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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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New Mexico voters will be able to decide on four general obligation bond questions in November's general election, including a $230.2 million higher education bond package. The bond questions include $30.7 million for senior centers; $19.3 million for libraries; $230.2 million for higher education; and $10 million for public safety. Most years New Mexico voters approve general obligation bonds. The last time New Mexicans voted down a higher education bond package was in 2010. That year, the $155 million bond package would...
New Mexico’s Department of Justice issued an opinion Thursday that Clovis schools are violating the “spirit of the law” with their online meetings policy. Schools Superintendent Renee Russ said Friday the board will change its policy at its next meeting to "align with the guidance" from DOJ. The policy requires those watching school board meetings online keep their cameras on with their face visible to board members throughout the meeting. A letter to school board members from Assistant Attorney General Stephanie Padil... Full story
After struggling a bit at the start, No. 9 West Texas A&M settled in and the Lady Buffs went on to post a 25-18, 25-12, 25-10 victory over Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday in Lone Star Conference volleyball at Steve Loy Family Foundation Arena. Senior outside hitter Camy Jones and junior middle hitter Taytum Stow each had eight kills for WT (13-3, 6-0 LSC), while Stow also added four blocks. Senior setters Ainsley Malis and Blair Moreland compiled 17 and 10 assists, r...
Freshman Nathan Le Roux scored with just over five minutes left and the Eastern New Mexico University men's soccer team edged Texas A&M International 2-1 on Saturday at Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium for its first Lone Star Conference victory of the season. Senior Loris Tsiatsipy played a long diagonal pass forward, drawing the Dustdevils out of the 18-yard box and leaving Le Roux open for a shot into an empty net. It was his first collegiate tally. ENMU (3-3-4, 1-1-1...
TEXICO – Whenever Portales High's volleyball team needed a key point on Saturday, the Lady Rams knew where to go. Five-foot-11 junior middle hitter Skyler Massey compiled 19 kills, and the Lady Rams turned back defending Class 2A state champion Texico 25-17, 25-23, 18-25, 25-18 in a battle of top-five teams. Portales (10-7), ranked fourth in Class 4A by MaxPreps, erased an early five-point deficit in Game 4 after it looked like the Lady Wolverines (12-3), No. 3 this week in 2...
HOBBS – Seven Eastern New Mexico University runners – four for the men, three for the women – took part in the New Mexico Junior College Invitational cross country meet on Friday. It was the Greyhounds’ final tuneup before the Lone Star Conference meet, scheduled for Oct. 26 at Texas A&M-Kingsville. In the men’s 8-kilometer event, featuring 53 finishers, all four ENMU contestants were bunched in the 40s – freshman Bryan Hernandez, 41st in a time of 28 minutes, 35.1 seconds; freshman Justin Sauceda, 45th in 29:09.6; fr...
HOBBS – Sophomore Brooke Newcomer led a dominating finish for Clovis High’s girls on Saturday and the Lady Wildcats earned the team title in Hobbs’ Bob Jackson Invitational cross country meet. Newcomer posted a time of 20 minutes, 21.69 seconds over five kilometers, pacing a 1-2-4-6-8 finish for the team. Only three schools had full teams for the girls, with Carlsbad second at 62 and Roswell High third at 104. Freshman Roselia Morales was second in the event at 21:20.64, while senior Gabi Foggie placed fourth in 21:51...
MONMOUTH, Oregon – Eastern New Mexico University tried to put an early stamp on Saturday’s Lone Star Conference game against Western Oregon with a nearly-eight-minute touchdown drive following the opening kickoff. Unfortunately, after that it was pretty much all Wolves. Western Oregon scored its most points in nearly three years and most against an NCAA Division II foe in five years while extending its longest winning streak since 2019 to four games on Saturday with a 49-20 victory over the Greyhounds. With the victory, WOU...
Another week, another challenge for Clovis High’s football team. Coming off one of their better performances of the campaign, the Wildcats visit longtime rival Hobbs in a 7 p.m. District 3-6A contest on Friday. Hobbs (3-4, 1-2 district) has alternated wins and losses throughout the season. Last Friday, the Eagles were dealt a 51-12 setback at second-ranked Centennial (7-0, 3-0). Meantime, the Cats (0-7, 0-3) led 24-21 at halftime against Organ Mountain on Friday at Leon Williams Stadium and hung around until the fourth q...
