Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — If the Farwell Lady Blue was nervous facing a Class 6A opponent, it certainly didn't show. In fact, they wasted no time taking control on Tuesday night at Rock Staubus Gym, scoring the game's first nine points and cruising to a 63-48 victory over Clovis High. Senior guard Lindsi Coburn led four players in double figures for the Class 2A Lady Blue (11-3), sinking 9-of-10 free throws and finishing with 18 points. Senior guard Edie White hit two long-range 3s in the o...
CLOVIS — Heading into Tuesday’s matchup between Portales and Clovis, both boys basketball coaches knew a key factor was going to be who won the inside game for control of the paint. Jeremy Karngbaye answered that question resoundingly, scoring a season-high 34 points to lead the Rams to a 71-58 win over the Wildcats. Portales (6-0) pulled away by outscoring the host Wildcats 34-23 in the second half. Jakeem Wynn and Taitte Kutcha of Clovis kept the game close until the start o...
PORTALES — County Manager Amber Hamilton stressed improvement as she addressed Roosevelt County commissioners on the county’s 2016 audit report. “It has been phenomenal to see the way this team has worked together, and I think you all will see that,” Hamilton told commissioners during their final meeting of the year on Tuesday. Hamilton said county officials and auditors wanted to “get down into the details, and we really wanted them to find everything.” Hamilton said that 11 of the 14 findings from the 2015 fiscal year...
Whether in the courtroom or in his personal life, former attorney Kent Peterson was remembered as a consummate professional and a man of integrity by some of his closest associates. The 60-year-old Peterson, who passed away Friday in Lubbock, worked for 18 years as a prosecutor with the New Mexico District Attorney’s Office, spending several of those years in Portales. Ninth Judicial District Attorney Andrea Reeb credited her expertise in the courtroom to time spent alongside Peterson in the 1990s. “When I first became a pro...
Clovis, Fort Sumner, Grady and Texico are going to have contested school board races come Feb. 7. Every other area school board, though, appears it will have just one candidate per position, following Tuesday’s candidate signup day at the Curry, De Baca and Roosevelt county clerk’s offices. In Clovis, Kyle Snider will be challenged by Joshua Crisp in his run for a second board term in District 1. Cynthia Osburn does not have a challenger in District 2. In Fort Sumner, six people are running for three positions. The ele...
Did the Russian government affect the recent U.S. presidential election? Maybe, but remind me again why I should care. You already know every election is rigged, because “abolish the office” isn’t among the options you are allowed to choose from. Until every election has this outcome as a very real possibility, the status quo is in no serious danger. It wasn’t “our election” unless you’ve sold yourself into bondage to this strange cult called “government.” Treasure your rightf...
It was on Christmas Eve, just one year ago That the High Plains were bracing, for wind and for snow. When the temperature dropped and the snow started falling, We huddled at home, and Goliath came calling. He swooped in with a vengeance and grounded the planes, He stopped all the autos and halted the trains. He closed Interstate 40 for four hundred miles, And the wind blew the snow into humongous piles. Forty miles per hour, sustained, blew the wind, With gusts up to eighty, a...
Clovis Municipal Schools officials are considering financial incentives as a means of making teaching vacancies within the school district more attractive. During Tuesday’s regular board meeting Superintendent of Schools Jody Balch initiated discussion on offering signing bonuses to prospective teacher applicants. “We have six school districts within 45 miles that have a four-day work week,” he said. “And we know of others districts that have had signing bonuses. When (Assistant Superintendent — Human Resources ) Dr. (Kerr...
New Mexico’s past, present and future are intertwined with our nation’s military and military veterans. There has been honor — more Medals of Honor awarded per capita than any other state. There has been sacrifice — the highest per-capita casualty rates in World War II and a heavy toll in the Bataan Death March, and 649 servicemen and women lost in conflicts from Korea to Afghanistan. There has been investment — four military bases, three national laboratories and an estimated 172,500 veterans. And there has been a terrible d...
