Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Republican Fabian Munoz is the new Roosevelt County commissioner in District 1. Munoz received 503 votes in Tuesday's election. Democrat Jake Lopez received 382 votes. Lopez's son Dennis Lopez held the position the previous eight years and was not eligible to run again. Their race was the only one contested in Curry or Roosevelt counties; the others were all decided in the primaries. Also on Tuesday night: Incumbent Sen. Martin Heinrich and District 3 Rep. Teresa Leger Fernand...
Three people found dead in a Clovis motel parking lot were likely victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, police said Tuesday. The victims -- Hector Flores, 29, Alizara Gallegos, 19, and Flores’ young son, Aaden Flores -- were found in a running car on Saturday afternoon outside the La Vista Inn. Police immediately said they did not suspect foul play. Inspection of the vehicle, described in police records as a black Chrysler, showed its “exhaust pipe was broken in half … it lo...
Outsiders of college basketball's insulated world may hear about Daven Võ's current gig – first-year head coach of Eastern New Mexico University men's basketball – and wonder: Why is this your dream job? During recruiting season, he trades warm dinners with his wife, Laura, and three kids, for sprawling rural highways filled with unfamiliar faces for players who may commit elsewhere. What's more, his dream job takes place in Portales; a close knit, but isolated town wher...
Saturday Non-district Grady 3, Clovis Christian 0 Grady 25 25 25 Clovis Christian 12 15 16 CCS individual statistics Kills – Reece Robb 3, Madisyn Kruckeberg 1, Jalisa Raney 1. Blocks – Robb 1. Digs – Hannah McKay 8, Shae Stageberg 6, four tied with 2. Aces – Kruckeberg 1, McKay 1. Assists – McKay 3, Raney 2. Records – Grady 15-5, Clovis Christian 11-11. Halloween Howl At Melrose Pool play standings: 1. Gateway Christian 5-0; 2. Melrose 4-1; 3. Fort Sumner 3-2; 4. Quemado 1-4...
On this date … 1950: A 54-year-old tenant farmer was found dead in a ditch about 12 miles southwest of Muleshoe. Officials said the man tied a rope around his neck, fastened the other end to the steering wheel of his car, and jumped out of the car while it was in motion. Investigators estimated the car traveled 200 yards after the man’s body hit the ground; it was found stalled in a field. 1956: Officials at Clovis Air Force Base were asking residents to avoid trespassing on the Melrose Gunnery Range. Lt. Col. Bernie Bas...
Let it rain and snow, New Mexico. The beginning of November brought a dramatic change from the unusual heat October had to offer. Storm systems in New Mexico will bring anywhere from small bursts of snow in certain parts of the state to several inches of snow in other places. In eastern New Mexico, freezing temperatures are expected this week with snow/rain mixes starting tonight and lasting through Friday. Cooler temperatures are expected to remain next week as well, but moisture is less likely after Friday. The region has a...
ALPINE, Texas – An 11-point lead through three quarters didn’t hold up for Eastern New Mexico University’s football team on Saturday. First-year Lone Star Conference member Sul Ross State outscored the Greyhounds 16-0 in the final stanza, including freshman running back Carson Workman’s 21-yard TD run with 1:50 left, and the Lobos held on for a 33-28 victory over the Greyhounds, their first in the series since 1970. Sul Ross (3-6, 2-5 LSC) leads the all-time series 14-11-1, but had lost eight in a row before Saturda...
Tommy Platt and Ricky Fuentes are tied atop the Pigskin Pick ‘Em contest after nine weeks. Both players have correctly picked 67 games. Adam Branham is in third place with 66 correct picks, followed by Drew Cole and Bob Hill with 63 correct picks each. Also on the leaderboard: Mario Castaneda (60), Joseph Cavazos (59), Stu Stratton (59), Danny Inman (55) and Sage Free (53). The contest consists of 12 weeks with a weekly winner receiving a $50 gift card from Juanito’s Mexico Restaurant. Also at stake: a $500 cash prize to the...
