Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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FOOTBALL Prep summaries District 4-5A Los Lunas 54, Clovis 0 Clovis 0 0 0 — 0 Los Lunas 35 13 6 — 54 Scoring summary First quarter LL — Nicholas Torres 58 run (Kaden Bell kick), 11:45 LL — Paul Cleremans 11 run (Bell kick), 10:24 LL — Cash Aragon 5 run (Bell kick), 7:49 LL — Cleremans 6 run (Bell kick), 4:50 LL — Fabian Trujillo 7 run (Bell kick), 1:58 Second quarter LL — Trujillo 25 pass from Cleremans (Bell kick), 6:44 LL — Dustin Lujan 30 run (pass failed), 1:55 Third quarter LL — Chris Loera 13 run (no PAT try), 4:14...
PORTALES - It was a tough week for Portales High's volleyball team, but at least the Lady Rams have the satisfaction of knowing they can compete with some of Class 4A's best. They just didn't have quite enough to get over the top. Roswell Goddard, ranked No. 1 in Class 4A, all but locked up the District 4-4A title on Thursday night with a 27-25, 25-20, 25-21 triumph over PHS at the Ram Athletic Center. On Tuesday night at the RAC, the Lady Rams led 2-1 in sets before Artesia,...
Today *Boo in the Zoo – 1-4 p.m., Hillcrest Park Zoo, 1208 N. Norris St., Clovis. Tickets $1. Information: 575-769-7873 *Corn maze and pumpkin patch – 1-8 p.m., St. Bernard Farms, 849 NM 77, Clovis. Information: 575-791-2044 *Autumn Kinchloe junior recital – 3 p.m., Buchanan Hall, ENMU Music Building, Portales. Accompanied by Miles Massicotte, piano, and Mycah Smith, oboe. Information: 575-562-2377 *Haunted House: Let’s Get Spooky – 4-8 p.m., St. Bernard Farms, 849 NM 77, Clovis. Information: 575-791-2044 *Trunk or Treat – 5...
Tuesday *Clovis Civil Aviation Board — 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: James Harris at 575-763-9618 *Portales City Council - 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Wednesday *Clovis Community College Board of Trustees – 8 a.m., CCC, 417 Schepps Blvd., Room 512, Clovis. Information: http://www.clovis.edu/about/administration.aspx or 575-769-4001 Thursday *Eastern New Mexico University Regents special meeting — 3:30 p.m., by te...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Victoria Castillo, 33, probation violation • Ronnie Lujan, 25, failure to appear on a felony charge • Darien Garcia, 21, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Brandi Chavez, 30, aggravated assault upon a peace officer, driving under the influence of liquor • Julio Alonzo, 30, driving under the influence of liquor • Justin Christie, 40, aggravated assault against a household member, criminal damage to the property of a household n Paul Aragon, 5...
New Mexico voters have proven eager in past elections to change our antiquated state constitution every time they get the opportunity. There have been 10 proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot in the last four elections, and nine of them have passed. Voters chose to dramatically remake the Public Regulation Commission in 2020, create a new ethics commission in 2018 and reform our bail system in 2016. The only proposal not to pass was in 2014 and would have required school board elections to be held separately from o...
Honestly, Tony, my first instinct was to ignore you. That’s become my go-to when readers ask me, as you did in a recent email, to prove to their satisfaction that, “Republicans are keeping Black people from voting.” When I didn’t respond promptly enough, you said this strengthened your feeling “that this is a fabricated issue with no real merit.” Lord, where to begin? Tony, I’m not your research assistant. Moreover, there’s this new invention called Google, which, with a f...
Since the Reagan era of the 1980s, we have heard arguments from various quarters lamenting the supposed “fact” that studying liberal arts or the humanities in general was a colossal waste of time. As a Generation X teenager, this message was routinely fed to me and my peers. More than a decade later as a graduate student in the humanities, I harbored intense skepticism toward such dismissive rhetoric. Now, more decades later as a tenured professor deeply engaged in the hum...
The conflict in Ukraine continues to drag on. Regardless of how the conflict began or who was responsible for starting it, the fear remains that the war may get out of control, or may already be at that point. Whatever happens, the war may very well have unintended consequences just as most wars do. One of these consequences may be the impoverishment of Europe for many years to come. At the onset of the struggle, the strategy of the Collective West as explained by its leaders...
This month I dug up an amazing – and scary – radio commentary my father delivered on Sept. 1, 1976. It was one of about 600 weekly nationally syndicated commentaries he wrote on yellow legal tablets during the late 1970s. It described how he had decided what to say in “a letter to the future” he had been asked to write for a time capsule to be opened in 2076 during the Los Angeles Bicentennial celebration. He had been asked to mention in the letter some of the most serious...
There are four main issues with President Joe Biden’s executive order forgiving a portion of the nation’s student loan debt: its constitutionality, its moral hazard, its cost, and the limited breadth of its benefits by comparison. Nothing of the sort that would make a person question whether it’s a good plan, right? It’s not a good plan. It’s a plan that means well. It puts a bandage on fundamental problems that it doesn’t address. Biden’s promise is to cancel up to $10,000 in federal student loans for those who still owe...
Curry County volunteer fire departments in Ranchvale, Broadview and Field have received funding from the state fire grant program for this fiscal year totaling $671,726 according to a news release from the Curry County administration. The Ranchvale Volunteer Fire Department will get $71,726 for equipment, Broadview Volunteer Fire Department will receive $300,000 for a new water tanker and the Field Volunteer Fire Department will receive $300,000 for a communication tower to improve communications in the northwest sector of...
