Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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TAOS - Several ski resorts in Northern New Mexico opened for business in November - despite virtually no natural snow on the ground. To remedy this, ski resorts brought out their snowmaking machinery to create snow for snowboarders and skiers too eager to wait for the weather to change. As the planet continues to change and warm - these machines, which use millions of gallons of water for relatively small sections of ski runs, are becoming increasingly important to the...
MULESHOE -- Deep on the dusty Plains of West Texas, where grain silos line the sparse landscape and a dry breeze blows loose tufts of cotton across U.S. Route 84, a stretch of railroad runs along a lonely highway. The Pecos and Northern Texas Railway companies laid the track here in 1913, cutting through this swath of Bailey County ranchland to connect the growing town of Lubbock to the border of New Mexico. A farming community sprouted alongside the track soon after - some 70...
Monday • Eastern Plains Council of Governments — 10 a.m., EPCOG office, 418 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-762-7714 • City of Clovis Parks, Recreation, and Beautification Committee — 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 • Portales Municipal Schools board — 6 p.m., Board Room, L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Information: 575-356-7000 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Compl...
Today • Clovis Community College Cultural Arts Series presents “A Mariachi Christmas” — 3 p.m., Marshall Auditorium, 100 Commerce Way, Clovis. Tickets: $20 general admission; $15 military/senior/student; $45 family friendly pass (five tickets). Advance tickets available at CCC cashier’s office. Marshall Auditorium box office opens at 2 p.m.; cash or check only. Information: CCC cashier’s office at 575-769-4031 Monday • Cops and Kids fundraiser at Leal’s — 5-8 p.m., Leal’s Mexican Restaurant, 2115 N. Prince St., Clovis....
CLOVIS — The Clovis Volleyball Association is accepting registration for its men’s and women’s volleyball leagues. Women’s league games, which will run Mondays and Tuesdays at Roy Walker Recreation Center, will begin Jan. 3-4. The Wednesday evening men’s league will begin Jan. 5. Entry fees are $100 for men’s teams and $150 for women’s teams, with registration due Dec. 30 at Aucutt’s Paint Store at 2000 Mitchell St. The Association is also offering a drawing for early registration. Registrations brought in by Dec. 24 will be...
SILVER CITY — Clovis freshman Hanna Nussbaumer scored two baskets in a decisive early run and Eastern New Mexico University’s women built a 17-point halftime lead, then held on for a 55-49 non-league victory over Lone Star Conference rival Western New Mexico on Thursday night. Trailing 9-5 early, ENMU (4-2) went on a 14-4 run to close out the quarter with a six-point lead. Nussbaumer had back-to-back field goals during the surge, while senior guard Iyanna McCurdy added six of her 10 points in that time. The Greyhounds scored...
ELIDA — Grady and Dora advanced to a championship semifinal matchup on Friday night with victories in Thursday’s quarterfinal round of the Tiger Invitational, hosted by Elida. The Lady Bronchos opened the event with a 59-17 victory over Floyd, while Dora prevailed in the late girls’ tilt over Mesilla Valley 53-24. Grady (4-1) ran away to a 17-4 first-quarter lead against the young, inexperienced Lady Broncos. Sophomores Taylor Foote and December Garza put in 16 points each and sophomore Shayla White added 12 for the Lady Bron...
ARTESIA - Clovis High's girls led most of the way in Tuesday night's matchup against Artesia, but it took a while before the game was safely in hand. Junior guard/post Ali Thomas scored a personal-best 20 points, and the Lady Wildcats opened it up down the stretch to post a 51-36 victory over the Lady Bulldogs and improve to 4-1 for the season. "Ali really stepped it up this game for us," CHS girls coach Jeff Reed said. "By far, it was her best game of the year." Clovis hit a...
EUNICE - Randy McBroom's Portales High Rams have the first one in the books. McBroom, who replaced his father at the helm this season, saw his squad open a 20-11 lead at the quarter and hang on late to beat Eunice 68-61 in the Rams' season opener on Tuesday night. Meantime, Clovis HIgh's boys fell to 0-2 for the young season as Lovington pulled away late to claim a 64-54 win on Tuesday at Rock Staubus Gym. Senior forward Quadale Brown led three Portales players in double...
