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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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In spite of the fact that Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations started going up in the stores in early October, often times confusing the Halloween parties, I’ve always looked at this week as the start of what we call the “holiday season.” It’s still a little too early for Christmas music, but I could stand to hear that old Thanksgiving classic, “Over the River and Through the Woods,” a time or two. As I ponder what I just wrote, it dawns on me that today’s generation ha...
First, Curry County commissioners on Tuesday tabled a request from the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce to invest $50,000 in the annual Clovis Music Festival. Now, the chamber says it has tabled its interest in partnering with the county, citing “flippant comments” made by Commission Chair Chet Spear. Robyn Snowberger, president of the chamber and chair of the Clovis Music Festival committee, wrote a letter to commissioners Wednesday expressing her “extreme displeasure” with Spear’s “unprofessional” conduct at th...
CLOVIS — Clovis High junior guard Zarai Lewis lost her main sidekick from last year’s team to graduation, but she feels confident the Lady Wildcats can duplicate or exceed what they were able to accomplish in 2021-22. Lewis led the Lady Cats (18-11, 2-4 District 4-5A) in scoring (12.3 ppg) and rebounding (6.1 rpg) last season, but now she won’t have guard Yvonne Fuerte (11.3 ppg) to play off of this time around. Clovis is slated open the campaign on Tuesday night at Rock Staubus Gym against Rio Rancho Cleveland. “I’m...
CLOVIS - Clovis High's Caley Adams wanted to keep playing soccer in college. She just hoped to stay close to home, if possible. On Wednesday night, she managed to accomplish that task, signing a national letter of intent with Eastern New Mexico University in a ceremony at Rock Staubus Gym. During the recently completed campaign, Adams helped lead the Lady Wildcats to a 16-5 overall record (5-1 District 4-5A) and a berth in the Class 5A state tournament, pacing the team with a...
RICHARDSON, Texas — Junior wide receiver Asa Wondeh represented Eastern New Mexico University on the All-Lone Star Conference first-team offense in football selections announced on Thursday by the league office. Wondeh was also named the league’s newcomer of the year. ENMU garnered 10 honorable mention selections, including junior tackle and Clovis High grad Hunter St. John, who was also named the LSC’s academic player of the year. Wondeh caught 52 passes for 929 yards and seven touchdowns this season for the Greyh...
TEXICO - Jal kept it simple in Friday's Class 2A state football championship game. It was Alexavier Carreon right, Carreon left and Carreon up the middle - to the tune of 48 carries for four touchdowns and 226 yards - as the top-ranked Panthers used a quick start and ball control to notch a 41-21 victory over third-seeded Texico, completing a 13-0 campaign. Carreon, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound senior quarterback/linebacker, simply wore down the game-but-young Wolverines with...
DURANT, Okla. — Clovis High 2016 graduate Daulton Hatley will help lead the Southeastern Oklahoma State football team into the Farmer’s Bank and Trust Live United Bowl on Dec. 3 against Emporia State at Texarkana, Ark. The clash, set for a noon (CST) kickoff, is a rematch of last year’s bowl tilt in which Hatley earned Most Valuable Player honors. The NCAA Division II Savage Storm, former Lone Star Conference members, got 336 yards and three passing TDs from Hatley in last season’s clash and defeated the Hornets 37-34 on a ga...
On this date ... 1972: An early morning fire caused close to $10,000 in damage at the Thunderbird No. 2 restaurant at 221 Prince in Clovis. A police officer reported smelling smoke in the area about 1:30 a.m. but was unable to locate signs of a fire. The fire was located about 2 a.m. and police officers battled the blaze with fire extinguishers until firefighters arrived, the Clovis News-Journal reported. Fire Chief Joe Maddox said the fire started near deep fryers in the building’s north side. He said the fire was c...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans, garlic toast, oatmeal cookie. Tuesday: Frito pie, mixed veggies, cake.. Wednesday: Breakfast from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., no lunch. Ham and cheeses hashbrown casserole, scrambled eggs, cinnamon roll, applesauce. Thursday and Friday: Closed. Friendship Senior Center 901 W. 13th St., Clovis 575-769-7908 Monday: 1 p.m., Craft with Betty. Tuesday: 9 a.m. Dance 2 Fitness, 11 a.m. Constituent rep, 1:30 p.m. Bingo. Wednesday:...
Clovis No school Portales No school Melrose Breakfasts include fruit or cereal and milk Monday: Breakfast: PB and J. Lunch: Hot dog on a bun, baked beans, fruit, veggie. Tuesday: Breakfast: Biscuits and gravy. Lunch: Chili beans, cornbread, veggies, fruit. Wednesday, Thursday: No school. Elida Monday: Breakfast: Quesadilla. Lunch: Hamburgers or cheeseburgers and fries. Tuesday: Breakfast: Pumpkin bread. Lunch: Uncrustables, chips, fruit. Wednesday, Thursday: No school. Floyd Daily breakfast offerings also include choice of...
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 Guns of C.C. Ellis” by Ralph Cotton. After pulling off their latest train robbery, outlaw leader C.C. Ellis and his unruly gang of long riders set their sights on a new target, a rich mining operation. There are only two men who can stand in th...
I wonder how many of you guys have ever cooked a full-on gourmet meal for your wife? How many of you were brave enough to do it before you were ever married? Yes, I was that crazy. It’s not like I had a lot of experience cooking way back then, I just wanted to try something different that I was pretty sure she would never fix and had never had. I also wanted to give her a positive experience with wild game since that hadn’t been a regular thing at her house. I was duck hunting...
