Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Monday *Clovis City Commission special meeting - 3 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 *Portales City Council – 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers, Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Questions, requests, or comments from citizens should be submitted in writing to the city clerk or city manager before the meeting. Contact information available at https://www.portalesnm.gov/departments/. Information: 575-356-6662 Tuesday *Curry County Commission – 9 a.m., Com...
Clovis city commissioners at their next meeting Thursday will be considering the demolition of some structures around Clovis. According to the agenda structures on properties on 13th Street, West Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard are being considered for demolition. Among other matters before the commission will be the announcement of the winners of the Founder’s Day coloring contest. Clovis City Commission meets Thursday at 5:15 p.m. in the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library at 7th and Main S...
Tuesday *Roosevelt County Commission - 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 *Portales Municipal Schools board - 6 p.m., Board Room, L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Information: 575-356-7000 Wednesday *Clovis Community College Board of Trustees – 8 a.m., CCC, 417 Schepps Blvd., Room 512, Clovis. Information: http://www.clovis.edu/about/administration.aspx or 575-769-4003 Thursday *Clovis City Commission - 5:15 p.m., North A...
Dairyman Art Schaap wants eastern New Mexico to know there is a side-effect to area farmers and ranchers shutting off their wells to conserve water in the Ogallala Aquifer. "I just want to make sure I am heard," Schaap said in an interview with The News. Schaap alleges shutting off water wells and taking the associated land out of production has caused a significant rise in cattle feed prices. "Fields northwest of Cannon Air Force Base produced a lot of feed grain for the area...
First they came for Bullet Bob. Now the city of Clovis is after little ol’ ladies who can’t push a lawn mower. Violate city decrees, and you just might find yourself in front of a judge facing “fines, fees and possible jail time.” That’s what we learned at Thursday’s City Commission meeting. Bullet Bob Vilandry’s crime was posting signs at his collectibles store on Main Street. The signs asked motorists to reserve a couple of spaces for Vilandry’s customers who otherwise routinely have to walk a block or more because the res...
Monday *Clovis-Carver Library Board – 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: Margaret Hinchee at 575-769-7840 Tuesday *Curry County Commission – 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 *Annual meeting of members of the Roosevelt County Telephone Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. – 2 p.m., Jake Lopez Community Center, 705 E. Lime St., Portales. Information: 575-226-2255 *Clovis Municipal Schoo...
Clovis is about to get serious with those who violate city codes. The news came at Thursday's Clovis City Commission meeting. Building Safety Director Daron Roach, who oversees code enforcement, told city commissioners almost 5,000 citations were issued last year to city residents over code violations. That number was more than four times the citations issued in 2021. And so vigorous enforcement is needed, Roach said. Roach said the city will be enforcing the violations...
After months of going back and forth between the Roosevelt County Commission and the Portales City Council, a decision was made regarding the Portales Communications Center. The council approved a revised agreement at their last meeting on April 11. Originally, the commission offered $125,000 worth of funding for FY23 (July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023) for dispatch services. However, the city council previously requested $175,000. It was ultimately decided to keep the funding at...
Editor's note: This is one in a series of profiles focused on local newsmakers. Since Laura Wight was a young woman, she has been an activist. Starting in high school, Wight began filling her free time volunteering for social advocacy groups and carried that work with her into college. "I just became really sort of troubled by a lot of the issues that we have in the United States with poverty, injustice, you know, racial inequality," she said. Now 46 and a mother of four, the...
Monday *Curry County Commission special meeting – 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 *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 *84th annual meeting of members of Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative – Ballroom, ENMU Campus Union Building, Portales. Registration 5:30 p.m.; buffet meal 6 p.m.; meeting 6:30 p.m. Infor...
At their regular meeting Tuesday, the Portales City Council approved a revised contract with the Roosevelt County Commission regarding the Portales Communications Center. After the commission’s meeting last Tuesday, City Manager Sarah Austin said the fire chief, police chief, and sheriff met with the board to come up with new revisions. Originally, the commission offered $125,000 worth of funding for FY23 (July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023) for dispatch services. However, the city council requested $175,000. It was ultimately d...
Monday *City of Clovis Water Policy Advisory Committee – 8:30 a.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Tuesday *Curry County Commission – 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 *Clovis Community College Board of Trustees study session – 2 p.m., CCC, 417 Schepps Blvd., Room 512, Clovis. Information: http://www.clovis.edu/about/administration.aspx or 575-769-4001 *Civic Center Policy Committee...
Their uniforms will be yellow and black, they won't have a firearm or handcuffs and their strongest police power will be writing parking tickets if they need to. That's a brief description of the new Police Service Aide (PSA) position in the Clovis Police Department (CPD), approved unanimously by Clovis City Commissioners at their first regular meeting of April. Commissioners heard from CPD Deputy Police Chief Trevor Thron as he went through a PowerPoint presentation on PSA...
