Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — Courthouse Cafe on Portales’ downtown square was the scene of a small, peaceful protest against public health orders on Friday afternoon. Owner Julie Rooney said customers were ordering their meals to-go and then chose to eat inside the large seating area of her restaurant, which is also a gift shop. Public health orders prohibit indoor dining throughout New Mexico because of COVID-19. Rooney said she was not opposed to the protest, as it was not causing a disturbance and she felt people had the right to sho...
Information on making light flavorful salads using unique ingredients, why houseplants are good for you and your health and using a chalk paste to create a custom set of house cutouts will be the featured topics 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Eleisha Ensign, Executive Director of TexaSweet Citrus Marketing, Inc., will demonstrate making a light, healthy flavorful salad using unique ingredients, including Quinoa, an amino acid-rich protein seed. She’s...
The family part of Christmas is going to be a bit hollow and cold this year. None of us wanted a pandemic at Christmas. It’s been a year of fear, frustration and pain. We’ve suffered anxiety and grief. We’ve had plans altered and dreams dashed. We’ve suffered separation when loved ones fell sick. Some have even lost loved ones in that separation. We’re used to having it pretty easy. Stores aren’t supposed to be out of the things we want to buy, the things we feel we can’t do...
FRIONA — Relatively speaking, Bovina’s girls played a near-flawless game on Tuesday. Senior Ireydi Vela scored 20 of her 22 points in the first half, all nine Bovina players scored and the Fillies dominated defensively as well in a 61-23 rout of Friona. Bovina (4-3) led 19-8 after one quarter, and stretched that margin to 35 points by the end of the third period. It was the team’s second win of the season over the Squaws. “The girls played some real tough defense,” coach Scott Hill said. “Everyone was moving, and they were s...
BOVINA — Bovina boys coach Eric Fierro has some empathy for what Sudan is going through this season. The Mustangs took full advantage of Sudan’s youth and inexperience on Friday to register a 69-40 victory, and head into a three-week holiday break cruising along with a 5-1 record. Meantime, the Hornets (1-8) are going through a learning process with a nine-man roster that includes four freshmen and no seniors. “They’ve got a very young team,” Fierro, who has eight seniors on his squad, acknowledged. “We’ll probably be in thei...
FARWELL - Playing shorthanded didn't seem to be a big issue on Saturday for the New Home girls basketball team. Locked in a seesaw battle with Farwell, the Lady Leopards suddenly caught fire with six 3-pointers over span of eight-plus minutes in the second half and pulled away to a 40-29 victory over the Lady Blue. New Home (8-5) had converted just one trey to that point, and found itself trailing 21-15 after Farwell (8-6) put together a 12-0 run over a seven-minute stretch...
Wayland Thomas had a full life. He drove a houseboat on the Mississippi River in 2018, caught a 42-pound uku snapper last March in Hawaii, went parasailing in the Bahamas with his granddaughters in 2011, even made a wooden rocking horse, ridden by every kid - and maybe a few adults -- who've ever been to Chris and Kye Thomas' house in Clovis. He also managed a 44-year newspaper career that started when he was 13. His first paper route had 50 customers, which he soon doubled....
CLOVIS - It's been a fall with plenty of unfortunate firsts, particularly for the Clovis High football team. There have been practices, but no first scrimmages, no first games, no first district tests as the Wildcats and the rest of prep New Mexico sports are delayed to the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the Wildcat program did have an historic pair of firsts Wednesday, with Chance Harris and Jaden Phillips becoming the first Clovis players to sign during the...
The following marriage licenses were recently issued at the Curry County Clerk’s office: • Nathaniel Madrid, 27, and Gabrielle Saiz, 25, both of Clovis • Keegan Carney, 21, and Megan Zin, 20, both of Clovis • Jason Mitchell, 39, and Wiktoria Mocydlarz, 21, both of Laurel, Maryland • Adolfo Aparicio, 38, and Whitney Johnson, 33, both of Clovis • Nicholas Clemons, 21, and Anly Torres, 20, both of Clovis • Edwin Lopez, 22, and Alondra Lopez, 23, both of Clovis • Joshua Sawyers, 22, and Destiny Wright, 21, both of Clovis • Rya...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday-Friday): Clovis • Jayson Clement, 42, windshields must be unobstructed & equipped with wipers, failure to register vehicle, no insurance, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance • Sasha Esquibel, 24, failure to pay fines • Manuel Romero, 46, failure to appear on a felony charge • Crystal Beltran, 34, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Steven Watkins, 45, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, failure to appear on...
PORTALES — The Portales City Council authorized a loan and grant agreement between the city and the New Mexico Finance Authority for $3.3 million for its water project fund and the costs inherent to it. Included in the costs are construction and design of the joint water and sewer system. As well as, “site survey, cultural survey, construction management, permitting, electrical service, scada, water sampling, and construction of test holes, new municipal water production wells, and transmission lines in Blackwater Wellfield f...
CLOVIS — A sense of optimism and a spirit of cooperation marked a Thursday morning look at the upcoming New Mexico legislative session, with state and federal elected officials joining the Eastern Plains Council of Government’s virtual forum. The one-hour forum featured a pair of legislators and both Congressional representatives for the multi-county area EPCOG serves, and started with representatives-elect Yvette Herrell from the Second District and Teresa Leger Fernandez from the Third. Both signaled they looked for...
