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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Portales on Tuesday was set to unveil its “baby box,” a safe place where a baby, up to 90 days old, may be left without parents facing criminal repercussions. Formal unveiling for the Portales baby box at the city’s main fire station, 301 S. Ave. C, was set for Tuesday. The driving force behind the baby box has been Right to Life of Roosevelt and Curry Counties, according to organization Director Angie Smith, who is also chair of the Republican Party of Roosevelt County. The national agency that has pushed for baby boxes...
On a warm October night, the trio peeled off Clovis' Seventh Street into a cemetery. After entering, their sedan wobbled over uneven gravel until parking at a beige mausoleum. It's difficult to tell what's scarier: How quiet it was or how dark it was. Unpredictability and tombstones don't mix well. For most people, their fight or flight instincts are screaming "Flee! Flee! Flee!" But this trio – Jeff Conner, Jason Kapera and Renaee Latham – aren't most people. They're gho...
TEXICO -- A Texico man was critically injured early Sunday morning when his pickup was struck by a train at the Garwood Street crossing behind Stripes Convenience Store. The accident happened about 7:30 a.m., said Curry County Sheriff Michael Brockett. The train blocked crossings in the area for about two hours. Andres Rodriguez, 26, was transported to Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis before being taken to an Amarillo hospital for treatment, Brockett said. He remained hospitalized Tuesday in stable condition, the...
Bill Southard must have enjoyed Halloween. At least he wrote a lot about it when he was managing editor at the Clovis News-Journal for much of the 1970s and early 1980s. Some of his spooky reports were funny – we'll get to the naked woman in a minute – and some were real-life scary – like the time Clovis leaders asked kids to skip trick-or-treating due to concerns about poison candy. He wrote about the "good old days" of the holiday, "when kids used a good deal of ingenuity in the tricks they performed." There was the time...
I’ve only seen one thing I consider a ghost. It was the night of Jan. 28, 1986. If that day doesn’t ring a bell, don’t worry, I had to look it up too: It was the day the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up. I was living in West Virginia then in a big ol’ 19th century ramshackle house that had been converted into apartments. Anyway, I was slipping into bed, when something white on the ceiling caught my eye. It was a hand. Once I turned my attention to it, it slowly fell down and in moments passed through the wooden floor....
At Celebratory Recovery – the place that helped Liz Reese find sobriety – it was business as usual that Oct. 2. Before the faith-based recovery meeting kicked off at Portales’ First Baptist Church, she chatted with friends and munched on sloppy joes. During it, she read Scripture and handed out sobriety chips. Afterward, she maintained her duties as the church’s custodian by helping clean up. In those simple acts, Reese, who said she was addicted to meth and cocaine,...
The General Election, what some term the 2024 presidential election, is scheduled Tuesday. Early voting ends Saturday. 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...
LUBBOCK – For a second consecutive season, Eastern New Mexico University senior Shacie Marr has claimed the women’s all-around title in the Texas Tech rodeo. Marr reached the short go round in three events to help ENMU’s women place third, accounting for all of the team’s 172 ½ points. Tarleton State (385) won it and Texas Tech (220) was second. Most of her points (100) came in barrel racing. After slipping into the short go when she split 10th and 11th place in the long go, Marr came in second in the short go with a time o...
ALBUQUERQUE – Area squads hold down three of the eight berths in the 6-man playoffs, set to begin on Friday night. Pairings were released on Sunday by the New Mexico Activities Association. Grady (8-1) drew the No. 2 seed in the division and welcomes seventh-seeded Magdelena (4-3) for a 6 p.m. kickoff. With a win, the Bronchos would face either third-seeded Mountainair (6-2) or No. 6 Dora (4-4), who collide in a 7 p.m. start on Friday at Mountainair. Meantime, Elida (6-3) is the fourth seed and welcomes in No. 5 R...
ALPINE, Texas – The battle for spots in the Lone Star Conference men’s soccer postseason tournament is on as the season winds down. Six of the 11 teams will make the field, and currently six squads are separated by two points (three for a win, one for a tie) between fifth and 10th place. That would include Eastern New Mexico University, which is in a three-way tie for fifth (nine points) with West Texas A&M and Lubbock Christian after playing a scoreless draw with Sul Ross State on Saturday. The Lobos, in their first yea...
CARLSBAD – Even without a few of their key runners due to other commitments, Clovis High’s cross country squads were able to sweep to team championships in Carlsbad’s Ron Singleton Invitational on Saturday. No team scores were available at press time. “I’m really proud of them,” CHS coach Liz Ledezma said of her squads. “We’ve been working on our conditioning a lot. A lot of younger kids really stepped up.” The Lady Wildcats took the top three positions with sophomore Brooke Newcomer winning the 5K event in 20 minutes, 12 se...
Eastern New Mexico University closed the fifth set on a 7-2 run and the Greyhounds posted their first Lone Star Conference victory of the campaign on Saturday, a 25-21, 28-30, 25-18, 16-25, 15-10 triumph over St. Edward's at Steve Loy Arena. It was their first victory under interim coach Natalia Burdulis, who became the interim coach on Oct. 3 after head coach Sia Poyer stepped away to deal with health issues. Ironically, St. Edward's announced on Monday that head coach Jared...
