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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The following businesses will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday: • City of Portales Offices — Thursday-Sunday • Fire Department Administration — Wednesday-Sunday • Police Department Administration — Thursday- Sunday • Portales Area Transit System — Thursday-Sunday • Portales Public Library — Thursday-Sunday • Magistrate Court — Thursday-Sunday • Municipal Court — Thursday-Monday • Roosevelt County Offices — Thursday-Sunday • Sheriff’s Administrative Offices — Thursday-Sunday • Eastern New Mexico University — Wednesd...
Thursday • Community Outreach Thanksgiving Dinner — 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Portales Memorial Building, 7th and Abilene. Deliveries for homebound only from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Admission: Free. Order: 575-356-4241/575-356-6001. Information: 575-607-5927 Ongoing • Farmer’s market —5 p.m. every Monday and Thursday at First Street and Avenue B. Information: 575-356-8541 • Winter accessory drive — Through Nov. 24. Gently used coats, blankets, other winter accessories drop-off at city hall, Memorial Building or the chamber. Info... Full story
The naughty list just got a little longer. Salvation Army officials report someone stole a red kettle of donations on Saturday from the Hobby Lobby entrance in Clovis. Eric Schoen, the donor relations director for the Salvation Army in Albuquerque, said such an incident “has not happened in many, many years.” “Lt. Kelly Berggren (of Clovis’ Salvation Army) informed me that the kettle worker moved the kettle just inside the store so they could take their lunch break,” Schoen wrote in an email. “They apparently took their eye o...
Nov. 25 On this date ... 1990: Clovis High School Senior Cory Mitchell played golf, played in the band, was president of his church youth group and worked 15 hours a week at Eye Care and Eye Wear, Etc. He was the subject of a weekly feature in the Clovis newspaper called “Under 18.”link 1975: Bob Kirkley hit a 15-foot jumper with 11 seconds to play as Eastern New Mexico University beat Sul Ross State, 59-57, in a college basketball game in Portales. Kirkley led all sco...
Thursday is the big Turkey Day. The busiest-cooking-before-the-busiest-shopping-day-of-the-year. That’s enough to petrify a poultry panicked person. Say that three times. And I’m here feeling guilty, oh, and thankful, but mostly guilty. I’ve never cooked a Thanksgiving dinner myself. I’ve never been part of the head turkey procurement, management and preparation team. As a child and even young adult, on many a Thanksgiving eves, I couldn’t help but be shaken out of my slumbe...
Managing editor [email protected] Sheriff Malin Parker requested commissioners allow him to temporarily terminate the position of chief deputy at Tuesday’s commission meeting. Parker told commissioners, “there’s no one I want in that position right now,” adding that he needed “boots on the ground” in the form of more deputies. Chief Deputy Darren Hooker resigned in October to become the police chief for Ruidoso Police Department. Parker said he knows state statute says the position must be appointed eventually,...
Managing editor [email protected] Roosevelt County commissioners on Tuesday tabled a request for detention-center pay raises despite concerns expressed by numerous county officials. County Manager Amber Hamilton and Roosevelt County Detention Center Administrator Mark Gallegos informed commissioners that as of Sunday, Curry County will increase its starting pay for detention officers from $12.50 an hour to $13.82 an hour to curb the problem it is having with retention. “We’ve been consistently paying less than Curry Cou...
STAFF REPORT A Portales man was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with murder in connection with the city’s first homicide of the year. David Michael Smith, 40, is charged with an open count of murder and two counts of tampering with evidence. Portales police have not released the victim’s name. Police Det. Charlie Smart said officials responded to a call at the emergency room of Roosevelt General Hospital at 7 p.m. Saturday regarding a male subject with “numerous, traumatic injuries.” Smart said the individual was tra... Full story
Staff report Miranda Moore scored 13 points to lead a balanced effort as Eastern New Mexico University staked out a 20-8 first quarter and never trailed over the final 36 minutes of an 80-69 victory Tuesday over New Mexico Highlands. Sarah Stinnett added 11 points and four assists, Briana White had 10 and three other players were within a basket of double figures for the Greyhounds (3-2). Brittany Gutierrez scored eight points and pulled down seven rebounds for the Greyhounds, who have answered a two-game skid with a...
Staff report Miranda Moore scored 13 points to lead a balanced effort as Eastern New Mexico University staked out a 20-8 first quarter and never trailed over the final 36 minutes of an 80-69 victory Tuesday over New Mexico Highlands. Sarah Stinnett added 11 points and four assists, Briana White had 10 and three other players were within a basket of double figures for the Greyhounds (3-2). Brittany Gutierrez scored eight points and pulled down seven rebounds for the Greyhounds, who have answered a two-game skid with a... Full story
As you get older, you get more used to death. At the very least, you become familiar with seeing your elders pass on. Death can be painful; oftentimes more so for the ones left behind. It’s a tragedy when a loved one’s life is cut short; for parents, the loss of a child must be the worst. Thankfully, I haven’t gone through that, but I can imagine how incredibly heartwrenching it is. I’ve lost a lot of people who meant the world to me — friends, mentors and family members....
