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Two Eastern New Mexico University athletes were among those named to the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024, according to an ENMU news release on Monday. Greyhound football players Steve Loy and Michael Sinclair are in the class that also includes New Mexico State’s Randy Brown (basketball) and Fredd Young (football), rodeo’s Roy Cooper, and Paralympian Alana Nichols. “These athletes and coaches have had significant careers, achieved high standards of athletic success, and contributed to sports, thereby bestowi...
“O most gracious God,” wrote the eloquent sufferer, “on this sickbed I feel under your correction, and I taste of humiliation, but let me taste of consolation, too.” John Donne, poet and priest, so wrote in one of his “devotions” in 1623 (which were published in January 1624 as Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions). I may be mistaken about the date, but I believe it was in 2000 when, in an article in Christianity Today, Philip Yancey shared a brief modernized excerpt from Donne...
With a new Marshalls store opening in the North Plains Mall, management described the shopping center as “busy” the weekend before Thanksgiving. “It was busy, everybody was happy that Marshalls was open,” Mall General Manager Leeann Glen said. Glen described the mall’s southwest parking lot as “almost full.” Marshalls is the mall’s biggest attraction since Big R opened its farm and ranch retail space last October. Ulta Beauty is expected to join the shopping center soon, though no opening date has been announced. Glen...
Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative held a ribbon cutting Monday for its new parking area, charging station and event area called The Courtyard. It’s located next to the RCEC offices at 121 N. Main St. in downtown Portales. The Courtyard used to be the site of Portales City Hall. “We added 30 parking spaces that will be available for RCEC and public parking,” RCEC General Manager Eric Segovia said earlier this month. Segovia added the parking lot will include two level-three fast-charge electric vehicle stations. “We h...
BOVINA – Sophomore Isaac Tavera scored 15 points and junior Angel Lara added 10 on Monday night as Bovina’s boys used a big fourth quarter to turn back Friona 49-39. Tavera (two) and Lara (one) accounted for the Mustangs’ three 3-pointers. Bovina (1-1) was tied with the Chieftains (0-3) at halftime and through three quarters, but pulled away with a 16-6 edge in the final segment. Senior Justen Trevino tallied 16 points for Friona. Friona 40, Bovina 34 (girls) – Outside of the second quarter, the Squaws (4-1) had no more th...
With some recent wins, Eastern New Mexico University's women have made their all-time series against West Texas A&M look at least a little better. Senior guard Jayla Smith led three players in double figures with a season-best 20 points, shooting 8-of-11 from the field and 3-of-4 from 3-point range, and narrowly missed a double-double with nine rebounds as the Greyhounds handed WT a 74-57 shellacking in the Lone Star Conference opener for both teams on Saturday at Steve Loy Ar...
MELROSE – Heavily favored to repeat its 8-man football championship from a year ago, Melrose had just a little bit of trouble getting out of the gate on Saturday. Not to worry, though. The Buffaloes scored the final 40 points of the contest and throttled District 3 compatriot Mesilla Valley 62-12, the game ending about five minutes into the final stanza on the 50-point mercy rule. Senior quarterback Josiah Roybal threw for a pair of touchdowns and ran for two more, giving h...
EUNICE – The score was virtually identical to the teams’ first meeting this season, and once again Texico had to come from behind late to get past Eunice. Junior wide receiver Maverick Hawkins scored on an 82-yard pass play from junior quarterback Bennett Wahlen with about seven minutes remaining, and senior running back Alex Fuentes added the go-ahead 2-point conversion run as the top-seeded and top-ranked Wolverines rallied for a 36-27 win over the fifth-seeded Cardinals in the Class 2A state semifinals. In October, Tex...
On this date … 1956: The White House Christmas tree was scheduled to make a stop in Clovis prior to heading east, Santa Fe Railway officials said. The 65-foot spruce cut in the Lincoln National Forest was slated to be shipped via two flat cars. The tree would be on the cars “considerably west” of the passenger depot, officials said, before being loaded onto a different freight train sometime during the night. 1957: Big news in Elida: Mr. and Mrs. Claud McDowell were driving a new Mercury car, the community was still talking a...
