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BNSF railway will be closing the Norris Street crossing in Clovis from 7 a.m. Tuesday through 5 p.m. Wednesday, the city announced in a news release. The closure allows BNSF to make track repairs, the release stated. Information: Call BNSF at 505-227-0306.... Full story
Today *Daylight saving time ends. Turn clocks back one hour. *Fall pancake dinner and auction – 5 p.m., Wesley House, 1417 S. Ave. K, Portales. Free-will donations; proceeds benefit ENMU Wesley Foundation. Information: 620-770-9643 Monday *Game night: Nertz – 4 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 *Radiologic Technology Program Open House – 5-7 p.m., Sisler Building, Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Meet instructors and learn about a career in healt...
When branches from my neighbor’s tree grow over my property line and are touching my house and/or my overhead lines, who is responsible for cutting back those branches? The owner of the property where the tree trunk lies is responsible for the care and maintenance of the tree, according to city of Clovis Code Compliance Supervisor Tim Blair. “If the branches are over the property line, that property owner may trim the tree back to the property line,” Blair said Tuesday. Tree growth over property lines is a civil matte...
Today *Daylight saving time ends. Turn clocks back one hour. Tuesday *General election day – polls open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. *City of Portales Public Works Committee meeting – 9 a.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 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 *Friends of the Portales Public Library – noon, meeting room, Portales Public Library...
A flood warning for Curry and Roosevelt counties has been extended until 9 a.m. Saturday. The National Weather Service is reporting Clovis had received up to 2 inches of rain by 3:30 a.m. and another inch was possible in the next two hours. Flooding of Clovis streets and highways around the area including Cannon Air Force Base was expected, NWS reported. Parts of Curry and Roosevelt counties could receive up to 5 inches of rain by 9 a.m. Saturday, NWS reported.... Full story
Portales on Tuesday was set to unveil its “baby box,” a safe place where a baby, up to 90 days old, may be left without parents facing criminal repercussions. Formal unveiling for the Portales baby box at the city’s main fire station, 301 S. Ave. C, was set for Tuesday. The driving force behind the baby box has been Right to Life of Roosevelt and Curry Counties, according to organization Director Angie Smith, who is also chair of the Republican Party of Roosevelt County. The national agency that has pushed for baby boxes...
On a warm October night, the trio peeled off Clovis' Seventh Street into a cemetery. After entering, their sedan wobbled over uneven gravel until parking at a beige mausoleum. It's difficult to tell what's scarier: How quiet it was or how dark it was. Unpredictability and tombstones don't mix well. For most people, their fight or flight instincts are screaming "Flee! Flee! Flee!" But this trio – Jeff Conner, Jason Kapera and Renaee Latham – aren't most people. They're gho...
ALBUQUERQUE -- Expect a big and enthusiastic crowd when former President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally Thursday in Albuquerque - as well as a boost for GOP candidates up and down the ballot, said Republican Party of New Mexico Chairman Steve Pearce. "When that plane rolls up, and he steps out, I will guarantee you you're not going to be able to control the enthusiasm," Pearce said. Others, are less enthusiastic. "I'm disappointed that Donald Trump is bringing his cruel,...
TEXICO -- A Texico man was critically injured early Sunday morning when his pickup was struck by a train at the Garwood Street crossing behind Stripes Convenience Store. The accident happened about 7:30 a.m., said Curry County Sheriff Michael Brockett. The train blocked crossings in the area for about two hours. Andres Rodriguez, 26, was transported to Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis before being taken to an Amarillo hospital for treatment, Brockett said. He remained hospitalized Tuesday in stable condition, the...
Bill Southard must have enjoyed Halloween. At least he wrote a lot about it when he was managing editor at the Clovis News-Journal for much of the 1970s and early 1980s. Some of his spooky reports were funny – we'll get to the naked woman in a minute – and some were real-life scary – like the time Clovis leaders asked kids to skip trick-or-treating due to concerns about poison candy. He wrote about the "good old days" of the holiday, "when kids used a good deal of ingenuity in the tricks they performed." There was the time...
At Celebratory Recovery – the place that helped Liz Reese find sobriety – it was business as usual that Oct. 2. Before the faith-based recovery meeting kicked off at Portales’ First Baptist Church, she chatted with friends and munched on sloppy joes. During it, she read Scripture and handed out sobriety chips. Afterward, she maintained her duties as the church’s custodian by helping clean up. In those simple acts, Reese, who said she was addicted to meth and cocaine,...
The General Election, what some term the 2024 presidential election, is scheduled Tuesday. Early voting ends Saturday. Here are "Super Ballots" for Curry and Roosevelt counties: President Kamala D. Harris (D) Laura Ebke (Liberal Party) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (None) Chase Oliver (Libertarian Party) Jill Stein (Green Party) Donald J. Trump (R) Claudia De La Cruz (Socialism and Liberation Party) U.S. senator Martin Heinrich (D) Nella Louise Domenici (R) U.S. representative...
Today *Tiny Tots storytime: Halloween – 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 *Blood drive — 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Cannon Room, Plains Regional Medical Center, 2100 Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Clovis. Register online at www.bloodhero.com. Advance appointments strongly recommended. Information: 877-258-4825 *Preschool storytime: Halloweenies Sensory Bins (Wear costumes) — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940 *Teens and Tween...
