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In an unanimous decision the Portales Municipal School Board has voted for Doug Pfaffenberger to fill an open board member seat as of Monday. Superintendent Johnnie Cain said Pfaffenberger had put in a letter of interest after hearing the resignation of former Board Member Cade Skinner. Pfaffenberger had run for this position back in November, where he received 38.5% of the vote in the election. “The Board felt that his desire to be a board member was evident since he had ran for the position and since he did receive a g...
The Portales City Commission warns residents to prepare to continue conservation efforts after concluding the city will be staying in the stage 3 water restrictions at Tuesday’s meeting. The city has been in stage 3 since last summer. Councilman Eldon Merrick said in the discussion the peak demand in Portales is close to 5 million gallons a day, and that they are in a deficit of 1,000 gallons a minute. “There’s no way we could reach that peak demand… I know everyone hates to hear that, but I don’t see any other option,...
It's the month of love, and what better day to get married than on Valentine's Day? The Ninth Judicial Court District in Curry and Roosevelt counties decided to make the holiday just a bit more special for some couples on Wednesday. The local courts offered free wedding services on Valentine's Day. For Lucinda and Spencer Noia, who was at the Curry County Courthouse, getting legally married was something in the works for a long time. The couple has been together for 17 years...
The Curry County Commission in a 4-1 vote approved a resolution that would give the county’s elected officials a 6.5% increase in their salaries. At their regular meeting Thursday, Chairman Robert Thornton was the only one who openly expressed that he was not in favor of the increase. “If you’re there (as an elected official) for the monetary part of it, then you’re in it for the wrong reasons,” Thornton said. While he understands the logistics of the salary increase, Thornton said he fights this action item every time it com...
ROSWELL – It was a struggle, but Elida outscored Gateway Christian 11-2 in the final stanza to edge the homestanding Warriors 55-52 on Thursday in District 4-1A boys action. Junior Hardy Fraze scored nine of his team-leading 15 points in the fourth quarter as the Tigers (13-10, 6-0) stayed atop the district standings. They’ll get a forfeit win on Tuesday against Lake Arthur, which has ended its season due to lack of numbers, before hosting Dora (13-8, 5-1) on Friday with the district’s regular-season title possibly on the l...
BOVINA – The Farwell Steers completed a perfect run through District 2-3A boys play on Tuesday night, pulling away after halftime for a 70-43 victory over Bovina. Tied with the Mustangs 28-28 at the break, Farwell (23-9, 10-0 district) posted a 42-15 scoring advantage in the final two cantos to stretch its winning streak to 12 games. Junior Ryder McElroy led the Steers with 18 points, while senior Corey Stancell and sophomore Braddock Foster chipped in 13 apiece. Farwell p...
CANYON, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s men took a 2-0 lead in the second minute of Thursday’s Lone Star Conference matchup against top-ranked West Texas A&M. It was all downhill from there. WT scored the game’s next 11 points and never looked back, rolling to a 93-68 victory over the Greyhounds and dropping ENMU to 0-3 on its four-game road stretch. With the win, the Buffaloes (23-1, 18-0 LSC) ran their winning streak to 20 dating to an 80-79 home loss to Metro State on Nov. 16. ENMU (14-9, 10-7), which lost to WT 8...
Portales High's girls are looking at a big week in District 4-4A to conclude the regular season. On Friday night, though, Roswell Goddard did its best to throw a monkey wrench into things. It took a 22-point fourth quarter for PHS to come from behind and finally put Goddard away 42-32 at the Ram Athletic Center, leaving the Lady Rams (18-6, 3-1) in a tie for the top spot with Artesia (17-6, 3-1), which needed a late rally of its own to down Lovington 45-40 on Friday. PHS...
AMARILLO – Farwell’s girls built a commanding lead, saw most of it dissipate, then pulled away with a strong defensive second half to beat Clarendon 52-38 on a Texas Class 2A area (second) round game on Friday night at West Plains H.S. Junior Makylee Baldwin scored 18 points, junior Landri Richey had 14 and junior Bella Jaime added 10 for the Class 2A second-ranked Lady Blue (31-3), who won their 17th game in a row and advance to a Tuesday regional quarterfinal match against Floydada (27-3), at a time and site to be det...
Even when they're having a "down" season, the Hobbs Eagles can be a handful. Apparently headed for their first losing campaign since 2010-11, the Eagles have given Clovis High's boys all they wanted in two regular-season meetings, including on Friday night when the Wildcats pulled out a 65-62 victory at Rock Staubus Gym. It was the team's first win over their rivals since taking two of three against the Eagles in the 2019-20 season. Senior center Marvin Cox scored 19 points...
HOBBS – The week started off with another tough, narrow loss to Carlsbad. It certainly didn’t get any better for Clovis High’s girls on Friday night. A trio of 3-pointers kept the Lady Wildcats in some shouting distance of Class 5A No. 2 Hobbs, but they got only two field goals and two free throws after that in a 59-15 District 4-5A loss to the Lady Eagles. The Lady Cats (18-7, 1-4 district) have played a number of quality teams competitively this season. Not Hobbs, though, which won the two regular-season matchups by a combi...
A decision that would allow the Department of Defense (DOD) to drill monitoring wells on private property was unanimously tabled by the commission. Friends and relatives of Art Schaap, the owner of Highland Dairy, spoke on his behalf Tuesday at the Curry County Commission meeting; encouraging commissioners to not pass the resolution that would install monitoring wells on multiple locations, including Schaap’s land. Kyle Bethel, Schaap’s son-in-law, spoke at the podium during the public input agenda item. “The landowner must...
