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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Four juvenile males – age 15 to 16 -- were charged Thursday morning with murder after a gun deal "went bad" in the Hilltop Shopping Center parking lot on West 21st Street in Clovis. Court records allege Marcos Ramirez, 26, met the boys with a gun he had for sale late Wednesday afternoon. One of the boys then shot Ramirez who died soon after at Plains Regional Medical Center, police allege. A man who was with the victim told police he saw one of the boys fire a gun into the bac...
Eastern New Mexico University rodeo coach Albert Flinn has been placed on administrative leave following criminal allegations of embezzlement and animal cruelty filed against him in Roosevelt County Magistrate Court. An affidavit for issuance of criminal summons was filed Nov. 4 in the court, charging Flinn, 83, with two counts of embezzlement (under $20,000) and one count of cruelty to animals. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Flinn had turned himself into the court. T...
Clovis Monday: Breakfast: Dunkin stick. Lunch: Chicken smackers, au-gratin potatoes, seasoned corn, cinnamon applesauce, whole wheat roll or pizza, burrito, Chef salad, French fries. Tuesday: Breakfast: Fruit filled churro. Lunch: Corn dog, baked French fries, mini carrots, dressing, chilled mixed fruit or Stuffwich, meatball sub, Chef salad, French fries. Wednesday: Breakfast: Mini bagel & cream cheese. Lunch: Burrito, Spanish rice, garden salad & celery sticks, dressing, chilled pears or pizza, bacon cheeseburger, Chef...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 1704 E 7th St. Clovis Monday: Taco salad, tortilla chips, salsa, low salt pinto beans, California blend, tropical fruit salad. Tuesday: Chicken tenders, low salt parsley potatoes, low salt three bean salad, tossed salad w/light ranch dressing, fresh pear. Wednesday: Pork stir fry, sauce, chow mein noodles stir fry veggies, vegetable egg roll, pineapple chunks. Thursday: Low salt Lemon garlic Chicken, brown rice pilaf w/mushrooms, broccoli & carrots, Mandarin oranges. Friday:...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “Christmas at Sugar Plum Manor” by Roseanna M. White. As the beloved stepdaughter of the Earl of Castleton, Lady Mariah Lyons cherishes her home at Plumford Manor, but her idyllic world will be threatened when the estate passes to Cyril Lig...
If you visit James Burns in his office you'll see a print of a framed map from around 1845 of The Republic of Texas, back when it included a portion of what is now New Mexico. The News learned more about this New Mexico businessman when we caught up with Burns after a return from a California trip this week. Q: Where were you born? Tell us about that place. A: I was born in Clayton, and I have to say, that part of the state holds a special place in my heart. There's something...
Thought of as an innocent way of deciding who went first or who got the last piece of candy, the game Rock, Paper, Scissors is actually a game with a long history stretching across the world. Surfing the channels once I noticed a show in a Las Vegas bar playing the childhood game in which the players pump their clinched fist in rhythm three times, “throwing a symbol on the third representing either rock, paper or scissors.” For those who never played, rock crushes scissors, pa...
The city of Portales expects new trash dumpsters in the next 8-12 weeks. City Manager Chris Moyer said the city has ordered 750 dumpsters for residential use and 159 dumpsters for commercial use. The residence dumpsters have 3 yards of capacity; the commercial dumpsters have 4 yards, Moyer said. In all, he said the city has about 1,790 dumpsters in use. “We will be replacing ones that are broken beyond repair first, then replacing ones that can be fixed and used as spares,” he said. Cost for the new dumpsters is just und...
The Baxter-Curren Activities Center in Clovis is hosting a holiday bake sale fundraiser through Dec. 31. Cakes and pies are $20 each. Fudges and candies are $10 per pound, according to a flier from Baxter-Curren. Orders must be paid in full when placed. First pickups will be Nov. 26. More information and for order forms: Call 575-762-3631 or email [email protected]....
Portales Municipal Schools on Monday approved moving a teacher professional development day from Jan. 6 to Jan. 17. School officials also reminded parents and students the district will recess for Thanksgiving from Nov. 25 through Nov. 29. The next regular meeting of the school board is set for 6 p.m. Dec. 9 in the administrative offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales....
Suppose the Ute Water Pipeline wasn’t completed and the aquifer dried up? What would happen? Would the federal government step in and run a water caravan to Clovis or what? Such a scenario is not imagined due to work done by the city to secure water availability, according to Clovis City Manager Justin Howalt. “The City of Clovis has taken a very proactive and well rounded approach to water security for our municipality and has many partners in doing so,” Howalt wrote in an emailed response. “The (Eastern New Mexico Water U...
A Portales resident Tuesday asked City Council members about city personnel vacancies and why salaries allotted for those vacancies aren’t being put to use. The question came during the “public comment” portion of the meeting from Portales resident Mike Davidson. Davidson told Council members he has it on authority from three people who work for Portales, the city has about 100 vacancies for city jobs. “That’s about $3 million per year we’re not spending on wages. It should have been put back into the budget. It’s money...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Jesus Mendez, 21, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Barry Burch, 48, parole violation • April Bisig, 30, failure to pay fines • Nicholas Morris, 34, probation violation • Thomas Martin, 25, probation violation • Mark Dodge, 26, criminal damage to property, battery against a household member • Gerson Rodriguez-Garcia, 25, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Isaiah Johnson, 27, battery against a household member, battery, failur...