Broken-hearted about the end of the Eras tour? Taylor Swift has a fix for that. The "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" and "Anti-Hero" singer, who last year released a concert film about the road show, will publish her first book to commemorate the record-breaking tour that she launched back in March 2023. The 256-page "The Official Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour Book" will go for $39.99 and will include her personal reflections and behind-the-scenes photos from the...
On this date … 1946: A 21-year-old father of two was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. Sadoth Chavez said he killed Felix Bass of Littlefield in self-defense during a game of dice near Melrose. District Judge J. C. Compton declined to accept Chavez’ plea when he said he killed in self-defense, and so his attorney told the court Chavez “realized that he went farther than self-defense in slashing Bass’ throat with a broken neck of a whiskey bottle,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. Chavez wa...
DALLAS - The feistiness of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones finally surfaced Tuesday, two days after the most one-sided loss of his 36-year tenure in Dallas. As fans have hoped, Jones is finally threatening to hold some people accountable around here. Starting with radio hosts. Jones, as you cannot possibly be unaware, makes two appearances a week on 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM) during the NFL season. And when he was asked about his offseason mistakes and frequent unwillingness to spend...
Yards are in the Halloween spirit across the region. Here are a couple, as suggested by readers:...
I don’t remember how old I was, but I do remember being hungry. What I’ll describe took place, I think I recall, on a Sunday morning, and I know it was many decades ago. I feel sure that I was minding my own business. I know my mother was minding hers for that morning as she happened to be doing some cooking, probably for a church dinner, as I happened to be making my way through the kitchen. The details have long since become a bit foggy. I recall that, on a platter, bro...
Set aside for a moment the devastation that has hit the Southeast after back-to-back hurricanes. Turn instead to what’s happening in our little corner of the planet. Studies suggest the human body can’t survive outdoors in sustained temperatures of 120 degrees Fahrenheit or more. And yet, Phoenix, Ariz., just endured a summer that included 56 days of 110-degree temps. And here it is October and they’re still cooking under 100-degree days. Over here in New Mexico, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration repor...
Over the past few months, Donald Trump has stoked the flames of white resentment on the campaign trail. Speaking to conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt last week, the former president — who once referred to himself as a “gene believer” and has a known obsession with genetics and bloodlines — accused migrants coming to the southern border of being “criminals” and having “bad genes.” It’s the latest in a long line of bigoted and xenophobic statements from Trump, ranging fr...
Jeeze. In just one day everyone in the country saw why the people in charge of the Democrat Party want to keep Kamala Harris off TV. And in just one day everyone in the country saw why Donald Trump wants our sitting vice president on TV as much as possible. The Trump campaign wants Harris to make a hundred more unscripted appearances on her media tour – even on safe, friendly and embarrassing liberal political places like “The View,” the Howard Stern radio show and “The Late S...
Along with answering questions on the cost of living, energy and immigration policy, Senate candidates Democrat Martin Heinrich and Republican Nella Domenici had a few questions for each other during their only televised debate before the general election in three weeks. The debate aired at 4:30 p.m., earlier in the day than originally planned, because of Monday Night Football airing this week on KOAT, the ABC affiliate. The candidates are scheduled to debate again on Oct. 27...
Nobody throws dirt at the radio guy Stuff happening around me brought back the memory of putting boots on the ground in New Mexico 35 years ago this month. The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta wrapped up Sunday. All of the TV coverage it got reminded me of rolling into town in my old car during the big event in 1989. I couldn’t find a place to stay anywhere. But when I went to a campground on the city’s west side the folks there said I could sleep on my cot in their rec room for the princely sum of $10 a night. A construction proje... Full story
More than three weeks after fall’s official arrival on Sept. 22, it’s starting to feel like the season. Eastern New Mexico was expected to wake up to temperatures in the low 40s this morning and forecasts show the warmest day for the next week won’t see 80. In addition, rain is expected across eastern New Mexico beginning Thursday night and continuing through the weekend. The National Weather Service predicted a 50% chance of rain for Friday and Saturday with high temperatures in the mid-60s to low-70s. While Clovis and P...
New Mexico voters will decide the fates of two proposals that would expand property tax exemptions for veterans who own homes in the state — and mean increased tax rates for other homeowners. The proposals are among four constitutional amendments appearing on this year's general election ballot after being approved by the Legislature. House Minority Whip Alan Martinez, R-Bernalillo, who was one of the sponsors of both veteran-related measures, said the proposals could make New Mexico a more attractive place to veterans. A...
