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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Curry County will do without an official assessor for at least a while longer. After the abrupt and as-of-yet unexplained resignation of former Assessor Randa Jesko last month, county commissioners met Tuesday with four candidates to replace her on an interim basis. After discussing, commissioners decided to give themselves until at least their next meeting to make an appointment. “I want to make sure that I make the best informed decision that I can,” said Commission Chair Robert Thornton. The appointed assessor will fil...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Goulash, Broccoli, Dinner Roll, & Fruit Salad. Tuesday: Herbed Baked Chicken, Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy, Yellow Squash, Dinner Roll, & Blueberry Crisp. Wednesday: Bean &Meat Tostada, Spanish Rice, Chuckwagon Corn, & Pudding. Thursday: Closed for Thanksgiving Friday: Closed for Thanksgiving Baxter-Curren Activity Center 908 Hickory, Clovis 575-762-3631 Monday: 8:30am Exercise, 10am Line Dance, 10am Jewelry Pals, 1pm Quiddler/Canasta, 1pm Line Dance, 5pm Game...
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. “Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies” by Misha Popp. Daisy Ellery’s pies have a secret ingredient: the magical ability to avenge women done wrong by men. The first time Daisy Ellery killed a man with a pie, it was an accident. Now, it’s her calling...
Clovis Monday: No School. Tuesday: No School. Wednesday: No School. Thursday: No School. Friday: No school. Portales Monday: No School. Tuesday: No School. Wednesday: No School. Thursday: No School. Friday: No School. Melrose Monday: Breakfast: Apple Frudel, Fruit or Cereal. Lunch: Chimichanga, Pinto Beans, Veggie, & Fruit. Tuesday: Breakfast: Omelets, Fruit or Cereal. Lunch: Thanksgiving Meal. Wednesday: No School. Thursday: No School. Elida Breakfast includes juice, milk and fruit Monday: No School. Tuesday: No School....
Thanksgiving has an incredibly interesting history, some of which you may not have been aware. Did you realize it took the pilgrims 66 days to make the crossing to the New World and they were subjected to terrible conditions involving lack of working plumbing and disease? Gov. William Bradford invited the Wampanoag tribe to the new settlement of Plymouth Colony for a feast that first fall. The Native Americans supplied five deer while the colonists added the labors of four...
If you've been to Habitat for Humanity's Re-Store in Clovis you may have encountered Portales resident Dyanne Frazier volunteering, helping run the store. There is much more to Frazier's life than one might suppose as The News found out when we talked with her Thursday. Q: Where did you begin your life journey? A: I was born in Schenectady, N.Y. Q: Where have you lived? A: Really all over. Some of my family's longest stays were in Florida, Alabama and California. For...
BOVINA – Senior Landon Nale paced four Ropes players in double digits with 15 points Friday night, and the Eagles posted a 71-26 boys victory over Bovina in the season opener for both squads. Freshman Branson Simental added 15 points while junior Brennan Bearden and sophomore Kade Franklin followed with 12 and 10, respectively. Four players finished between five and seven points for the Mustangs, led by freshman Eric Solis. Lady Mules drop pair in tourney – Muleshoe’s girls absorbed losses to Sudan 68-35 in Thursday’s quarter...
RICHARDSON, Texas – Freshmen Elijah Zeh and Andre Jones were named to the All-Lone Star Conference football team on offense in an announcement on by the league office on Thursday. Jones was also chosen the offensive freshman of the year in the conference. Zeh, from Burleson, Texas, helped lead a rushing attack which finished third in NCAA Division II at 284 yards per contest. He carried 194 times for 792 yards and five touchdowns, highlighted by a two-touchdown, 194-yard performance in a last second loss at Midwestern S...
SNYDER, Texas – Farwell and Muleshoe saw their seasons come to an end in the area round of the Texas football playoffs. After the Mules were ousted in Class 3A Division I by Brock 76-13 on Thursday night at San Angelo, the Steers went out in Class 2A Division I on Friday with a 42-14 loss to Sonora. Senior quarterback Jaime Buitron ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more, and the Broncos (11-1) added scores on a 65-yard return of the second-half kickoff by junior Julian Zaragoza and a 60-yard interception return in t...
ALAMOSA, Colo. – Freshman guard Jaz Salon poured in 21 points and Eastern New Mexico University’s women improved to 3-0 for the season with a 70-58 triumph over Adams State on Thursday night. The 5-foot-3 Salon, from Melbourne, Australia, notched 16 of her tallies in the first half to help ENMU open a 16-point lead late in the second quarter before the Grizzlies (3-2) rallied back to make it close. Senior guard Vanessa Oduah chipped in 16 points while senior guard Jamila Nansikombi-Gunter posted her first double-double with t...
Growing out of his shell by attending parades and playing at the parks, this 3-year-old Catahoula/Lab mix is looking for ways to be a part of the community. Opie has been going through therapy and growing into the perfect family dog for his Clovis home, said his owner, Kristin Lugo. Lugo said he can act a bit goofy, but it's Opie's demeanor that brightens up the home....
RIO RANCHO – Texico and Melrose moved one step away on Friday from another crack at state volleyball championships. Both the second-seeded Lady Wolverines in Class 2A and the top-seeded Lady Buffs in Class 1A reached Saturday’s state semifinals at Rio Rancho Events Center, with victories in Friday’s winners semifinals. Texico (21-4) knocked off third-seeded Tularosa 30-28, 25-17, 25-17 at Rio Rancho H.S., while Melrose (22-3) avenged a championship-match loss to Gateway Christian by besting the fourth-seeded Lady Warri...
