Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — A year ago, Cal Fullerton interviewed for a coaching job at Cleveland High School and started looking at houses in Rio Rancho. There was just one problem. "It didn't feel like home." Fullerton said. "This place has always felt like home." Fullerton kept his home, and on Tuesday landed his dream job. The 1997 Clovis High grad is now head coach for the Wildcats football program. Fullerton, 38, accepted the job Tuesday morning from Superintendent Jody Balch. "When he s...
CLOVIS — One thing seems evident — the Clovis High and Sandia boys basketball teams are pretty evenly matched. The Wildcats pulled out a pair of tight ones late in the two regular-season meetings, and trailed the Matadors by a point heading into the final period of Tuesday's District 2-6A tournament matchup at Rock Staubus Gym. This time, though, Sandia pulled away and claimed a 55-50 victory. The fifth-seeded Matadors (11-14) advance to a 7 p.m. clash at third-seeded La Cue...
The conflict between President Trump and the media once again came into public view during a press conference last week. Whether you agree with the president or not, you have to admit he has a valid objection as to how media presents news about the Trump administration. David French, writing in National Review On-Line notes that both the New York Times and CNN had major stories about Trump’s campaign team having repeated contacts or constant communications with senior R...
SANTA FE — Sometimes you can live by the 3-pointer, and other times you can die by it. Santa Fe High’s girls were “on fire” early, Clovis High girls coach Jeff Reed said, but when they cooled off the Lady Wildcats took over and pulled out a 59-54 first-round win over the Demonettes on Tuesday in the District 2-6A tournament. Clovis, seeded fifth in the six-team meet, faces third-seeded Sandia, a 58-25 winner over Manzano, in a 6 p.m. tipoff tonight in Albuquerque. Junior guard Teya Morris matched a career high with 29 points,...
PORTALES — Even with a rough first half, the Portales girls basketball team managed to pull things together and put Ruidoso away for good, winning its first round of 4-4A tournament play Tuesday night, 61-25. The effort was led by Zamorye Cox who turned in 16 points for the Lady Rams (15-9), with 11 coming in the second half. Taylee Rippee added 12 points, with 10 in the final half. The Lady Warriors (5-22) struggled offensively all night and had nobody score more than f...
On this date ... 1997: U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-New Mexico, spent time in Clovis, Portales and Cannon Air Force Base, talking about prospects for a balanced budget and getting along with Democrats. "In the past four years, with a Republican-dominated Congress, we made real strides with welfare reform and eliminating some programs," Domenici told the Clovis News-Journal. "But we spent most of that time in a confrontation mode with the White House and the Democrats. "We've...
Boys District 2-6A tournament Sandia 55, Clovis 50 Sandia (11-14) — Mekhi Huynh 3, Jude Tapia 5, Santiago Aguilar 9, Tanner Sloan 8, Jonah Callahan 21, Elijah Ferguson 2, Bobby Tapia 7. Totals 18 13-17 55. Clovis (12-15) — Brandon Romero 16, Taitt Kuchta 6, Jakeem Wynn 10, David Rosemond 1, Leroy Wilson 4, Ethan Davis 2, Jonathan Williams 11. Totals 17 14-20 50. Sandia 14 15 8 18 — 57 Clovis 14 13 9 14 — 50 3-pointers — Sandia, Callaham 4, Aguilar, B. Tapia. Clovis Kuchta 2. District 4-1A tournament Grady 47, Elida 37 Elida...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University’s softball team carried a five-game winning streak, albeit against two winless in-state foes, into Tuesday’s doubleheader against Lubbock Christian at Greyhound Softball Field. ENMU held its own for several innings in both games against the talented Lady Chaps, but the roof crashed in late in each contest and LCU left town with a 15-3, 13-3 sweep over the Greyhounds. Both games were called after six innings on the eight-run rule. LCU (16-2) pounded out 17 hits in each of the two conte...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Monday • 4:27 p.m.: Narcotics in progress, 700 block East Brazos Street, report taken • 4:57 p.m.: Fire rural, New Mexico 206/New Mexico 114 • 5:02 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 1900 block South Roosevelt Road 8 • 9:03 p.m.: Remove subject, 1000 block West First Street • 9:29 p.m.: Verbal domestic, 1600 block North Avenue A, report taken • 9:32 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 1000 block West First Street • 11:12 p.m.: Domestic in progress, 800 block South Elg...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Friday • 4:27 a.m.: Unlawful taking of motor vehicle, 900 block of Mora Street • 6:24 a.m.: Burglary, 1300 block of Colonial Parkway • 7:02 a.m.: Shoplifting, 1000 block of Mitchell Street • 7:46 a.m.: Failure to yield, 3800 block of N. Prince Street • 8:09 a.m.: Leaving scene of crash with property damage, 2500 block of Fred Daugherty Drive • 8:59 a.m.: Fraud, 3700 block of Linkwood Lane • 12:04 p.m...
