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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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DALLAS - A casual stroll through an East Texas oilfield on a bright, moonlit evening ended with the barrel of a Smith and Wesson pressed to Larry Wansley's head as he stood next to a freshly dug grave. Wansley can't pinpoint the exact moment he made the decision to leave undercover work behind. But the sound of whirring rigs and the smell of loam as a corrupt sheriff led the FBI agent to his reckoning remain vivid. More than 45 years later, Wansley is the director of...
Hillcrest Senior Life Center 1704 E. 7th St, Clovis 575-769-7908 Menu Monday: Sloppy Joe, ½ baked potato w/margarine & sour cream, green beans w/margarine, pears. Tuesday: Garden salad w/ chicken and egg, light ranch dressing, tomato soup, wheat roll, fruit salad. Wednesday: Center closed. *January menu not available at press time.* Activities Monday: 1:30 p.m. Spanish Bingo. Tuesday: 10 a.m. Craft Room Creativity, Limited seating, must register in advance. 1:30 p.m. New Years Eve Celebration. Wednesday: Center Closed....
Now that Christmas is done, how do we dispose of our cut tree? These days in Clovis when residents are done with their cut Christmas tree, it is to be treated just as any other trash, according to Jesus Garcia, sanitation supervisor with the city of Clovis. “We used to send out a crew to pick up the trees for mulch,” Garcia said Tuesday. But things have changed since the COVID pandemic. “There was that year, 2020, hardly any trees were sold so we haven’t had a special pickup for the trees since,” Garcia said. Garcia ha...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “Mistletoe Season: Three Christmas Stories” by Sheila Roberts, Kathleen Fuller, & Pepper Basham. In Say No to Mistletoe by Sheila Roberts, Hailey Fairchild is about to go home for the holidays, unengaged and determined to say no to mistletoe. In...
Ask Herman Chavez for his favorite dish and he'll tell you it's Puerto Rican-style rice and beans with pork chops. "It was my grandmother's recipe," Chavez said. "It's the seasoning, sofrito, a custom blend of seasonings. They use it in everything. And the rice is so good, they cook it with chickpeas," Chavez added. Chavez told The News more about his life in a Thursday interview. Q: Where were you born? What do you remember about growing up? A: I was born in Far Rockaway, Que...
What a crazy, weird year 2024 has been. I had such high expectations and achieved so little realization. I retired in March and received a wonderful sendoff. So many friends and well-wishers attended that it warmed my heart and almost made it hard to leave. But I vowed I was off to fish and travel the country. I guess I did go fishing if you count the state park pond six miles down the road. But I’ve yet to use the state park pass I purchased to get motivated to get out t...
Monday *Come and go reception honoring county commissioner Robert Thornton – 5-6 p.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Public event honoring Thornton’s eight years on the Curry County Commission. Information: 575-763-6016 Thursday *Clovis City Commission - 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Jan. 6 *City of Portales Planning and Zoning Committee – 5:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Porta...
SAGINAW, Texas – After seeing an 11-game winning streak come to an end, Farwell’s girls bounced back to rout Bishop (Texas) 55-23 on Friday in a tournament hosted by Saginaw H.S. In their first game of the day, the Lady Blue suffered a 45-43 loss at the hands of Class 3A Fairfield, seeing the Lady Eagles overtake them with a 13-5 run in the final quarter. Farwell (17-3) had no trouble against the Class 3A Lady Badgers, opening a 41-10 halftime lead and cruising behind 14 points from senior Makylee Baldwin, 10 from senior Land...
LITTLEFIELD – Portales High’s girls got back in the win column on Friday with a 58-22 victory over Sundown in Littlefield’s Wildcat Classic. Earlier in the day, the Lady Rams dropped their tourney opener to Clarendon 56-41. Portales (3-7) was slated to face either Tulia or Pecos (Texas) in Saturday’s consolation finals. Portales and Clarendon were tied 21-21 at halftime, but the Lady Bronchos (16-4), ranked fourth in Texas Class 2A, broke away when play resumed as senior center/forward Hannah Holdman delivered 12 of her game-...
SANTA FE – Clovis High’s girls scored the game’s first six points and the Lady Wildcats never looked back on Friday in a 62-38 domination of Santa Fe High. Sophomore guard Gianna Cordova scored 15 points and had three of the team’s four 3-point baskets as CHS improved to 10-3 for the season. “I never felt like we were out of control,” CHS girls coach Jeff Reed said. “It was a good game for us to come back off a four-day break. I felt like we knocked some of the rust off.” The Lady Cats, coming off a 66-49 loss to Volcano...
Editor's note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials and community leaders. Christopher Moyer is Portales' city manager. Q: You've been on the job now for five months. What has surprised you – in good ways or bad -- about what you've signed up for? A: Good -- I really enjoy working with the people who work for the city. Everyone wants great things for this community. Q: How are you feeling about the city's water situation? A: The aquifer is d...
Nothing went right for Clovis High's boys over the first five minutes of Friday's clash with Lubbock Cooper at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. The Pirates scored on their first six possessions and built a 16-0 lead. Meantime, the Wildcats didn't get on the board until senior guard Jayden Cox nailed a 3-pointer with two minutes left in the period. In a game featuring almost exclusively back-and-forth runs by both sides, the Cats (6-6) had the final answer, getting two free throws each...
