Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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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 Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Aug. 12 *Clovis Astronomy Club – 7 p.m., Room 221, Clovis Community College, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Use west parking lot entrance. Information: 757-846-7509 *City of Portales Planning and Zoning Com...
Today *New Mexico tax-free weekend – thru midnight. No gross receipts taxes on qualifying items. Information: https://www.tax.newmexico.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/FYI-203.pdf Today through Saturday *Lea County Fair and Rodeo – Lea County Fairgrounds, 101 S. Commercial St., Lovington. Information and complete schedule: https://www.leacountyfair.net/events Monday *Monday Movie: “Smallfoot” (2018; PG; 1 hour, 36 minutes) – 6 p.m., Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Seating first come, first s...
On this date ... 1947: The bodies of two Clovis men had been found in the cabin of their chartered plane, which crashed about 20 miles from their destination of Eagle Nest Lake. Jimmie Gressett and John Hardisty, both 21-year-old pilots, were planning to go fishing. Officials said their plane crashed into the side of a narrow canyon near the top of a mountain. 1950: Final plans for the new Portales Hotel were in the hands of the Lambie Construction Co. Orders were being rushed for all materials needed to complete the...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Geronimo Lazaro, 23, failure to appear on a felony charge • Michelle Rodarte, 38, driving on suspended or revoked license, failure to yield right of way to oncoming vehicle • Khaatimah Medina, 47, probation violation • Tyler Berry, 21, driving under the influence of liquor, no drivers license, speeding, open container, no insurance • Anthony Zamora, 33, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, probation violation • Carlitos Apodaca, 24...
Take a look at the photo of that cat. Notice anything interesting? In case you can't, it has extra toes, which makes it a polydactyl kitten. Six just like it were dropped off at the Clovis Animal Shelter on July 23. Workers there said they've never received an entire litter of them before. "There's not a ton of cats actually out there with extra toes," said Jacob Pullen, who works at the shelter. Otherwise known as "mitten kittens," the unique felines have a cult following...
Editor's note: This is one in a continuing series of interviews with local officials. Roy Rice is Clovis' police chief. This email exchange focused on school safety. Q: School starts again in just a few days. How are you feeling about student safety locally? Are the area districts doing all they can to prevent campus violence? A: I feel the schools are doing quite a bit to ensure student safety. I have attended meetings and training sessions for the staff to enlighten them on...
At a Prince Street convenience store, at least every day – sometimes more – a curious customer will ask Gem Rainer about his first name. "Is it really Gem?" they'll float while purchasing gas. "How'd you get the name Gem?" they'll say while he scans their Red Bull. Rainer, who's built like an offensive lineman, but has the warmth to cheer you up after a bad game, is happy to tell them. But prefaces it with, "This is a true story." He does that because he knows its obs...
Directors of New Mexico Counties on Friday heard of the intergovernmental workings in the development of the Regional Behavioral Health Facility to be built in Clovis. Curry County Manager Lance Pyle told board members that work on the RBHF may begin late next year at the 18-acre site on West 21st Street near Clovis' Plains Regional Medical Center. "That's an optimistic timeline," Pyle said. Pyle said the development is a partnership between Curry, Roosevelt, De Baca, Quay...
It may be a little easier to file taxes next year. New Mexico announced Thursday it agreed to join the Internal Revenue Service's Direct File program, which allows taxpayers to file their taxes free and directly with the IRS online. The program is being expanded after a pilot program in 12 states and 140,000 taxpayers, who claimed more than $90 million in refunds and saved $5.6 million in filing costs, according to the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department. "We're excited to start working with the IRS to make sure...
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday signed the only piece of legislation passed during a fleeting special session last month, forgoing any line-item vetoes some lawmakers worried would occur as payback after lawmakers gave her public safety agenda a hard pass. But the two-term Democratic governor, who lambasted members of her own party for failing to even give her proposals a hearing before adjourning within five hours of gaveling in, made no secret of her displeasure. “The Legislature’s failure to prioritize public safety...
The ribbon cutting for the new Curry County Multi-Purpose Livestock Pavilion at the county fairgrounds is set for 4:15 p.m. Friday. After the ribbon cutting, those in attendance are invited to tour the new facility. The pavilion is 57,216 square feet and accommodates 250 10-foot by 10-foot stalls, according to a county news release. The facility includes interior and exterior wash stalls for livestock as well as office space and restrooms. The construction cost totaled just under $14.188 million. Funding for the project came...
What happened to Bingo games at the Fraternal Order of Eagles 3245 in Clovis? They’ll be back soon, said Dean Ferguson, the FOE’s Bingo manager. “A staff permit renewal was overlooked. It’s renewed every three years with the New Mexico Gaming Authority,” Ferguson said Thursday. “The Bingo license is in good standing,” Ferguson added. “All employees have to have a staff permit even though we’re volunteers.” Ferguson said the renewal is “in the process and as soon as it’s renewed, we’ll be back to Bingo.” That will probabl...
Curry County commissioners on Tuesday approved a $60 million budget for fiscal year 2024-2025. The figure represents about a $5.5 million reduction from fiscal year 2023-2024’s budget of $65.538 million. In presenting the budget to commissioners, County Manager Lance Pyle said the county’s projected revenue for the upcoming fiscal year is $26.192 million. “The rest of the approximately $33.9 million in revenue comes from federal and state monies such as grants, fire funds, road funds, special programs and such,” Pyle said af...
