Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Monday *Friends of Oasis State Park board meeting – 4:30 p.m., Oasis State Park, 1891 Base Line, Portales. Non-profit board welcomes new members; board plans upcoming events, allocates funds, and works with park staff to address park needs. Information: Kelsey Prince at 575-760-0229 *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...
The city of Clovis last week released “thousands” of emails and other electronic correspondence involving local and state officials, as requested under the state’s Inspection of Public Records Act. Clovis pastor Farril Defoor and Portales school teacher Logan Brown made the requests last December. Both men have been active in local efforts to successfully pass ordinances aimed at preventing abortion clinics from opening in eastern New Mexico. Defoor requested from city officials “any and all emails, faxes and any other c...
Clovis City Commission voted Thursday to approve a “Letter of Engagement for Professional Services” with Austin, Texas attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell, the author of the anti-abortion ordinance the city adopted in January. The ordinance is not active at this time as a petition drive for the matter to be put before city voters awaits approval of petitions by Tuesday. City Attorney Jared Morris said Friday the city entered in to the agreement with Mitchell, “to represent us and file a response in the recently filed [New Mexic...
A Denver-area animal rescue group is targeting Clovis’ animal shelter as a place where there is a “devastating illness problem” and needs to take steps to prevent more problems in the future. Do Over Dogs alleges on its Facebook page it rescued five dogs from the Clovis shelter that were sick with parvo and in danger of spreading the deadly disease to other animals. “CITY OF CLOVIS! GET YOUR (expletive) TOGETHER!” the rescue group posted on Jan. 23. “(P)uppies have tested positive for parvo and are in danger of dying. … We...
Did they ever pry that gun away from Charlton Heston, or did they just bury him with it? Inspired by Heston, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, made a similar vow recently, though it will be tougher to bury him with the object of his devotion. “If the maniacs in the White House come for my stove, they can pry it from my cold, dead hands,” he declared. I assume he’ll die with oven mitts on? The freakout following a suggestion by a member of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission that a ban on gas stoves could be under...
Editor’s note: The following reader reaction is in response to the New Mexico attorney general’s efforts to nullify anti-abortion ordinances recently passed by Clovis and Roosevelt County: City Commission not representative We all knew this was coming. When the meetings discussing this were held, one side of the issue brought out facts and warnings of swift, inevitable legal action while the other cited Bible verses and hurled insults. The Clovis City Commission claims to have listened to both sides and still chose to irr...
Monday *Clovis-Carver Library Board – 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 Tuesday *Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority – 10 a.m., New Mexico Municipal League Board Room, 1229 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe. Information: 575-935-4262 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...
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has filed an “extraordinary writ” in the New Mexico Supreme Court alleging Clovis, Roosevelt County, Lea County and Hobbs have unlawfully passed ordinances that restrict access to reproductive healthcare in their communities. According to a news release from Torrez, the attorney general’s request to halt the “infringement on women’s rights” came one day after what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Torrez wrote the ordinances relied on what he terms “a flawed interpr...
Members of Eastern New Mexico Rising believe they have enough signatures to bring about a Clovis citywide election over the city's anti-abortion ordinance. Group co-founder Laura Wight Monday spoke of plans to deliver the petition pages to Clovis City Clerk LeighAnn Melancon at her office Tuesday afternoon. "Right now we're at 467 for the Clovis petitions," Wight said. That 467 represents almost 200 more signatures than are needed for the drive. "We went over," Wight said....
The city of Clovis will support efforts of the Highland Dairy southwest of the city, and EPCOR, the city's water provider, to obtain funding from the 2023 New Mexico Legislature to help find solutions to problems created by PFAS chemical pollution for the dairy's water supply, the Clovis City Commission decided unanimously on Thursday. Since Nov. 18, 2018, the dairy has halted dairy production due to the presence of PFAS chemicals in the water that was used for feed crops and...
Monday *Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Wednesday *Eastern New Mexico University Regents — 1 p.m., Hacienda Conference Room, Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe. Information: 575-562-2121 *City of Clovis Finance Committee – 2 p.m., Clovis City Hall small conference room, 321 N. Connelly, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Thursday *Clovis City Commission - 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Saturday *Eastern New Mexico Amateur Radio Club ann...
Editor’s note: The following reader reaction is in response to the city of Clovis passing an ordinance on Jan. 5 that is designed to prevent abortion clinics from opening in the city. Free will part of debate If abortion becomes illegal, what is the real outcome? Is it preventing a life being terminated before first breath, before seeing first light of day? Perhaps. What’s the real long-term outcome? A shortage of foster parents, an increase of child abuse and neglect, most definitely. God gave man free will because he lov...
Portales City Council voted at its meeting on Tuesday to replace an ordinance having to do with the placement of accessory buildings, such as carports, in the process of updating its planning code. City Manager Sarah Austin said the director of planning and zoning has been working on updating these ordinances and this was one of those. The new ordinance will minimize the setback requirements. The council approved a variance to allow a carport at 117 Colorado Drive, which would not have been required if the item had been...
