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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — A Portales man was killed in a single-vehicle accident Tuesday morning, according to a New Mexico State Police press release. The release said: • Around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, NMSP officers investigated a crash on New Mexico 202 near mile marker 4 in Roosevelt County. • Roy Albert Brown Jr., 63, died at the scene. • Brown was traveling eastbound in a semi-tractor/trailer when it appeared the vehicle exited the roadway and became disabled on an embankment. The crash remains under investigation....
Basketball • Friday — Junior Varsity and Varsity teams play Elida at Dora, 3 p.m. Junior class fundraiser The Dora Junior class is having an enchilada dinner Friday in the Luscombe Gym concession stand during the basketball games for $7 per plate. The junior class will be serving enchiladas starting at 3 p.m. and will continue serving while supplies last....
CLOVIS — A Clovis home on the 500 block of Heaslet Street was destroyed after it caught fire Wednesday morning. Firefighters responded at 9:46 a.m. Wednesday. Clovis Fire Department Battalion Chief Joel Gershon said the two-person residence was a total loss, but there were no injuries. Gershon said the cause was still under investigation, and the house occupants will receive help from the American Red Cross....
CLOVIS — The ball isn’t bouncing right for the struggling, young Clovis High girls basketball team. Highland, also a young team, flashed more size and athleticism and made enough plays to hold off the feisty Lady Wildcats 56-51 on Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the Plateau Holiday Classic at Rock Staubus Gym. Highland (4-3) will face Farmington, a 39-33 winner over Amarillo Caprock, in a championship semifinal game scheduled for 12:50 p.m. today. The Lady Cats (4-7), who are playing the late girls game on each of...
TOURNAMENTS Boys Griego & Sons Classic At Rock Staubus Gym (unless noted) Wednesday Quarterfinals Carlsbad 46, Lovington 36 El Paso Cathedral 43, St. Michael’s 29 Highland 60, Borger 47 Clovis 56, Dumas 46 Thursday Consolation semifinals Lovington vs. St. Michael’s, 9:30 a.m. (north gym) Borger vs. Dumas, 11:10 a.m. Championship semifinals Carlsbad vs. El Paso Cathedral 4:10 p.m. Highland vs. Clovis, 7:30 p.m. Friday 7th place, 9:30 a.m. 5th place, 12:50 p.m. 3rd place, 4:10 p.m. Championship, 7:30 p.m. Note: Clovis will pla...
CLOVIS — The Clovis High boys basketball team survived a sluggish second half and held off Dumas 56-46 to advance in the opening round of the Griego & Sons Classic on Wednesday night at Rock Staubus Gym. Cruising into halftime with a 35-16 curshion, the Wildcats (5-5) let up during the second half against a team it had beaten by 21 points earlier this season, allowing the Demons (2-11) to fight their way back into the game. Fortunately for the Cats, their first-half lead was too much for the Demons, who outscored Clovis 3...
CLOVIS — Leadership changes, a voter ID requirement and the selection of a new police chief were among the storylines that dotted the Clovis city government landscape in 2016. Randy Crowder, one of the longest-tenured members of the Clovis City Commission, announced in March he did not intend to run for a fourth term in 2016. He made the announcement during a commission meeting, though he made his plans known to other commissioners prior to the meeting. One of two c...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Friday • 12:14 a.m.: Burglary report, 1700 block West 18th Street, report taken • 12:15 a.m.: Vehicle theft report, 300 block of New Mexico 467 • 1:06 a.m.: Domestic in progress, 700 block South Roosevelt Road S, report taken • 8:09 a.m.: Burglary report, location unknown, report taken • 10:28 a.m.: Reckless driver, location unknown • 12:22 p.m.: Burglary in progress, 200 block West Second Street • 12:32 p.m.: Theft report, location unknown • 1:4...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Tuesday • 12:14 a.m.: Failure to comply with conditions of release, Ninth and Davis Street. • 2:38 a.m.: Larceny up to $500, 2100 block of Fred Daugherty Drive. • 8:20 a.m.: Leaving scene of crash with property damage, 900 block of Gayle Street. • 9:18 a.m.: Leaving scene of crash with property damage, 1700 block of E. First Street. • 2:30 p.m.: Shoplifting up to $500, 1400 block of W. Seventh S...
On this date ... 1971: A Clovis man rode his horse to the Chapparral Lounge. When he walked out 45 minutes later, he discovered thieves had stolen the horse's saddle and bridle. The horse was still there. Evert Taylor said the saddle was valued at $750. 1966: The Dallas Cowboys were preparing to square off against Green Bay for the National Football League championship. "The much-tested Dallas secondary therefore will be on the spotlight ... in front of a sellout crowd of...
CLOVIS — Local reaction is mixed on the heels of a state lawmaker proposing a bill that would eliminate the secretary of education position and replace it with a 10-member elected state school board. “Today we have a situation where we appoint a secretary of education every time a governor comes and goes,” said Sen. Michael Padilla in regard to his new measure, Senate Joint Resolution 2. “That, to me, is alarming. We should have a licensed educator in this role, because that way, they would better understand what’s going on...
PORTALES - A new set of faces was introduced to the city of Portales in 2016, and in the nine months since the city council election, the freshmen have worked to familiarize themselves with city government. The March 1 election saw four new councilors enter the fray: Veronica Cordova (Ward A), Jessica Smith (Ward B), Chad Heflin (Ward C) and Jim Lucero (Ward D). Heflin, who also owns the Dawghouze Bar, said he didn't anticipate the slow pace at which action is taken by...
This week between Christmas and New Year’s Day — a time when we seem to take a collective sigh of relief — always makes me think back to the late Decembers of my youth. I was never a particularly crafty child (in the Hobby Lobby sense of the word), but I usually received at least one gift that enabled me to create completely useless items to be foisted off onto others. Two stick in my mind. In a display of highly questionable judgment, Santa brought me a knitting machi...
Judy Gambill was surprised when she picked up Sunday's paper and started reading about her uncle. It had been a long time, after all, since he was a newsmaker. James Sadler was a World War II veteran who escaped the Bataan Death March but did not escape the war. Gambill did not know about the letter he'd written to Santa Claus when he was 7 years old in 1913, which was the reason I brought his memory to life on Christmas Day in that newspaper column. But Gambill knew the rest...
