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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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A business license application -- aimed at abortion clinic operators -- and compliance with a “years-old” federal law are the key points of a proposed ordinance Clovis city commissioners will be asked to adopt on Nov. 3. City Attorney Jared Morris said last week that “years-old” law is the Comstock Act. It was passed in 1873. Just so we’re all clear, activists led by Mark Lee Dickson from Longview, Texas, want Clovis to become a “sanctuary city for the unborn.” City officials openly acknowledge they expect to be sued if th...
CLOVIS - Their work is still cut out for them, but the Wildcats made sure Thursday night that they'll have at least a fighting chance for a Class 6A playoff berth in this week's regular-season finale at Los Lunas. Junior running back Kash Roberts and senior quarterback Jett Stone each rushed for more than 100 yards, and Clovis High rolled to a 40-6 District 5-6A victory over Santa Fe Capital at Leon Williams Stadium. With the win, the Cats (3-6, 3-0 district) moved into a shar...
PORTALES - At times, Portales High's football team can make things look easy. It's not, sophomore quarterback Paxton Culpepper says. Culpepper ran for one touchdown and threw for three more on Friday night as Portales routed Bernalillo 50-6 in District 4-6/4A football at Greyhound Stadium. "It gets hard at times," Culpepper said after the Rams (8-1, 2-0 district), ranked second in 4A by MaxPreps, set up a showdown with rival Lovington for the district crown on Friday, also at...
My wife and I have been binge watching a new show on YouTube. Kent Rollins Cowboy Cooking has apparently been around a long while, but we’ve just stumbled onto his videos in the last few months. I put it on the tube one night before either of us had slumbered off to siesta time in our recliners and three or four episodes later we were still both awake and hooked on this Oklahoma cowboy named Kent Rollins and his chuck wagon and outdoor cooking. He hams it up in high cowboy sty...
The professional, friendly voice that callers to Clovis City Administration are likely to hear first is that of Vicki Reyes, who works as the administrative assistant to Assistant City Manager Claire Burroughes. Reyes is a Clovis native who began working for the city 19 years ago at the age of 22. While she has always reported to Burroughes, she said, she has held several different positions in the city administration's central office. She stays active in community affairs...
Staff from the Mexican consulate in Albuquerque set up shop for the weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) in Clovis in the auditorium at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at Davis and W. Second streets. Ana Maria del Carmen Mendez Piña works in the legal affairs department of the Consulate. "We have two other departments," Piña said. "Documentation and Community Outreach." Piña said the mobile consulate program is part of the Consulate's community outreach effort. Piña said not...
Monday *Stitch Addicts stitch group – 6:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 Tuesday *Grand opening celebration – 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Clovis Wing Shooting Complex and Archery Range, Ned Houk Park, 726 CR 17, Clovis. Ribbon cutting, lunch, tours. Information: 575-763-9654 *Afterschool S.T.R.E.A.M. (Science, technology, reading, engineering, arts, math): Like a Pie in the Face — 4:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. (Use the doors facing the pool.) Open...
Monday *Clovis-Carver Library Board – 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 Tuesday *Curry County Commission meeting – 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 *Clovis Municipal Schools board — 5:30 p.m., Board Room, CMS administration building, 1009 Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-4300 *Roosevelt General Hospital Board of Trustees – 5:30 p.m., board room, Business Office...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Joey Gallegos, 49, burglary, larceny • Tracey Langdon, 60, battery against a household member • Joshua Loyd, 39, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Jonathan Romero, 27, aggravated battery • Stephen Levenshown, 36, probation violation • Victor Loya, 36, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Joseph Steward, 56, aggravated battery • Jeremy Carver, 26, failure to pay fines • Lawrence Kolek, 40, failure to appear on misdemeanor charg...
On this date ... 1957: Two Clovis men had been acquitted on charges they’d been selling alcoholic beverages without a license. The men had been arrested “following a raid on the Alpha & Omega Club south of Clovis,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. “Considerable quantities of beer and assorted whiskey, gin, crème de menthe and other liquors were taken and brought into court for state exhibits.” The newspaper reported jurors initially voted 9-3 for conviction, but three hours of deliberating led to a not-guilty verdict. T...
Apparently, Craig Ridley somehow ceased to be a human being. That’s the only possible explanation for what he endured in a Florida prison. Five days in his cell, paralyzed, trapped in his own useless body, begging for help and being ignored. You don’t treat a human being that way. Heck, you wouldn’t treat an animal that way. But some of us would, it seems, treat a prisoner that way. This was in 2017. We are indebted to the Miami Herald’s Nicholas Nehamas for bringing to light...
Political stunts will only prove costly Regarding the Oct. 12 report in The Eastern New Mexico News about a proposed “Sanctuary City for the Unborn:” Never mind that Clovis is already lacking in sufficient, quality women’s healthcare. These lobbyists from Texas have brought forth an illegal ordinance meant to divide this community. The problem starts with its origin and introduction. According to our cities’ Code of Ordinances, an ordinance must be prepared by the city attorney -- it was not. City Commissioner David Bryant...
Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville recently suggested in comments railing against reparations that Black Americans were “the people that do the crime.” Speaking at a Donald Trump rally for Republican candidates in Nevada, Tuberville described Democrats as engaged in a battle to take from white people and give to Black people, whom he stereotyped as criminals. “No, they’re not soft on crime,” Tuberville said, “They’re pro-crime. They want crime. They want crime because...
There are numerous important issues on New Mexicans’ ballots as early voting has begun. Amendment 2 has not received the same attention as Amendment 1, which relates to pre-K and early childhood spending, but voters will be asked to vote on this important issue also. Amendment 2 would, if adopted, further weaken New Mexico’s “anti-donation clause” by allowing the Legislature to “appropriate state funds for infrastructure that provides services primarily for residenti...
At the onset of the television age, most Americans remember Walter Cronkite as the go-to guy when it came to getting the real scoop on what was happening in the news. Ending each show with, “And that’s the way it is …” Cronkite made CBS News No. 1in its time slot. Numerous television reporters of that age got their start in newspapers, then went on to radio and had a wide range of diverse experiences before they came to television, including many from the world war. Contras...
The Clovis High School marching band won its tenth consecutive state championship in competition Oct.15 at the 44th Zia Marching Fiesta at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. The win also marked the Wildcat band’s 20th state championship overall. According to a news release from Clovis Municipal Schools, the finals competition was cancelled due to inclement weather and the Wildcat band was awarded Grand Champion based on preliminary competition scores. Saturday’s event marks the end of the Wildcat band’s compe...
The second in a series of Clovis neighborhood meetings is scheduled for Tuesday, 6 p.m. at Kingswood United Methodist Church, 2600 N. Main St., Clovis. The city’s first such meeting was held Sept. 20 at St. John the Baptist Church off Cesar Chavez Drive on the city’s west side. About 70 people attended that session hosted by Mayor Mike Morris. Presentations on the state of the city and services available in the city were made by Morris and those he described as “community partners” such as Clovis Municipal Schools, Clovis...
Officials with Clovis Municipal Schools Friday reported Zia Elementary School on Norris Street was evacuated for about 20 minutes. Shortly before 1 p.m. Friday, gas odors were reported at the school. Officials report the building was evacuated while the smell was investigated and addressed. The building was cleared for re-entry. Students and staff returned to classrooms and instruction resumed at about 1:20 p.m. Barry Elementary School on North Thornton Street was evacuated briefly Thursday over concerns over a gas odor in...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University’s Electronics Engineering Technology (EET)-renewable energy program is the beneficiary of an endowment established by EDF Renewables North America, an independent power producer and service provider. Representatives from EDF Renewables presented a $25,000 check to ENMU chancellor Patrice Caldwell Oct. 14. The new endowment will provide scholarships for ENMU students majoring in the EET program with an emphasis in renewable energy. According to a news release from ENMU marketing and com...
Portales – Eastern New Mexico University has won a top award for their summer reading support program “ENMU Reads.” The top regional honor, the “CASE Best of District IV award,” comes from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education according to a news release from ENMU assistant vice-president of marketing and communications John Houser. Houser wrote “ENMU Reads” is a summer reading support program where ENMU teams with libraries across New Mexico and west Texas to encourage young people to read more books. The pr...
CLOVIS -- City commissioners met with a packed meeting room Thursday night for Clovis’ second regular meeting of October. It was apparent that a significant portion of the approximately 100 people who had gathered for the session believed the city’s controversial “sanctuary city for the unborn” ordinance was on the agenda. It was not. The proposed ordinance was introduced for consideration Oct. 13 at a meeting requested by District 3 Commissioner David W. Bryant. A final vote on the ordinance will be at the commiss...
PORTALES -- Eastern New Mexico University has narrowed its candidates for chancellor to five finalists, according to a university news release. The Portales school did not name the finalists. The news release stated the finalists will be named Oct. 30, when their resumes will also be released. The candidates’ names and resumes will be published Oct. 30 on the ENMU Presidential Search website at www.enmu.edu/PresidentialSearch , the release stated. ENMU’s assistant vice president of marketing and communications John Hou... Full story
PORTALES -- There are five finalists to replace Patrice Caldwell as the chancellor of Eastern New Mexico University, but not all of them know it yet. Once all five are notified of their status, the hiring process will become public, Caldwell told attendees Thursday at a Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce luncheon as part of a "State of the University" talk. "You will know who the candidates are, and there will be public participation in the interview process," she said. In...
PORTALES -- The Portales City Council heard a presentation by a company that is working to obtain a license to transport used nuclear fuel by rail through the city of Portales to an interim storage facility in southeast Lea County. The Curry County Commission heard the same presentation a few weeks ago and the Clovis City Commission heard it Thursday. Ed Mayer is program director of the project in southeast New Mexico for Holtec International. “Holtec International is a diversified energy technology company with its h...
The New Mexico Racing Commission, citing the declining health of the state’s horse-racing industry, on Thursday unanimously denied a license application from Coronado Partners to build a racetrack and casino on Tucumcari’s east side. The attorney and one of the principals for Coronado Partners said he would appeal the decision to the same district judge who ordered the commission to make a decision on the application. The commissioners’ 4-0 action followed a closed executive session of about an hour to discuss the application...
