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My laptop computer went mute recently. I can’t tell you exactly when, but I’m sure it lost its voice several days before I noticed it had lost its voice. Its speakers, I knew — or thought I knew — were fine; they just were not speaking. As emergencies go, it was way down the list from a house fire and just maybe a bit above being subjected to another smarmy ad on TV by a politician going low to assure you that he is not a low-life politician or, at least, not as slimy as his d...
MELROSE – The defending Class 1A state champion Melrose Buffaloes have earned the third seed in the six-team 1A state tournament and will host a first-round tilt against fellow District 3-1A member Cimarron at 2 p.m. today. The winner goes on to play second-seeded Magdalena in a semifinal match on March 12 at Spark Kindness Sports Complex in Albuquerque. The Buffs (9-5) went 3-0 against the Rams during district play. Unbeaten defending champion Logan faces the winner of today’s other game, sending fifth-seeded Gateway Chr...
MELROSE – Unbeaten and defending Class 1A state champion Logan broke away from Melrose with a nine-run sixth and defeated the Buffaloes 16-4 in six innings on Friday in the opener of a District 3-1A baseball doubleheader. The top-ranked Longhorns (18-0, 9-0 district) then won the nightcap 23-3 in five, scoring 10 times in the third and seven in the fourth. Freshman Mason Wallin went 6-for-7 in the doubleheader with six RBIs – four in the opener – and four runs scored. Sophomore Skyler DeLuca finished 3-for-3 with two runs...
Choral music has always been the main passion for Sean Galloway, the director of choirs at Clovis High School, and this year the payoff has been a state championship for the school's chamber choir, as well as top honors for the Wildcats' Women's Select choir. Galloway came to Clovis 10 years ago with his wife Diana on what they call "our Great Southwest Adventure," an escape for cold, snowy winters in Michigan, where both grew up and attended college. With his choir students...
On this date ... 1901: Thomas Edward “Black Jack” Ketchum, described as the “most noted desperado of the Southwest” by the Galveston Daily News, was hanged in Clayton. Ketchum, a self-confessed train robber accused of multiple crimes including murder, was also a rancher near Tucumcari who rode on many trail drives. He was hanged for a failed train robbery in which no one was killed. They hung him so hard, the history books tell us, his head came off. The native Texan, who lost an arm in the botched train robbery, seemed...
ROSWELL – Portales High’s girls finished fourth in the five-team Coyote Classic, hosted by Roswell High on Thursday at Spring River Golf Course. Hobbs took girls team honors with a score of 362, while the Lady Rams came in at 460. Hobbs also captured the top spot in the boys’ portion of the meet, shooting 326. Junior Paige Yazzie led Portales’ girls at 56-49 – 105. The medalist for the girls was Falyn Lackey of Hobbs, who shot 84. On the boys’ side, sophomore Stratton Seifert finished at 51-57 – 108 for the Rams. Hobbs h...
Eastern New Mexico University’s Portales campus plans to receive $62.8 million in instruction and general revenues and spend a little less than $56 million in instruction and general funds for the 2023-2024 fiscal year in the operating budget approved Friday by the ENMU Board of Regents. Tony Major, ENMU’s chief financial officer told the regents on Friday that revenues are projected to increase by nearly $4 million, or 6.8% from the current year’s $52.9 million in instruction and general funds, due to increased stude...
CLOVIS – Clovis High senior Jeremiah Johnson knew he would need to reach back if he wanted to win boys shot put competition in Friday's Wildcat Relays at Leon Williams Stadium. And he did just that. Putting one out there nearly 3 ½ feet farther than his previous best, he overtook Texico sophomore Taye Smith on his final throw, going 50 feet, 5 ¾ inches to win it. Smith was second at 49-5 ¾. The Wildcats finished third in an 11-team field, scoring 68 p...
