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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Friday's regular meeting of the Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regions marked a series of "lasts" for the board. It was the last meeting at which Chancellor Patrice Caldwell attended as ENMU's chief executive. She will be replaced on Jan. 3 by James Johnston, who had been serving as interim president at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. Johnston attended Friday's meeting. It was the last meeting for regents Chandler Head and Dan Patterson. Head is...
A proposed 26,480 square foot sports complex for Curry County has been priced at just over $17.7 million. Details were released in a Master Plan by Vigil & Associates Architectural Group of Albuquerque. Plans were set for review during the Curry County Commission’s regular meeting on Tuesday. Items before the commission included whether to make the complex one or two stories and where it will be located. The complex would feature 12,000 square feet for gymnasium courts, a 2,000 square foot fitness room, 600 square feet for a...
Editor's note: We continue our series of stories about local business owners and the unique merchandise and services they have for sale -- just in time for Christmas. PORTALES -- Fern and Buz Goodson's Bar G Western and Casual Wear has been in Portales for 48 years. "People should know all about us," Buz said. For those who don't know, Fern answered a few questions: Q: So what was your career before you started your shop? A: "We got married in 1973 and we opened a little store...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s women rode their bench to an easy win on Monday night. All 10 players in uniform scored and ENMU got 51 points from its subs in routing Northern New Mexico 83-48 at Greyhound Arena in the team’s final non-conference outing of the season. The game was originally slated for Saturday at The Rock in Clovis, but was moved to Portales after a flu outbreak closed CHS on Thursday and Friday. The Greyhounds (5-2) will take a 2-0 Lone Star Conference mark into league tilts at home again...
CARLSBAD — Porter Kidd had a big weekend … and so did his Clovis High teammates. The junior earned co-coach Vincent de Mayo’s “Iron Cat” award, having already qualified for all non-diving state events at this early stage of the season. Kidd added the final two, the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke, on Saturday as the Wildcats cruised to victory in the Carlsbad Holiday Invite swimming meet. CHS scored 504 points to 461 1/2 for runner-up Artesia in the seven-team competition. In additions to wins in the aforement...
ALBUQUERQUE — Clovis native Raul Rosas Jr. made history on Saturday night as the 18-year-old became the youngest fighter ever to win a UFC fight. The former Clovis resident dominated his opponent, Jay Perrin, into submission during the first round of their featherweight fight. “Man, this is crazy, but I knew I was going to be here at this age,” said Rosas Jr., currently a high school senior in Las Vegas, Nevada. “So right now I’m just living the dream. “I had no nerves, no pressure, felt free. I’m doing what I love to do. A...
RIO RANCHO — Clovis High’s girls couldn’t take advantage of a quick start on Saturday. Leading 16-5 at the quarter, the Lady Wildcats gradually surrendered the advantage, going down to West Mesa 50-39 in the fifth-place game of the Rio Rancho Invite. Six players contributed points in the opening stanza, no one with more than four. But the Lady Mustangs pulled within three points by halftime, then overhauled CHS by outscoring them 19-4 in the final stanza. “We had a good first quarter,” Lady Cats coach Jeff Reed said. “Th...
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Shad Mayfield’s dream of a second world championship in three years fell short in last week’s National Finals Rodeo. Mayfield, a tie-down roper from Clovis, finished second in the final world standings to Texas’ Caleb Smidt, who has now won four world titles. Smidt earned $374,736 for the season to Mayfield’s $269,936. Smidt won two of the 10-round NFR finals but also placed in the money eight times. Mayfield won one NFR round, tying a Thomas & Mack Arena record, but placed in the money just three tim...
ELIDA - Dora's bids for championships in the Elida Invitational on Saturday came up short with losses to Logan - 54-49 in the boys' finale and 40-30 in the girls' championship tilt. The Longhorns (5-1) won a tight boys clash with the previously unbeaten Coyotes behind 14 and 12 points, respectively, from juniors Kaden Stoner and Brock Burns. Three players were in double figures for Dora (6-1), led by 6-foot-5 senior Steven Masini with 20 points. Junior Cole Kircher added 11...
FARWELL — For sure, Adrian Nunez should have been able to get some quality shut-eye on Saturday night. The Farwell senior , along with the majority of his teammates, struggled mightily to find the basket most of the night, but Nunez got one to go when it counted — a putback shot that just beat the final buzzer — as the Steers edged Littlefield 48-47 for the championship of the Farwell Invitational. Farwell’s girls also took home a tourney title with a 73-39 rout of Littlefield. With the Steers down a point, Nunez had three c...
STANTON, Texas — Portales High’s girls completed a total domination in Stanton’s weekend Hooptown tournament with five wins over Texas opponents, including victories on Saturday against Lamesa 44-29 and Colorado City-based Colorado H.S. 49-28. Junior guard Audrey Paden, who had a 24-point breakout game on Friday in a thumping of Rankin, continued her scoring surge on Saturday with 17 points against Lamesa (9-11) and 16 against Colorado (2-15). The five wins boosted the Lady Rams, who host another Texas foe in Frenship on Frid...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • Jeremy Truelock, 45, driving under the influence of liquor • Mario Diaz, 45, failure to pay fines • Jose Villalta, 23, failure to appear on a felony charge • Michael Lujan, 28, probation violation • Gunner Wynn, 28, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, failure to appear on a felony charge, concealing identity • Cedric Johnson, 28, battery against a household member • Fred Lucero, 60, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Jimmy Snyder, 43, f...