Library fines may be a thing of the past soon in Clovis. The city’s Revenue Review Committee Wednesday voted 5 to 1 to do away with library fines at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The committee then voted unanimously to set a fee of $2 for city notary service, according to committee chair District 1 commissioner George Jones. Jones said the measures now go before city commission for final approval. The Revenue Review Committee meets every even year, according to city library director Margaret Hinchee “They review any pro...
The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority board of directors voted unanimously Thursday to sign a Notice to Proceed for Finished Water 1 (FW1) Pipeline Construction. ENMWUA administrator Orlando Ortega said in an email earlier this week that Finished Water 1 (FW1) is a segment of transmission pipeline construction that spans 15.5 miles of 39-inch diameter water transmission pipeline starting at the north end of FW2 (connects to FW2) and ends at the water treatment plant location. The ENMWUA published the Request for...
Plans are underway for the annual “Cops & Kids Christmas Event” in Clovis. According to a news release from Clovis police department captain Robbie Telles local law enforcement will be conducting fundraisers and accepting donations for the annual Cops and Kids Christmas Shopping event. A related event, the Dollars for Donuts fundraiser will be held at Daylight Donuts, 2201 N Prince on Thursday, Nov. 10 the release states. The police department is asking people to come by between 6:30 am and 8:00 am and buy some dou...
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) is encouraging state residents to download the NM Notify app to report positive COVID-19 home tests, according to a news release from the DOH.Approximately 760,000 New Mexicans are already using the app to be notified if they’ve likely been exposed, allowing them to reduce the risk for family and friends, seek timely medical attention and stay home. The app uses Bluetooth technology to communicate with other phones that have activated the app. Then, if one of the users veri...
Five career educators are candidates to become the next chancellor at Eastern New Mexico University. All are scheduled to be on ENMU campuses in Portales, Roswell and Ruidoso this week for interviews and getting to know the university communities and region. “I’m excited,” said Larry Sanderson, currently vice president of institutional research and accreditation at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs. Sanderson holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Michigan State University, a master’s in management from Purd...
Having more neighborhood cookouts and ball games might bring about more feelings of community. That is an idea that came out of the second neighborhood meeting hosted by the city of Clovis Tuesday at Kingswood United Methodist Church on North Main Street. Mayor Mike Morris hosted the session held in the city's commission district 4. That district's commissioners were there: Megan Palla and Chris Bryant. Other commissioners in attendance were District 3 commissioner Helen...
Curry County commissioners spent about an hour of their bi-monthly meeting time Tuesday going over a wish list of items for the county fairgrounds. The list, presented by Fairgrounds and Events Center general manager K.C. Messick, had tractors that ranged in price from about $31,000 to $60,000, huge fans 24 feet in diameter for the ceiling of the events center and Kevin Roberts Arena, along with other equipment. At the end of the discussion commissioners approved the purchase of a new Yanmar tractor for $31,535, a scissor...
Tuesday's monthly meeting of the Clovis Municipal Schools board was so short board president Shawn Hamilton said, "This may be a record." The meeting began at the usual time of 5:30 p.m. and was adjourned by 5:45 p.m. The business conducted by the board was routine and the votes were unanimous on action items. Deputy superintendent of Employee Services, Joe Strickland, gave a brief report to the board that Tuesday two elementary school teacher, a kindergarten teacher and an...
Curry County on Tuesday officially purchased a new building to house its road department for $1.2 million. The building is located at 1395 State Road 209 in Clovis on an 8.44-acre lot, Curry County Manager Lance Pyle said. The county "came across the building north of town" at the same time as its Countyline Volunteer Fire Department needed a building to house its operation, Pyle said. During the 2022 legislative session, the county received an appropriation to "plan, design,...
CLOVIS – Parts of Seventh Street, one of Clovis' significant thoroughfares, is going to be closed from Monday until February next year. According to a news release from the Clovis city manager's office, Seventh Street will be closed from North Prince Street eastward to Maple Street – six blocks -- for "Phase III" of the street's reconstruction plan. Megan Darrow of the city manager's office said the work is going to be similar to the work done on Seventh between Maple and Nor...
Eastern New Mexico University has announced five finalists for its chancellor/president position. The finalists are: • Bruno Hicks, provost and vice president for academic affairs, Dalton State College • James Johnston, provost and vice president for academic affairs, Midwestern State University • Gary Ligouri, founding dean, college of health sciences, University of Rhode Island • Larry Sanderson, vice president of institutional research and accreditation, New Mexico Junior College • James Williams, senior vice president...
PORTALES - Lovington's football team showed on Friday night that it's not necessarily how you start the season, but how you finish. After a rugged early schedule in which they'd certainly taken their lumps, the Wildcats entered their final pre-district game at Class 6A Santa Fe High with an 0-6 record before blowing out the Demons 55-8. They continued their momentum straight through District 4-4A play, capping it with a 20-14 victory over Portales High at Greyhound Stadium. Lo...
LOS LUNAS — Clovis High knew it would have its hands full in Friday night’s battle for the District 5-6A championship at reigning 5A champion Los Lunas. Without playmakers Kash Roberts and R.J. Nora, though, it only made the Wildcats’ task a lot tougher. Roberts was in concussion protocol after last week’s win over Santa Fe Capital at Leon Williams Stadium. Meantime, Nora was ejected during that tilt after a scuffle with a Capital player, and thus had to sit out. How much difference might it have made? No one will ever know,...
