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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS - About 50 representatives of public safety, public health, behavioral health, non-profit agencies and elected officials gathered Friday to brainstorm ideas for a regional mental health facility that would serve Curry, Roosevelt, De Baca and Quay counties. The session, held at the Clovis-Carver Public Library, was billed as a town hall organized by Initium, a public benefit healthcare company based in Denver that is conducting a feasibility study to learn if and how a...
The beginning of March marks the beginning of ticket sales for this year’s Clovis Music Festival. The festival is three nights of music June 16-18. Christian artist Danny Gokey opens the festival Thursday, June 16th with a performance at Legacy Church, 3401 North Norris in Clovis. Gokey’s name may be familiar to long-time fans of the television show “American Idol” as he came in third place in the eighth season finale. According to his website, since then he has had a number of hits on the Christian music charts and has gar...
Do faith healers have specialties? Doctors do, of course. I’d not be surprised to find an LDP specialist available should you need a Left Distal Phalange doctor for your port side little toe. Not that long ago, I could have used an RDP specialist for my fractured RDP, but my very excellent primary care/GP/family medicine physician and friend), since retired, was more than able to deal deftly with both left and right distal phalanges and anything else from head top to toe b...
PORTALES - Eastern New Mexico University's women had already clinched a spot in this week's Lone Star Conference tournament prior to Saturday's matchup against rival Western New Mexico at Greyhound Arena. Still, the Greyhounds wanted to make sure they were the 11th seed, and didn't drop to 12th in the 12-team event. They did so with a blistering start en route to a 66-43 thumping of the Mustangs. Then the news, in theory, got better. Their first-round opponent was slated to...
CLOVIS - Clovis Christian knew it would be tough trying to beat District 6-1A rival Fort Sumner for a third time this season in Saturday's district tournament finals. The Foxes wasted little time taking charge, and made sure there wouldn't be any comeback. Sophomore Seth Saiz scored 28 points and junior Clay Norman added 18 on six of the team's nine 3-point baskets as Fort Sumner cruised to a 67-48 victory at the CCS gym. Because it won the regular-season title, CCS (19-8)...
LITTLEFIELD — The season came to an end on Friday night for the Farwell Steers, who dropped a 61-55 decision to Gruver in a Texas Class 2A boys area round matchup. The Greyhounds (25-7) built a 17-point lead through three quarters before Farwell rallied late to make it close. Six-foot-3 senior Colton Millsap scored 19 points and 6-5 junior Jefferson Weaver added 18 for Gruver. High scorer for the Steers (24-8) was senior Leo Nunez with 20 points. In New Mexico area girls district championship games on Friday night: Melrose 3...
The Roosevelt County Road Department is working on South Roosevelt Road U, from South Roosevelt Road 9 to South Roosevelt Road 11 and also South Roosevelt Road Q, from South Roosevelt Road 8 to South Roosevelt Road 9. Both of these projects are expected to be completed March 18 weather permitting. According to a press release from the road department these roadway projects are upgrading dirt roads to caliche roads as part of the Local Government Road Fund Grant. The press release included a request for all residents to drive...
A Grady woman died early Friday in a wrong-way collision on Interstate 40 east of Tucumcari. According to a news release Monday from New Mexico State Police, the accident at 12:38 a.m. killed Kayla Corrales, 27, of Grady. According to the press release: • Corrales was driving a Chevrolet pickup west in the eastbound lanes of I-40 when it collided with a Honda Pilot sport-utility vehicle going east near mile marker 340. • Corrales was airlifted to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, where she died of her inj...
PORTALES — After a year’s hiatus for the program, Eastern New Mexico University athletic director Paul Weir on Monday announced the hiring of Brandon Misuraca as the new men’s soccer coach when the Greyhounds resume play this fall. Misuraca spent the past three seasons as the first coach of the Oklahoma Panhandle State program, leading the Aggies to an overall mark of 23-17-9. Before that he was an assistant coach at University of the Cumberlands in Florence, Ky. and the University of Houston-Victoria, both NAIA Divis...
PORTALES - Portales High's girls were looking at a top-four seed for the upcoming Class 4A state tournament. With a 58-45 win over Roswell Goddard in Friday's District 4-4A tournament championship game at the Ram Athletic Center, the Lady Rams sealed a No. 4 seed in the 16- team Class 4A state tournament, meaning they could have two home games before possibly traveling to The Pit in Albuquerque for the semifinals on March 10. Senior post Kylyie Paden and senior guard Taris...
LOVINGTON — Clovis High’s tennis teams managed a 10-10 overall split over the weekend in a five-team tournament hosted by Lovington. Playing two singles and two doubles matches against each foe, the Wildcats defeated Portales 4-0, lost to Hobbs 4-0 and went 2-2 against Lovington, Roswell Goddard and Artesia. The Lady Wildcats were 3-1 against Goddard and Portales, 2-2 against Lovington and 1-3 against Artesia and Hobbs. Ayia Al Saleh went 2-0 for the Lady Cats in singles and teamed with Niliyaah Hall to win both of their dou...
LUBBOCK — Senior Malethabo Seema took first place in the women’s 800 on Saturday’s final day of competition in the Lone Star Conference indoor track meet, hosted by Lubbock Christian, to help ENMU’s women to a sixth-place team finish with 37 points. Meantime, the ENMU men were ninth in team standings with seven points. Seema, who ran a time of 2 minutes, 16.12 seconds, won the LSC outdoor championship in the event last spring and placed third in the indoor version in 2020 before COVID-19 wiped out the spring campaig...