SILVER CITY – Despite watching a 20-point, first-quarter advantage dwindle to a single-score game twice, Eastern New Mexico University football coach Kelley Lee said he was never really worried. ENMU recovered an onside kick with less than two minutes left and ran out the clock to claim a 41-34 Lone Star Conference victory over Western New Mexico in the teams’ annual “Chile Bowl” clash. Early on, it looked like the Greyhounds (3-5, 1-5 LSC) were going to run away with it, leading 20-0 with a minute left in the opening...
ALBUQUERQUE – Shaking off the effects of having a field goal blocked and returned for a touchdown, Portales High finally got things going its way in the second half. Senior quarterback Tommy Lopez ran for three scores and the Rams pulled away with three second-half tallies for a 27-7 District 2-4A victory over Albuquerque Academy on Saturday. Portales (5-4, 3-2 district) can assure itself a tie for second place on Friday night when it hosts Chaparral (3-6, 2-3) in a 7 p.m. kickoff at Steve Loy Stadium. With a head-to-head w...
Today *Tiny Tots storytime: Halloween – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 *Blood drive — 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Cannon Room, Plains Regional Medical Center, 2100 Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Clovis. Register online at www.bloodhero.com. Advance appointments strongly recommended. Information: 877-258-4825 *Preschool storytime: Halloweenies Sensory Bins (Wear costumes) — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940 *Teens and Tween...
On this date … 1940: Two young male lions were sold to a circus by the Clovis zoo. Cole Bros. Circus purchased the lions and a monkey in a cash transaction following its Clovis performances, the Clovis News-Journal reported. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. 1940: Clovis High School band members needed new uniforms and they were willing to work for them. Band members said Nov. 9 was going to be “Hobo Day,” during which they would mow lawns, clean up trash, wash dishes or perform just about any other task in excha...
Friday *City of Portales Finance Committee – 4 p.m., City Hall, 1028 W. Community Way, Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Nov. 3 *Daylight saving time ends. Turn clocks back one hour. Nov. 5 *City of Portales Public Works Committee meeting – 9 a.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Nov. 7 *Clovis City Commission - 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Nov. 11 *Veterans Day *Portales Municipal Schools board - 6 p.m...
Three people were shot in two incidents that occurred about 10 hours apart on Sunday in Clovis. Officials said they do not believe the shootings are related. Adiano Gallegos, 18, is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. He’s accused of shooting Alex Reyna, 44, at Reyna’s house in the 700 block of South Sandoval Street about 2 p.m. Sunday. Gallegos remained at large on Tuesday morning. Reyna told police Gallegos shot him in the stomach, court records show. Reyna was taken to University Medical Center in Lub...
A “teaser” on the front of the little magazine touted an article inside: “How to Triple Your Answers to Prayer.” I found myself wondering what might be prescribed. Incantations? A cauldron filled with a steaming potion featuring eye of newt, tongue of frog? Could I get more answers to prayer (answers that I like) if my technique was better or my recipe more precise? Is the bottom line the number of really “good” answers I get and catalog? I think I’d like the guy who said...
The amateurs running the Kamala Harris campaign have finally hit bottom. They tried dealing the “Trump is Crazy” card, the “Trump is Exhausted” card and the “Trump is a Threat to Democracy” card. But Harris’ poll numbers just kept sinking and Trump’s only kept getting stronger. The upward turn of fortune for Trump that has Democrats in a panic is not because he was shot or because he suddenly transformed himself into Mitt Romney 2.0 or Mister Rogers. It’s because the whole...
Donald Trump’s public appearances follow a typical direction. He has a speech in mind he intends to deliver with the help of a teleprompter, but instead he resorts to rambling and discussing odd, bizarre thoughts about all sorts of topics. To put it bluntly, the former president has increasingly spouted rhetoric that is nonsensical and incoherent. MSNBC columnist Zeeshan Aleem convincingly stated that, “Trump has been embedded in the public consciousness as a rule-breaker for...
CMB Garage Doors has been named the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce’s newest Retail Rockstar following a nomination from One Stop Feed. CMB was honored with the award at its Clovis business location Thursday at North Prince Street and Wilhite Road. The Clovis location is one of many serving the Southwest including eastern New Mexico, West Texas and Arizona. New Sonic Drive-in coming soon Construction in the 1000th block of Portales’ North Chicago Avenue is for the new location of the town’s Sonic Drive-in. “It w...
Here we are, on the cusp of one of the most consequential elections in American history, with the choices for president as different as night and day. Three big questions remain: Who will win the presidency? Which political party will win control of the U.S. Senate and House? And what will the losers do after the winners emerge? Polls and pundits tell us it’s too close to call in the presidential election. I expect Kamala Harris to win the overall popular vote, just as the Democratic candidate has in every presidential e...
Clovis High School has one student being recognized this year as a semifinalist in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Katy Archey has opportunity to continue in the competition for 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered next spring, according to a Clovis Municipal Schools news release. Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level. “About 95 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and approximately h...
RIO RANCHO -- Clovis High School's marching band placed fourth in a field of 18 Class 5A marching bands from around New Mexico on Saturday. "I think the band had the best performance of the season yet. The band did very well," said Director Daniel Perez. Host Rio Rancho won the first New Mexico Activities Association marching band contest in the 5A division with a score of 78.769, followed by Cleveland (78.700), Organ Mountain (77.525) and Clovis (74.950). Roswell Goddard won...
