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One Portales school student suffered “some fractures” and was hospitalized in Lubbock until Thursday afternoon, but others injured in a Wednesday morning bus crash were treated for minor injuries and released by Wednesday night, officials said. The bus collided with an 18-wheeler northwest of Portales about 7:30 a.m. State Police Public Relations Officer Wilson Silver said it appears the school bus failed to yield at an intersection and was struck by a tractor-trailer car... Full story
SANTA FE -- State Supreme Court Chief Justice C. Shannon Bacon delivered the first State of the Judiciary address in four years Tuesday, telling a joint session of the House and Senate that New Mexico's court system is "battered and bruised, strong, resilient, creative, committed and caring." In a session where crime legislation is already piling up at the Roundhouse, Bacon highlighted the rights of the accused in her approximately 30-minute speech, reminding lawmakers of the foundational ideals of the justice system. "We...
SANTA FE -- New Mexico taxpayers who received rebates in 2022 are likely to see another round of payments. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said late last year she wanted to use part of the projected $3 billion in new state revenues to provide $750 to individual taxpayers and $1,500 for couples who file jointly. She announced Wednesday the introduction of Senate Bill 10, sponsored by four Democratic lawmakers, which would fulfill her wish. The bill would appropriate $1 billion to provide payments to about 875,000 taxpayers who...
SANTA FE — This year’s legislative session could bring a dose of sunshine to lobbying inside the Roundhouse. And it could curtail public scrutiny of applicants to serve as school superintendents, county managers or other high-level government positions. The ideas — for more government transparency and for less — are among the hundreds of bills introduced in the first two weeks of the 2023 legislative session. The push for more secrecy in the hiring process for top government jobs gained momentum Wednesday as it cleared...
SANTA FE — The debate over New Mexico’s minimum wage is far from settled. Just weeks after the state’s minimum wage increased to $12 an hour under the final step-up mandated by a 2019 bill, two new proposals calling for future increases generated heated debate Tuesday at the Roundhouse. After more than three hours of discussion that ranged from enchilada prices to poverty rates around New Mexico, the House Labor, Veterans’ and Military Affairs Committee advanced one bill dealing with the minimum wage, but held off on voting...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Pork chop with gravy, baked potato, California veggies, roll with butter, pineapple tidbits. Tuesday: Chili cheese dog on a bun, French fries, Cole slaw, diced pears. Wednesday: Beef soft tacos, Spanish rice, pinto beans, cake Thursday: Spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans, garlic bread, peaches. Friday: Chicken enchiladas, Spanish rice, pinto beans, ice cream. Friendship Senior Center 901 W. 13th St., Clovis 575-769-7908 Monday: 10 a.m. Stretching...
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. “The Brilliance of Stars” by J’nell Ciesielski. Ivy Olwen knows how to survive on the streets. Then destiny thrusts her into the nest of a covert agency of assassins sworn to drive back the world’s darkness, and she acquires a new set of lethal...
Clovis Monday: Breakfast: Cheddar omelet and tortilla. Lunch: Spaghetti and meatballs, garden salad, ranch dressing, chilled fruit, cheesy bread or (grades 6-12) pizza or spicy chicken or cheeseburger and fries. Tuesday: Breakfast: manager’s choice. Lunch: Manager’s choice. Wednesday: Breakfast: Frudel. Lunch: Corn dog, seasoned spirals, veggie cup, ranch dressing, chilled orange or (grades 6-12) pizza or spicy chicken or sub sandwich and fries. Thursday: Breakfast: Breakfast bread. Lunch: Beef taco and salasa, lettuce and...
Lots of folks wonder how in the world little towns on the High Plains ever survived and why people stayed on through the dust, drought and lean economic times. I guess we just did it. My hometown of Portales for instance has motored along over the decades of its existence without a lot of change in its fortunes one way or another. We’ve come through depressions and recessions that brought the country to its knees without noticing much change in our quality of life. Sure w...
Karen Van Ruiten took a break from administrative duties at Eastern New Mexico University to raise three boys from 1998 to 2014, but when she returned, with a daughter to finish raising, she rose quickly. She served as administrative secretary in ENMU's Financial Aid Department in 2014 and moved to Academic Affairs in 2016. A year later, she became executive secretary to the president and Board of Regents, her current position, in which she plays a central role in keeping...
Did they ever pry that gun away from Charlton Heston, or did they just bury him with it? Inspired by Heston, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, made a similar vow recently, though it will be tougher to bury him with the object of his devotion. “If the maniacs in the White House come for my stove, they can pry it from my cold, dead hands,” he declared. I assume he’ll die with oven mitts on? The freakout following a suggestion by a member of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission that a ban on gas stoves could be under...
Earlier this month, I was mugged. It wasn’t as bad as it sounds, because I didn’t suffer any physical injuries beyond a slight bruise to the hip where the two muggers shoved me into the self-service kiosk at CVS. It was one of those classic “push and grab” affairs, where one person distracts you by pretending to accidentally bump into you and the other takes your wallet. I didn’t make a police report, because I knew it wouldn’t do any good in a city like Philadelphi...
When I was growing up, from adolescence to young adulthood, I was unabashedly liberal. I remember how older people would tell me that, as I aged, I’d become more conservative, like them. It sorta happened, but not nearly as much as they predicted. Over the years I did move toward the center of the political spectrum, but I never became a bona fide conservative. By the time I hit my mid-50s, I was a registered independent, but that was mostly owed to my years in journalism, when I learned, mainly through experience, that t...
