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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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FOOTBALL Prep playoffs New Mexico (Seeds in parentheses) Class 6A Semifinals Friday (5) Volcano Vista at (1) Rio Rancho Cleveland, 7 p.m. Saturday (2) La Cueva at (3) Centennial, 1 p.m. Championship Nov. 26 Semifinal winners Class 5A Semifinals Saturday (1) Artesia at (5) Deming, 1 p.m. (3) Piedra Vista at (2) Roswell High, 1 p.m. Championship Nov. 26 Semifinal winners Class 4A Semifinals Saturday (4) Lovington at (1) Silver, 1 p.m. (3) Taos at (2) Bloomfield, 1 p.m. Championship Nov. 26 Semifinal winners Class 3A Semifinals...
HOBBS — Clovis High’s swimmers got several dominating performances on Saturday and captured first place in both divisions of Hobbs’ season-opening Tori Invite. The boys ran away with team honors, scoring 143 1/2 points to 79 for the runner-up host Eagles. Meantime, the girls finished with 95 points to outlast San Angelo Central (89). CHS co-coach Vincent de Maio said the Wildcats and Lady Wildcats each earned a number of state-qualifying marks. “It was a good start (to the season),” he said. “The kids swam really well for our...
TEXICO — A couple of losses in midseason, including a 48-0 shellacking at the hands of border rival Farwell, didn’t do anything to get the Texico Wolverines discouraged. In fact, Texico finds itself hosting Friday’s 7 p.m. Class 2A state championship game against unbeaten and top-ranked District 4-2A rival Jal. Since that loss to Farwell on Sept. 16, only the Panthers (12-0) have beaten the Wolverines over their last seven games, and they had to work hard to nail down a 41-35 victory at Texico on Oct. 14. It was the fewes...
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Eastern New Mexico University’s men bounced back from a heartbreaking first-night loss to trounce host New Mexico Highlands 85-63 on Saturday in the season-opening Lone Star Conference/Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Challenge. On Friday, the Greyhounds led much of the way, but lost 84-81 to Fort Lewis on a buzzer-beating 3-point basket by Carlsbad High grad Brenden Boatwright. Six-foot-7 sophomore forward Errol White posted a double-double for the Hounds against Highlands with 20 points and 11 reb...
The Eastern New Mexico News received 13 awards Saturday in the annual New Mexico Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. The newspaper staff won first place for best special section and best use of advertising in a special section. The newspaper staff also took second-place honors for best website and best use of advertising in a special section. Graphic artist Andrea Ramos won first place for newspaper promotion and house advertising and second-place for a classified advertising section. Publisher David Stevens r...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Dereke Hall, 39, criminal trespass, larceny, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Tyson Stilson, 37, probation violation • Christopher Cline, 25, custodial interference • Tyler Perez, 28, probation violation • Johnny Stonelake, 47, failure to register as a sex offender, probation violation, aggravated assault upon a peace officer, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Ethan Sorge, 24, criminal damage to the property of a househ...
I had one of those experiences on Saturday where I thought I was going out to support a few friends in an endeavor, but then the tables turned, and I was the one who got to walk away with the prize. The scene was Hooks’ bowling alley in Clovis, and the occasion was the state competition for the Special Olympics tenpins title. Special Olympics competitions begin, as one might expect, with traditional opening ceremonies — an athlete carrying a torch and the singing of “Th...
Did America’s fever just break? Last week’s general election provided strong evidence that democracy remains strong in our nation, as just about all those who lost their respective elections admitted defeat, with some even graciously conceding to their opponent. If only for a moment, the political rhetoric has cooled. That’s typical of all our post-election cycles. Hyperbole, smears, fearmongering and us-against-them mantras all reach their peak in the height of a campaign season, followed by a more conciliatory mood in th...
After the election, I saw a few bitter Republicans on social media blaming the failure of Republican candidates to get elected -- the fizzled “red wave” -- on libertarians. It’s a silly complaint. Libertarian candidates don’t take votes from Republicans any more than they take votes from Democrats. Most people who vote for Libertarians aren’t going to vote for any of the other candidates no matter what. If I were a voter and I only had a choice between a Republican and a Dem...
There is no love lost between Anthony Fauci and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA repeatedly objected to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) foolish funding of pointless tests on animals. Those tests include poisoning tests on beagles and decades of vicious HIV experiments on monkeys, some of which involved whole-body irradiation of the animals, that have not yielded an effective, marketable vaccine. But now we must focus on the future. Fauci’s announcement tha...
ESPANOLA -- Northern New Mexico College is expected to announce its new president shortly after Thanksgiving following a search committee’s interviews and community forums with four finalists for the job. Contenders are • outgoing New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas; • state Higher Education Deputy Secretary Patricia Trujillo, an Española Valley native who was a tenured professor at Northern and served as founding director of the college’s Office of Equity and Diversity; • Bruno Hicks, vice president of academic a...
Cole Marton is one of the new teachers hired recently at Clovis Municipal Schools. Marton, a special education teacher, graduated from New Mexico State University and this will be his first year in education, according to a district press release. He said he chose Clovis Schools “to help make a difference in students’ education and lives,” as stated in the release. His hometown is Carlsbad, California. Hiring teachers this year has been the easiest it has been for the past 10 years, said Joe Strickland, Deputy Super...
