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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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RANCHVALE - Wednesday morning, state senators, city and county officials and volunteer firefighters gathered to break ground for Curry County's newest fire station in Ranchvale. Construction on the station will begin as soon as the design is approved and it should be finished by May. "This is one of our big capital outlay projects and a very important project for the county," said County Manager Lance Pyle. "We met with the area's legislators and secured their support for the...
PORTALES - If you just look at the score, Friday's Class 4A District 3/4 clash between Ruidoso and Portales High at Greyhound Stadium seems like nothing out of the ordinary. Suffice it to say, looks can be deceiving. After a relatively quiet first half played in about 55 minutes, the final two stanzas took nearly an hour and a half before the Rams claimed a 26-14 victory. The game featured eight interceptions and more than 200 yards in penalties, the bulk of it coming after...
When Portales native Ronny Cox heard he was being inducted into the New Mexico Music Hall of Fame, he was genuinely surprised - mainly because he hadn't heard of it. In fairness, the hall probably never heard of Ron's Rockouts, either. Cox, who's had a variety of notable supporting roles in major Hollywood movies, will be inducted into the hall Nov. 2 at the Kimo Theatre in Albuquerque. Cox is being inducted in the performer category, under which artists become eligible for in...
FORT SUMNER — The Texico Wolverines appear to have a stranglehold on the Class 2A District 6/7 race. Quarterback Gabe Dickerman scored the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth, and the Wolverines (5-4, 2-0 district) held on for a 26-20 win over Fort Sumner Friday. Texico expanded a 14-13 halftime lead to seven on a 30-yard scoring pass from Dickerman to Anders Nelson in the third period. After Fort Sumner scored to tie it at 20 early in the final segment, the Wolverines struck back later in the period. “We just kind of held on...
PORTALES — Annabel Sweeney wasn’t put to the test much in Thursday’s Lone Star Conference women’s soccer match against Eastern New Mexico University, but she came up big late. The St. Edward’s junior made only two saves in goal all night, but both came in a flurry during the 75th minute and the Hilltoppers held on for a 2-1 Lone Star Conference victory over ENMU at Greyhound Stadium. On the same possession, ENMU’s Karina Martinez and Josefina Villa fired high-qualit...
Barack Obama and Donald Trump are diametrically opposed figures, representing the categorical rejection of the other for his supporters, yet they share significant foreign-policy DNA. They both defined themselves in opposition to George W. Bush’s foreign policy. Obama probably wouldn’t have defeated Hillary Clinton for the 2008 Democratic nomination if she hadn’t voted for the Iraq War and if he didn’t speak out against it at the time. Likewise, Trump outpaced all his 2016 GO...
Once again, Syria is burning. Turkey and its proxy militias are advancing into area controlled by Kurdish fighters, leading to civilian casualties and reports of atrocities. Chaos abounds, with even the secure handling of dangerous Islamic State prisoners in doubt. It did not need to be this way. President Donald Trump enabled the mayhem when he effectively greenlighted the Turkish advance into Syria after an Oct. 6 phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It was an astonishing gamble for U.S. national...
Twelve presidential wannabes standing in a row on stage for three hours. Three friendly liberal journalists under-handing softball questions to them. Tons of BS about free government healthcare and why Trump should be impeached. Until the personal shock I got at the end of the Democrats’ debate on CNN woke me from my stupor, I wasn’t sure I wasn’t watching a rerun of last month’s debate. It was the same uninspiring lineup of leftwing political featherweights, plus a self-ma...
On Tuesday, 12 Democratic presidential hopefuls took to the stage at Otterbein University near Columbus, Ohio, to pitch their credentials. The dozen are at the very least advocates for loose borders. Ask the candidates their positions on the environment and ecological stability, and the dozen would be on board about the importance of a green America. But the reality, which they prefer to ignore, is that open borders are incompatible with protecting the nation’s environmental future. The candidates are more than willing to t...
There are certain things you can’t do yourself, despite every wish that you could. I can’t give myself a back massage, and I can’t get that thing that’s in the back seat of my car while I’m driving. And then there are certain things you shouldn’t do yourself. You shouldn’t be your own lawyer, and you shouldn’t be your own doctor. But there I was Wednesday morning, playing the role of interim dentist Kevin Wilson. I’ve had three dentists in my life. The first was the one who removed my wisdom teeth in 1997, the second was a...
FARWELL — The third week of October means that every high school football game has more meaning. Every game, every down even, is more crucial than the one before. So Friday night’s Springlake-Earth/Farwell game was as crucial as it gets to this point. Though the Steers came in with a better overall record, each team was 1-0 in Texas Region I District 2. And when Farwell pulled out a 25-12 home victory, it was perhaps the team’s biggest so far this season. “It’s good to be 2-0 in district,” said Steers first-year head coach...
We’ve all heard the term before. Police sometimes use “exigent circumstances” as a reason to enter someone’s home without permission or a warrant. According to a legal definition cited in a 1984 court case, those are “circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to believe that entry (or other relevant prompt action) was necessary to prevent physical harm to the officers or other persons, the destruction of relevant evidence, the escape of a suspect, or some other consequence improperly frustrating legitimate law enforc...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education will have its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the administration office at 1017 Main. Items on the agenda include: • Consideration of contracting Snider Electric for electrical, fire alarm, fire suppression, public address system installation and repair services. Any work required under the contract would be $40 hourly for a journeyman, $20 per hour for an apprentice and $18 per hour for a laborer. During emergency callouts, those rates would increase to $65...
