April 28, 2024 Edition
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Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Demitria Penix, 27, failure to comply with specific requirements – attempt, driving under the influence of liquor, no insurance, open container • Desiree Maes, 36, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Guadalupe Larez, 40, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Rodolfo Rodriguez, 41, no seat belts, attempt to commit a felony, to wit: possession of a controlled substance • Joseph Steward, 57, aggravated assault, aggravated...
Monday *Clovis-Carver Library Board – 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: Margaret Hinchee at 575-769-7840 *Roosevelt County Electric Coop annual meeting – 5:30 p.m., Ballroom, ENMU Campus Union Building, Portales. Buffet meal at 6 p.m.; business meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Information: 575-357-4491 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...
With the use of license plate cameras locally, will laws for not covering vehicle license plates be enforced? Vehicle license plate covers (clear or otherwise) are a form of withholding vehicle operator identification and substantially hinders law enforcement. Covering a license plate is illegal, according to Clovis Police Department Deputy Chief Trevor Thron. “Yes, any kind of tinted license plate cover or any decorative border going around the plate that obstructs the view of the plate or the registration sticker is...
A Portales Water Advisory Board member is calling Monday’s City Council meeting “a procedural train wreck.” Mike Davidson, who also serves on the city’s Public Works committee, said Council members did not follow their own drought contingency plan among other issues when they voted 4-3 to relax water restrictions, moving from the “Stage 3” plan to a scaled-back version of “Stage 2.” “They wanted to move to Stage 2 yet not follow those restrictions (either),” he wrote in a letter to The News. “The mayor...
The massive fire at Hampton Farms outside Portales on April 15 did more than destroy the peanut processing plant. It also exposed staffing challenges at the Portales Fire Department. Firefighters from around the region responded to help PFD at the peanut plant, but the facility continued to burn for days, requiring personnel to keep an eye on it. The night of April 17, with the peanut mill still requiring oversight, responders received a call for a house fire in the 700 block of North Avenue M. Four minutes after that, an...
A Clovis motorcycle police officer was involved in a crash late Tuesday afternoon on Grand Street near Main Street. Police said no serious injuries were reported, but Motor Officer Jared Herrington went to Plains Regional Medical Center as a precaution. “He (Herrington) went to the ER to get checked out but he’s fine,” said Police Sgt. Sanford Wagner. “He was up and walking around.” Wagner said the driver of the other vehicle involved, a black passenger car, was not injured. The vehicle sustained “very minor...
The Portales band is set to host its third annual Mattress Fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Portales High School. Custom Fundraising Solutions will have “25 different mattress styles on display in all sizes for customers to try,” according to its news release. Pillows, bed frames and mattress protectors will also be for sale and delivery is available. Custom Fundraising Solutions has nearly 100 locations and works with more than 3,000 schools annually. “The unique business model helps schools raise...
A Clovis man on Wednesday was sentenced to four years in prison following his conviction for drug trafficking, according to a news release from District Attorney Quentin Ray. A Curry County jury on March 22 found David Brown, 53, guilty of the second-degree felony. Brown was arrested after probation officers on Jan. 25, 2023, found methamphetamine, black tar heroin, Xanex and fentanyl pills in his hotel room, the release stated. District Judge Fred Van Soelen sentenced Brown to five years supervised probation in addition to...
Lockwood Elementary School Principal Rodolfo Arceo has been named coordinator of English Language Initiatives with Clovis Municipal Schools. A school news release stated Arceo began his career with CMS in 2011 as a Spanish teacher at Clovis High. He has also worked with bilingual families through the Bilingual Summer Institute and Migrant Mentor Program, and served as an English Language Learner case manager. His newest mission is to “expand language services for district students,” the news release stated. Lockwood...
Shelly Smith last week was named principal at Parkview Elementary School in Clovis. She has been principal of Cameo Elementary since 2023. Cameo is slated to be shuttered at the end of this school year as part of district consolidation, according to a Clovis schools news release. Smith has worked 20 years in Clovis schools, mostly as an elementary school teacher. She is a Clovis High School graduate and has a master’s degree in education from Wayland Baptist University. The reassignment was created by the retirement of...
Plateau last week announced 38 area scholars who are sharing $201,000 in scholarships awarded from the Education Foundation at Plateau. Winners include: $8,000 Robert M. Harris Memorial Scholarships Heidi L. Macfarlane – Melrose Camryn Dawn Cantrell – Logan Taylee Sours – Texico HS $8,000 Evelyn Patterson Memorial Scholarships Madison Marie Hodges – Texico Isabella Elena Coronado – Logan $5,000 Banner Scholarships Bailey Jo Cline – Clovis Lily Macfarlane – Melrose Cade Paul Figg – Texico Morgan Ryleigh...