ALBUQUERQUE — When state workers paid a surprise visit to an Albuquerque assisted living facility earlier this year, they stumbled across a family wandering the halls, looking for a relative who lived there. They eventually found her about a mile away. At an Albuquerque nursing home, workers spoke with a woman who was recovering from surgery and had been left in a soiled diaper for 12 hours overnight. She was still clad in a hospital gown after her own clothes got lost in the laundry. The two situations — at Morada Alb...
Roosevelt County commissioners on Tuesday adopted their 2024-2025 fiscal year budget of $20,480,450.92. Last year’s budget was about $18.8 million, said County Treasurer Layle Sanchez. The cost of doing business on most everything has increased, Sanchez said. This includes the cost of equipment, the cost of fuel, the cost to retain employees and pay their healthcare as well as their benefits. “All those things play a role,” she said. Laura Thompson, deputy county manager and finance administrator, who is the acting county man...
Mediation talks are underway in an effort to resolve a lawsuit filed by a coalition of school districts challenging a controversial scheduling rule requiring public schools to spend 180 days annually with students. State District Judge Dustin Hunter of Roswell last month rescheduled a hearing to Sept. 30 to allow the mediation to continue. The two-month pause comes in a lawsuit filed in April against the state Public Education Department by the New Mexico School Superintendents Association and about 55 of the state’s 89 s...
A Clovis woman locked up since January in connection with an August 2023 shooting death was ordered to be released Monday on monitored house arrest. And the case against Alexandra Romero, 30, took a bizarre turn as court proceedings revealed she had a connection with former Clovis Police Officer Frank Careri who was charged Friday with drug trafficking. Romero last year was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the slaying of Javier Jimenez. That charge was upgraded to...
On this date ... 1960: Stroud’s Food Market at 523 S. Ave. C in Portales offered bacon for 49 cents per pound. Cans of peaches were 25 cents, Cokes were six for 29 cents, and 8-inch fruit pies were three for $1. 1960: Clovis dedicated its new Salvation Army building at Second and Axtell streets. Construction cost $24,500 and was funded with private donations locally and through the Salvation Army, the Clovis News-Journal reported. 1968: Dorothy Worrell of Clovis and Lou Hardy of Tulia had won their second straight B...
Roosevelt County’s former county manager, Amber Hamilton, has been elected to the New Mexico County Reinsurance Inc. Board of Directors. Santa Fe County Manager Gregory Shaffer was also elected to the board. While Hamilton’s last day as county manager was Friday, and she will be working for Plains Regional Medical Center, she will still serve on the board. NMCRe works closely with select New Mexico counties staff on matters of finance, claims and risk management....
The Clovis Curry County Chamber of Commerce has announced Ashley Furniture as its newest “Retail Rockstar.” Area residents are invited to the award presentation set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Ashley Furniture, 2500 N. Prince St., Clovis. Ashley Furniture was nominated for the honor by the previous winner, Brown’s Shoe Fit Co....
A Clovis man last week was sentenced to two years in jail for damaging the Curry County Detention Center. Damon Martinez, 41, along with other inmates, “broke off a heavy-duty towel rack and used it to create a hole through the cinderblock” in a cell, according to a news release from District Attorney Quentin Ray. “The hole was the size of a basketball when it was discovered … The hole led to an air vent that went directly to the roof,” according to the news release. Damages were reported at $900 from the incident that occu...
Last Wednesday, Joann Luscombe, her aunt, Frances Simon, and her father, Buddy Prince, gathered at Muffley's Funeral Home in Clovis. They were there to proofread the obituary for their long lost relative, Sgt. Sam Prince -- a Clovis native whose remains were recently found after he died 82 years ago as a prisoner of war in the Philippines. The obituary for Sam Prince, a member of the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment, reads more like a history book than a personal story. That's...
National Night Out is coming to Clovis’ Greene Acres Park from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Organizers see the event as one where people can “connect with your neighbors and join millions of others throughout the nation as they come together with their local police departments to promote police-community partnerships and neighborhood comradery.” Clovis Marketing and Events Coordinator Nicole Holcomb said Monday, “We currently have several agencies participating including: Clovis police, Clovis fire, state police, Curry C...
A woman and her son awaiting trial this fall for their alleged roles in a 2023 fatal dog attack in Tucumcari are back in jail. This time they’re accused of felony child abuse. Mary Montoya, 52, and her son Kristopher J. Morris, 28, both of Tucumcari, were arrested on warrants and charged on Thursday on one count each of intentional child abuse (no great bodily harm). The charge is a third-degree felony that could result in three years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Magistrate Judge Noreen Hendrickson ordered Montoya and Morris...
These days, when Tom Schoneman makes the roughly six-hour drive from his Texas home to Earl and Tom's – his spiraling cannabis retail shop in Clovis – he often finds himself "consumed" by stress. Low profits have forced him to recently let go of three full-time workers who used the income to support their families. He said he feels like he "failed them." "Physically, mentally, emotionally, from a point of anxiety, I've never been this under the gun and felt this kind of pre...