On this date … 1940: Two young male lions were sold to a circus by the Clovis zoo. Cole Bros. Circus purchased the lions and a monkey in a cash transaction following its Clovis performances, the Clovis News-Journal reported. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. 1940: Clovis High School band members needed new uniforms and they were willing to work for them. Band members said Nov. 9 was going to be “Hobo Day,” during which they would mow lawns, clean up trash, wash dishes or perform just about any other task in excha...
Friday *City of Portales Finance Committee – 4 p.m., City Hall, 1028 W. Community Way, Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Nov. 3 *Daylight saving time ends. Turn clocks back one hour. Nov. 5 *City of Portales Public Works Committee meeting – 9 a.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Nov. 7 *Clovis City Commission - 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Nov. 11 *Veterans Day *Portales Municipal Schools board - 6 p.m...
Three people were shot in two incidents that occurred about 10 hours apart on Sunday in Clovis. Officials said they do not believe the shootings are related. Adiano Gallegos, 18, is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. He’s accused of shooting Alex Reyna, 44, at Reyna’s house in the 700 block of South Sandoval Street about 2 p.m. Sunday. Gallegos remained at large on Tuesday morning. Reyna told police Gallegos shot him in the stomach, court records show. Reyna was taken to University Medical Center in Lub...
CMB Garage Doors has been named the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce’s newest Retail Rockstar following a nomination from One Stop Feed. CMB was honored with the award at its Clovis business location Thursday at North Prince Street and Wilhite Road. The Clovis location is one of many serving the Southwest including eastern New Mexico, West Texas and Arizona. New Sonic Drive-in coming soon Construction in the 1000th block of Portales’ North Chicago Avenue is for the new location of the town’s Sonic Drive-in. “It w...
Clovis High School has one student being recognized this year as a semifinalist in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Katy Archey has opportunity to continue in the competition for 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered next spring, according to a Clovis Municipal Schools news release. Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level. “About 95 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and approximately h...
RIO RANCHO -- Clovis High School's marching band placed fourth in a field of 18 Class 5A marching bands from around New Mexico on Saturday. "I think the band had the best performance of the season yet. The band did very well," said Director Daniel Perez. Host Rio Rancho won the first New Mexico Activities Association marching band contest in the 5A division with a score of 78.769, followed by Cleveland (78.700), Organ Mountain (77.525) and Clovis (74.950). Roswell Goddard won...
A Texico man is in an Amarillo hospital after his car was rammed by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe trail Sunday at about 7:30 a.m. according to Curry County Sheriff Michael Brockett. According to a news release from Brockett, deputies responded to a report of a vehicle being struck by a train at the Garwood St. railroad crossing in Texico, just west of the US 70/84 crossing at the state line. Deputies located a green pickup truck approximately 400 feet west of the Garwood St. railroad crossing where it was pushed by a BNSF...
The football field at Clovis High School's Leon Williams Stadium is to be named in honor of CHS retired head football coach Eric Roanhaus. "It's a very humbling experience," Roanhaus said Tuesday after the CMS School Board's unanimous vote at its regular October meeting. The idea was brought before the board at its September meeting. At that session Board members Shawn Hamilton and Paul Cordova were assigned to look into signage costs. After Tuesday's meeting, Hamilton said...
The Curry County Sheriff’s Department looking for a suspect in a shooting Sunday at a home southwest of the Clovis city limits. According to a news release from Sheriff Michael Brockett, authorities are looking for Adiano Gallegos, 18, of Clovis. In his news release, Brockett reported at approximately 2:12 p.m. Sunday the Clovis Police Department received a 911 call from a resident who lives in the 700 Block of South Sandoval. The caller reported that a neighbor had been shot and then transported to the Plains Regional M...
The Curry County DWI and Substance Use and Behavioral Health Programs are hosting a Virtual Oferenda to honor the memories of friends and family taken by drunk driving, opioid overdose, and mental health disorders. From a Curry County news release: The Virtual Oferenda will be hosted on the Curry County Grant Programs Facebook page Nov. 2-27. Pictures and memories will be posted daily to honor and remember loved ones who have departed from drunken driving, opioid overdose and/or mental health disorders. To participate and...
The Clovis Municipal Schools Board on Tuesday was lacking one member due to a resignation. It was reported by Board President Cindy Osburn during the session Board Vice President Sharon Epps tendered her resignation as District 1 representative effective Oct. 10. Osburn said Epps "resigned due to a personal issue." Epps could not be reached for comment. Osburn noted as per state regulations the board has 45 days from Oct. 10 to appoint a replacement for Epps. Osburn outlined s...
After making a speech at her retirement ceremony, Sandra Taylor-Sawyer awaited a long line of people with a gracious smile. Each person looked more elated than the next to congratulate her on a storied career working for the Small Business Development Center at Clovis Community College. If Taylor-Sawyer ever wondered if she made an impact on local small businesses, the sea of people at CCC's Eula Mae Edwards Museum last Tuesday afternoon confirmed it. Following a career that...
