Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Quarterfinals Class 6A At Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho (6) Eldorado 53, (3) West Mesa 49 (4) Las Cruces 57, (5) La Cueva 50, OT (7) Sandia 28, (2) Carlsbad 27 (1) Hobbs 78, (9) Volcano Vista 61 Class 5A At The Pit, Albuquerque (5) Roswell Goddard 30, (4) Albuquerque Academy 24 (1) Roswell High 54, (9) Lovington 39 (2) Los Lunas 60, (7) Kirtland Central 36 (3) Espanola Valley 48, (11) Gallup 41 Class 4A At The Pit, Albuquerque (1) Hope Christian 71, (8) Sandia Prep 27 (4) Portales 35, (5) Moriarty 31 (2) Shiprock 65,...
PORTALES — After a round-of-16 win over Pojoaque on Friday, the Portales High girls basketball team will take on a familiar foe today in the state Class 4A quarterfinals at The Pit on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. The Lady Rams (17-10), seeded fourth, are facing fifth-seeded Moriarty (19-7) for the fourth time this season in an 11:30 a.m. tipoff. The teams split a pair of regular-season District 4-4A contests, each winning on the other's home f...
PORTALES — April 1 will be a day of community involvement, according to the organizers of two upcoming events. Eastern in Action, taking place April 1, is "an opportunity for ENMU students to give back to the community of Portales," according to director Thalia Pantoja. Various student organizations and individual volunteers from Eastern New Mexico University will meet at 7 a.m. at the Campus Union Building and disperse throughout Portales to do various jobs for residents and...
Wailing and yowling through the house in the middle of the night, zig-zagging in front of you as you try make your way down the stairs, batting and clawing your feet when you tie your shoes — there’s plenty of ways cats can make one a little crazy, but probably not clinically so if new research is correct. A study scrutinizing the suggested connection between cat ownership in childhood and later psychiatric illness might just poke holes in some other scientific studies tha...
(Seeds in parentheses) Boys All games Wednesday CLASS 4A (7) St. Michael’s vs. (2) Portales When/where: 3 p.m. at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho Records: St. Michael’s 15-14, Portales 23-4 Round of 16 games: St. Michael’s beat Wingate 59-48; Portales beat Shiprock 74-57. Head-to-head: The Rams beat St. Mike’s 54-49 in a round-robin tournament at Santa Fe in January. Of note: The teams have played three common foes — Lovington, Santa Fe Indian and Silver. Portales is 3-0, while the Horsemen went 3-1 — losing to Lovington a...
Eastern New Mexico's recent windstorms resulted in more than flying shingles and escaping hats. Local trees had a really rough time. Conifers weren't immune but deciduous trees got the worst of it, according to local tree experts. Steven Thomas, who calls himself a tree doctor, said many trees were lost because of uprooting caused by disease. Clovis tree trimmer Jesse Trevino said limb breakage and uprooting can result from a tree becoming "too heavy on the top." A strong...
PORTALES — After capturing a share of the Lone Star Conference regular-season championship but losing in the quarterfinals of the LSC tournament, the Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team earned an at-large berth on Sunday to the NCAA Division II South Central Region tournament. It was the first NCAA tourney berth for the program since the school joined the NCAA in the mid-1980s. ENMU (20-8, 16-4 LSC) posted the second-most wins in program history and easily set a team record for conference victories. “We...