After going through months of real estate hunting and applying for grants, the city of Portales’ animal shelter is open to the public once again at a new location. The shelter announced its “big win” on Thursday through its Facebook page. Portales Community Services Director Kelly McClellan said the city has decided to repurpose the old airport and public works barn at 513 S Roosevelt Rd T Place in Portales. McClellan said the employees and animals had just moved in as of Thursday and they are eager to start the remod...
Portales City Council on Tuesday declared a property at 700 Abilene as “dangerous” due to foundation damage. The property is not used for anything, and windows are boarded up. However, kids will try to climb inside of it to play, City Manager Sarah Austin said. “The structure itself is not safe either,” Austin added. Kelly McClellan, the community services director, said the property had received many complaints. She said the city had contacted the owner multiple times, and she was hoping she would not have to bring the iss...
This from a Source New Mexico report last week: Virgin Galactic, New Mexico’s anchor tenant for Spaceport America, is pausing its flights to the edge of space and laying off a bunch of its workers. That’s not a good sign for the state’s $212 million spaceport southeast of Truth or Consequences, but I’m glad we built it anyway. You might remember Spaceport America as the creation of then-Gov. Bill Richardson, who saddled up with British billionaire Richard Branson to sell the idea of a commercial spaceport to New Mexico...
Clovis police believe three people were involved in multiple burglaries at smoke shops over the past couple of weeks. Two suspects were taken into custody on Nov. 9. A third suspect remained at large going into the weekend. Authorities charged Anthony Guerra, 19, with aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon, two accounts of larceny over $2,500, two accounts conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary and larceny, two accounts of criminal damage to property over $1,000. Makayla Kelley is charged with aggravated burglary with a...
The Legislative Finance Committee has produced a new report looking at the issue of New Mexico’s low workforce participation rate. Here is one of many choice quotes analyzing the problem: “While unemployment rates have recovered to pre-pandemic levels, the share of the state’s working age population participating in the labor force is persistently low. Social services, economic development, tax rates, pension systems, the service industry, and virtually every other area of th...
A package of immigration bills introduced in Congress recently by Rep. Gabe Vasquez of Las Cruces will not address the growing crisis on our border, which is now impacting nearly all of our major cities. That’s far beyond the grasp of this Congress, which has its hands full just trying to keep a speaker in place. To be fair, even in past years with stronger leaders in charge, immigration reform has always been out of reach. Both sides would rather have the problem to campaign on than a solution that seems so simple to me. M...
If you aren’t against the institution of government yet, you will be. If you’re still taking government’s side, you haven’t realized government considers you the enemy, and treats you as such. Actual criminals and terrorists are not government’s top concern or seen as a real threat -- you and your liberty are, and have been far longer than you’d be comfortable admitting. Just look at a couple of things the omnipotent State has planned for your future: car shutoff switches an...
Thanksgiving will fall on Nov. 23 this year. That’s a Thursday. Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday every year. As a matter of fact, Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November every year. The day after Thanksgiving is the Friday after Thanksgiving. Everybody knows this, and many employers take this into consideration and arrange their schedules to give everyone a four-day weekend. The U.S. Marines are aware of this custom also, and when I worked for them, we usually g...
Today *Blood drive — 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Bloodmobile, Legacy Church – Portales campus, 820 W. 18th St., Portales. Register online at www.bloodhero.com. Advance appointments strongly recommended; all donors must arrive wearing masks. Information: 877-258-4825 *ENMU Department of Theatre and Digital Filmmaking presents the family-friendly musical “Bunnicula” by Deborah and James Howe – 2 p.m., Mainstage, University Theatre Center, ENMU, Portales. Directed by Anne Beck. General admission $10, children 12 and under $5; senior ci...
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s announcement that he won’t seek reelection means the end of years of liberal Democrats blaming him for nearly everything that goes wrong. It will also end years of careful hand-holding and management by Senate Democratic leaders and Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. They’re going to miss him when he’s replaced by a Republican in 2025, worsening Democrats’ odds of maintaining their slim Senate majority. Manchin was once one of many less liberal Democrats but their ranks have thinned,...
Eastern New Mexico University regents on Friday looked into the possibility of increasing tuition, room and board rates by 2025 fiscal year. ENMU Vice President of Business Affairs and System Chief Financial Officer Tony Major presented the discussion. He prefaced at the beginning of the meeting that it was only to provide information. Regents took no action. Major said Sodexo, ENMU’s food service provider, will provide an estimate of prices based on the food price index every year. The regents were requested to consider i...
I had the opportunity to do some air travel at the end of last month. My journey involved four different planes, including one that was delayed enough to make me miss my scheduled connection, and another that ended up with delay upon delay … upon delay. We’ve all heard horror stories of unruly passengers necessitating emergency landings, or at the very least becoming the subjects of viral videos as they display the absolute worst humanity has to offer. In my four flights — i...
Q: What does Parkland Baptist have going on this time of year? A: Operation Christmas Child is kind of our big push. It always reminds us it's almost Thanksgiving and Christmas is right around the corner. Operation Christmas Child is kind of what we do. Our main mission project. We also do Thanksgiving boxes. We try to put together about 30 for families, military and local. And so those are kind of our two big projects. As far as Christmas and worship goes, every year I do a...