Monday *Curry County Commission – 1:30 p.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 *City of Clovis Parks, Recreation, and Beautification Committee – 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 *City of Portales Planning and Zoning Committee – 5:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Tuesday *Clovis Municipal Schools board — 5:30 p.m., Board Room, CMS adm...
I’m glad the election is over. I was getting a little tired of the political ad rubbing our community’s worst day in our face every time I turned on a TV. “One day in one city, two double homicides, four dead. Another day, an officer killed leaving two kids with no dad. New York or LA? No, Las Cruces.” I don’t understand why any candidate would trash the community they are hoping to represent. And, why would the people living in that community vote for that candidate? Does Yvette Herrell feel like she is in New York or L...
Nuclear energy appears poised for a remarkable comeback. Interest in restarting mothballed nuclear reactors and building a new generation of small modular reactors has soared. And most promising of all, big words have been followed by big financial commitments from tech companies hungry for power for data centers, and the federal government focused on boosting reliable, emissions-free power. Yet, for all of the wind in the sails for commercial nuclear power, enormous hurdles remain. The logistics of restarting closed nuclear...
Now that the shock of the election results has subsided a bit, we can take a deep breath and rejoice that we’ve all returned to some semblance of normalcy. Said no one, ever. The past two weeks have been filled with anger, desperation, accusations, pretentious pronouncements of moral superiority, threats of vengeance, attempts to flee the country and seek asylum in places where the government subsidizes Aperol Spritzes, and other such nonsense. I have noticed on a l...
After the election results were in, did you start crying, shaking, and screaming? Did you start threatening those who didn’t support your preferred candidate? Did you announce to the world that you are leaving America to escape? Perhaps posting videos of your emotional crisis, whichever form it took, on TikTok? If you’re reading this, probably not. If you did, though, it’s a sign you take politics too seriously and may be allowing a handful of biased national media corpo...
The period immediately after a presidential election is a glorious moment for institutional media of all types. This instant in time allows them to race ahead with a multitude of what purports to be news, but is in actuality political posturing and news releases from those seeking appointments to positions in a new administration. If, for instance, I would like to be secretary of defense, one of my trusted associates will contact his friend who is a reporter for the current...
Donald Trump will inherit a solid economy when he assumes the presidency in January. The stock market is at record highs, unemployment is low by historical standards and gross domestic product has been expanding at a healthy pace of around 2.5% so far this year. Yet there’s a reason for voter dissatisfaction with the economy and, beneath the surface, there are several risks for Trump 2.0 as he thinks about enacting his trade and fiscal agenda. Let’s start with jobs. Trump took over a stable labor market in 2017, with the une...
New Mexico lawmakers Wednesday discussed the prospect of giving “police power” to the state Cannabis Control Division, which issues permits for the state-legal industry, to ramp up enforcement against the still-thriving illicit market. The proposal comes amid concern from many retailers and growers who have sounded the alarm about black market products and a high volume of state-licensed dispensaries. “It’s a big problem. The underground market is very prevalent in New Mexico,” said Sen. Moe Maestas, D-Albuquerque, during a...
Roosevelt County commissioners on Tuesday heard more details about a planned solar energy farm that would bring construction jobs and a revenue stream for a number of school districts from the project’s industrial revenue bonds. The facility is described as “a proposed solar photovoltaic electric generating and storage project located within Roosevelt County…” Roosevelt County Manager Annette Kirk said the 2,200-acre Blackwater Solar Center LLC project would be located on Roosevelt Road 3, not far from an Xcel Energy substat...
Authorities at Cannon Air Force Base hope to begin pumping and treating PFAS-contaminated water in the southeast corner of the base in March. The news came during a virtual Zoom meeting Tuesday. Air Force Civil Engineering spokesman Chris Gierke said efforts to begin the process earlier were thwarted by supply chain difficulty in obtaining needed parts for the processing machinery. The last of the parts are expected this coming January. The session began with Cannon Deputy Wing Commander Col. Jeff McMaster acknowledging the...
Eastern New Mexico University’s Board of Regents on Friday approved a list of Capital Outlay requests for the upcoming 2025 state legislative session. The list was presented to the regents by ENMU Vice president of Business Affairs and System Chief Financial Officer Tony Major. In his presentation letter, Major described the list as “prioritized by need and by the fit of such requests with legislative interests.” The listed requests are: • $408,000 for an Animal Education and Research Center. • $450,000 for Allied Health Ed...
A man was shot in the leg Friday in Clovis and police are investigating whether it was self-inflicted or an assault. According to a Clovis police news release: * Police were called to the 1000 block of West 10th Street about 2:30 p.m. Friday in reference to a gunshot victim. * Raynaldo Enriquez, 36, told police he was shot by an unknown assailant while walking down the street. Enriquez was transported to Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis before being transferred to a Texas hospital. * Detectives located the gun on...
