Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — The city of Clovis is embarking on a process even optimists know is a hard sell — property tax hikes to pay for up to $20 million in infrastructure and quality of life improvements in the next four years. A series of informational meetings are set throughout February to inform citizens on three questions that will appear on the March Clovis municipal election ballot beyond the municipal judge and five city commission positions. “We’re going to go ahead, try and educate our citizens on what GO (general obligat...
BOVINA — Law enforcement is searching for two Bovina residents in their 80s who have not been seen since Friday afternoon, according to a press release from the Bovina Police Department. A Silver Alert was issued for Rosendo Silva Lara, 81, who suffers from dementia and Alzheimer's. Police are also searching for his wife Hortencia Aguillon Lara, 84, who was accompanying him. Rosendo Silva Lara is 5-foot-6, weighs about 150 pounds, has white hair and blue eyes and was last s... Full story
Eric Hall was born and raised in Clovis. He graduated from Clovis High School 1991. He is he son of William and Mary Hall. His mother taught him how to cook and his father taught him how to barbecue, which served as the catalyst to cooking at the annual Juneteenth celebration at Potter Park in Clovis. Hall has always loved cooking and it had been a dream of his and his brother, Anthony Hall, to start a food truck business. The dream came to fruition just short of two years...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University would not be denied for a second time in three days, as the Greyhounds managed to hold on to a second half lead in Saturday's 92-89 Lone Star Conference men's basketball game against Angelo State. ENMU, who had blown a second-half lead and lost in overtime to Texas A&M-Kingsville on Thursday, saw a 16-point lead nearly evaporate against ASU. In the end, however, Eastern (8-10, 3-6 LSC) simply refused to let another one get away. "I'm o...
CLOVIS — After their last Albuquerque trip produced a second half they'd love to forget, the Clovis Wildcats came close to staging a comeback they'd want to remember. Down 10 at the half, the visiting Wildcats gave Manzano a scare by taking the fourth-quarter lead. But behind a 20-point night from Eric Sonnenberg, the Manzano Monarchs had just enough to topple the Wildcats 55-52 Saturday night. The 6-foot-7 Sonnenberg earned points 18 through 20 with 40 seconds left on a 3...
TEXICO — Nineteen up, nineteen down. No, that's not as easy for the Texico High boys basketball team as it may sound — though the Wolverines might make it look that way sometimes. But they were indeed 19-0 by early Saturday night, after taking care of a good 4A Ruidoso team 72-59 at Texico High School. This one came following a slow start, as Texico games sometimes have this season, but it ended the same as those others did. "I think it was a quick turnaround from (Fr...
PORTALES — It's been a full year since millions of women around the country and the world took to the streets to protest for women's rights and clearly women still have something to say. Portales was among the hundreds of locations across the globe to once again host a women's march on Saturday as about 40 people gathered outside the Roosevelt County Courthouse around noon for the High Plains New Mexico Women's Anniversary March. "For me, this kind of march, speaking out, g...
PORTALES — Late-game fireworks — in more ways than one — weren't enough to save the Eastern New Mexico women against Angelo State in Saturday's Lone Star Conference basketball tussle at Greyhound Arena. Eastern nearly erased a 26-point deficit, but came up just shy in the end as a Kaylee Edgemon 3-pointer rimmed out at the buzzer to preserve a 62-59 Angelo State victory. "Our kids just continued to fight. They didn't stop fighting, and they continued to go, go, go," Greyh...
The Food and Drug Administration is hardly a flashy agency. News releases about drug approvals and genetic testing don’t get quite as much fanfare as NASA’s latest mission or the Pentagon’s latest maneuver. But the FDA’s role as a gatekeeper of innovation has increased significantly over the past few decades, with billions of lives sitting on the sidelines. Now, with a rash of decisions awaiting the guidance of agency officials, New Mexicans have a lot to gain with prudent...
Dolores Penrod, 88, composed part of her own recent memorial at the Portales Cemetery. Read by retired professor Bob Taylor, Penrod — June 10, 1929-Dec. 11, 2017 — wrote in the third person: “Death is as much a part of life as being born. Dolores believed in the fullness of life that God wills for his children… “She firmly believed that life after death is not the issue, but life before death is what matters — not pie in the sky by and by, but the power of love to redeem huma...
Monday morning was so cold the cows were milked for ice cream. Coffee was being sold on a stick. Politicians had their hands in their own pockets, and they stopped blowing hot air. A guy chipped a tooth on his soup. That’s what the internet said, anyway. And there were reports of parents teaching their children to play with matches, and people kissing flu victims in hopes of catching a fever. One comedian said it was colder than his ex-wife’s heart. But while it’s been colde...
It's been a really dry winter. How dry has it been, you ask? I don't want to alarm anyone, but they’re having trouble keeping the pond at Oasis State Park. The coyotes and lizards are drinking the water faster than they can fill it back up. It's so dry I saw two trees fighting over a dog last week. It surprised me too, so much so I fainted. They had to throw two buckets of sand in my face to bring me around. My dog’s habit of sneaking a drink out of the birdbath has lan...
Information on changing out kitchen lighting and gluten-free cooking for two will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) Mitch Teller is going to explain why lighting in the kitchen is so important. Most kitchens have recessed lighting which creates a harsh glare that is unwelcoming. Teller will show how to upgrade your kitchen lighting without breaking the bank, and it’s easy to install. He’s from...
