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Eastern New Mexico University started collecting food and other supplies this week to stock its first food pantry. The pantry will be located in the Campus Life Office in the Campus Union building and will serve ENMU's student population. Director of Campus Life at ENMU Rey Coss said faculty, staff and students have often talked about a need for a food pantry at the university. "Definitely there is a need for this," Coss said. "Many of us, university staff and faculty, know...
Boralex, Inc., a Quebec-based global renewable energy company, has purchased a 50% share in five wind farms located in New Mexico and Texas. The wind farms were owned by EDF Renewables. The sale on Dec. 28 was for about $249.8 million, officials said. Boralex produces renewable wind, solar, hydroelectric and thermal energy in Canada, France and the United States, according to its website. EDF Renewables North America, based in San Diego, is "the global renewable energy...
TEXICO – Top-seeded Fort Sumner used a strong first quarter, solid free throw shooting and a balanced attack to turn back Texico 61-47 in Friday’s boys championship semifinals of the EPAC basketball tournament. Senior Clay Norman knocked in five of the defending tourney champion Foxes’ nine 3-pointers and finished with 19 points for Fort Sumner (10-2), which advanced to Saturday’s final against third-seeded Logan. Six-foot-7 junior Cash Burney added 14 points. “I think our effort was solid,” said Foxes coach Brad Holland, wh...
TEXICO – Melrose's girls aren't used to having to struggle to score. Still, the Lady Buffs did just enough on Friday night to squeeze past Texico 32-30 in the championship semifinals of the EPAC basketball tournament. They faced defending champion and third-seeded Logan, a 46-40 winner over No. 2 Fort Sumner, in Saturday's title tilt. Senior Sorrell Allen hit what seemed to be two innocuous free throws with 16 seconds left to give the top-seeded Lady Buffs (11-1) a f...
LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Clovis High’s girls continued to roll through their early-season schedule on Monday night, thumping West Las Vegas 55-30 to extend their winning streak to eight games. Friday night, the Lady Wildcats (12-3), currently ranked 11th in Class 5A, figure to get a better gauge of just where they stand when they travel to Las Cruces to face sixth-ranked Organ Mountain (10-4). The next day, they host Lovington at Rock Staubus Gym. After a relatively tight first quarter, the Class 3A Lady Dons (8-6) proved to be no...
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s bid to extend its winning streak to six came up just short on Saturday. The Greyhounds struggled from the field and, perhaps more notably, the free throw line, and a last-second 3-point shot by junior guard Greg Johnson was off the mark in a 56-53 Lone Star Conference men’s loss to Midwestern State. ENMU (10-4, 5-3 LSC) used a 9-0 spurt to storm in front 48-41 with just over seven minutes left. But the Hounds managed only five more points the rest of the way. Coach Brent...
PORTALES – Kelley Lee is back at the helm of Eastern New Mexico University football. ENMU athletic director Paul Weir introduced Lee during a get-together on Monday at Greyhound Arena. "Both Greyhound Athletics and coach Lee are (happy) for the timing to enable this to happen," Weir said. "His resume speaks for itself. He has tremendous passion to come back here, and we are incredibly grateful to have him. This is a great day for all of us." A native of Truth or Consequences a...
PORTALES – On paper, it looked like a lock. But as ESPN’s Chris Berman would say, that’s why they play the games. Portales High’s boys came off two solid wins in the Portales Shootout at the Ram Athletic Center and didn’t figure to have much trouble with an Andrews squad which has been struggling a bit this season. Of course, that wasn’t the case. The Rams won 55-48 on Saturday night only after erasing an eight-point deficit with a 16-0 run to start the final quarter. Senior guard Davian Lucero converted 11-of-14 free throws...
TEXICO – For the first time in eight years, Melrose's girls are back at the top in the EPAC basketball tournament. And they had little trouble doing it on Saturday night. Neither did Fort Sumner on the boys' side of things. The top-seeded Lady Buffs (12-1) outscored defending champion Logan 21-1 in the second quarter for a 29-point halftime lead en route to a 69-36 victory. Meantime, the Foxes (11-2) opened a 31-14 lead at the quarter and buried 13 3-point shots on their w...
The Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval of a disease-modifying treatment that could potentially give some patients with Alzheimer's disease something they haven't had before: a medication that may slow the decline of memory and thinking. A monoclonal antibody, lecanemab, shows promise in removing amyloid plaques from the brain, according to phase 3 trial results. Amyloid plaques are one of the defining features of Alzheimer's disease, according to...
CLOVIS – A 49-year-old Clovis man accused of shooting at a Clovis police officer was charged Friday with four felonies in connection with the Dec. 31 incident. Joey Gallegos is alleged to have fired at Officer Ramon Garcia as he attempted to flee police who were responding to reports of shots fired in the neighborhood. Garcia returned fire but no injuries were reported in the chase near downtown Clovis. A criminal complaint filed Friday states Garcia noticed Gallegos w...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Maria Silva, 37, failure to pay fines • Lorenzo Medina, 46, probation violation • Jerry Clewis, 64, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Robert Burke, 53, criminal damage to property • Colbey Poff, 20, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Ronny Hatcher, 50, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Miguel Reyes-Mejia, 39, improper turning at intersection, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug • De...