Editor’s note: Thanksgiving is just over a week away. If you and your family are having a turkey that day, there are things to be done in the days before Thanksgiving. For advice The News turned to Curry County Cooperative Extension Service Family and Consumer Sciences Agent Mindy Turner for some “turkey tips.” We want to help your family enjoy that turkey, while being food safe. Here are some basic guidelines to remember when prepping for your feast. Allow one pound of turkey per person. For fresh turkeys, buy 1-2 days...
A charity “goat drop” will benefit over 700 low income, underprivileged children in Curry and Roosevelt counties according to the event organizer. Sara Williams, co-owner of Williams Livestock Ranch of Curry County, said she is working with the family services programs in Clovis Municipal Schools and Portales Municipal Schools in receiving names of families and gift ideas. Williams said she buys for all the children in the family, not just the child that is in school. For those not familiar with a goat drop: “The numbe...
Curry County administrators are asking for public input for a park project across the street from the county courthouse complex. According to a news release from County Manager Lance Pyle the county plans on buying and installing shading and additional “Americans with Disabilities Act” (ADA) compliant tables for the “parklet” area at Eighth and Main streets in Clovis. Pyle writes “Curry County is committed to bettering the lives of its residents and seeking funding opportunities that would meet community needs and wants.” A...
On this date … 1967: A Racine, Wis., man had won the fourth annual sandhill crane hunt sponsored by the Muleshoe Jaycees. William Pugh’s crane weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces. Two other hunters, including another Wisconsin man, also bagged cranes that weighed more than 8 pounds. “We feel that the hunt was successful and hunters came from throughout this area with the two Wisconsin winners traveling the farthest distance to participate,” said Jaycee Bob Stovall. Hunt Chairman Dave Sudduth thanked private landowners for allowin...
SANTA FE - The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) announced that it has awarded $7 million in endowment grants to seven colleges and universities to strengthen the pipeline for a diverse and credentialed early childhood workforce. According to a news release from the ECECD the grants will support early childhood degree programs across New Mexico and aid in the recruitment of students from Indigenous and bilingual communities into early childhood degree programs. The funds will be used to set up...
Awards have been announced for Saturday’s Veterans Day parade in Clovis. In the “Veterans Organizations” category: First place: New Mexico American Legion Post #25 Second place: Fraternal Order of the Eagles Third place: American Legion Post #117 In the “Veterans Organizations Marching” category: First place: United States Marine Corps Second place: VFW Post 3015 Third place: VFW Post 3015 auxilary In the “Business and Organizations” category: First place: The Salvation Army Clovis Corps Second place: WIN Supply of Lub...
PORTALES –The curator of the Runnels Gallery at Eastern New Mexico University has been named the 2022 Art Educator of the Year by the New Mexico Higher Education Department, an ENMU news release announced. Bryan Hahn, who also serves as ENMU’s coordinator of creative services, won the award through The New Mexico Art Education Association’s professional awards program. The award is a way for “art educators to recognize their colleagues’ achievements in the classroom and within the art education community,” the news releas...
The Roosevelt County Commission will hold a road planning workshop at 2 pm Thursday in the Commission Room at the county courthouse. Roosevelt County Road Superintendent Rick Lovato said the purpose of the workshop will be to review the list of priorities on the county’s 5-year 2023-2028 Road Plan. Lovato said he has “a few suggestions” and the commissioners will have their suggestions. Once the list is revised, the commissioners will vote on it at a subsequent meeting. Every year, the county revises its list. Then they will...
Residents of eastern New Mexico woke to snow on the ground in some areas Monday. Estimates of snow amounts ranged from a dusting in Clovis to about an inch in Tucumcari. In Portales, Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Karl Terry said, “There were flurries but nothing stuck.” Winter is still over a month away, not officially beginning until 2:48 p.m. on Dec. 21. But frigid temperatures are expected the rest of this week. Today’s high across the region is forecast for the mid-40s. Thursday should warm...
CLOVIS -- Some area drivers are not happy with the new traffic light pattern at one of Clovis’ major intersections. The last day of October the eastbound section of Seventh Street was closed at its intersection with Prince Street from that point to its intersection with Maple Street, six blocks east. With the closing, the intersection’s traffic light pattern was changed from the typical cycling through of red-yellow-green lights for both streets to a flashing red light for the west side of Seventh Street and a flashing yel...
PORTALES -- A contract for a $2 million construction project that will bring a new softball diamond and six new tennis courts to the athletic complex for Portales High School received unanimous approval Monday from the Portales Municipal School Board. Portales Schools Superintendent Johnnie Cain told the board Monday that the new softball field and tennis courts will consolidate venues for many sports in the same area, including baseball, softball, tennis and soccer matches, and eliminate the need for cross-town...
PORTALES - Western New Mexico lost starting quarterback Devin Larsen to concussion protocol two weeks ago against West Texas A&M. Last week, backup Grant Patterson started against Texas-Permian Basin, but went out with an injury. So third stringer Paul Armijo Jr. got the start in Saturday's Lone Star Conference and regular-season finale against Eastern New Mexico University in the "Chili Bowl" at Greyhound Stadium. Armijo helped guide the Mustangs to a 24-7 halftime lead,...
RIO RANCHO - In each of coach Casey Jackson's nine seasons at the helm, the Melrose Lady Buffs have made the Class 1A state volleyball tournament look almost like their own invitational. It's just that sometimes you don't actually win the event. Seeking their fifth crown under Jackson and third in a row, the top-seeded Lady Buffs came up short in Saturday's 1A championship match as second-seeded rival Gateway Christian handed them their first loss, a 25-19, 25-20, 24-26,...