CLOVIS — An early morning police chase Thursday resulted in the arrest of a 25-year-old man charged with assaulting an officer and injuring a police dog. Court records show the chase began about 2 a.m. and lasted over an hour, ending after Efrain Moreno crashed his white Tahoe near the Texico port of entry on U.S. 60/84. Moreno was treated for a dog bite and other unspecified injuries at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis. A police dog suffered “road rash” and received stitches, records show. He was booked into the C...
CLOVIS — Thursday night turned into quite an expensive one for the City of Clovis, with commissioners begrudgingly acknowleding it was just par for the course. With commissioners noting they’ve invested too much into Colonial Park Golf Course to stop now, they unanimously approved $1.32 million to replace the back nine irrigation system. The current system, first installed in the 1970s, is at or near the end of its useful life, City Manager Justin Howalt said. He noted 200 breaks in the last year, leading to expenditures of...
CLOVIS — In happier years, the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce finds its most important work comes in promoting businesses and hosting events for residents and visitors alike. In what nobody would term a happy year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chamber Executive Director Ernie Kos said the chamber may have done some of its most crucial and rewarding work ever in helping keep businesses afloat. Kos provided somewhat of a denouement during Thursday’s Clovis City Commission meeting with the second round of CARES Act gra...
We are just past the anniversary of the most horrific gun massacre in the history of the United States. This time of year, I'm overwhelmed with the memory of those little boys and girls who will never become teenagers, young adults, mothers and fathers, and grandparents who themselves cherish the little boys and girls surrounding them. I was forever changed by Sandy Hook, and each Dec. 14 has become a day of mourning and reflection, of anger and defiance and a promise to work...
New Mexico remains among the most locked down states in the nation when it comes to the Coronavirus. In October the state’s unemployment rate was among the highest in the nation at 8.1%. This difficult economic news combined with the election of a more “progressive” Legislature in November mean that tax increases (and even spending cuts) are likely in store for the upcoming 2021 legislative session. With New Mexico relying heavily on oil and gas revenues, the state’s economi...
It’s my fervent hope the two Georgia Senate runoff elections are the last time conservatives will be forced to vote for Republicans because no conservative alternatives exist. For over 30 years conservatives have been told by the rich who run the Republican party that we have no choice but to hold our nose and vote for candidates who will turn on us immediately after they’re sworn into office. Republican election victories don’t mean conservatives will win anything. It only means conservatives will lose slower. Compare what O...
Christmas in California has effectively been canceled by Emperor Gavin Newsom. And now it looks like here in L.A. we’re going to be locked in our basements by the local yahoos in charge until February. But the continuing destruction of normal social and economic life in California in the name of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic is old news. Instead, let’s talk about the yahoos in Washington who are continuing to screw up the whole country. The federal yahoos, it’s no surprise, a...
No one will ever accuse President Donald Trump of being overly careful in his exercise of his pardon power. So, it makes sense that advocates of Edward Snowden, the man responsible for the most damaging classified leak in U.S. history, are mounting a last-minute push to get the president who pardoned Sheriff Joe and Roger Stone to issue his most outrageous and indefensible pardon yet. It’s a transpartisan alliance. Glenn Greenwald, Snowden’s journalistic partner and for...
Meetings are subject to change due to coronavirus concerns Jan. 5 • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., via Zoom. Information: https://www.currycounty.org/open-government/meeting-portal or 575-763-6016 • Clovis Civil Aviation Board — 5:30 p.m., virtual format. Information: 575-769-7890 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m., via Zoom. Public may listen on City of Portales Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/cityofportales/. Questions or comments from citizens may be submitted in writing to the city clerk or city manager bef...
Monday • Virtual tour of Gennaro Natural History Collection — 10 a.m., ENMU Reads Facebook page. Video presentation by Dr. Darren Pollock of the ENMU Department of Biology. Information: http://www.facebook.com/ENMUReads/ • Christmas Star prayer meeting — 6 p.m., on the steps of the Roosevelt County Courthouse, downtown Portales. Hosted by the Roosevelt County Ministerial Alliance. Information: 575-760-4635 • Clovis-Carver Public Library Stitch Addicts stitch — 6:30 p.m., via Google Meet. Contact Sara at swilliford@...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission spent the early stretch of its Thursday meeting saying a heartfelt farewell to three employees totaling nearly half a century in city service, and said a proud hello to Clovis’ newest world rodeo champion. “For those of you that have maybe been under a rock for the last week,” Mayor Mike Morris said of guest Shad Mayfield, “he accomplished something most athletes only dream of. He has risen to the level of world champion in his sport. It's truly a bright spot in our community, in 2020, to k...
Xcel Energy’s Sagamore Wind Project wrapped up its construction phase with a virtual celebration and news conference Wednesday with project and state leaders. Project Manager Brian Hudson said the last turbine has been commissioned and all turbines are 100% operational. “New Mexico will continue to invest in and develop renewable infrastructure and build out our all-of-the- above energy approach,” said New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. “We’re grateful to partners like Xcel Energy and I’m incredibly excited about our d...
The first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine were administered at local hospitals last week. Roosevelt General Hospital began vaccinating employees last Tuesday and Plains Regional Medical Center gave its first vaccinations Thursday. Dr. Mark Lockett, medical director of the emergency room at PRMC, was the first in the Clovis facility to receive the shot. "It was really efficiently done," Lockett said. "Through Presbyterian we signed up for an appointment time on an e...