Boys Portales 71, Clovis 58 Portales (6-0) — Darion Ontiveros 2, Junior Ramirez 12, Jase Wallace 10, Braden Bridges 2, Tyrese Dawson 5, Jeremie Karngbaye 34, Andrew Underbrink 3, Ethan Self 3. Totals 24 17-21 71. Clovis (4-5) — Brandon Romero 5, Dominick Urioste 5, Taitt Kuchta 18, Jakeem Wynn 24, Ethan Davis 1, Isaiah Knight 2, Jonathan Williams 3. Totals 22 9-16 58. Portales 21 16 15 19 — 71 Clovis 11 24 9 14 — 58 3-pointers — Portales, Ramirez 2, Wallace 2, Dawson, Self. Clovis, Kuchta 4, Urioste. Junior varsity — Portale...
This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and New Mexico Department of Game & Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities. Northwest Abiquiu Lake — We had no reports from anglers this week. Animas River — Water flow near Aztec on Monday morning was 293 cfs. Fishing was fair to good using San Juan worms, PowerBait and salmon eggs for trout. Alb...
Thursday • Teen, tween program — 2 p.m. at Portales Public Library for ages 9-18. Information: 575-356-3940 Saturday • Christmas Musical Service — 5:30 p.m. carolling, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. services at St. James Episcopal Church, Clovis. Information: 575-799-2533 Sunday • Christmas Musical Service — 10:30 a.m. at St. James Episcopal Church, Clovis. Information: 575-799-2533 Ongoing • Pintores Artist of the Month — Art from Lois Snyder featured at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Juried Student Art Show...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Monday • 9:15 a.m.: Motor vehicle theft, 900 block of East Manana Boulevard • 10:08 a.m.: Fraud ($2,500-$20,000), 200 block of Gayland Drive • 10:27 a.m.: Criminal damage up to $1,000, 3700 block of Cesar Chavez Drive • 11:50 a.m.: Probation violation, 1600 block of North Prince Street • 12:06 p.m.: Following too close, Yucca Avenue/Thornton Street • 1:41 p.m.: Larceny up to $500, 100 block of West 14t...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Monday • 12:53 p.m.: Vehicle theft report, 100 block North Indio Avenue • 1:26 p.m.: Fire/high value response, 1300 block of New Mexico 235 • 2:06 p.m.: Threats report, location unknown • 3:03 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 1300 block West Ivy Street • 4:02 p.m.: Criminal damage, 1100 block Leo Drive • 5:19 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, Gemini Circle/Globe Street, report taken • 5:32 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, U.S. 70/...
Thursday • Teen, tween program — 2 p.m. at Portales Public Library for ages 9-18. Information: 575-356-3940 Saturday • Christmas Musical Service — 5:30 p.m. carolling, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. services at St. James Episcopal Church, Clovis. Information: 575-799-2533 Sunday • Christmas Musical Service — 10:30 a.m. at St. James Episcopal Church, Clovis. Information: 575-799-2533 Ongoing • Pintores Artist of the Month — Art from Lois Snyder featured at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Juried Student Art Show...
Today • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. at north annex of Clovis-Carver Library. Information: 575-763-6016 Thursday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. at north annex of Clovis-Carver Library. Information: 575-769-7828 This calendar is a daily listing of area public meetings. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-763-6991 or e-mail: [email protected]...
Roosevelt County Commission The following actions were taken at the Roosevelt County Commission meeting Tuesday morning in the Commission Room of the county courthouse: • Commissioners heard reports from elected officials and department heads. Sheriff Malin Parker reported having wrapped up a child predator case with which his office was assisting the Attorney Generals Office and the FBI. He also reported that he and County Manager Amber Hamilton met with the National Guard Armory, which owns the sheriff’s office building, an...
On this date ... 1976: Holiday specials at Kmart included: • Nineteen-inch color TV sets for $344. • AM pocket radios for $2.97. • Presto Burger for $11.88. 1971: A Worley Mills tandem truck overturned atop a 10-foot pile of highway department gravel. The accident occurred about 12 miles north of Clovis on SR18. Officials said the brakes on the pup, or second trailer, apparently locked, sending the vehicle off the highway. The driver, on his way to Tucumcari, suffered a back injury and was taken to Clovis’ Memorial Hospita...
