Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES - Fire coverage is an important part of any city's infrastructure, and station location is key. The city of Portales will soon have a new fire substation that will cover to the northwest part of town, while adding coverage of the area north of the railroad tracks. "It's going to bring a quicker response time to the north part of Portales," said Fire Chief Gary Nuckols. "The railway has been a hindrance for us at times and can delay our response. This is going to be a...
New Mexico United, by any metric, had a stellar first season in the United Soccer League. It went 11-10-13, made the United Soccer League Playoffs and led the USL in attendance with an average of more than 13,000 fans a game. Now, New Mexico United is looking for a win in the New Mexico Legislature. Last week marked another round of discussions for the club to transition out of its initial lease at Isotopes Park and into its own stadium. Early numbers floating around note a $100 million stadium expense, with a $30 million...
Information on setting goals by creating a vision and using gluten-free flours in cooking will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Author and speaker, Gary Barnes will explain how to create a GET statement and how that can help you create a vision. Unless you turn dreams into goals, you have no power. His latest book is titled “The Power of GET Statements,” and his business is Gary Barnes International and he...
Dan Heerding considers himself a "transplant" to Clovis. His family moved to Clovis when his wife Joy was stationed at Cannon Air Force Base. The Heerdings have been married for 20 years and share two children together, Drew and Alyssa. Heerding also has an older son, Kiel, from a previous marriage. Heerding is Clovis' director of emergency management. He said he's always hoping for the best and planning for the worst at his job. Tell us a little about yourself. I was born on...
You might have heard, I recently developed cataracts and now have a whole new meaning to the lyrics of the song “Doctor My Eyes,” by Jackson Browne. You know the song that starts out: Doctor, my eyes have seen the years And the slow parade of tears without crying There is no doubt my eyes have seen the years — nearly 50 of them in glasses but I’ve tried not to cry about it. My poor eyesight was first diagnosed before I ever entered junior high school. That diagnosis was mad...
Today • Holiday Bazaar 2019 — 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Clovis Civic Center, 801 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Free. Handmade gifts, organic food, ceramics, clothing, and more. Information: 575-935-5000 • ENMU Double-Reed Ensemble recital — 3 p.m., Buchanan Hall, ENMU Music Building, Portales. Duos, trios, quartets, and quintets for various combinations of oboe, English horn, and bassoon. Information: 575-562-2377 • Community-wide Thanksgiving service — 6 p.m., Central Christian Church, 1528 S. Main, Portales. Information: 575-356-600...
If the impeachment effort isn’t taking the nation by storm, the Democrats have an answer — blame it on Latin. The use of a Latin term, quid pro quo, is now thought to be a damper on the impeachment cause because it sounds complex and technical. Latin is one of the great legacies of the Roman Empire, influencing languages across Europe and giving us scientific, medical and legal terms that heretofore had been thought perfectly fitting. That was before Democrats felt they nee...
After decades of aggressive transformation at growth-obsessed credit unions and acquiescence by The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and the Independent Community Bankers of America recently launched a nationwide campaign calling on policymakers and the public to “Wake Up” to costly tax subsidies and irresponsibly lax oversight of these tax-exempt financial firms. The credit union tax exemption dates to 1934, when Congress chartered credit unions to serve people of modest means with a “common bond.” Today, credit...
Community involvement can bring change I am currently a student at New Mexico State University, persuing my bachelor’s degree in social work. I grew up in Portales for 18 years and was raised on the north side of town. This side of town is also known as “Taco Town,” and is one of the lower-income parts of the city. I have noticed over the years, and the times I have been able to come home and visit, the abundant amount of pot holes and discrepancies in the road; more specifically on this side of town. The north side consi...
Spoiler alert. The Democrats’ big dream of impeaching President Trump is going nowhere. Act I of the pathetic Trump impeachment hearings they are staging in the House for the next week was not just an obvious sham, it was a political bust that is going to backfire badly on the Democrats. There were no fireworks, no bombshells. Just boring-as-hell TV. The president’s bigger-than-Nixon crime, claim the Democrats and liberal media, was an alleged quid-pro-quo deal that he tri...
I’m not sure who to believe anymore. House Intelligence Committee Chairman, and impeachment hearing ringmaster, Adam Schiff, D-Calif., says he doesn’t know the identity of the whistleblower. President Trump says he’s “too busy” to watch the hearings on television. Each claim seems a bit far-fetched. There are multiple reports that members of Schiff’s staff had secret meetings with the whistleblower. And we all know it’s unlike the president to miss, much less ignore, anything said about him by the media or his political opp...
The day’s news brims with reports on the thrusts and parries of Wednesday’s U.S. House hearing, a possible prelude to the first removal from office of a sitting U.S. president. Weeks, perhaps months of public drama and decision-making have commenced. Our mission here is to frame this great debate — and to explain why whatever now happens across America will determine Congress’ verdict on President Donald Trump. To that end: Donald Trump’s behavior led him directly — inevitably — to this start of public impeachment t...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents met for approximately 30 minutes Friday morning, granting permission to the owners of the San Juan and Sierra Vista housing communities to refinance a loan on the properties. The housing communities are both privately owned and create no financial obligation for ENMU, but because they are located on the university’s land any financial matter on them requires board approval. Regent Lance Pyle moved for approval, with Regent Joseph Gergel seconding before the gro...