The following marriage licenses were recently filed at the Curry County clerk’s office: • Simeon Martin, 62, and Kimberly Ann Stevenson, 54, both of Clovis • Jason Wayne Parnell, 38, and Naomi Ruth Engell, 45, both of Melrose • Daniel Stephen Stein, 28, and Samantha Nicole Wheeler, 25, both of Clovis • Matthew Joseph Moore, 24, and Keely Shaye Smith, 22, both of Clovis • Manuel Isai Samarripa Molina, 17, and Yamileth Terrazas, 18, both of Clovis The following marriage licenses were recently filed at the Roosevelt County cler...
PORTALES — The Roosevelt County Road Department will begin a chip seal project on South Avenue B and 21st Street on Monday, according to a county release. The work will include South Avenue B from 18th to 21st, and 21st Street from South Roosevelt Road Q to N.M. 206. The work is expected to be complete by Wednesday, weather permitting. The department began work Friday on South Roosevelt Road 8 from N.M. 206 to N.M. 88 on Friday, and hopes to have the project complete by Oct. 31. Residents are asked to drive slow and watch f...
CLOVIS — A survey promoted by the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce indicates local flyers would most prefer the future Essential Air Services carrier at Clovis Municipal Airport provide service to Dallas-Fort Worth. The Clovis City Commission is tasked to make a recommendation at its 4 p.m. Tuesday meeting between five proposals for EAS, a program that federally subsidizes flights for small communities and is paid for through taxes collected on air travel. Submissions are from Advanced Air, Boutique Airlines, C...
PORTALES — It’s by no means a perfect choice, but Portales Superintendent Johnny Cain feels a transition to the SAT for state-level testing is a step in the right direction. Cain discussed the state’s pending move to make the SAT required for high school juniors in place of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers during a brief Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. The state made it official Friday, with Public Education Secretary Designee Ryan Stewart announcing the...
A 460,000-pound piece of equipment was successfully transported Friday from Los Alamos National Laboratory to Clovis, passing through the heart of Santa Fe, on its way to a repair site across the country. The truck-and-trailer rig being used to carry the massive load - a rotor that is 69 feet long and 6 feet in diameter - caused a few delays for drivers, but also drew plenty of stares as it made its way through the Land of Enchantment before a train ride east. New Mexico...
Tuesday • Clovis City Commission — 4 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Clovis Municipal Schools board — 5:30 p.m., Board Room, CMS administration building, 1009 Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-4300 Wednesday • City of Clovis Public Works Committee — 8:30 a.m., Clovis City Hall assembly room, 321 N. Connelly, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Thursday • Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority — 3 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Po...
On this date ... 1979: The 31-year-old Yucca Drive-In movie theater on South Prince Street in Clovis had been torn down the day before. The Clovis News-Journal reported the drive-in was built in 1948. “Remember those great summer nights?” the photo caption read. “It was first dates, popcorn and soft drinks, ’53 Mercs with skirts, horn-honking and a host of other youthful memories.” Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens. Contact: [email protected]...
CLOVIS — The teenage boy who came into contact with a power line Tuesday night has been released from the hospital, his mother said. The boy, 17, received third-degree burns to his arm, hand and both legs and was fully conscious when he was transported to Plains Regional Medical Center. His mother said Saturday that “He’s doing OK, but we do have to watch some things.” Xcel Energy spokesman Wes Reeves said the company received a report from first responders at 7:24 p.m. Tuesday that a person trespassed into Xcel’s east Clovis...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission has a busy Tuesday ahead of it, with a meeting that includes a recommendation for local air service and a potential property tax increase to pay for part of a long-term water project. It was the belief of Clovis Mayor David Lansford, who chairs the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority, that the city of Clovis needed to show state and federal partners it was willing to put “skin in the game” to secure $90 million needed to fund the interim groundwater project portion of the Easte...
High school students are often told to aim for the sky. Those at Elida High School have chosen to take it literally. If all goes as planned, they'll do it again this year by launching their second rocket. Four students at Elida have been working to design their own rocket and will travel to Houston this Wednesday to show their work to some of the top experts in the country at NASA. Jayce Victor, Logan Victor, Lydia Barron, Johny Woodruff and their teacher Jessica Faucett will...
PORTALES — Two fire-damaged buildings may be removed after the Portales City Council approved resolutions to consider them menaces to public comfort, health and safety during its regular Tuesday meeting. Both properties have structures made uninhabitable by fire damage as well as rubbish and wreckage littering the premises, officials said. They are located at 705 W. 17th St. and 417 N. Main, respectively, and are vacant. The landowners of each property have been contacted, but have yet to take action to remedy the various i...
CLOVIS — Charles Nwankwo made his way from a Circle K convenience store to college administration, a journey started in no small part by his associate’s degree in science at Houston Community College. The self-described product of community college will soon be a president of one, as the Clovis Community College Board of Trustees on Wednesday selected him from a field of five finalists and more than five dozen applicants. Nwankwo, currently vice president of technology and business partnerships for Chandler-Gilbert Com...