As you get older, you get more used to death. At the very least, you become familiar with seeing your elders pass on. Death can be painful; oftentimes more so for the ones left behind. It’s a tragedy when a loved one’s life is cut short; for parents, the loss of a child must be the worst. Thankfully, I haven’t gone through that, but I can imagine how incredibly heartwrenching it is. I’ve lost a lot of people who meant the world to me — friends, mentors and family members....
In 2014, teams of Albuquerqueo-area home-school students won the middle- and high-school divisions of the state Science Olympiad, complete with trips to nationals. In 2015, the New Mexico Activities Association has decided it wants to keep those students from competing unless the public school they would normally attend has 1.) a Science Olympiad team that 2.) has an open spot for them. Making NMAA the answer to the question: What is the chemical composition of sour grapes? This week, lawyers for the association, as well as t...
In 2014, teams of Albuquerqueo-area home-school students won the middle- and high-school divisions of the state Science Olympiad, complete with trips to nationals. In 2015, the New Mexico Activities Association has decided it wants to keep those students from competing unless the public school they would normally attend has 1.) a Science Olympiad team that 2.) has an open spot for them. Making NMAA the answer to the question: What is the chemical composition of sour grapes? This week, lawyers for the association, as well as t... Full story
On this date ... 1990: Clovis High School Senior Cory Mitchell played golf, played in the band, was president of his church youth group and worked 15 hours a week at Eye Care and Eye Wear, Etc. He was the subject of a weekly feature in the Clovis newspaper called “Under 18.” 1975: Bob Kirkley hit a 15-foot jumper with 11 seconds to play as Eastern New Mexico University beat Sul Ross State, 59-57, in a college basketball game in Portales. Kirkley led all scorers with 25 points. Teammate Sammy Carrasco added 12 and the Greyhoun... Full story
Thursday is the big Turkey Day. The busiest-cooking-before-the-busiest-shopping-day-of-the-year. That’s enough to petrify a poultry panicked person. Say that three times. And I’m here feeling guilty, oh, and thankful, but mostly guilty. link Helena Rodriguez I’ve never cooked a Thanksgiving dinner myself. I’ve never been part of the head turkey procurement, management and preparation team. As a child and even young adult, on many a Thanksgiving eves, I couldn’t help but be sh...
Today Public Works Committee — 8:30 a.m. City Hall, assembly room, 321 N. Connelly St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Thursday Community Thanksgiving Meal — 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Lighthouse Mission, 407 L Casillas Blvd., Clovis. Information: 575-763-3435 Friday The Delk Band Thanksgiving Dance — 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. Curry Country Events Center— 1900 E. Brady Ave., Clovis. Information: 575-935-7000 Tuesday Board of County Commissioners— 9 a.m. Clovis Carver- Public Library, North Annex, Clovis. Portales City Meeting— 6:30 p.m. M... Full story
STAFF WRITER [email protected] FLOYD — The opening season games didn’t go in favor of the Floyd Broncos as the Class 3A Tucumcari Rattlers swept the Class 1A Broncos Tuesday night winning the girls varsity match 53-23 and the boys varsity game 95-41. It was Dawn Kuchta’s first game as the coach of the Floyd Lady Broncos, but memorable for all the wrong reasons, as the Lady Rattlers took advantage of the plethora of Lady Bronco turnovers throughout the game. link Staff...
STAFF REPORT The Dora Coyotes had little problem with Sundown Tuesday with a 58-35 victory, while the Lady Coyotes weren’t as lucky as they dropped their game against Sundown 66-35. Dora’s top two scorers outscored Sundown on their own in the boys’ contest, with Dalton Privett scoring 29 and Zaccary Dewbre getting 9. The Coyotes (1-0) iced the game with a 23-8 fourth quarter. “We had some lapses where we didn’t score for a few minutes at a time, but we finished strong.” Daelynn Lee scored 16 points and Jaedin Paxton had... Full story
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Friday: • 12:42 a.m.: Resisting evading obstructing police officer, North Merriwether Street and West Ninth Street. • 7:52 a.m.: Failure to yield stop sign, Pile and 13th Street. • 8:52 a.m.: Theft of Identity, 500 block of West 18th Street. • 9:52 a.m.: Improper backing/limitation on backing, 200 block of Mariposa Street. • 10:43 a.m.: Lost property, 800 block of Sheldon Street. • 10:49 a.m.: Found prope...
Staff writer [email protected] PORTALES — Roosevelt County commissioners on Tuesday tabled a request for detention-center pay raises despite concerns expressed by numerous county officials. County Manager Amber Hamilton and Roosevelt County Detention Center Administrator Mark Gallegos informed commissioners that as of Sunday, Curry County will increase its starting pay for detention officers from $12.50 an hour to $13.82 an hour to curb the problem it is having with retention. “We’ve been consistently paying less than Cu... Full story
STAFF REPORT A Portales man was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with murder in connection with the city’s first homicide of the year. David Michael Smith, 40, is charged with an open count of murder and two counts of tampering with evidence. Portales police have not released the victim’s name. Police Det. Charlie Smart said officials responded to a call at the emergency room of Roosevelt General Hospital at 7 p.m. Saturday regarding a male subject with “numerous, traumatic injuries.” Smart said the individual was tra...