The Presidential search process is “well underway” at Clovis Community College according to Board of Trustees President Lora Harlan. In an email, Harlan confirmed the 17 member search committee met Feb. 8. According to Harlan the search committee considered an application pool of “well over 40 applicants.” “The pool is competitive and produced applicants who can proceed through the process,” Harlan wrote. Harlan said the Search Committee will meet again Wednesday and Thursday to conduct a series of video interviews as part of...
“Unmodified” is the best rating anyone who is audited in New Mexico can hope for and that’s the rating Eastern New Mexico University received in its audit of 2023 finances. “It’s the best opinion you may get from an audit,” ENMU Chief Financial Officer Tony Major said. The news came Friday as the ENMU Board of Regents held a regular meeting on the campus of ENMU-Ruidoso. In other business in the meeting: • Board President Trish Ruiz praised state legislators for their work at the recently ended legislative session. “The...
By Kelsey Summers John Philip is a remarkable man who has made one of the most incredible songs. On May 14, 1897, the world got to witness the true talents of John Philip. As the public got to hear “The Stars and Stripes Forever” for the first time. On this day, the world was stunned by the song that had just debuted. I can foresee that this song will continue to grow and amaze people in the future. During John Philip’s life growing up he was involved in music thanks to his father. “John Philip Sousa was one of ten children b...
By Eleanor Shuler It’s May 14, 1897. The crowd is waiting patiently for the band to start playing. Right then, the band walks out. The audience holds their breath. Then, the band starts playing. You see John Philip Sousa conducting the band so they stay on beat. The audience starts clapping to the beat of the music. About two minutes later, the band concludes the song. The audience stands and cheers. Some people had a look of shock on their faces. Some were smiling with delight. It was a bright, sunny and happy day. John P...
By Noah Green This afternoon, one of the greatest musical pieces I have ever heard just played here at Willow Grove Park, Philadelphia. The song is called “The Stars and Stripes Forever” and was composed by the phenomenal artist John Philip Sousa. This was not his first song, as he already had a highly successful band that wrote numerous other successful songs. (The Stars..., 2002) As the song was playing the crowd had a vigorous response, cheering the band on like I have never seen before. People stood and applauded lik...
The 345-page Hur Report landed on the Biden presidential campaign like a 345-pound bomb. The report didn’t start out that way, but eventually it got toxic. Hur decided not to charge Biden with anything that had to do with classified documents. In point of fact, due to the Justice Department’s policy that a sitting president can’t be indicted, Hur had no choice. He couldn’t indict Biden. Hur’s statement that, “our investigation uncovered evidence that President Biden willf...
People don’t always do what you want. I’m not even talking about those who decide to rob others at knifepoint, which I’m sure you don’t want them to do. I’m talking about when someone chooses to do their own thing based on different values, preferences, and information. When they make a choice you wouldn’t have made. A choice you might think is a mistake, based on your values, preferences, and information. How we handle these situations says a lot about who we are. Some c...
I just turned 68. Happy birthday to me. It’s been a long and winding road, one in which I’ve stolen from the Beatles more than once. But, hey, what can I say — I was Born to Run! Actually, and with apologies to the Boss, I was born to live through some incredible history. From the unraveling of Jim Crow to the rise of Artificial Intelligence, we baby boomers have seen it all. By the time I got to high school, I was attending an integrated school and getting to know Black people as equals. That may sound quaint today, but b...
With the end of the 2024 Legislative Session Thursday, area legislators lined up $24 million in capital outlay projects for Curry and Roosevelt counties in hopes of approval from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. As to when Lujan Grisham will sign the capital outlay bill known as Senate Bill 275, possibly vetoing projects, Senator Pat Woods (R-Broadview) didn’t have an exact date. “She has 30 days to do it,” Woods said Thursday. Clovis City Manager Justin Howalt reported of a list of seven capital outlay projects city offic...
Highway officials are considering building a bridge to eliminate US 70/84 traffic at the New Mexico and Texas stateline. On Thursday, the Department of Transportation sought the public's perspective of the proposed project to residents who expressed concerns. Department of Transportation officials in Texas and New Mexico have been discussing for months a bridge that would "span the existing railroad line and allow the traveling public to experience continuous traffic flow...
After 31 years of providing services for individuals with developmental disabilities, Konnie Kanmore has learned that sometimes it’s the smallest gestures that make the largest impacts. Kanmore is executive director of Absolutely You, a Portales-based organization with branches in Hobbs and Roswell, with a mission of providing “community, support, and assistance residentially and vocationally to individuals with developmental disabilities.” Kanmore contacted me recently askin...
When folks in Portales wanted flowers over the years, they turned to Billye Hestand and her husband Elvis. Billye Hestand died Feb. 8, just about a month after she celebrated her 100th birthday. Elvis died in 2010. The two were married for almost 70 years. According to her obituary from Wheeler Mortuary, the Hestands arrived in Portales in 1949, buying the former Whitehouse Flowers in October that year. In 1956 the Hestands moved their business to 813 W. Second St. They ran th...
License plate recognition cameras have been given the OK for purchase and installation by the Clovis City Commission. Commissioners unanimously approved the $58,400 expenditure for 16 cameras at Thursday’s regular session. Clovis Police Department Deputy Chief Trevor Thron outlined the need for the LPRs in the city in an email to the news before the commission meeting. “Flock Safety’s License Plate Recognition cameras operate by capturing images of passing vehicles’ license plates. These images are then processed using A...