Curry County Commissioners listened Thursday when they were presented with a plan for cleaning up PFAs contaminated water from land near Cannon Air Force Base. By the end of the day they had a letter drafted in support of the plan. The story emerged during the public comment section of the commission’s regular meeting, one in which dairyman Art Schaap, a man who’s dairy operation was destroyed by the contamination leaching into his groundwater, expressed frustration over very little having been done about the situation. Sch...
An eastern New Mexico group is looking to force a vote on Clovis’ newly passed anti-abortion ordinance. “They brought it to me Tuesday,” City Clerk LeighAnn Melancon said of the initial petition form. The group, Eastern New Mexico Rising, following the city charter, has just under a month to collect signatures of 20% of the voters who cast ballots in the last municipal election. The last election attracted 1,346 voters, meaning the group must secure at least 270 valid signatures from registered voters. The petition would then...
After hearing more than two hours of alternating speeches favoring and opposing a proposed anti-abortion ordinance, the Roosevelt County Commission on Tuesday gave final approval to the ordinance on a 4-1 vote. The opposing vote came from District 1 Commissioner Dennis Lopez, who urged the commission to delay action on the ordinance to allow commissioners to get a sense of action the New Mexico Legislature might take in its 2023 session, which begins Tuesday, regarding abortion and local opposition to the state’s official p...
Today *Friends of Clovis-Carver Public Library meeting – 11:30 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 *City of Clovis Planning and Zoning Commission – 3 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Thursday *Curry County Commission meeting – 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 Saturday *Republican Party of Roosevelt County biennial county conve...
CLOVIS -- An anti-abortion ordinance designed to keep abortion clinics from setting up shop in Clovis will become the city’s newest ordinance with a 7 to 0 vote of approval at Thursday’s regular session of the city commission. District 2 Commissioner Lauren Rowley abstained from the vote making the final tally 7 to 0. “I still think we need to wait until after the legislative session,” Rowley said of her abstention after the meeting. The proposed ordinance was tabled the first time it came up for a vote in November. An atte...
A reception recognizing and honoring three outgoing Curry County Commissioners will be held Wednesday afternoon. According to a news release from Curry County Manager Lance Pyle, guests of honor will be Chet Spear, Robert Sandoval and Tom Martin. Spear did not seek another term as a county commissioner as he ran into term limits. Sandoval did not choose to run for another term “for age and health reasons” he said. Tom Martin ran for re-election as District 2 Commissioner but lost to Brad Bender, Republican. Replacing San...
CLOVIS --- City Commissioner Juan Garza hopes to get a vote on an anti-abortion ordinance at Thursday’s commission meeting. Garza placed two items on Thursday’s agenda. The first item is a vote to un-table the ordinance and the second item is to vote on the ordinance, should it be un-tabled, the commissioner said in an interview on Monday. The ordinance basically requires any clinic coming into the community to comply with federal law, he said. This is an anti-abortion ordinance, which he favors because he is “pr...
On this date ... 1903: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway workers began construction on the Belen Cutoff – 268 miles of track that connected Texico and the Texas-New Mexico border to the AT&SF’s main line near Belen, south of Albuquerque. The new route, avoiding the mountains of northern New Mexico, led to the creation of Clovis in 1907. 1931: About 100 men, most armed with shotguns, gathered outside the Clovis News-Journal office on Main Street. Then, “bent upon bloodshed,” they sped out of the city, the newspap...
Tuesday *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 Jan. 9 *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 *Portales Municipal Schools board - 6 p.m., Board Room, L.C. Cozzens Adm...
CLOVIS – The city of Clovis’ location about 10 miles from the border with Texas was central to two major developments in 2022 -- legalized production and sales of recreational cannabis and abortions, which are legal in New Mexico but not in Texas. Understanding the potential for abortion clinics to open in Clovis to serve Texas patients, the Clovis City Commission has had an anti-abortion ordinance pending since Oct. 13, when it was introduced to the city commission and approved as a notice of intent. As a crowd of 190 peo...
An April 29 fire that destroyed four homes and burned through 185 acres was the dominant story in Curry County for 2022. Also destroyed in the fire were 14 outbuildings and other vehicles and property. There were no serious injuries reported in the fire northwest of Clovis. Fire department personnel and vehicles were joined by three helicopters, personnel and equipment from Cannon Air Force Base, the city of Clovis, Curry County’s road department, Clovis police, Curry County Sheriff’s deputies and state police, Clovis Fire Ch...
PORTALES -- On Jan. 10, the public comment session before the Roosevelt County Commission on an anti-abortion ordinance will allow an hour for speakers on each side, alternating pro- and anti-ordinance speakers for three minutes per speaker, the commission decided on Tuesday. The commission also decided Tuesday that the hearing will begin at 7 p.m. at the Jake Lopez Center in Portales to accommodate an expected large number of participants. Doors to the Lopez Center will open at 6:30 p.m. to allow speakers to register, the...
