Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CANYON, Texas – A season opener doesn’t have to be pretty, it doesn’t have to be perfect, as long as it ends with a victory. By Clovis boys basketball head coach Jaden Isler’s own admission, Tuesday night’s season opener on the road against Canyon High School was not a work of art. The Wildcats are still piecing things together, finding their way. But they did get that victory, rallying to beat Canyon 54-46 to start the season off right. 1-0 is 1-0. “You gotta grind out wins at the beginning of the season,” Isler said. ...
Research has confirmed through numerous studies that bilingualism is cognitively beneficial. Bilingual brains have greater capacity for maintaining attention and task-switching than monolingual brains. There’s a wide variety of benefits, regardless of age; for example, young children who are bilingual demonstrate better ability to adjust to environmental changes, while older bilingual adults show less cognitive decline. Other benefits include more efficient processing, greater...
Clovis Community College President Becky Rowley was one of 10 individuals named to Governor-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham’s labor transition team for the department of workforce solutions on Monday. “I am honored and pleased to be named,” Rowley said. “I think my particular interest and expertise will be looking at the connection between economic development and education.” Rowley said she suspected that her role as the president of the Independent Community College Association and previously serving on the state’s w...
PORTALES - Did you know that a dairy cow will drink 40 gallons, or a bathtub's worth of water, each day? Students at the Brown Early Childhood Center now know that fact and more following Friday's visit from the mobile dairy classroom. Instructor Garret Wilson came to Brown with a trailer filled with various agricultural tools and a cow named Maggie as he gave a demonstration that included various facts about dairy cows and farming in general. All 350 of the 3-, 4- and...
CLOVIS — A New Mexico native who died in a prisoner of war camp in 1942 following the Bataan Death March will be honored in a special memorial service on Tuesday at St. James Episcopal Church in Clovis. Pastor Alan Brockmeier said the worship service recognizing Rev. Frederick B. “Ted” Howden Jr.’s sacrifice for his country will include Scripture readings “pertaining to his selfless service.” According to a biography written by the Episcopal Diocese of Rio Grande, Howden was the chaplain to the 200th Coast Artillery when it w...
CLOVIS — Officials are still investigating an armed robbery early last month in Clovis that has so far resulted in one arrest with multiple felony charges. Richard Thomas, the “wheelchair bound and extremely immobile” victim, told police that five men forced their way Nov. 7 into the Clovis residence where he has a personal production license for medical marijuana. They bound his hands with zip ties, took clippings of the plants and other property valued in excess of $3,500, and threatened his life if he spoke of the incid...
A fifth-grade student at Cascade Christian Schools in Washington state is writing a report on the state of New Mexico. He says he is responsible for gathering as much information as he can about our state. “If any of your readers would like to help me by sending any pictures, postcards, used license plates, facts, products, etc., from your state, it would be greatly appreciated,” says Caleb, whose last name was not included in the letter sent from the school. Items can be sent to Caleb, c/o Cascade Christian School, 601 9th...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee reached plenty of consensus during what was its second meeting on uniformity for park signs. The idea that drew the most consensus? A third meeting was required to get things just right. The committee plans to meet again at 5 p.m. on Feb. 4, after taking some time on questions they didn’t know for sure Monday night at Clovis’ City Hall. The city has 12 areas it considers public parks, along with Colonial Park Golf Course, various ball fields and Goodwin Lake W...
CLOVIS — A caravan of Clovisites supporting a racino for the city plan to venture into Albuquerque on Thursday, and they’ll return that evening either elated or deflated depending on what the New Mexico Racing Commission announces. The special meeting starts 10:30 a.m. Thursday with a two-hour closed-door executive session, a final deliberation period for commissioners “tying up any loose ends,” NMRC’s executive director told The News. Izzy Trejo said the meeting venue — the African American Performing Arts at the New Mexico...