Two people are facing drug charges after law officers conducted a raid in the 2100 block of Belair Road on Friday. Agents found an ounce of heroin, 14 grams of methamphetamine, fentanyl pills and several firearms in the raid, Clovis police stated in a news release. Following the execution of a search warrant, authorities issued arrest warrants for Ignacio Gallegos, 44, and Amber Martinez, 33. Gallegos faces trafficking charges; Martinez is accused of distribution of a...
ALBUQUERQUE – There probably won't need to be much scouting done for Portales' first-round opponent this week in the Class 4A football playoffs. PHS (6-4) drew the No. 5 seed in the 12-team bracket, and will face 12th-seeded Chaparral (3-7) at 7 p.m. on Friday at Steve Loy Stadium. The Rams beat the Lobos 44-19 on Friday to end the regular season. "It's a playoff game, and everybody's 0-0," Rams coach Jaime Ramirez said Sunday. "We're not expecting them to play it the same w...
Even in a year where Eastern New Mexico University's volleyball team has struggled mightily, the Greyhounds have taken solace that Sul Ross State has joined the Lone Star Conference. Sophomore outside hitter/middle blocker Sophia Valdez posted 14 kills on 25 swings with only one error and tied her season high for blocks with four (two solos) as ENMU extended its winning streak in the series to 24 on Saturday with a 27-25, 25-18, 25-20 LSC victory at Steve Loy Arena. The...
HOBBS – Clovis High had both individual winners and fell short in its bid to sweep both team titles in Saturday’s District 4-5A cross country meet. Both squads qualified for Class 5A state competition on Saturday at Albuquerque Academy. The 5A girls run at 12:40 p.m., followed by the 5A boys. Led by sophomore Brooke Newcomer, who paced a 1-2-3 finish with a five-kilometer time of 20 minutes, 29.80 seconds, the Lady Wildcats finished with 24 points to 44 for Hobbs, 74 for Carlsbad and 108 for Roswell High. CHS coach Liz Ledezm...
For a while this season, it looked like the Eastern New Mexico University men's soccer team was in good shape to make it to the six-team Lone Star Conference postseason tournament, but those hopes have taken a big hit of late. On Saturday, the Greyhounds played well against second-place Midwestern State, but the Mustangs rallied for a 2-1 victory at Steve Loy Stadium that left ENMU very much on the outside looking in. With the loss, the Hounds fell to 4-6-6 (2-4-3 LSC). They...
Eastern New Mexico University’s basketball teams are slated to open the regular season this weekend in a South Central Region crossover event at Durango, Colo., matching teams from the Lone Star Conference against foes from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Both Greyhounds squads play host Fort Lewis and New Mexico Highlands, in reverse order. The men face Fort Lewis at 7 p.m. on Friday and NMHU at 4 p.m. on Saturday, while the women take on Highlands at 1 p.m. on Friday and the Skyhawks at 6 p.m. on Saturday. Men ...
Here’s a partial list of Veterans Week activities planned around the region: Wednesday • Veterans Week Open House – 5-8 p.m., American Legion Post #117, 2800 W. Seventh St., Clovis. Thursday • Free breakfast for veterans (active duty or retired) – 8 a.m., Baxter-Curren Activities Center, 908 Hickory St., Clovis. Information: 575-762-3631 • Veterans Week Open House – 5-8 p.m., Elks Lodge #1244, 218 Sycamore St., Clovis. Saturday • Veterans Parade: “A Legacy of Loyalty and Service” – 10 a.m., Main Street south from Hilltop Pl...
Across New Mexico, crisis triage centers are having a moment. Santa Fe has one, based at Santa Fe County’s La Sala Center. Gallup is line for one, a new center operated by the Santa Fe Recovery Center that’s scheduled to open its doors in less than a week. Bernalillo and Sandoval counties are soon to have one, too, a facility state leaders say will be run by the University of New Mexico. Clovis, working hand in hand with about a half-dozen other communities, wants a crisis triage center as well. City leaders put out a cal...