For the fourth year, Curry County will administer the summer internship program for high school students, ages 16-18. “The goal of this program is to provide career exploration in a field that the intern may have an interest in,” said Darian Roybal, the county’s human resource director. Among 33 counties in New Mexico, Roybal said Curry County is one of 14 that take on the grant that makes it possible. “This began as the New Mexico Public Education Department College and Career Readiness Bureau Summer Enrichment...
On this date ... 1881: Billy the Kid escaped from the Lincoln County jail, where he was being held and awaiting execution for the 1878 shooting death of Sheriff William Brady. The website aboutbillythekid.com reports the Kid saw his opportunity to get away about noon. One of his guards had taken other prisoners to lunch at a nearby hotel. The Kid convinced his only remaining guard to let him visit the outhouse. While details vary about what happened next, all agree the Kid...
Today *Muleshoe Volunteer Fire Department hamburger fundraiser – 11 a.m.-2 p.m. (Central time), Muleshoe Fire Department, 215 S. First St., Muleshoe, TX. Annual benefit for the MVFD. Information: 806-272-4569 *Percussion Ensemble spring concert – 7 p.m., Buchanan Hall, ENMU Music Building, Portales. Emily Salgado, director. Free and open to the public. Information: 575-562-2377 Monday and Tuesday *Free tire dumping days for Roosevelt County residents – 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Roosevelt County Road Department, 1500 N. Boston,...
Roosevelt County will pay about $245,000 more for insurance over the next three years, County Manager Amber Hamilton told commissioners on Tuesday. The county currently pays $720,350 annually to the New Mexico County Insurance Authority pool for property, workers compensation and law enforcement liability, Hamilton said. New Mexico counties are self insured through the pool. Hamilton, who serves on the NMCIA board of directors, said the insurance market is challenging across the state. “It is just difficult,” Hamilton...
The Clovis Walmart held a "grand reopening" Friday, nearly eight months after an alleged arsonist caused $42 million in damages. An estimated 450 people turned out for the event, including Walmart store personnel, Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce ambassadors, Clovis police, fire and emergence-response personnel and area residents. Walmart store Manager Johnny Barajas thanked the community for all the help after the catastrophe and during the rebuilding. Walmart was...
Public school officials representing more than 50 districts, including Clovis, Portales and most in eastern New Mexico, have filed a lawsuit against the state Public Education Department. They’re asking a court to halt the 180-instructional day mandate imposed in March. The lawsuit, filed April 18 in Curry County by the New Mexico School Superintendents Association and individual superintendents, comes as schools across the state attempt to draft budgets and academic calendars for next year — a process complicated by...
The Clovis Municipal Schools Facilities Master Plan will go into effect as planned after school board members approved it by a 5-0 vote Tuesday. Approval means the closure of Cameo Elementary School in May 2025, consolidating the system's dual language program to La Casita school (this August), changing Lockwood Elementary to an early childhood center (this August), moving the Freshman Academy to the Clovis High School Campus (August 2025), creating an I-Academy at the former...
Clovis Monday: No School. Tuesday: Managers Choice Wednesday: Breakfast: Breakfast Bread. Lunch: Steak Fingers, Mashed Potatoes w Gravy, Seasoned Green Beans, Fresh Orange & WW Roll-Cookie or (grades 6-12) Pizza or Bacon Cheeseburger and Fries or Chef Salad. Thursday: Breakfast: Egg Patty/Cheese & Tortilla. Lunch: Meat & Cheese Nachos, Spanish Rice, Cucumber Slices, Carrots w/Dressing & Chilled Fresh Fruit or (grades 6-12) Pizza or Burrito & Fries or Chef Salad. Friday: Breakfast: Breakfast Round. Lunch: Fiesta Pizza, Mini...
In some parts of the world, the arrival of spring may be a bit subtle. Here in eastern New Mexico, it’s pretty plain. Just look for a brown tinge to the sky and reduced visibility. The wind is a given in the springtime around here and because it arrives before enough rain arrives to establish ground cover the dust starts to blow and we have sandstorms. Some years the rain doesn’t arrive and we can have brown skies all the way through May. That might sound a bit like I’m...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “How to Kiss Your Grumpy Boss” by Jenny Proctor. When one of THE Hawthorne brothers hires me to be his virtual assistant, I do everything I can to keep him firmly in the work zone. But even if I do have a crush, I can’t catch real feelings...
When Corey Pickett says he's a sculptor, a picture may pop up in one's mind of the man working in stone, wood, metal and such. But Pickett's works are in textiles and upholstery materials, and he creates firearms. The News learned more about Pickett's art and his life in a Thursday conversation. Q: You were born in Georgia. What do you remember about that area? A: I was born in Brunswick, Ga. I remember water on the coast, a slow pace of life and just freedom to explore my...