It's always fun to talk about menswear fashion, especially when the latest runway shows featured some of the most eccentric looks of the season. This month, the Paris menswear fashion shows brought us looks from Louis Vuitton and Valentino, among many others. There were male models in sweaters with spandex shorts and cowboy hats. On Jan. 18, designer Kim Jones sent his last showing down the runway for Louis Vuitton. His male models were decked in metallic logo leggings...
TEXICO — From "best kept secret" to no secret at all, Texico junior point guard Baylee Sours has certainly burst onto the scene this season. Sours, arguably the area's best small-school girls player, is averaging approximately 20 points per game, to go along with double-digits in rebounding and nearly six assists per game in 2017-18. "We rely on her pretty heavily," Texico girls basketball coach Richard Luscombe said. "We rely on her to do a lot of things in both our o...
Editor’s note: City commissioners late last year approved a master water assurance plan. We asked 2018 commission candidates: • What do you like about the plan, if anything? • What are your primary concerns about the plan, if any? Here are their responses via email, published exactly as they were received: District 1 Juan Garza “My answer to your first question, I like the plan because we or the next elected officials will have a plan in place that can be worked on to secure water for the next forty years, something we need...
A Washington State fifth-grader wants to know a little more about New Mexico. Blake Maggart wrote to The Eastern New Mexico News last week for a report he’s making on the state, seeking information and artifacts. Bravo, Blake. We’re glad to be on the other end of an inquiry from time to time. In an interview with The News on Friday, Blake asked about balloons, bizcochitos and bovines. He seemed delighted to learn the hot air balloon is the state’s official aircraft, as signed into law in 2005. He struggled to pronounce the s...
PORTALES — A treasured collection of literature is facing an uncertain future after sustaining damage from flooding over the winter holiday. On Dec. 29, a pipe in a restroom of the Eastern New Mexico University Campus Union Building froze and burst, flooding the first floor of the building with up to an inch of water. That led to flooding in the floor below, which housed the Golden Library’s special collections, according to Librarian Gene Bundy. The collection contains the entire body of work of late local science fic...
1. A Portales man on Monday was shot by Roosevelt County Sheriff’s deputies after a destructive run with heavy equipment. Officials said James Wallace McFarlin, 48, was driving a front-end loader and seen flipping a vehicle and damaging property before running the tractor through fences in an attempt to escape police. McFarlin was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. A witness said he saw McFarlin destroy his own property after arguing with another neighbor. Another witness said McFarlin was ...
Imagine learning that you have only minutes to live. That was the challenge posed by an irate Hawaii resident for whom the notion wasn’t a conceptual exercise, but a terrifying reality. A million and a half Americans in the Aloha State were scared out of their gourds this month — as would be any of us — to receive a stark state-issued warning on their cell phones: MISSILE THREAT INBOUND ... THIS IS NOT A DRILL. It was neither threat nor drill, but human error. And it has provided rich fodder for television comedians, but to H...
On this date ... 1973: A dozen local square dance callers had banded together to form The Clovis Area Callers Association, a group designed to promote and encourage square dancing in eastern New Mexico. Jack Orio was elected president of the group, Buddy Jones was vice president, and Bobby Graham was secretary treasurer. The nine other charter members were Bud Coiner, George Cooper, Cliff Gossett, Eddie Gunnels, Ron Markus, and Bill Scott, all of Clovis; Karl Cox, Jr., of Dora; Leroy Coffey of Melrose; and James Pettus of...
CLOVIS — A new initiative from the Clovis Police Department invites a little more community engagement with the work of apprehending absconders of probation and parole. “Turn Them In Thursday,” debuted Jan. 11 on the CPD Facebook page, with an individual to be featured each week in a post that includes a mug shot, charges and a request for the offender to turn themselves in. By recollection of CPD Capt. Roman Romero, this is the first effort of its kind by local police. The department has distributed news releases and “Be O...
CLOVIS — The other night, LeBron James said that he and the Cleveland Cavaliers were in “Strugglesville.” Saturday, though the Clovis girls basketball team had its own struggles — mostly offensively — the Lady Wildcats still managed to take the train to Win Town, which they hope will be just one stop along the way to Playoff Junction. Yes, Clovis’ 45-22 victory over Manzano at Rock Staubus Gymnasium was about what the Lady ’Cats expected. And no, a game that was 21-4 at halft...
Today • Power to the Polls Women’s March — 10:30 a.m. at Dallas Park, Fort Sumner. Information: 575-355-0098 Monday • Stitch Addicts — 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Lesson: Mug hug. Information: 575-763-9687 Tuesday • Books and Babies — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: “Scrub a Dub.” Information: 575-356-3940 • Afterschool STEAM — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Activity: Polar bear dens. Information: 575-356-3940 Wednesday • United Blood Services Blood Drive — 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m...
Monday • Clovis Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee — 5:30 p.m. at the Bert Cabiness City Government Center, 321 N. Connelly St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Muleshoe Independent School District Board of Trustees — 7 p.m. (CST) at Muleshoe ISD administration building, 514 W. Ave. G., Muleshoe. Information: 806-272-7400 Tuesday • Clovis Municipal School District Board of Education — 5:30 p.m. in CMS district board room, 1009 Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-4300 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. i...