LOVINGTON – Clovis High’s girls finished sixth while the boys were ninth in the RISD Invitational golf tournament, played Monday and Tuesday at the Spring River and New Mexico Military courses. Lovington took boys team honors, shooting a two-day total of 629 to edge first-day leader Deming by three shots. Clovis Christian was sixth in the 10-team field at 711 while the Wildcats came in at 766. Belen’s Grady Cox was the individual medalist, shooting a four-under-par 139 for the 36 holes. CCS junior Noah McKay finished 15th ove...
LOVINGTON – Clovis High’s girls finished just two strokes behind Lovington for team honors in Thursday’s Lovington Invite golf tournament. Lovington finished at 367 to 369 for the Lady Wildcats. Portales High was fourth in the five-team event at 450. On the boys’ side, Lovington shot 313 to finish 10 strokes ahead of New Mexico Military. Clovis Christian was fourth in the eight-team competition at 342 while the Wildcats were sixth at 359. Three players shot under 100 for the Lady Cats, led by senior Jolie Adkins at 44-40 ...
PORTALES - Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) will present the 46th annual Jack Williamson Lectureship April 13-15, featuring guest of honor, author, and two-time Hugo Award winner Arkady Martine. According to a news release from ENMU, assistant vice president of marketing and communications John Houser said, “Martine is a true superstar in the world of science fiction and fantasy.” Houser writes Martine’s debut novel, “A Memory Called Empire,” won the 2020 Hugo Award for best novel. The sequel, “A Desolation Called Peac...
On this date ... 1941: The Curry County jail had no prisoners. Sheriff Bill Collins said it was the first time he’d been without prisoners to watch since he took office two years and three months earlier. Collins posed for a photo on the front page of the Clovis News-Journal with a sign on the jail door that read, “For rent.” 1946: Clovis’ Memorial Hospital had 19 newborns in its nursery. “Hospital attaches are thankful that their nursery has been enlarged, or they wouldn’t have room for all the small fry,” the Clovis News-J...
It's hard to think of many folks who have had a longer active association with Eastern New Mexico University than Buck Wilson of Portales. From the time he arrived on campus as a sophomore transfer student from the University of New Mexico in 1957 (and except for a few years away for military service and completing a dental degree), Wilson's life has been intertwined with Eastern's. "His nearly 70 years of 'bleeding green' has permanently enshrined Buck Wilson in our Hall of...
RIO RANCHO – Clovis High’s boys and girls each won two events in Friday’s Cleveland Invite track meet. For the boys, senior R.J. Nora posted a win in triple jump (44 feet, 2 inches) while sophomore Sammy Fuentes took first in the 1,600 (4 minutes, 38.92 seconds). On the girls’ side, sophomore Gabrielle Foggie came in first in the 400 (1:01.14) while senior Madison Parkin took pole vault competition (9-6). The Wildcats finished fourth in boys team standings with 52 points, trailing host Cleveland with 93 and Albuque...
SANTA FE — In 1912, Doña Dolores “Lola” Chávez de Armijo, state librarian of New Mexico, filed a lawsuit when Gov. William C. McDonald tried to remove her from office. McDonald claimed that women were unqualified to hold office according to the Constitution and laws of New Mexico. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham trumpeted Armijo’s courage and resolve during a presentation Wednesday marking International Women’s Day, and celebrating New Mexico’s Historic Women Marker Program. Armijo won her lawsuit, which allowed her to keep h...
RIO RANCHO – For three teams, it was Heartbreak City in Thursday’s state basketball semifinals. Texico’s girls helped the area avoid getting swept as the seventh-seeded Lady Wolverines advanced to Friday’s Class 2A state title game with a hard-earned 45-41 victory over third-seeded Laguna Acoma. The Lady Wolverines led most of the contest, but had a hard time putting the Lady Hawks away until senior Catelyn Breshears knocked down four consecutive free throws in the final minute. Breshears finished with 21 points, includi...