It doesn’t matter how many terrible wars we’re mired in overseas. It doesn’t matter how many seemingly unsolvable social and political problems we face at home. At this time of year, we Americans have the usual Walmart store of blessings to be thankful for. An extra reason for the entire country to give thanks this week is the fact that the long-dreaded 2024 election is finally in our rearview mirror – and for half of us the outcome was a blessing. Thanksgiving is usually...
President-elect Donald Trump has hit the ground running, alerting the public to the sort of individuals he intends to appoint to his second presidential cabinet. He continues to advertise his colorful selections, rewarding his most ardent supporters, setting the tone for what his administration will attempt to accomplish, and demonstrating little if any concern for what anyone else thinks. Trump’s most controversial picks so far include former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz to l...
Ah, Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday of them all. As its name implies, it’s a day to give thanks for our many blessings. And for me, it’s family time up in the mountains, in a lodge we rent out every year for a long holiday weekend reunion. This year, we’ll be grieving the loss of a loved one, celebrating the youngest among us, reconnecting as a family and going home exhausted from all the fun. And then there’s politics. I’ve already been warned not to be bringing it up, and I said I’ll try. I’m not a bit happy with Tr...
A Portales police officer on Sunday was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and false imprisonment during a domestic dispute, records show. Jarvis Hall, 31, was booked into the Roosevelt County Detention Center. Jail records show he had been released as of Tuesday morning. A news release from Portales police states Hall was placed on paid administrative leave “pending the outcome of the internal investigation, as per policy.” The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Department is handling the criminal investigation, the relea...
A Portales restaurant caught fire early Sunday morning, forcing its closure due to smoke damage. K&H Cocina posted on its Facebook page that reopening will be “a long process due to the extensive smoke damage and the clean up that will need to be done.” Fire Chief T.J. Cathey said firefighters were called to the scene at 4:18 a.m. Sunday and arrived about two minutes later. Firefighters left the scene just after 6:30 a.m., Cathey said. The restaurant is located at 1126 W. 22nd St. across from McDonald’s. The fire began in th...
Somebody once told me if a memory, apropos of nothing, pops up in your head it means the brain cell that was holding it died and the memory is floating around in your head looking for a new cellular home. Sounds plausible to me. I figure that’s where a weird memory, weird words, came floating into my head the other Saturday morning. “Wadat in chew, Wadat in chew. Ishbilly oaten doaten, bobo ske deet in doten Wadat in chew…” These are some of the words to a hand clapping, foot stompin’, call and response song we scouts sa...
You don't see this Christmas tree every day. It's decorated with ornaments representing each squadron on Cannon Air Force Base. The base has a tree skirt made of 30mm casings from a United States Air Force gunship. It stole the show at the Hartley House Festival of Trees auction on Saturday, bringing in the top prize of $22,000. Nurstead Consulting, a behavioral health consulting and training firm, made the winning bid. "The Cannon Spouses tree is always one of the more...
A Sunday night fire destroyed an empty trailer and empty recreational vehicle in the 300 block of Dawn Loop in Clovis, said Deputy Fire Chief Terrance Lizardo. No one was injured in the blaze officials said appeared to have been caused intentionally. Lizardo said security footage in the neighborhood showed someone throwing a Molotov cocktail, or a hand-thrown incendiary device, into one of the structures. The fire was reported at 9:34 p.m., Lizardo said. Firefighters left the scene at 1:30 a.m. Monday....
When Rebecca Holt first heard the news, it brought back a lifetime of memories. "When I saw his obituary I thought, 'Oh no, B-Bop passed away,'" she said. "I didn't even know his real name. It is an emotional loss. Our family knew him for years. We have lost an amazing clown. One of our town's own. He shared a lot of love with our community. His wife used to be our kids' music teacher at Zia Elementary." B-Bop was Jerry Shade. He died Nov. 19 at age 82. As B-Bop, he was a fixt...