A New Mexico State University researcher stationed at NMSU’s Clovis Agricultural Science Center has received a $742,170 grant from a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as part of an effort to improve soil health in the U.S. Rajan Ghimire, assistant professor in NMSU’s Plant and Environmental Sciences Department, was awarded one of 10 grants nationwide on behalf of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Soil Health Program. Ghimire has also received recognition recently for his work to learn how s...
The last time the New Mexico State University Board of Regents set out to pick a new leader, after having unceremoniously ridded themselves of Garrey Carruthers, they had a hard time picking between the two finalists for the job. And so they hired both of them. At a combined salary of almost $1 million. Let’s hope there’s a clear frontrunner this time. The decision in 2018 to hire both Dan Arvizu, at a yearly salary of $500,000, and John Floros, at $450,000, came as a complete surprise to NMSU faculty, staff and stu...
To “Man up” means to “demonstrate toughness or courage when faced with a difficult situation.” That’s precisely what men need to do. Face up to a changing world and redefine what it is to be a man. In his recent book “Of Boys and Men,” Brookings Institution scholar Richard V. Reeves details how American men face a crisis of enormous proportions. The evidence is abundant. Three of every four who die of suicide or drug overdoses are men. Men face a widening gap in higher education and a diminishing portion of the labor market....
Many Western states have declared they will achieve all-renewable electrical goals in just two decades. Call me naïve, but haven’t energy experts predicted that wind, sun and other alternative energy sources aren’t up to the job? Alice Jackson, former CEO of Xcel Energy’s Colorado operation, was blunt at a renewable energy conference in February 2020: “We can reliably run our grid with up to 70% renewables. Add batteries to the mix and that number goes up to just 72%.” Grid experts now say that Jackson’s number is 80%, but...
A status hearing is set for Thursday in the double-homicide case against Kelby Randolph, 54, of Fort Sumner. Randolph is being held without bail in the De Baca County Detention Center. He is accused of first-degree murder in the Oct 2 slayings of a Mesa, Ariz., couple, Brian Beaver, 48, and Rachelle Beaver, 38. The slayings occurred in Randolph’s home, where the Beavers were visitors, according to DeBaca County Sheriff Robert Roybal. Randolph entered a not guilty plea on Dec. 19 in Tenth Judicial District Court, and Judge A...
We are members of a species that not too many years ago spent a lot more time outside in the presence of one another, whether it was sipping tea on a front porch or taking evening strolls around the neighborhood. Today, it’s pretty rare for us to walk more than a few blocks, and even more unusual to have the opportunity to do so “in community,” but both Clovis and Portales will be marking the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with commemorative marches. Clovi...
New Mexico agricultural producers have seen a decline in cash receipts and income since 2019, according to the latest agricultural statistics published by ag agencies. the New Mexico Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Statistics Services of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. When compared to 2020, though, state total agricultural productivity grew about 5% in 2021, according to New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte in his introductory letter to the 2021 New Mexico Statistics Bulletin. “New Mexico a...
The Clovis Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission has announced the winners of the commission’s speech, art and essay contests. Winners in the speech contest are Zia Elementary student Colton Free in the elementary category and high school winner Shaylynn Baldwin, Clovis Christian School student. Winners in the art contest from the Kindergarten level are Leon Johnson from the Arts Academy at Bella Vista, first place and Jayce Pollard, from Barry Elementary, second place. Winners in the first and second grades category are J...
Today *Friends of Clovis-Carver Public Library meeting – 11:30 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 *City of Clovis Planning and Zoning Commission – 3 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Thursday *Curry County Commission meeting – 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 Saturday *Republican Party of Roosevelt County biennial county conve...
The city of Clovis is looking for individuals to fill openings on two of the city’s boards. According to a news release from the Clovis city manager’s office, the city is looking for a utility representative (i.e. gas, electric, water and telecommunications) to serve on the Economic Incentive Board (EIB). The city also has a vacancy for a city resident to serve on the Clovis-Carver Public Library Board. Those interested should contact the city manager’s office at 575-763-9654 or email: [email protected] . Appli...
On this date … 1947: The Bryson-Tanner Furniture Co., at 410 Main in Clovis, claimed “A new year calls for new things for your home” in a paid advertisement. A space-saving folding bed was on sale for $29.50. “Reflector type” floor lamps were $19.50 to $32.50. Platform rockers were $49.50. 1948: A newspaper ad claimed a medical test had “proved” Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound was a “great way to relieve ‘periodic’ female pains.” A spokeswoman declared, “It’s grand, girls!” 1955: La Fonda Drive In Theatre offered a doub...
Clovis Economic Development (CED) and the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce own a new office facility, thanks to a donation from a national real estate development company. Cowperwood Company has donated the former call center on East Seventh Street, according to a Chamber news release. The building is 35,000-square-feet and valued at $3.8 million. The building was erected in 2000 and has been predominately used as a call center. “I certainly identify with Clovis as a community,” Cowperwood founder John Harvey sai...
Clovis' first homicide victim of 2023 was a family man, according to his sister, Crystal Trujillo. Oscar Trujillo, 28, loved fishing, riding his bike and playing 25-cent video games with family members. He was an "amazing person," Crystal Trujillo said. "He could fix anything and everything. He was my McGyver," a reference to a TV series character who was a mechanical genius. Oscar Trujillo was a hard worker, too, his sister said. "I never saw anybody who worked harder." He...