ALBUQUERQUE — First-round pairings were announced on Sunday for 16-team state tournaments by the New Mexico Activities Association. Nine area teams — four girls, five boys — were selected for round-of-16 games, which are slated for Friday (girls) and Saturday (boys) on the home courts of the higher seeds. First-round and quarterfinal games (next Tuesday for girls, Wednesday for boys) will also be played on the home courts of the higher seeds. In girls contests on Friday, 12th-seeded Clovis High (18-10) travels to No. 5 Las C...
It's been 4 1/2 years since a musical was performed on the Mainstage at the University Theatre Center at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. That changes this week with the opening of the Broadway musical version of Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic, "Little Women." I sat in on a rehearsal last weekend and visited with Director Travis Sherwood while the cast and crew worked out the glitches that come with individually microphoning 22 performers. "The rehearsal...
On this date ... 1952: Roll-away bleachers were being installed at the Eastern New Mexico University gymnasium in anticipation of the upcoming state basketball tournament. “Temporary accommodations will extend the permanent bleachers to the ends of the gymnasium. Additional bleachers will be installed on the ends of the court,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. ENMU Athletic Director Al Garten said the additional bleachers would seat 1,372. That meant total capacity would be...
After posting a narrow victory at the GOP state pre-primary convention over the weekend, Jay Block declared himself as the “front runner” of New Mexico’s Republican crop of governor candidates and quickly went on the attack. He called for fellow GOP candidate Mark Ronchetti to drop out of the race, saying he “kicked the crap out of him” at the convention, and criticized another candidate who is facing an ethics complaint. Block, a Sandoval County commissioner and retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, said in an interv...
Who would’ve thought that the Soviet Union would rise from the ashes and re-establish itself in Eastern Europe once again? It’s now clear that is exactly what Russia President Vladimir Putin wants to do. He has reportedly said the Soviet Union’s fall was “the biggest geopolitical catastrophe of the (20th) century” and his actions are speaking louder than his words. So far, he has invaded the former Soviet “possessions” of Georgia in 2008, Crimea in 2014, and Ukraine in 2022. It’s an opportune time for his ambitious expan...
The most conspicuous victims of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine are the people who will lose their lives in defending their country against a brutal (and nuclear-armed) neighbor. But Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch a many-pronged attack — an audacious operation the United States predicted but was unable to prevent — is also a devastating assault on international norms and potentially a harbinger of a wider war in Europe. Last week’s attack fully justifies the significant sanctions the U.S. and its allies ar...
Whenever a government wants to go to war, you can be sure it is lying -- to its population and to anyone who listens to its justifications. If anyone supports a war, they have been hoodwinked by the lies. Without lies, no ethical person would ever support war. The aggressor has to lie and present itself as the victim. Otherwise, its cannon fodder would be less enthusiastic to die for the government’s agenda. Unfortunately, the victim populations’ government will lie, too. It...
The New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) has recognized the Clovis High School Freshman Academy for its outstanding bilingual and multicultural program. According to a news release from the Clovis Municipal Schools office, bilingual students at the Freshman Academy demonstrated proficiency and significant gains during the past two years – excelling beyond the standards set by the state and earning them the distinction of an award-winning program. The news release concluded with “Clovis Municipal Schools would lik...
A Melrose student athlete has won a $1,000 “Together We Rise” scholarship from the New Mexico Activities Association, according to an NMAA press release. Johanna Roybal of Melrose was one of 37 student athletes statewide to win scholarships totaling $41,500 in the scholarship program. The scholarship is given to students excelling in athletics, activities and academics, the press release stated. The press release noted that about 200 students were nominated or submitted applications for the awards....
A Clovis man is being held in the Curry County Adult Detention Center without bond after being arrested on a felony charges of aggravated assault on school employees and carrying a deadly weapon on school premises. Court records show Joshua Moralez, 19, was arrested Feb. 23. The charges stem from a Feb. 7 incident in which Moralez is accused of shouting at Clovis High School officials and placing his hand on a gun in a car parked at the school. The incident happened after school officials escorted a female student to her...
In past years, we have shared information about our Federal Programs Department, covering all the varied activities which, in fact, have changed during the last couple of years. Now called LCARS, the acronym stands for Language, Culture, & At-Risk Services. Under the LCARS umbrella, we have our Family Services partnering with schools to increase school attendance, help with community resources, empowering families to become self-sufficient. In addition, Family Services...
March 14 will be the five-year anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of three airmen from Cannon Air Force Base. I didn’t know them, but I do have something tangible that serves as a reminder of that day. Shortly after the accident, I became the owner of the vehicle that belonged to the youngest victim, 1st Lt. Frederick (Drew) Dellecker. The first time I saw his 2016 Jeep Rubicon, it was pointed out to me that he had waxed it so much you could still see some of the white residue. I was filled with s...
LOGAN - New Mexico's top education chief said many teachers in the state likely will see a pay raise as soon as April. New Mexico Education Secretary Kurt Steinhaus provided details about forthcoming pay increases for teachers and school staff during a so-called "listening tour" Friday in the boardroom of Logan Municipal Schools. Steinhaus held similar sessions last week in Bloomfield, Taos and Roswell, and was scheduled to hold more this week in Truth or Consequences, Los...