In the summer of 1970, between my third- and fourth-grade years, I got my first pair of eyeglasses. They were the “cat-eye” style which, according to my old yearbooks, was quite the rage at the time. My far-sighted father and near-sighted mother somehow had the perfect genetics to create offspring who would all require glasses from an early age. My gratitude for the invention of eyeglasses began the moment I propped the first pair on my nose for the trip home from the eye doct...
Ever wonder how other nations view us? For New Mexicans, the first thing a foreigner might think is that we’re a part of our neighbor to the south. If they knew Billy the Kid became famous as a Wild West outlaw here, then maybe they’d know we’re a bonafide state in the good ol’ USA, but as most traveling New Mexicans already know, U.S. citizens don’t even know that. Personally, I once had a man in Memphis, Tenn., when he saw me wearing a New Mexico T-shirt, engage me in a conversation about illegal immigration until I e...
Have you ever heard the term “beer goggles,” where the more you drink, the more attractive someone looks? Politics works the opposite. The more you see things politically, the worse everything looks. Once someone starts looking at things through the distorting lens of politics, there’s no telling what they’ll think they see. Even without politics, people see what they want to see, what they expect to see, or what they’ve been told to see. Politics make this effect worse. Wi...
A one-game suspension. Really? That’s what New Mexico State University officials determined was the proper discipline for three basketball players who broke curfew early Nov. 19 to take possession of and hide evidence in a fatal shooting on the campus of the University of New Mexico. Police records say NMSU player Mike Peake was lured to UNM the morning of the highly touted NMSU-UNM rivalry game by a group of UNM students seeking revenge for an earlier brawl at the Lobo-Aggie football game. UNM student Brandon Travis was o...
Two U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II aircraft from Cannon Air Force Base will perform a ceremonial flyover during the National Anthem performance at an NFL game Saturday. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John Sisler and U.S. Air Force Capt. Justin Vagts from the 6th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon will pilot the two MC-130Js before the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens football game, over the FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. “The MC-130J is a special operations staple, showing us what it means to go any place, a...
Portales is asking for community input as the city is updating its comprehensive plan. According to a news release from the city administration, the comprehensive plan will guide decisions about city priorities in years to come. The tool the city is using is the community survey. According to the news release the survey is used to better understand “the hopes and priorities that residents, students, families and local business owners have for their community.” Portales administrators are also asking city residents to hel...
A news release from the Clovis City Manager notes openings on three of the city’s boards or committees. The city is looking for a utility representative (i.e. gas, electric, water & telecommunications) to serve on the Economic Incentive Board (EIB). There’s one vacancy on the Parks, Recreation & Beautification Committee for a representative from an association utilizing parks. The city has one vacancy for one city resident and one student representative to serve on the Clovis-Carver Public Library Board. Those interested in...
PORTALES -- The Portales City Council on Dec. 5 voted to postpone a vote to approve a water contract with the Roosevelt County Water Cooperative until the next meeting. On Nov. 1, the council voted to increase the rate it charges Roosevelt County Water Coop customers by 75%, starting in January. City Manager Sarah Austin in an email last Wednesday said the Coop “will start paying $5.85 per 1,000 gallons … and right now they currently pay $3.34 per 1,000 gallons.” This is the first increase since 2016, Austin said. City Counc...
PORTALES -- The Portales City Council on Dec. 5 voted to postpone a vote to approve a water contract with the Roosevelt County Water Cooperative until the next meeting. On Nov. 1, the council voted to increase the rate it charges Roosevelt County Water Coop customers by 75%, starting in January. City Manager Sarah Austin in an email last Wednesday said the Coop “will start paying $5.85 per 1,000 gallons … and right now they currently pay $3.34 per 1,000 gallons.” This is the first increase since 2016, Austin said. City Counc...
Portales Schools Superintendent Johnnie Cain on Monday had his contract renewed for another year in a unanimous 4-0 vote by the Portales Municipal School Board. Board member Inez Rodriguez was absent. The decision came after an executive session Monday at the end of the school board’s regular meeting. Last year, Cain’s contract was extended through the 2024-25 school year, and his salary at that time was about $133,000 per year. Cain said Monday any change in salary would come after the New Mexico Legislature budgets for tea...
SANTA FE – Courts in Curry, Roosevelt and Bernalillo counties have successfully piloted a program to help people fill out court forms if they have difficulty reading or writing. The scribing services now may expand to more places in New Mexico under an order by the state Supreme Court. According to a news release from Supreme Court administrators, the program assists people unable to read or complete court forms because they have low literacy, a limited ability to read or write in English, or a disability that prevents t...
PORTALES -- With pomp and colorful academic trappings, Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday celebrated commencement for 647 students who earned graduate, bachelor and associate degrees. As they filed onto the floor of the Greyhound Arena to the "Pomp and Circumstance" theme played by ENMU's brass quintet, undergraduate degree earners wore mortarboard caps and black gowns. Some were decorated with ribbons and cords designating academic achievement or membership in campus...
Leach, Tech got best of each other To call Mike Leach an original is not too original. Of course, he was. This is like describing the sky as blue and water as wet. Whatever the beat of Leach’s drum, he’s about the only one who heard that particular pounding. You never knew what you were going to get with Leach – you just knew you were going to get something. He zoomed to prominence as Texas Tech football coach 20 years ago and controversy and fascination followed him to succe...
