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CANYON – Canyon Randall handed Farwell’s girls their first loss of the season on Saturday, posting a 62-53 victory. The Lady Blue (2-1) hung within four points of their Class 4A opponent through three quarters before the Lady Pirates outscored them 17-12 in the final stanza. Senior Makylee Baldwin scored 22 points for Farwell, while seniors Natalie Wade and Kennady Waldrop chipped in 11 apiece. Farwell returned to action on Tuesday night at Lubbock Liberty. The Lady Blue return to action next Tuesday at Sha...
The Curry County DWI Program is seeking volunteer judges for Teen Court. Applicants will be interviewed prior to becoming a judge. The Teen Court Program is designed for first-time youth offenders. During the court process, the youth testify at their trial in front of the judge and peers who are acting as jurors or attorneys. Information: contact Diana Delgado at 575-763-7725 or [email protected]....
AUSTIN, Texas - U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is one of three senators seeking to become Senate majority leader next year, when Republicans take majority control of the Senate. Here are five things to know about Cornyn. He's a former justice and attorney general Cornyn was elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1990 and served as a justice for seven years before becoming the first Republican elected as Texas attorney general since Reconstruction when he edged out Democrat Jim...
The New Mexico Public Education Department recently released its latest school designation data, recognizing Barry, Mesa, and Zia schools as Spotlight Schools for ranking in the top 25% of public schools across the state. Brown Early Childhood Center earned a Spotlight designation among Portales schools. Dora Elementary, Dora High School, Elida Elementary, Floyd Elementary, Floyd High School, Fort Sumner Elementary, Fort Sumner High School, Fort Sumner Middle School, Grady Elementary, Grady Middle School, Melrose Elementary,...
Curry County commissioners on Tuesday approved $15,400 in funding for a procedural audit on the management agreement between the county and Oak View Group 360 for the Curry County Events Center and Fairgrounds. The relationship between the county and OVG360 came under scrutiny by commissioners in September when a budget deficit overage was announced by Events Center management. The audit will review: n Prior reports related to the Management Agreement Procedure between Curry...
TAOS - Bernie Ellis, who made national headlines in the early part of the century after the notorious federal bust of his Tennessee pot farm in 2002, gave away 25 pounds of high-grade cannabis in the parking lot of the Carnelian Center in Dixon early this month. Ellis is a career state and federal epidemiologist best known through his work providing medical cannabis free to AIDS patients beginning in the 1980s. His unofficially sanctioned grow operation in Tennessee, and the h...
Ricky Fuentes picked nine of 10 games correctly last weekend to move into sole possession of first place in the Pigskin Pick ‘Em contest after 10 weeks. Two other players also went 9-1 last week — Adam Branham and Doug Everhart. Fuentes won the drawing for the $50 gift card from Juanito’s Mexican Restaurant. For the season now, Fuentes has picked 76 games correctly. Branham is in second place with 75 correct picks, followed by Tommy Platt with 73. Also on the leaderboard: Drew Cole (69), Mario Castaneda and Bob Hill (68),...
DURANGO, Colo. – Eastern New Mexico University’s women completed a two-game sweep of a South Central Region crossover event with a 67-48 victory over host Fort Lewis on Saturday night. Meantime, after losing to the 22nd-ranked Skyhawks on Friday night, the men bounced back with a 94-82 victory over New Mexico Highland in Saturday’s outing. All four teams on the men’s side finished 1-1 after Highlands beat Angelo State on Friday and the Rams came back to top Fort Lewis on Saturday night. ENMU’s women will be in Weatherfo...
GRADY – Senior Deakin Ragland scored four touchdowns and second-seeded Grady reached the finals of the state 6-man playoffs on Saturday with a 36-18 victory over third-seeded Mountainair. The Bronchos (10-1), in their third season of competition, will face top-ranked and top-seeded Logan (11-0), which dropped this season from 8-man to 6-man, in a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on Friday at Logan. Grady's only loss this season came at the hands of the Longhorns, a 32-26 decision on S...
ALBUQUERQUE – Clovis High’s girls earned a sixth-place team finish while the boys were 10th on Saturday in Class 5A state cross country competition hosted by Albuquerque Academy. Led by sophomore Brooke Newcomer, the CHS girls finished with 184 points. Eldorado, paced by freshman Gianna Rahmer’s meet-winning time of 17 minutes, 34.7 seconds over the five-meter course, posting a winning score of 60 to 72 for Rio Rancho. The Lady Cats were the top team from outside the Albuquerque metro area. Newcomer had a time of 19:22.8, goo...
It's been a rough season for Eastern New Mexico University's football team. It only got rougher on Saturday afternoon at Steve Loy Stadium. Texas-Permian Basin dominated from start to finish, piling up 575 total yards en route to a 64-14 Lone Star Conference trouncing of the Greyhounds. UTPB (6-4, 5-3 LSC) posted its second-highest yardage output this season and went over 500 yards of total offense for the eighth time in coach Kris McCullough's two campaigns at the helm. "I'm...
RIO RANCHO – Five teams from Curry and Roosevelt counties have qualified for this weekend’s state volleyball competition, scheduled for Thursday through Saturday. Portales High (15-8) will represent the area in Class 4A as the No. 6 seed, while defending champions Texico (20-3) in Class 2A and Melrose (17-6) in Class 1A return to defend their crowns. The Lady Wolverines earned a No. 2 seed while the Lady Buffs were tabbed No. 4. Also qualifying in 1A were fifth-seeded Elida (17-6) and No. 8 Grady (15-7). All Class 3A thr...