RIO RANCHO – Clovis High’s wrestlers got a taste of state competition over the weekend at Rio Rancho Events Center. CHS managed only one win in the event, but coach Eric Zottneck said the program is making solid progress. “We had two at the state meet last year,” he said. “I think we’re on the right patch. We just need to continue to grow and get better and recruit for the program.” Seniors Michael Tree at 172 pounds and Semaj Satchel at 195 participated at state last year. They were joined this time around by sophomore Kae...
FARWELL – Farwell’s boys wrapped up a perfect run through District 3-2A on Monday, but not without a bit of a fight from rival Bovina. The Steers (25-4, 10-0 district), who clinched the 3-2A title with a win at Panhandle four nights earlier, took a hard-fought 57-51 victory from the Mustangs in the regular-season finale for both squads, who are now headed to the Class 2A postseason. Junior Corey Stancell scored 17 points and seniors Walker Williams and Adrian Nunez added 13 apiece for Farwell, which extended its winning str...
Arrangements for selling $3.5 million in general obligation bonds to support Portales Municipal Schools were finalized Monday in a unanimous 4-0 vote of the school board. Board president Rod Savage did not attend Monday’s meeting. The bonds were approved by voters in a 2021 election, when voters approved $7 million in general obligation bonding for the district. The first $3.5 million in bonds were deployed in 2022. Regina Gaysina, director of the municipal finance department in Albuquerque of RBC Capital, the financial a...
A Melrose native and Eastern New Mexico University graduate has joined The Eastern New Mexico News as co-editor. Landry Sena began writing for The News on Monday. She will work alongside co-editor Grant McGee in overseeing and producing content for the news department. "This is the first time, really, since the pandemic that we've had a fully staffed newsroom in house," said Publisher David Stevens. "It means more local news with more depth." Sena played four sports at...
PORTALES – Eastern New Mexico University's Deja Adrian didn't miss a beat. The junior guard-forward, second in the Lone Star Conference in scoring, returned from a four-game absence due to a knee injury on Thursday night and scored 21 points in ENMU's 80-55 rout of Midwestern State in Lone Star Conference women's basketball at Greyhound Arena. Adrian shot 9-for-14 from the floor, including a pair of 3-pointers, and posted a team-high six assists as the Greyhounds (10-10, 7...
TEXICO – So far, so good for Texico’s girls in District 6-2A. The Lady Wolverines, the only team in the district with a sub.-500 record, completed a sweep of the first time through district play on Friday night with a 54-32 victory over Pecos behind a personal-best 20 points from sophomore Adelyn Autrey. Leading by eight at the half, Texico (10-12, 3-0 district) outscored the Lady Panthers 32-18 over the final two stanzas. Senior Catelyn Breshears added 13 points as 10 of 12 players scored for Texico. Sophomore Natalia Sto...
CLOVIS – A slow start on Friday night didn't seem to bother the Clovis High girls basketball team. Trailing 10-5 midway through the opening period, the Lady Wildcats held Roswell High to just five points the rest of the half and walked away with a 61-31 District 4-5A victory at Rock Staubus Gym. On a night where leading scorer Zarai Lewis was relatively quiet, Clovis (17-4, 1-1 district) found the points well spread out in putting their 61-14 loss at Hobbs the previous week i...
What started in 2020 as a list of 30 deserving young women leading the way among the varied rural American industries has evolved into 120 of the most promising and gifted female leaders 30 years of age or younger. Among the recipients of the 2023 class is 28-year-old Kylynn Copeland of Fort Sumner, a marketing strategist for The American Quarter Horse Association and the only New Mexico resident to make this year’s list. She and her husband Caz Copeland operate one of the Dinwiddie Family ranches in De Baca and Guadalupe c...
RICHARDSON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team was picked to finish 11th of 13 teams in the Lone Star Conference preseason poll on Monday. The Greyhounds (17-31, 16-30 LSC in 2022) received 88 points in voting done by LSC coaches and sports information personnel, as well as media representatives throughout the region. Defending LSC champion Angelo State earned the top spot in the poll, garnering 23 of 32 first-place votes and 407 points. The Rams posted a 51-14 overall record last season – tied for the m...