Editor’s note: The following reader reaction is in response to the New Mexico attorney general’s efforts to nullify anti-abortion ordinances recently passed by Clovis and Roosevelt County: City Commission not representative We all knew this was coming. When the meetings discussing this were held, one side of the issue brought out facts and warnings of swift, inevitable legal action while the other cited Bible verses and hurled insults. The Clovis City Commission claims to have listened to both sides and still chose to irr...
Politicians and their allies who want you unable to defend yourself from violent attackers are at it again. They are pushing for more anti-gun rules. I don’t say “laws” because they can’t be laws -- the U.S. Constitution makes all such rules illegal. You can’t have an illegal law. Even the Supreme Court has admitted this, although they apparently try to play both sides. Even those supposedly on the side of liberty fall into the trap of using the enemies’ words, sometimes c...
Whether President Joe Biden’s misguided plan to forgive some $400 billion in federal student-loan debt goes forward will ultimately be up to the Supreme Court. For now, there’s more the federal government should be doing to rein in the costs of higher education — and thus reduce how much students borrow in the first place. In particular: It should insist that colleges stop hiding exactly how much students are expected to pay. Federal law requires colleges to list the cost of tuition on their websites and in other promo...
A man suspected of stabbing his wife to death will remain in custody at the Curry County Adult Detention Center. Lloyd Edwards, 69, appeared Thursday before Ninth Judicial District Judge Drew Tatum in a pre-trial detention hearing. Tatum found there was clear and convincing evidence that Edwards is dangerous, and no release conditions would protect the community, according to a news release from District Attorney Quentin Ray. Friday, Edwards appeared in court and was indicted...
Booked The following were booked into local jail (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Cassandra Loomis, 40, failure to pay fines, larceny • Caitlyn Andazola, 21, aggravated assault • Anthony Chavez, 30, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Tonkall Rogers, 26, fraud • Gabriel Velasquez, 41, leaving the scene of an accident • Phillip Hobbs, 27, probation violation • Jose Carisales, 25, shoplifting, possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon, aggravated assault, larceny, failure to comply with specific requirements,...
On this date ... 1957: The Long-Bell International Paper Company at 201 Pile in Clovis was having a penny sale — buy one roll of wallpaper at regular price and receive another roll of the same paper for a penny. Patterns that included “rich, modern colors,” ranged in price from 27 cents to 82 cents per roll. 1960: Clovis Municipal Schools had plans to build a new elementary school in hopes of alleviating overcrowding at Highland Elementary. The W. R. Bauske construction firm submitted the low bid for the project at $114,...
Monday *Clovis-Carver Library Board – 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 Tuesday *Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority – 10 a.m., New Mexico Municipal League Board Room, 1229 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe. Information: 575-935-4262 Wednesday *Clovis Community College Board of Trustees – 8 a.m., CCC, 417 Schepps Blvd., Room 512, Clovis. Information: http://www.clovis.edu/about/administration.aspx or 575-769-4003 Thursday *Clovis City Commission - 5:15...
Johnny Stonelake had told Clovis Police during a SWAT standoff last fall he wanted to go to jail. Tuesday, Ninth Judicial District Attorney, Quentin Ray, announced Stonelake, 48, of Clovis, was ordered back to prison for being in violation of probation. In a news release, Ray wrote Stonelake was convicted in 2014 of criminal sexual contact of a minor. After serving time in the Department of Corrections, Stonelake was placed on probation. Stonelake violated his probation by...
Portales - Eastern New Mexico University’s Department of Art and Culinary Arts program will be hosting an all-you-can-eat “Chocolate Sunday” fundraising event, Feb. 12, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Campus Union Building Ballroom. According to an ENMU news release, “Chocolate Sunday” will feature all-you-can-eat chocolates, live jazz music and a community art auction. All proceeds from the event go toward funding student opportunities in the Department of Art and Culinary Arts program, including special workshops and artis...
SANTA FE – Lula Mae Brown, director of Early Childhood Services for Clovis’ ENMRSH, Inc., has been appointed to the state’s Early Childhood Education and Care Advisory Council. The council has a goal of creating “a more cohesive, equitable, and family-centered early childhood education and care system in New Mexico,” according to a news release from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. This council replaces an Early Learning Advisory Council. The new council meets federal requirements to have a state advisory early childhood...
Manpower losses due to pay issues and burnout are plaguing the Portales Fire Department, resulting in shortages of emergency medical technicians and firefighters, Portales Fire Chief T.J. Cathey told city councilors Tuesday. Because of the shortages, Cathey said, the fire department has not been able to continue operations at Fire Station 2. Cathey said the station was closed because of insufficient manpower to keep two stations operating with eight firefighters or emergency medical employees on all shifts. In the matter of p...
Clovis Municipal Schools sixth graders will be going to their own school this fall as the CMS school board voted 4 to 1 Tuesday to approve the city’s Sixth Grade Academy. “The primary purpose of the Sixth Grade Academy is to create a learning environment designed to help all students successfully bridge from elementary to secondary school by implementing specific academic and social-emotional supports that facilitate a gradual and smooth transition into middle school and beyond,” CMS Superintendent Renee Russ said. Marsh...
