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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — The Federal Bureau of Investigations is following the spate of telephoned threats of violence hitting Clovis in the past week and is ready to assist local law enforcement as needed, according to a representative of the domestic intelligence and security service. But officials warned Wednesday that it’s not easy to trace threatening phone calls. “With technology these days ... the chances of catching whoever is doing this is not very probable,” said Albuquerque Police Public Information Officer Tanner Tixier. Still,...
Back in the 1990s, when Kelli Morrison's last name was still Stroud and she played percussion in the Ram Band at Portales High School, she said the band kids hung out at Taco Box after rehearsal. "To this day I'm still all about the box lunch No. 4," Morrison said, a meal with two frijole burritos and a small order of Spanish fries. When she was hired this summer to return to her alma mater as director of bands for Portales Municipal Schools, her first move was sentimental....
With each passing year, Clovis Municipal Schools has expanded effective integration of technology in the classroom. Through careful planning schools are increasingly expanding access to current devices, as well as educational programs and software. School sites have multiple mobile laptop carts, shared among departments or grade levels as well as multiple digital tablet carts. Each classroom is equipped with a state-of-the-art interactive projector connected to a digital...
On this date ... 1982: Winners of the Wool Lead Class at the 1982 Curry County Fair included pre-school boy Newlee Hester ("decked out in a beige three-piece suit,") pre-school girl Mandy Helmer ("laced in a pink ruffled overdress and skirt"), and booster Rachelle Hester ("elegantly fitted in a mauve blouse with draping sleeves and a striped woolen overdress"). Winners of the older divisions were sub-deb Marilyn Copeland (in a "unique red-fitted jacket and flared skirt with...
MELROSE — A collision Tuesday night hospitalized two women, according to a news release from the Curry County sheriff. Deputies responded about 8:30 p.m., soon after the crash occurred five miles east of Melrose on U.S. 60/84. A sheriff’s department news release stated: • Othena Smith, 61, of Clovis, was driving eastbound in a 2016 Ford passenger vehicle and collided with a westbound truck driven by Edwin Mateo, 61, of Earlimart, California, after she “crossed left of center.” • Two helicopters came to the scene but one was...
CLOVIS — No arrests had been made late Wednesday afternoon in connection with Clovis’ sixth homicide of the year. Officials said shots were fired at the Clovis Apartments just before 2 a.m. Tuesday. On arrival, police found David McDonald, 30, on the ground, with a bullet wound to his shoulder area. He died after being transported to Plains Regional Medical Center. Police did not respond to questions about the investigation on Wednesday, but District Attorney Andrea Reeb said no arrests had been made and no warrants had bee...
CLOVIS — It was business as usual for the Clovis Community College Board of Trustees at their monthly meeting Wednesday morning, although recent telephoned threats of violence to the college did come up during CCC President Becky Rowley’s presentation on Strategic Action Plans. Chairman Arnold Martinez asked about CCC’s communication infrastructure for making safety alerts, and Rowley said the college has a “panic button” that automatically contacts police, in addition to an intercom system for voicing updates campus wide. Th...
PORTALES — Even the fair needs water. Steve and Janet Mattfeldt, owners of Sun Valley Rides, which provided the Roosevelt County Fair with rides last month, made a $2,500 donation to the cause. The Mattfeldts presented the check to the county fair board, which passed it along to the Portales Water Department at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. Fair Board President Wayne McAlister said the money was to show the Mattfeldts’ appreciation of city workers’ quick response to a water-line break near the fairgrounds on Aug. 26...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday: Clovis • Ricky Morse, 21, failure to appear on felony charge. • Roberta Jones, 58, criminal trespass (unposted), shoplifting (over $100) • Jose Lozano, 62, contempt of court. • Brenda Cordova, 56, probation violation • Andrew Glover, 21, failure to pay fines. • Travis Reid, 41, conspiracy to commit possession of a controlled substace (felony-narcotic drug). • Joshua Hutson, 36, probation violation. • Latisha Bibbs, 43, failure to appear at time and place stated in...
CCC nursing program accredited Clovis Community College has announced its nursing program received accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing. The ACEN recognizes and supports the interests of nursing education, practice, and the public by the functions of accreditation, according to a CCC news release. The college received its initial accreditation for the nursing program in 1989 and was granted continuing accreditation in July 2017 by ACEN evaluators of the program curriculum, practices, and...
Today • Portales Library Friends — Noon, Portales Public Library. Speakers are The Eastern New Mexico News Publisher Rob Langrell and Editor David Stevens. Information: 575-356-3940 • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-9654 Monday • Clovis Master Water Assurance Plan District 2 meeting — 6 p.m. at Fellowship Hall (east side entrance) Living Stones, 1800 N. Norris St. Tuesday • Connecting to Expertise — 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. mixer to bring local non-profit agen...
Friday • Randy Rogers, Parker McCollum bands — 6 p.m., Curry County Events Center. Tickets: $30-$60. Information: 575-935-7000 • Blood drive — 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Curry County offices. Information: 575-625-9743 • Clovis Quilt Expo — 9 a.m.-6 p.m. at extension building, Curry County Fairgrounds. Admission: Free. Information: 575-763-6505 Saturday • Desert Cruzers Run to Hillcrest — 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Hillcrest Park, Clovis. Admission is free. Information: 575-693-2511 • Rotary Arts in the Park — 7 a.m.-5 p.m. at Hillcrest Park,...
