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CLOVIS -- Mayor Mike Morris said Monday the city of Clovis will offer a second round of CARES Act applications after the first one attracted only a few businesses, some of which would have been receiving large percentages of the funding. In order to open another round of applications, the city has decided to cap awards for the first round at $100,000, Morris said in a press conference. “We went very hard after the $4.2 million (provided by the state) that we’re able to use to create these business grants, and the purpose of...
CLOVIS -- Plains Regional Medical Center on Sunday had eight patients with COVID-19 in its intensive care unit. Six of those ICU patients were on ventilators. That's according to Curry County Manager Lance Pyle, who posted the information to Facebook following an email exchange with PRMC interim Administrator Jorge Cruz. "Earlier today (Sunday) ... PRMC started with 32 COVID+ patients," Pyle wrote. "They are trying to transfer 1 ventilated patient to Albuquerque as soon as a bed is available. PRMC ICU is at max capacity with...
New Mexico was thrust into a national fray Thursday as President Donald Trump’s campaign tried to cast doubt on the accuracy of unofficial election results. Without citing specific evidence, Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for the president, said the campaign was looking into fraud allegations in New Mexico, among other states. “We have very, very significant amount of fraud allegations in the state of New Mexico,” Giuliani said during a news conference in Washington, D.C. While two lawsuits were filed by the state Republican Party...
SANTA FE — Research published this month takes aim at a question New Mexico and other states are wrestling with: Where are all these COVID-19 infections happening? A peer-reviewed paper in the journal Nature suggests a small number of “superspreader” environments drive most of the infections — with full-service restaurants by far the riskiest locations. But the authors also said that even partly limiting capacity at certain “points of interest” — such as restaurants, gyms and similar nonresidential locations — can have an...
A 39-year-old Plainview man faces up to 35 years in prison after he admitted to escaping from the Bailey County Jail where he was being held while awaiting his sentencing for a separate federal drug and weapons charge. Mark Anthony Lucio, who is now being held at the Terry County Jail, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a count of escape from federal custody, which carries a prison term of up to five years. Lucio entered his plea in person before U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant. In exchange for his guilty plea to the escape...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s Portales campus will add the inauguration of President Patrice Caldwell to its already-scheduled virtual fall commencement ceremony. Caldwell, who was named interim system chancellor and Portales campus president in April, had the interim tag removed by the ENMU regents in September. The ceremony will be pre-recorded, largely at the KENW studios, and broadcast 10 a.m. Dec. 12 on KENW 3-1 and 3-2 and online at enmu.edu. The university did a similar ceremony in the spring, and has hel...
CLOVIS — Clovis Municipal Schools is hosting a virtual information meeting Tuesday regarding the New Mexico State Bilingual Seal program. The 6 p.m. meeting is available via Zoom with meeting ID 930 2217 9663 and passcode 2Q2xvc. This meeting is for parents and students in grades 9-12. Students and parents in middle school who are interested in the program are also encouraged to attend. The program allows students who can demonstrate proficiency in English and another language to receive recognition on their high school d...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday-Friday): Clovis • Robert Fitzgerald, 39, residential burglary, non-residential burglary, burglary of a vehicle, tampering with evidence • James Faulkner, 20, shoplifting, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Albert Lopez, 27, child abuse - intentional • Terance Abeyta, 19, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Shane Medina, 36, probation violation • Shea Moten, 36, failure to pay fines, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, resisting, e...
Meetings are subject to change due to coronavirus concerns Dec. 1 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Jake Lopez Building, Roosevelt County Fairgrounds, 705 E. Lime, Portales. No public access. Livestream available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1bHckYttNQnmm6ymJhWaXQ and a recording of the meeting will be saved as a public video and linked from the county website, https://www.rooseveltcounty.com, following the public meeting. Information: 575-356-5307 Dec. 2 • Clovis Community College Board of Trust...
Monday • Portales Drive-Thru Thanksgiving Food Baskets Distribution — 4-6 p.m., La Casa Family Health Center, 1515 W. Fir St., Portales. One basket per car/family while supplies last; first come, first served. Sponsored by La Casa Family Health Center, Mental Health Resources, and Western Sky Community Care. Information or to make donations: 575-359-3825 • Clovis-Carver Public Library Stitch Addicts stitch — 6:30 p.m., via Google Meet. Contact Sara at [email protected] to RSVP or to obtain Google Meet link. Informa...
On this date ... 1960: Clovis city commissioners set the tax for clubs selling liquor at $500 per year after club representatives complained a planned fee of $1,000 was too high. Men representing the American Legion and Elks Club told commissioners they would have to cut back on civic projects if the fee was $1,000. Commissioners had received 93 applications for liquor licenses. Only 12 would be accepted. They were still working on a process for screening. Commissioner O.G. Potter told applicants, “I'm interested in the l...
PORTALES — The Portales Rotary Club announced Thursday it will be unable to do its annual decorative holiday lighting for local businesses this year. After an evaluation of the current lighting services throughout the town, extensive damage was found that made doing the lights this year prohibitively expensive. “There are multiple reasons for this, including but not limited to, hail damage, old wiring, and electrical code concerns,” a press release by the Portales Rotary Club said. The evaluation came this year when the c...
A bank account has been set up at First National Bank in Friona for resident Heath Husted. Husted, who has lived in Friona with his wife, Pam, and three sons for four years, is in critical condition in a Lubbock hospital for complications related to COVID-19. Donations can be mailed to PO Box 272, Friona, TX 79035....
The following marriage licenses were recently issued at the Curry County Clerk’s office: • Roy Espinosa, 25, and Ashley Ramirez, 25, both of Lubbock • Joseph Praul, 20, and Jordan Fairall, 21, both of Clovis The following divorces were recently filed at the Curry County court clerk’s office: • Mary Weigl and Greg Weigl • Tammy Montoya-Flowers and Cory Flowers • Ashley Encinias and Carlos Encinias • Joshua Carroll and Jocee Carroll The following divorces were recently filed at the Roosevelt County court clerk’s office:...
CLOVIS — The Clovis school district will hold a special election in February to renew $10 million in general obligation bonds, with the election proclamation approved Tuesday night by its board of education. The election will be held by mail, with the Curry County Clerk’s Office reporting the results Feb. 16. It will be the district’s first such election since changes to election law took place in 2019. The Portales and Texico school districts have previously held successful elections through the process. Art Melendres of th...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library itself is closed to the public, but patrons can visit the online catalog at clovis.polarislibrary.com or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “His Unexpected Amish Twins” by Rachel J. Good. When Micah Miller's brother and sister-in-law are killed in a buggy accident, he's devastated. His twin niece and nephew, Chloe and Jabin, need him now, but coping with the children's grief requires extra sup...