Mary Marez is an ordained Baptist minister who converted to Roman Catholicism, but she is also "passionate about photography" and her four children and 10 grandchildren. She works as a financial counselor for Plains Regional Medical Center, a job for which she said she got her training in the hardest way possible, by harrowing experiences with obtaining medical care for a child born with serious medical conditions. On a volunteer basis, she also manages a food bank for Sacred...
Six candidates are vying for the title of Little Miss Merry Christmas this holiday season. In a news release from the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce the chamber ambassadors report this year’s field includes six girls from ages 5-10 competing for the title. As a part of Portales’ holiday tradition, the Little Miss Merry Christmas Contest raises funds for Christmas lighting programs and the Portales Fireworks Fund. The contest runs until Nov. 30 at 5 p.m. On Dec. 1, the night before Portales’ Christmas parade, an offic...
DeSantis, Kemp and Abbott. Those governors were not just the Republican Party’s brightest stars in the disappointing midterms elections. With their smashing victories on Nov. 8, they showed us they’re the future of the GOP – and the party’s best hope for retaking the White House in 2024. Ron DeSantis in Florida, Brian Kemp in Georgia and Greg Abbott in Texas – each could move into the White House and quickly begin fixing the serious economic, immigration and fiscal fiascos B...
A few words on the silence. As you doubtless recall, many of us regarded the midterm election with existential dread. The path from there to the end of American democracy seemed all too easy to chart, what with election deniers campaigning for offices that would have put them in charge of voting and ballot counting in battleground states. If you give the fox control of the hen house, you ought not expect eggs for breakfast in the morning. Similarly, if you give Donald Trump lo...
Donald Trump is in his weakest political state since 2015 or early 2016. During his presidency, when he was at the center of countless intense controversies, he didn’t blink once. He never showed fear or desperation. Both are clearly at work now in his gratuitous attacks on Govs. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, neither of whom has done anything to him, besides presenting a viable alternative to his continued dominance of the GOP. Any Trump political o...
This is addressed to the people who remain in a state of shock after Pennsylvania voters chose John Fetterman to represent them in the U.S. Senate come January. Many have said the reason Fetterman won is that Pennsylvanians did not like the “inauthenticity” of his opponent, Mehmet Oz. The Fetterman campaign successfully painted the cardiologist and television star as an elite carpet bagger who had a rich vocabulary. I mean, no Pennsylvanian is smart enough to use the word “cr...
The year’s not over, but one political award of shame for 2022 has been locked up already. In the category of “most disrespectful public official,” the honor goes to Curry County Commission Chair Chet Spear whose smart mouth on Tuesday targeted Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce President Robyn Snowberger. Spear was unhappy that Chamber Executive Director Ernie Kos had not shown up in person to ask for a donation to the annual Clovis Music Festival. Kos was on speaker phone for all commissioners to hear and said she w...
SANTA FE – A newly launched telephone service offers free legal assistance on civil matters to moderate income New Mexicans. According to a news release from New Mexico Courts, The Modest Means Helpline is the collaborative effort of the New Mexico Access to Justice Commission, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the State Bar of New Mexico and the State Bar Foundation. The helpline operates from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and be reached at 505-797-6013 or 888-856-9935. Two staff attorneys provide legal a...
Clovis City Commissioners Thursday voted unanimously to approve what one city department head called a "substantial" raise for city employees effective Nov. 27. The raise does not apply to city commissioners nor the city manager. City manager Justin Howalt, who reported the raise to commissioners, said the raise was worked out by himself and city Finance Director LeighAnn Melancon, described the raise as "a long formula on a spreadsheet." Howalt told commissioners at the...
The Roosevelt County Commission voted 4-1 on Tuesday that they preferred a pavement structural design on North Roosevelt Road AV, a five mile stretch that is the main access to the Melrose Air Force Range, which would have a longer design life than the two other options the federal highway division had proposed. Ryan Mathis, project manager for the Federal Central Land Highway Division, presented the commission with three pavement options under consideration. The Air Force has $6 million in its budget to pay for a five-mile s...
Roosevelt County commissioners hosted two workshops Thursday. A morning workshop focused on input for improvements at the county fairgrounds and an afternoon workshop’s subject was county roads. Roosevelt County Manager Amber Hamilton said county officials and one local citizen attended the fairgrounds session that was facilitated by John Layman with NCA Architects. with five county officials and one member of the public attending. Hamilton said Layman shared concepts and ideas for the fairgrounds master plan and some f...
Donald Trump announced his candidacy seeking the Republican nod for the 2024 presidential race Tuesday. Some local reactions: The Chairman of the Curry County Republican party is Marcus Smith: “I think that this is a time in which there have been a lot of candidates from a lot of different walks of life in a lot of different races and it’s going to be interesting to see who is going to run against him for the Republican nomination.” Kent McManigal of Farwell writes a weekly column for The News from his perspective as a Liber...
Curry County commissioners look to enact an ordinance before the end of the year that will restrict packaging for cannabis products. The ordinance, brought before the commission by County Manager Lance Pyle, aims to restrict cannabis products that target children with colorful packaging. The proposal is scheduled to be voted on at the commission’s Dec. 13 meeting. During discussion on the proposal Pyle said there are similar provisions allowed in the state’s alcohol sales laws. The ordinance states advertising and mar...