Today *Christmas Glitter and Glow Show – 5-9 p.m., US 70 between Portales and Clovis (by old Greyhound Stadium). Cost $25 per carload; cash or credit card. Monday *Christmas Glitter and Glow Show – 5-9 p.m., US 70 between Portales and Clovis (by old Greyhound Stadium). Cost $25 per carload; cash or credit card. Tuesday *New Year’s Eve *Pajama party and movie marathon – 6 p.m.-midnight, event barn, Williams Livestock Ranch, 7834 NM 206, Portales. Movie snacks, drinks, and treats. Kid-friendly activities and games. Family-frien...
New Mexico residents will be able to visit state parks for the day at no cost from New Year’s Day to April 30. Visitors from out of state, however, may not be such happy campers. The free visits are part of a fee restructuring at the New Mexico State Parks Division, which includes increased costs for out-of-state visitors and a bump to annual camping and day-use passes. The changes are expected to bring in an additional $4.8 million to the division annually. Going forward, in-state visitors can access the parks for the day fo...
The Wall Street Journal recently published a “blockbuster” story that President Biden has been in significant mental and physical decline for the last four years. The WSJ’s headline is such old news, and so out of date, that it reads like it was written in 2022 — when it should have been if the corporate media had been doing its job. “How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge.” “Aides kept meetings short and controlled access, top advisers acted as go-b...
The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine notes that, “U.S. policy is centered on realizing and strengthening a democratic, prosperous, and secure Ukraine more closely integrated into Europe and Euro-Atlantic structures.” A June 13 briefing from the White House says in part, “It is the policy of the United States to assist Ukraine in maintaining a credible defense and deterrence capability.” What are the U.S. goals in the Ukraine war? What do we want to accomplish? When do we know that we...
The year is winding down. I hope yours has been good and your next year will be even better. I enjoy the week between Christmas and New Year. It might be one of my favorite parts of the holidays; it feels like a cozy nook to rest in and read a book. For me, it’s a more relaxed time. The hustle and pressure of the holiday have calmed down, but the family holiday fun often lingers a while longer. So do the leftovers. It’s a time to enjoy the present, reflect on the past yea...
Three out of four low-income households in New Mexico struggle with legal issues impacting basic needs like housing, financial stability, access to social and medical benefits. New Mexico’s civil legal service providers handle thousands of cases every year, but a lack of capacity caused them to turn away more than half of the people seeking help last year. The New Mexico Commission on Access to Justice works with civil legal service providers to ensure equal access to the justice system for the most vulnerable in our c...
New Mexico’s senior senator expects to fight for public lands and to focus on national labs and permitting reform in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the coming congressional session. Sen. Martin Heinrich will be the top Democrat on the committee, leading the minority party opposite Republican Chair Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. The pair have a history of working together on bills like the recently passed Good Samaritan law to make abandoned mine cleanup easier. But the senators will be on opposite sides of a b...
On this date … 1951: An increase in reports of dogs destroying property had prompted an “intensive campaign” to rid Clovis of strays. Police Chief John Droke was warning dog owners to make sure their dogs were licensed and wore their licenses. Dog catcher Juan Chavez had impounded 28 dogs in the past two days and only one was tagged, the Clovis News-Journal reported. Stray dogs were kept in the pound at the city zoo for 10 days before being destroyed, Chavez warned. 1957: Clovis merchants were gathering an impressive colle...
Not to name names, but here’s something to know: Levi and Oliver are back, and so are Aurora and Emily. Noah and Liam? Boys will be boys, as those two continue to wrestle for first place. And, girl, whether it’s Sofia or Sophia, you’ve got a solid chance of finding one of them somewhere out there. The state Department of Health last week released the top baby names in New Mexico for 2024. The list, compiled by DOH’s Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, is provisional and subject to change depending on what the sto...
Roosevelt County commissioners on Monday voted to raise the salaries of some of the county’s elected officials and their deputies starting with the offices’ new terms. The vote was 3-1. Commissioners Dennis Lopez, Paul Grider and Roy Lee Criswell voted for the 7% raise. Commission Chair Tina Dixon voted against it. Commissioner Rodney Savage was absent from the special session. “I am concerned about how these raises can be sustained,” Dixon said during the measure’s discussion. The salary for the county clerk and the count...
The last days of December are a fine time to remember how quickly the years slip away. For instance, as hard as it is to believe, we will soon be celebrating (probably the wrong word to use) the fifth anniversary of when COVID entered our vocabularies and turned our world upside down. Even harder to believe for me though, is that this New Year’s Eve marks 25 years – a quarter a century, people – since we huddled around our electronics on Dec. 31, 1999, and wondered what exactl...
One local New Year’s Eve party will have drinks, munchies, games and a few movies building up to 2025. Only this one is for children. Williams Livestock Ranch, south of Portales on NM route 206, is hosting a New Year’s Eve Pajama Party on Tuesday evening. “We were trying to find something for kids to do that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg,” Sara Williams said Thursday. The party is from 6 p.m. to midnight in the Williams Livestock Ranch event barn. The cost is $15 per child. Accompanying adults are free. Outside food and...
An annual military spending bill that will bring billions to New Mexico was signed into law Monday by President Joe Biden. The National Defense Authorization Act authorizes $895 billion in spending, including pay raises for military personnel at Cannon Air Force Base and other installations across New Mexico. New Mexico has 14,301 active-duty service members, as well as 7,551 National Guard and reserve members. The bill has $33.5 billion for nuclear weapons programs in the Energy Department. It also authorizes annual budgets...