Word salad, here we come. Miniskirt. Degradable. Scuzzy. Prefaded. Lite. Porn. Salsa. Nucleosome. Cockamamie. Turista. Gigawatt. Interrobang. Bioweapon. And some two-word entries. Zip code. Fender bender. Tumble dry. Satellite dish. Launch window. Road rash. Log on. And let’s not forget some hyphenated contenders. Artsy-fartsy. Three-pointer. Get-go. T-ball. One-liner. Mixed-media. Coffee-table. Anti-seizure. My question: What do all of these words or combination-words have i...
If you designed a banner declaring, “The world is full of crazies” and ran it up the flagpole, assuredly, I would salute it. On the other hand, as Veterans Day approaches, I realize the world is also full of opportunists – opportunists who devalue the dangers faced by the nation’s military personnel. We’ve all witnessed it with increasing frequency: some office-holder, bureaucrat or celebrity (a) gets pushback for a totally outrageous statement or (b) finally gets busted engaging in some flavor of financial...
When we think about the economic damage of climate change, most of us probably think about the physical destruction wrought by mammoth disasters like hurricanes, wildfires and droughts: Bungalows tumbling into the sea. Houses turned to ash. Acres of dead crops. That sort of thing. But the quieter, longer-term effects of global warming cut even deeper. Consider western North Carolina. It’s just beginning to repair the heavy physical damage to homes, businesses and infrastructure caused by Hurricane Helene nearly a month a...
When I was young, I didn’t know how good I had it. My family wasn’t rich, but we had enough. My parents loved their children unconditionally, taught us the value of service and gave us all a foundation for lives well lived. Moreover, I grew up with a hero in the house — my father. He wasn’t a war hero, a great athlete or television star. Instead, he was a good and decent man who made sure our home was filled with love and laughter, and I never stopped looking up to him as an example of how someone should live their life. W...
The Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce has announced Clovis Equipment & Supply Co. as the chamber’s newest Retail Rockstar. CESCO has served Clovis and the surrounding area since 1979, according to a Chamber news release. Presentation of the award will be made at 8:30 a.m. today at CESCO’s location, 821 E. Second St. in Clovis. CESCO was nominated for the award by the previous Retail Rockstar award winner, CMB Garage Doors....
Feeling stressed? “In recognition of International Stress Awareness Week, the Curry County Substance Use & Behavioral Health Program invites the community to make their own stress ball,” the county stated Monday in a news release. “According to the American Psychological Association (APA), 74% of people in the United States are reportedly unable to cope with the levels of stress in their lives.” So county officials have invited residents to visit the Curry County Administration Office at 417 Gidding Street, Suite 100, to...
A social media posting has announced the opening of a Clovis location for Marshall’s retail store will happen in just over two weeks. The posting states “Marshall’s, grand opening, 7:30 a.m., Thursday, November 21.” North Plains Mall General Manager Leeann Glenn confirms Nov. 21 as the opening day for the new Marshall’s store occupying a portion of the former Dillard’s location....
Some said Monday's meeting of the Ute Water Commission was contentious. Others called it a good discussion. A continuing "negative" advertising campaign by the village of Logan regarding the Ute Reservoir and the Ute Water Project was called into question by Commission Chair Mike Morris, highlighting the meeting at the Clovis-Carver Public Library's North Annex. "Would the village of Logan like to respond to their spending of public money to oppose the Ute Water Project?"...
I’ve changed the names in this story so I don’t get hassled by the guy who used to have my phone number. I’ve been getting phone calls from people in Georgia who want to know if I want to sell my house in Atlanta. I don’t have a house in Atlanta. But a guy named Monty apparently has a house in Atlanta. From what I can gather, Monty is from Georgia and once had a gig out west here with Uncle Sam’s Air Force or some civilian gig at Cannon Air Force Base. I first discovered this years ago when telemarketers from car dealershi...