Dairy operators get award PORTALES - Natures Way Dairy operators Katy and Jamie Kulesa received the Organic Farmers of the Year award at the 2017 New Mexico Organic Farming Conference held Feb. 17-18 in Albuquerque. Sage Faulkner, New Mexico Organic Farming Conference facilitator, said the award recognizes an outstanding organic farmer who is dedicated to all aspects of organic farming. "Taking care of cattle, soil, environment, employees and customers makes this well-rounded...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Friday • 9:31 a.m.: Battery on a household member, Cesar Chavez/Alma Street • 10:09 a.m.: Failure to appear (misdemeanor), 800 block of Connelly Street • 10:30 a.m.: Failure to appear (felony), 800 block of Connelly Street • 11:48 a.m.: Improper lane change, Fourth and Prince Street • 12:43 p.m.: Public affray, 1500 block of Sycamore Street • 1:23 p.m.: Careless driving, Llano Estacado and Prince Stre...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Friday • 12:09 p.m.: Criminal sexual penetration, 1600 block South Avenue O, assistance given • 3:18 p.m.: Theft report, 1600 block South Avenue D, report taken • 4:22 p.m.: Vehicle theft report, 400 block North Avenue B • 5:22 p.m.: Fraud, mile marker 45 on New Mexico 114 • 7:16 p.m.: Domestic in progress, 200 block East Rose Lane Saturday • 5:30 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 400 block South Avenue B • 7:16 a.m.: Fire/regular...
On this date ... 1977: A U.S. District Court judge in Roswell resentenced nine Clovis liquor dealers after an appeals court said their original sentence was improper. The dealers had originally been convicted of price fixing and ordered to pay $232,500 in "community restitution" to the Curry / Roosevelt County Council on Alcoholism. The new sentences were in the form of fines paid to the state. The fines equaled the restitution payments. 1967: Area Alco Discount Stores was...
CLOVIS — Manuel Zepeda, 48, a semi-truck driver from Fresno, California, was taken into custody Thursday in the 2100 block of North Prince Street in Clovis on charges of conspiracy and possession with intent to traffic methamphetamine. Zepeda allegedly offered to sell methamphetamine to an informant via telephone. The informant accepted the offer, arranged to meet, and then told Clovis police the alleged seller of narcotics would be arriving in Clovis from Midland, Texas. The informant was present when Clovis police o...
PORTALES — An update on the progress of building a Portales Fire Department substation on the north side of Portales will be given at today’s Portales City Council meeting. PFD Chief Gary Nuckols will be presenting the design of the substation to councilors, according to City Manager Sammy Standefer. “The design’s ready, and then roughly, we’re going to propose a plan to move forward on it and a timeline,” he said. “It’s a PowerPoint to give the council an idea of what it’s going to look like, cost estimates.” A pro...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County officials will discuss with commissioners the possibility of county road closures at their meeting today in the county courthouse. Road Superintendent Ricky Lovato said he will not be able to attend the meeting but the roads to be discussed are North Roosevelt roads 22 and AY and South Roosevelt roads 4 and 16 1/2. “Most of them are just not used anymore,” he said. “They’re just there, and we maintain them about once a year. We’re just looking for ways to save the county money by not using fuel...
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University got home runs from shortstop Endy Villalona and pinch-hitter Chris Padilla on Sunday and held off fourth-ranked Angelo State 12-9, salvaging the finale of the four-game non-league baseball series between Lone Star Conference rivals and ending the Rams’ 12-game winning streak. Villalona, a junior, belted a three-run homer, his first of the season, to give the Greyhounds (15-4) a 6-1 lead in the second inning. He finished the day 2-for-3 with three walks and four runs sco...
Today • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission room at courthouse, Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 ext. 1012 • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. in north annex at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-9654 • Civil Aviation Board — 6 p.m. at Clovis Municipal Airport Terminal Building. Information: 575-769-7890 Wednesday • Planning and Zoning Commission — 3 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Infor...
Today • Afterschool @ the library — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library for grades K-6. Activity: Leprechaun traps. Information: 575-356-3940 • Books and babies — 10:30 a.m. story time for ages 0-3 at Portales Public Library. Book: Shape Up. Information: 575-356-3940 • Liu Xuefel piano recital — 7 p.m. in Buchanan Hall at ENMU, Portales. Admission: Free. Information: 575-562-1011 Wednesday • Preschool storytime — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Book: Lucky Charms. Information: 575-356-3940 • Tween game day — 4:30 p...