For some people, Nov. 5, 2024, was one of the greatest days in American history. Others may well remember it as a day that will live in political infamy. Regardless, the 2024 presidential election is over, and Donald Trump has been reelected as the 47th president of the United States. And if people are honest with themselves, they would probably admit that Tuesday’s results shocked but did not totally surprise them. Throughout various periods in our nation’s history, charismat...
For Democrats and their weeping soulmates in liberal media, it’s “Mourning in America.” Not morning – M-O-U-R-N-I-N-G. But for those of us who voted for Donald Trump, today feels like the opening line of my father’s famous TV campaign commercial – “It’s morning again in America.” The message of Ronald Reagan’s 1984 ad – considered one of the greatest political spots ever – was that after four tough years in office his policies had fixed America and restored the country to...
The Xcel Energy Foundation announced it is awarding $143,100 this month to 11 nonprofits in New Mexico and Texas “to recognize their contributions in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Career Pathways, Environmental Sustainability and Community Vitality.” According to an Xcel Energy news release, Adrian Rodriguez, President of Xcel Energy – New Mexico, Texas said, “We believe in our nonprofit partners and look forward to what they will accomplish with the funds from our Foundation grants.” The Xcel Ener...
This column is to the progressives out there who, once again, saw their hopes for a better world thwarted by the election of Donald Trump. All is not lost. Trump could still self-destruct, especially if he actually does what he promised to do. His affinity for tariffs is a good example. More than likely, they will raise prices and undercut American jobs, and that surely won’t sit well even with his MAGA base. And his mass deportation promises will undercut our economy by taking away workers doing jobs that “true” Ameri...
Clovis’ Burns Do It Center has been acquired by Nation’s Best Holdings of Dallas. According to a Nov. 1 online article from “Building Products Digest,” Nation’s Best acquisition of Burns Do It Center is the company’s second acquisition in New Mexico. The move brings to 64 the number of stores owned by Nation’s Best, according to the article. “When it comes to a culture fit, the Burns family and the Burns Do it Center staff are directly aligned with the Nation’s Best philosophy of ‘Amaze, Every Time,’” Nations Best CEO Chris...
Infracaninophile. The word above, friends, is indeed an actual word. By the time you finish reading the other words I’m hoping to line up here, my additional hope is that you might have some idea as to what it means and how to use it. But I confess that my deeper hope and confident belief is that you will also have enough good sense not to use it. I can only imagine how impressed folks down at the coffee shop, the waiting room, or the teachers’ lounge would be should som...
No one can predict what the next four years will bring under the administration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump. But in New Mexico, members of the state’s all-Democratic congressional delegation are bracing for a rough ride. The state, which voted for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s high-stakes presidential race, relies heavily on federal funding, and Trump has called for cuts to federal agencies. Democrats have other concerns, including Trump’s plans for mass deportations, which officials say...
I got to thinking about an old friend the other day. My denim jacket. I was swapping stories with someone about my Sears catalog leather fringe jacket, kind of like the one Dennis Hopper wore in the 1969 flick “Easy Rider.” It’s not a very warm jacket so it doesn’t get much wear. I put it on when I want to bring out my “inner hippie.” But that denim jacket, that had some stories. I bought it back in 1972, the glory days of denim. Denim this, denim that, denim button-fly bell bottom jeans, denim shirts and such. It was a Le...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Tommy Dominguez, 51, aggravated assault • Ignacio Gallegos, 44, failure to comply with specific requirements, trafficking controlled substances, possession of a controlled substance, possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon • Lawrence Corne, 52, failure to appear on a felony charge • Devon Herrington, 31, shoplifting • Ashley Moody, 33, failure to pay fines, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Joaquin San Juan, 31, driving whi...
Clovis’ Friendship Center will soon be turned into a Clovis Fire Department training center, wellness center and office space. The changes were approved Thursday by the Clovis City Commission during their first regular meeting of November. According to details on the commission agenda, the Friendship Center formerly housed the Senior Services Department, Curry Resident Senior Meals Association and the city Internet Technology department prior to the construction of the Hillcrest Senior Life Center. “With the completion of...
On this date … 1952: Three Roosevelt County businesses had been hit by burglars, but the only significant loss was $40 from a Portales farm supply store’s cash drawer, soft drink and candy dispensers. An Elida service station reported two old automobile batteries were missing, but new batteries were left behind. The service station was also missing a gallon of milk. A Roosevelt County Sheriff’s deputy said it wasn’t clear if the three burglaries were related. 1952: Authorities were investigating the poisoning of 16 head of...
HOBBS – After their season-opening meet in Lubbock was cut short, Clovis High’s girls cruised to an easy team championship in Saturday’s Tori Invitational swim meet, hosted by Hobbs H.S. The Lady Wildcats racked up 666 ½ points while second-place Monahans (Texas) was a distant second at 338 in a 17-school field. Meantime, the CHS boys finished seventh out of 16 teams with 142 points, while Monahans took that division at 339. CHS co-coach Vincent de Maio said the boys squad of eight, featuring two seniors, one junior, two fres...
VERNON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s women finished third while the men came in ninth over the weekend in the Vernon College rodeo, the Greyhounds’ final outing of the fall. It was the fourth consecutive top-five showing for the women, who tallied 165 points to finish 10 points behind runnerup Weatherford College. For the season, the Greyhounds are fourth in the Southwest Region. Senior Shacie Marr split third and fourth in the long round of barrel racing with a time of 17.37 seconds, then ran 17.62 in Satur...