The following marriage licenses were recently filed at the Curry County court clerk’s office: • Evan Blake Bigler, 19, and Ashley Kaylye Fletcher, 23, both of Clovis • Tedera Dwayne Graves II, 27, and Yajaira Karely Gonzalez, 26, both of Clovis • Ricky Lee Allen, 55, and Maria Guadalupe Avalos, 37, both of Clovis • Darius Terrell Harris, 19, of Clovis, and Amiya Sarah Baptist, 19, of Hampton, Virginia • Caleb Quaid Martin, 25, and Hannah Kay Rogers, 28, both of Clovis The following divorces were recently filed at the Curry C...
PORTALES — The collection of windmills at the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds remain an ongoing issue for the county, with county commissioners taking time during their regular meeting Tuesday to further discuss what to do with them. Many of the windmills are in a state of disrepair and the county lacks the time, resources and expertise to maintain them. A committee was formed to address the issue, but has yet to find a viable solution besides disposing of them through an open auction. During the commission’s Oct. 15 mee...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education will consider introduction of a STEM curriculum for its middle schools when it meets Tuesday evening. The STEM field includes science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The curriculum is spread out over 90 instruction days and includes seven units — introduction to STEM, engineering, chemistry, energy, aerodynamics, life science and scientific exploration. Engineering and scientific exploration are each afforded 20 instruction days, and the other five units are...
CLOVIS — A Lubbock man was acquitted Wednesday on battery charges in connection with the 2017 death of his son. David Plyler, 61, of Lubbock, received the acquittal following roughly a day-and-a-half trial, with attorney Dan Lindsey noting the Curry County jury took just 31 minutes to acquit. “I appreciate the jury,” Lindsey said, “but this case should have never gone forward.” According to court records, Plyler, then 58, was visiting Clovis over the New Year’s holiday and ended up in an altercation with his 29-year-old...
CLOVIS — The Ag 50 Committee opened its first quarterly meeting since its reorganization with a bang by inviting Tara Vander Dussen, a local dairy farmer, environmental scientist and global dairy industry advocate, to speak. Vander Dussen advocates for the dairy industry across the nation and recently traveled to Rome to attend the United Food and Agriculture Committee meeting on World Food Security. She often goes by the online handle the “New Mexico Milkmaid.” “I grew up on a dairy farm in Portales and married a fine da...
Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Clovis Municipal Schools board — 5:30 p.m., Board Room, CMS administration building, 1009 Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-4300 • Roosevelt General Hospital Board of Trustees — 5:30 p.m., Fred Anthony Conference Room, RGH, 42121 U...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Community College Board of Trustees will take a second look at renovations to its presidential residence in a special meeting Wednesday morning. On Nov. 6, trustees tabled a request for renovations at the residence on 1621 E. 21st St. after balking at a $186,770 price tag that covered painting, concrete patio replacement, pool and pool house demolition and construction of a patio and pavilion. The board will consider that option, plus a pair of alternative options: • Revised Option 1 totals $118,500. Wor...
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Health is investigating 20 cases of individuals who were hospitalized with lung illness after using e-cigarettes or “vaping,” according to a release from the state. The cases originate in eight different counties, including Curry and Quay, with no breakdown of how many cases are in each respective county. The patients range from 13 to 61 years old, with 13 of them requiring time in an intensive care unit. Of the 20 patients, 13 have been interviewed with 10 reporting THC use and three r...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission will hear plenty about water and financial obligations when it meets Tuesday morning. Clovis Mayor and Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority Chair David Lansford is scheduled to give a presentation on water supply at the 9 a.m. meeting at the Curry County Administrative Complex. The presentation will also include discussion of the tentative tax increase passed Nov. 7 by the Clovis City Commission to raise $15 million to fund an interim groundwater project. The tax increase, about $...
PORTALES — The Portales City Council will bid farewell to Fire Chief Gary Nuckols while welcoming newly appointed Chief Timothy J. Cathey to the post during its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. “It’s bittersweet, but I’m very happy to be able to retire,” Nuckols said. “I’m leaving a lot behind, but I am very happy with what I’ve accomplished. I’m looking forward to it.” Nuckols has been with the Portales Fire Department for 22 years and will leave his post in December. He said he had considered retiring last year,...
CLOVIS — A team of Clovis High and CHS Freshman Academy students made their way to a top-10 national finish during the Future Farmers of American national competition. Junior Grant Palla, sophomores Cara McWilliams and Robert Gage Myers and freshman Thomas Palla comprised the dairy team that took ninth overall at the Future Farmers of America’s 92nd annual convention and expo Oct. 30-Nov. 2 in Indianapolis. The National FFA Dairy Cattle Evaluation and Management Career Development event is a series of competitive tests. Eac...
PORTALES — The family of a girl who died in 2017 after being left in a hot car at a Portales daycare is suing the state, alleging shortcomings in training and supervision contributed to the death. The case, filed in U.S. District Court, lists Erika Tafoya, the mother of Maliyah Faith Jones, suing the New Mexico Department of Human Services, the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, the former Taylor Tots Daycare and former owners Sandi and Mary Taylor for wrongful death, personal injury, loss of parental c...