Staff for Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, will hold mobile office hours from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Curry County Administrative Complex at 417 Gidding St. (parking lot/entrance on 400 block of Axtell Street). Topics staff will handle include Social Security benefits, Medicare, immigration, veterans benefits, student loans, and other federal programs. Information: 575-622-7113...
PORTALES — A Roosevelt County man connected to a large-scale drug bust in April was given two years in prison at a plea conference at the Roosevelt County Courthouse. Miguel Flores, 39, who was arrested on three counts of trafficking methamphetamine alongside 11 other drug-related arrests in April, was sentenced to two years in the New Mexico Department of Corrections with five years of probation by Ninth Judicial District Court Judge Donna Mowrer, according to Assistant District Attorney Jake Boazman. A call to Flores’ att...
The following were actions taken at the Roosevelt County Commission meeting Tuesday in the Commission Room of the Roosevelt County Courthouse: • Commissioners approved accounts payable and payroll from Jan. 1-Jan. 31. Payroll totaled $167,551, checks totaled $373,367, and drafts totaled $115,695. • Portales Mainstreet Executive Director Sandy Vigil gave commissioners an update on her organization’s plans for 2017. Actively Supporting Commerce Through Volunteer Initiatives, or ACT Downtown, helps “connect our merchan...
CLOVIS — More than 2,500 south Curry County residents lost power for about 50 minutes Tuesday afternoon due to a transformer issue near the Southwest Cheese plant. Xcel Energy spokesman Wes Reeves said outages were reported around 3:53 p.m., and that it appeared the transformer issue caused a line to trip off. Reeves said data showed 2,544 customers were affected....
A bill set for introduction in the New Mexico House of Representatives could make prepaid calling plans a few cents more expensive. Senate Bill 46, which passed the Senate 38-4, would add charges to both prepaid wireless plans and voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) numbers with the money going to the state’s Enhanced 911 fund. Currently, all calls to 911 use the enhanced system, but program costs are only borne by landline and contract cell phone customers via 51-cent monthly charges. The measure is expected to raise $3.6 m...
Curry County officials said Tuesday they want to send a clear message to legislators in Santa Fe with regard to counties being mandated to help fund the state's Medicaid program. Commissioners voted unanimously (5-0) to approve Resolution 2017-14, which opposes "any increased burden on the counties in New Mexico to fund" the state effort. "This bill (House Bill 490) will have a negative impact on all counties funding levels and would result, if passed, in a reduction in...
The unexpected death of Jo Lynn Queener put Annie Hogland in charge of the Curry County Clerk's office. The Curry County Commision decided to keep her there. Hogland, who assumed duties when Queener was hospitalized Jan. 24, was appointed by a 5-0 vote and sworn into office by County Attorney Stephen Doerr. The clerk term is four years, but the final two years will be up for election in 2018. Queener, who died Jan. 26, had hired Hogland to be her chief deputy. "It was a very...
Today • Public Works Committee — 8:30 a.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Community Services Center public forum — 1:15 p.m. at senior services meal site, 1100 Community Way, Portales. The forum is to gather information on the needs of citizens of Portales and Roosevelt County. Information: 575-356-8576 Thursday • New Mexico Municipal League — 4 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Monday • Parks, Recreation & Beautification committee — 5:30 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 57...
Today • Teen game day — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library for ages 13-18. Game: Xbox One freeplay. Information: 575-356-3940 • Toddler Time — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Preschool storytime — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Book: Pet Parade. Information: 575-356-3940 Thursday • New Jersey Saxophone Quartet — 7 p.m. in Buchanan Hall at ENMU, Portales. Admission: Free. Information: 575-562-1011 • Preschool storytime — 6 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Book: Pet Parade. I...
Raise the red flags. Our government is preparing to hold secret meetings to talk about our most precious resource — water. The pump is primed for untold back-room agreements that may or may not benefit taxpayers. We’re told public officials have to go behind closed doors for these chats so they can “speak freely” among themselves. Otherwise, their words might be misinterpreted. That’s what City Commissioner Ladona Clayton said in justifying the closed meetings of the task force that’s charged with finding public water resou...
Most of the political left, following the lead of the mainstream national media, is focusing on what they characterize as President Trump’s incompetence and the chaos that surrounds his administration. He told you he was going to stir things up. Anyone with any sense should know stirring things up is going to cause chaos. Especially so when it affects those who were comfortable with the way things were. While spring cleaning, or draining the swamp, chaos is a sign you are a...
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 563 cfs. We had no reports from anglers this week. Albuquerque Area Drains — Fishing on the A...