Clovis City Commission is scheduled to take steps to get funding for some city projects that didn’t get any Capital Outlay money from the 2023 Legislature. The action is on the agenda for Thursday’s regular commission meeting. The agenda simply states commissioners will vote on applying for grants from the Transportation Project Fund Grant Program administered by the New Mexico Department of Transportation. City administrators hope to get funding for the Purdue Street drainage project, street improvements to Marvin Haas Bou...
A new airport terminal and a freshly painted airport runway: those are the top projects on the agenda of Clovis Regional Airport's new director, Amanda Brungart. "I love it. I'm excited for the opportunity," Brungart told The News Monday. As director, Brungart's responsibilities include directing, coordinating and supervising airport operations, including maintenance and security. Clovis City Manager Justin Howalt said in a news release he is glad Brungart has joined the city...
Tuesday *Roosevelt County Commission - 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 *Clovis Civil Aviation Board — 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: James Harris at 575-763-9618 Thursday *Clovis City Commission - 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Friday *Good Friday Saturday *Curry County Republican Party second Saturday breakfast — 9 a.m...
In their regular meeting Tuesday, the Portales City Council voted 4-3 to deny the Portales Communications Center Agreement that was provided to the council by the Roosevelt County commission. This motion will “stop all administrative services the communications center provides to the Sheriff and accept no financial support from Roosevelt County” effective April 30, according to City Manager Sarah Austin. However, the communications center would continue their respective PSAP (public safety answering point)/E911 duties and...
What is the history of Ned Houk Park and its dam site? Ned Houk Park is named for the long-deceased Clovis mayor and city commissioner known affectionately as “Mr. Ned.” Houk was born in Missouri in 1882 and died in Clovis in 1968. He was Clovis’ mayor from 1931 to 1933 and again from 1951 to 1953. A Clovis News-Journal article about Houk’s death in May, 1968, mentioned his service on the Clovis City Commission for 17 years. He has also been described as “a well-liked Clovis business owner who operated H&H Grocery in the 20...
New Mexico’s Supreme Court on Friday issued an order that temporarily blocks enforcement of the anti-abortion ordinances Clovis and Roosevelt County passed last year. The city of Clovis, Roosevelt County and Hobbs are listed as respondents in the case. All five justices concurred. The court granted the request in response to state Attorney Gen. Raul Torrez’ emergency writ of mandamus filed Jan. 23. The court directed all parties to submit briefs addressing legal issues. The court’s order reads: “… (T)he county and city ordi...
Area legislators have requested $39.9 million in Capital Outlay funds for Curry and Roosevelt counties in House Bill 505. The requests are now in the hands of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham awaiting her approval or line-item veto by April 7. A review of legislative records shows area Republican legislators, Sens. Stuart Ingle and Pat Woods and Reps. Andrea Reeb, Martin Zamora and Jack Chatfield, whose districts include portions of Curry and Roosevelt counties, put in for funds for multiple projects. Curry County Manager Lance...
Monday *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 *Regional Soil and Water Conservation Districts annual meeting/legislative event – 6 p.m., Melrose Senior Citizens Center, 427 N. Main St., Melrose. Tom Sidwell, speaker; enchilada dinner by El Rancho. Information: Border SWCD at 575-760-1273, Central Curry SWCD at 575-799-1904, Roosevelt SWCD at 575-356-6629, ext. 3019, or Southwest Quay SWCD at 575...
Clovis Regional Airport has a new airport manager. Amanda Brungart, the new manager, was introduced to Clovis City Commissioners Thursday at the commissioners regular session. Brungart replaces James Harris who resigned last fall to take a job as the manager of the Santa Fe airport. In other business Thursday: • Constance Williams, Regional Representative from U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan's office, had a presentation for commissioners on citizen services available from L...
At their regular meeting Tuesday, the Roosevelt County Commission approved an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) for fiscal year 2023 with funding for the Portales Communications Center. They also drafted a JPA (joint powers authority) for fiscal year 2024. Portales Councilwoman Veronica Cordova was in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting to speak with the commission about the communications center agreement. This has been an item on the agenda for quite some time now, and both the commission along with Cordova agreed it was time t...
Clovis City Commission will decide whether or not to replace the roof of the Colonial Park Golf Course Clubhouse roof at their regular session Thursday. According to agenda notes from the city the roof was damaged in a hail storm in May 2021. The project involves more than just roof replacement. Other components of the roof such as vents, fans and other items are to be removed and replaced. “It’s a complicated roof,” City Manager Justin Howalt said. “We’ve been working with the insurance company for some time.” If approved...
On this date ... 1951: John Smallwood of Haileyville, Okla., had been selected “the most eligible bachelor” on the campus of Eastern New Mexico University. The Kappa Delta Alpha sorority selected Smallwood for the honor at its White Rose dance. 1955: Gov. John Simms announced he would not sign a bill that would have built a youth reformatory in Quay County. Simms cited cost as his primary concern. The proposed institution’s price tag was $650,000. 1956: Jimmy Allman of Clovis had won the right to operate the concession stand...
