve Loy under Coach Scott, to a weekend full of activities celebrating the rededication of the ENMU football stadium,” the release states. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is set for 11 a.m. at the football field prior to the football game between ENMU an...
As our mountains turn gold and our chiles turn red and our skies get even more impossibly blue, the weather is so perfect and crisp (yes, crisp is finally in the forecast), that it creates a problem. But it’s a good problem. The calendar of events overflows. Who wouldn’t want to take advantage of this glorious season? Take, for example, only events involving music this week on the High Plains. It’s a dazzling array, and many of these offerings are free. In the interest of spac...
Clovis Assistant City Clerk Vicky Reyes reports the city has some board and committee vacancies. There are two vacancies on the Economic Incentive Board for a citizen representative from District 3 and an industry representative (i.e. manufacturing, warehousing and transportation). The Clovis-Carver Public Library Board has an opening for one student representative. The city of Clovis Water Policy Advisory Committee has one opening for a citizen representative. For the duties and responsibilities of the positions, interested...
Sandra Taylor-Sawyer, longtime director of the Small Business Development Center at Clovis Community College, is retiring. A “come-and-go” reception honoring her is set for 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Eula Mae Edwards Museum on the CCC campus. Taylor-Sawyer, also a former Clovis city commissioner, has been director of the SBDC since 1996....
Curry County has been awarded a $25,000 grant to “purchase and install picnic tables and benches created from recycled windmill turbine blades,” according to a county news release. The Outdoor Recreation Trails+ Grant Program was created to support projects that enhance community outdoor recreation opportunities, including trail systems, handicap-accessible outdoor recreation spaces, signage, wildlife viewing areas, and more, the release stated. “This is a unique opportunity to utilize recycled turbine blades and at the s...
Not long ago, when COVID-19 hollowed out hallways across the nation, school administrators and teachers fought to answer one question: What will the future look like? Since restrictions have been lifted, researchers have found a discouraging answer to that question: Test scores are down; mental health challenges are up; chronic absenteeism and teacher burnout are becoming frighteningly common. But step inside Zia Elementary's gym last Thursday, for its Blue Ribbon...
Area residents who want to know more about a planned Regional Crisis Care Center in Clovis are invited to a meeting from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd. Mya Cappellino, director of marketing with Initium Health, said the meeting will include officials from Curry, Roosevelt, De Baca, Quay, and Union counties, as well as officials from Clovis, Portales and Fort Sumner. Cappellino said representatives from Clovis Community College and Eastern New Mexico University will also be there,...
Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education is scheduled to meet Oct. 22 to consider whether to name the high school football field in honor of former Coach Eric Roanhaus. “We talked about this at the September meeting,” Board President Cindy Osburn told The News on Thursday. “Two of our members, Shawn Hamilton and Paul Cordova, were going to look into the matter (options). “It is a consideration item at our (Oct. 22) meeting,” she said. Social media reports claiming the decision has already been made are inaccurat...
