Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — A Portales staple will soon be offering warmth and hospitality to anyone who might need it on Christmas. El Rancho Restaurant will hold a free lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 25, according to co-owner Joey Garcia. The meal, which El Rancho has held for the past 12 years, came about after Garcia observed the massive gatherings his family would hold on Christmas day. "I just thought that was such a beautiful thing - that a family that big could actually like each other e...
F or the second consecutive year, Wall Street 24/7, a respected online business news publication, has ranked New Mexico as the worst-run state in the union. WS24/7 faults the state’s high rate of poverty, its low rate of high school graduates and its declining labor force, combined with a high rate of unemployment. Further, WS24/7 notes, the state’s debt and outlook have been downgraded. Our tax shortages were large and unexpected, the publication says. Comparing New Mexico both to the best-performing states and its nei...
PORTALES — A Portales man was arrested Thursday on three counts of attempted criminal sexual penetration of a minor under 13 years old. Lane Ellsworth, 24, is accused of intent to have sex with a 10-year-old girl. He remains in the Roosevelt County Detention Center without bond. According to court records: • In August, an undercover agent with the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office responded to Craigslist post from Ellsworth. The agent posed as the mother of a 10-year-old child. • The agent continued email convers...
The shopping and planning may have been going on for months, or perhaps it has crept up like an afterthought-turned-emergency, but, prepared or not, Christmas is one week away. Yep, this time next week the kids will be bouncing off the walls, anticipation and excitement radiating from them in budding supernova style as they try to make it through that final 24-hour stretch that stands between them and piles of presents. They really have no idea how much effort goes into...
CLOVIS — After experiencing high temperatures that hovered in the upper 60s Friday, Curry and Roosevelt counties are expected to experience a reversal of weather fortunes Saturday evening — with the mercury plummeting to single digits. "There will be an arctic cold front through the eastern plains of New Mexico, delivering a projected low of three degrees," said National Weather Service Meteorologist Jennifer Palucki, who noted this region most recently experienced single-digit temperatures Feb. 28, 2015, when it was 9 deg...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University President Steven Gamble confirmed Friday a Title IX investigation on a university fraternity is complete, but did not disclose the college's disciplinary measures. According to documentation from an investigation by the ENMU Police Department, several members of the Zeta Sigma chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity may have used more than one type of controlled substance in the fraternity house. "That's where we're at right now," said Gamb...
PORTALES — Despite a close first half, the Portales High boys basketball team routed Muleshoe High on Friday night, 74-54. While the Rams (4-0) did a great job of spreading the scoring around, three players carried the load. Led by Jeremy Karngbaye with 18 points, both Junior Ramirez and Ethan Self added 16 each. Both Self and Ramirez hit four 3-pointers apiece, eight of the teams 12, as Portales showed that they don't only command the paint, but the deep ball as well. The M...
On this date ... 1976: U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-New Mexico, was in Clovis to speak with High Plains farmers about their struggles with energy costs and production. Ben McAlister told the senator: "American agriculture is on the brink of bankruptcy. The only way it can survive is to cut production back so that farmers can get a fair price for their products." 1971: Two dozen Sandia Elementary School sixth-graders had spent three weeks building a paper-mache replica of a...
Boys Borger 50, Clovis 37 Clovis (4-4) — D’ondre Dawson 3, Brandon Romero 12, Dominick Urioste 5, Jakeem Wynn 2, Leroy Wilson 2, Ethan Davis 5, Isaiah Knight 8. Totrals 14 6-11 37. Borger — Marlon Jones 3, Brennan Anderson 2, Tyler Ausurez 2, Logan Moles 9, Kyler Brewer 15, Josh Johnson 19. Totals 19 8-12 50. Clovis 8 9 10 10 — 37 Borger 17 8 19 6 — 50 3-pointers — Clovis, Dawson, Romero, Urioste. Borger, Johnson 3, Moles. Portales 74, Muleshoe 54 Muleshoe (4-6) — Dagen Dunham 17, Jason Florez 14, Beto Diaz 11, Jesse Leal 5,...
Texas Wesleyan at ENMU men When: 3 p.m. today at Greyhound Arena. Radio: KSEL-FM 105.9 Records: Texas Wesleyan 10-2, ENMU 4-8 Last meeting: n/a. ENMU has won two of three all-time against the Rams, including the last two. Of note: Texas Wesleyan, a member of the NAIA’s Sooner Athletic Conference, is treating today’s game as an exhibition. … The Rams, who have started the same lineup in all 11 games (one of their victories was by forfeit), opened the season 7-0, then dropped two games and have since won three in a row. … Wes...
CLOVIS — With one week left until Christmas, eastern New Mexico residents can spend about an hour taking in live performances of the season’s music. The Clovis Community Band will be at First United Methodist Church 4 p.m. Sunday and join two handbell choirs associated with the church. The band, which features players from Clovis, Cannon Air Force Base, Portales, Melrose, Friona and Hereford, has been performing a Christmas concert pretty much since it began in the late 1970s. Conductor Steve Baldock said the pieces are all...
PORTALES — A Portales attorney intends to sue Roosevelt County, alleging preferential treatment of suspects by the Sheriff’s Office. Eric Dixon filed a tort claim Friday in the county clerk’s office, alleging the sister of one of Sheriff Malin Parker’s deputies was not treated the same as his clients. Dixon has sought Parker’s removal as sheriff, accusing him of misrepresenting an informant’s credentials to procure warrants in an April drug sting where three of his clients were arrested. In his tort claim, Dixon alleges: ...
Today • Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge — 2 p.m., 7 p.m. in Town Hall at Clovis Community College. Tickets: $10. Information: 575-769-2811 • Lighthouse Mission Children’s Christmas Party — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at The Lighthouse, Clovis. Donations still accepted for this event. Information: 575-762-1933 • Special food distribution — 9 a.m. at Central Christian Church, Portales. Information: 575-769-2103 • Gun show — 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at Melrose Senior Center, 427 Main St. Admission: $4 adults, $2 military, under 18 free. Info...
Tuesday • Friends of the Library — 11 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in the commission room at the court house, Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Portales Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St. Information: 575-356-6662 ext. 1012 This calendar is a daily listing of area public meetings. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-763-6991 or e-mail: mmontgomery@...