Services Click Here to View Obituaries • Davina Blea, 45, died April 22. Information: Dunn Funeral Home • James Broyles, 86, died April 22. Information: Muffley Funeral Home • Evelyn Chavez, 95, died April 13. Information: Chavez Funeral Home • Salome Chavez, 82, died April 22. Information: Muffley Funeral Home • Cathy Crosswhite, 65, died April 23. Information: Steed-Todd Funeral Home • Butch Dunn, 75, died April 24. Information: Steed-Todd Funeral Home ...
Freshman Addyson Mayberry got the Portales High softball team off to a flying start on Tuesday night. Mayberry walloped a three-run homer in the first inning and the early lead held up for a while in a District 4-4A matchup against visiting Artesia. But the Lady Bulldogs, blanked until the fourth, took the lead with a four-run fifth and went on to a 13-3 victory. Mayberry followed singles by sophomore Skyler Massey and junior Myleigh Banda with her round-tripper. But PHS had...
ROSWELL – Big innings did in Clovis High’s softball team in a District 4-5A twin bill against Roswell High on Tuesday. The Lady Wildcats dropped the opener 10-0 and the nightcap 15-4. Leading just 3-0 in Game 1, the Lady Coyotes (7-15, 2-6) scored six times in the bottom of the fifth and ended it on the run rule in the sixth, while in the second game they broke a 1-1 tie with a nine-run second. Junior Yadira Aragon worked five innings in the opener for Roswell High, allowing five hits with one walk and five strikeouts....
Liz Elam wasn’t pleased with her start in Clovis High’s Wildcat Invite golf tournament on Tuesday at Colonial Park Golf Course, but she eventually sorted things out. Starting on the back nine, the Texico High senior shot six-over 42 from holes 10 through 18, then came back for even-par 36 on the front side, easily taking medalist honors for the day with her 78. “I don’t really know what happened,” Elam said of her slow start. “I wasn’t really that focused. “I told myself, ‘Don’t worry about the score....
MELROSE – Melrose pushed over a run in the bottom of the sixth inning on Thursday and edged Grady 8-7 for a split of their District 3-1A baseball doubleheader. In the opener, the Bronchos used a pair of big innings to post a 13-5 win over the Buffaloes. Melrose (9-5, 4-2 district) came in ranked No. 2 and Grady (9-4, 2-4) was No. 4 in MaxPreps' Class 1A poll. Junior Cy Draper went 3-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and two runs scored in Game 2 for Melrose, while senior...
LUBBOCK – Lubbock Christian used a six-run eighth to break open a tight game and beat Eastern New Mexico University 15-9 on Friday in the opener of the final four-game series of Lone Star Conference and regular-season baseball for both teams. Despite the loss, the Greyhounds (21-26, 19-26 LSC) still clung to life in a bid for an LSC tourney berth next week. They entered Saturday and today’s final three games of the regular season trailing St. Edward’s and Texas A&M International, tied for sixth at 22-23 in the LSC,...
ROSWELL – Portales High's baseball team knew its work was cut out facing the No. 1 team in Class 4A this week. The Rams managed only a single tally in all three games, including Friday's 4-1, 8-1 sweep by the Rockets in Roswell. Goddard, which has won 11 in a row, opened the District 4-4A series on Thursday night with a 7-1 verdict at Ram Field. Portales (9-11, 0-6 district) kept the Rockets (18-5, 6-0) in some check during the series, but the Rams managed only a total of...
Jayden Jameson found his game just in time Thursday night. The senior right-hander struggled through a five-run Hobbs second – two errors in the frame didn’t help – before blanking the Eagles over the next four innings as Clovis High posted a come-from-behind 8-6 win in the second game of a District 4-5A doubleheader at Bell Park. Hobbs clinched a series win with a 17-12 verdict in Game 1 behind a nine-run third. The Cats (12-10, 2-4 district) close the regular season with three games against Roswell High this week...
Hobbs proved to be too much for Clovis High's tennis squads on Tuesday in District 4-5A duals at the CHS courts. The Eagles swept the Wildcats 9-0 in boys competition while the Lady Eagles notched a 7-2 victory over Clovis on the girls' side. In the boys' dual, the Cats were unable to win a set as they took just 19 games in the nine matches, including only two in the three doubles clashes. The closest contests were from eighth-grader Ryan Case, who lost 6-4, 6-1 to senior...
Coming into this weekend’s season-ending Lone Star Conference series against St. Mary’s, Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team knew its work wasn’t quite done in a bid for an LSC tournament berth. It was done before Friday’s series-opening doubleheader, though. St. Edward’s, trailing the Greyhounds by two games, played its series at Texas Woman’s early this week due to weather concerns for the weekend in the Denton area. Needing a sweep – and three losses by the Hounds – the Rattlers dropped two of...