RIO RANCHO — It wasn’t pretty, but Clovis High girls coach Jeff Reed will take it. The Lady Wildcats struggled to hold on, but in the end they were able to do so in a 56-51 consolation semifinal victory over Grants on Friday in the Rio Rancho Invitational. Sophomore guard Zarai Lewis came alive after struggling for a couple of games and led the Lady Cats (4-2) with 16 points, while senior guard Yvonne Fuerte added 10. “We led nearly the whole game,” Reed said. “They got close a couple of times (in the second half), but I fel...
FARWELL — Portales and Farwell moved into championship semifinal play with easy quarterfinal wins on Thursday in the Farwell Invitational, while Muleshoe also advanced with a 57-47 victory over Sundown. Portales cruised past Bovina 88-35 and the Steers posted an 83-41 victory over Hale Center. In other first-round matchups, Littlefield defeated Texico 55-40. The Class 4A Rams (2-0) made short work of Class 2A Bovina, more than doubling up the Mustangs (3-5) in each of the four quarters. Junior Davian Lucero scored 16 p...
FARWELL - Portales High built a big lead through three quarters on Friday and held on late to beat Littlefield 53-51 in the semifinals of the Farwell Invitational. The Rams (3-0) were slated to meet the host Steers, a 54-34 winner over Muleshoe on Friday, in Saturday's championship matchup. Portales extended a nine-point lead at the quarter to 36-19 at halftime, and still maintained a 17-point margin entering the final eight minutes. But the Wildcats (2-7) made it close with...
ELIDA - The Dora Lady Coyotes advanced to Saturday's championship game in Elida's Tiger Invitational, turning back Grady 56-38 in Friday's semifinal round. Dora (6-1) was slated to face the Clovis junior varsity, a 41-37 semifinal winner over Reserve, in the title tilt. Nine players scored for the Lady Coyotes, led by 15 points from senior Brynn Dillard and 12 from sophomore Faith Jasso. Dora broke the game open by outscoring the Lady Bronchos 15-4 in the third period to open...
ALBUQUERQUE — Jamie Widner, speaking as a New Mexico Activities Association Hall of Fame inductee Wednesday, credited the Melrose community for putting him there. “Our little community has 700 people in it; it’s dynamic, it’s moving all the time,” Widner said. “I’m sure there’s more deserving people than me. I didn’t do a lot. I fought for the school, and I fought the state a lot when I was a superintendent.” Widner was one of three people inducted into the 2022 NMAA Hall of Fame class, which was introduced in a Wed...
ALBUQUERQUE — Sometimes, the first one is the toughest. Clovis High’s boys are still looking for their win No. 1 of the campaign. They came close twice in Albuquerque Academy’s Joe Armijo Classic, only to fall short — including a 62-61 loss to Roswell Goddard in Saturday morning’s seventh-place game. Senior forward Noah Reese scored 21 points for the Rockets (1-3), including two go-ahead free throws with 24 seconds left. After a free throw by Wildcats senior Andrew Hall with 12 seconds to go, Clovis forced a turnover...
STANTON, Texas — Portales High’s girls overcame a slow start on Friday and rallied past Big Spring (Texas) 37-31 for their third win in Stanton’s Pinky Jones Hooptown Classic. The Lady Rams (5-1) were to close out play in the event with a Saturday afternoon matchup against Lamesa. Senior guard Taris Rippee led PHS with 12 points, and added five rebounds and four assists to her night’s work. Senior post Kylyie Paden posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 boards, including seven on the offensive end. Big Spring took ad...
While the New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) warns that influenza is on the rise nationwide as the DOH declares the beginning of flu season, local hospitals report continued low numbers of flu cases so far this year. Below-average incidence in flu cases this year, as last, is due to the spillover effect of continued precautions against COVID-19, Jorge Cruz, administrator of the Plains Regional Medical Center, said. PRMC, he noted, has only admitted 32 flu cases in November and December, which was on par with last year’s i...
CLOVIS — Exercise stations with instruction signs, solar-powered lights, pet waste and trash containers, and xeriscaping are expected to enhance Clovis Community College’s walking track through a T-Mobile Hometown Grant awarded to the college, according to a CCC news release. The CCC grant was among 24 Hometown Grants nationwide that T-Mobile, the telecommunications firm, awarded in small towns nationwide. The only other New Mexico grant went to the city of Los Alamos for a co-op park, according to a T-Mobile news rel...
