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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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For many area businesses, Black Friday doesn't begin on Friday anymore. Most retail and department stores in Clovis and Portales are gearing up for another year of Black Friday shoppers, and many hope to attract business as soon as Thursday — even among the Thanksgiving feasts. Stacie Sharpe, manager of Big Lots on East 21st Street in Clovis, spent part of the weekend preparing the store for Black Friday sales - stocking merchandise and finalizing employees' schedules. With t...
When Lisa Shipman happened into the Veterans Administration Office in Roswell last week, she noted a photo of a handsome man and inquired. The identity of the man, she was told, was not known. Someone had discovered the picture, along with a folded flag in a presentation case, in a recently deceased woman's home and brought it to the VA in hopes workers there could locate family. Shipman volunteered for the job. She posted the photo on Facebook and enlisted the help of...
PORTALES — New Mexico State Police have completed an investigation related to the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office, NMSP confirmed on Monday. The undisclosed investigation lasted about two weeks, State Police Sgt. Patrick Bucksath said. “We did start an investigation on the sheriff’s office about two weeks ago at the request of the (District Attorney’s) office,” Bucksath said. “We have now completed that investigation and are about to present the results to the D.A.’s office to see if they would like to proceed with ch...
CLOVIS — Preschoolers at Clovis Nazarene School were in for a special treat Monday morning when they not only got a visit from Curry County Manager Lance Pyle, but they also each got to take home a book of their own. In 2014, county commissioners approved seed money to bring Imagination Library to Curry County. The reading program was created by Dolly Parton in 1995 in her home county of Sevier, Tennessee. Imagination Library runs entirely on donations and grants. The program...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Thursday • 2:30 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident, hit and run, 1600 block East Spruce Street • 3:35 p.m.: Assault report, walk in • 3:43 p.m.: Theft report, 500 block South Avenue G, report taken • 4:31 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 100 block New Mexico 267 • 4:46 p.m.: Breaking and entering, 1400 block North Main Avenue • 6:06 p.m.: Burglary report, 200 block North Chicago Avenue, report taken • 6:50 p.m.: Domestic in progress, 1600 block West Second S...
On this date ... 1971: A 21-year-old man, in court to plead guilty to a burglary in Melrose, escaped from deputies and avoided capture for the next three hours. Charles Malott was found hiding under a large wicker basket in a shed behind a home at 1012 Sheldon St. in Clovis. The homeowner said she noticed something was not right when she saw the basket where her cat slept had been turned upside down. 1961: Bill Smith, the manager of Clovis’ Sears & Roebuck store, was scheduled to present a program at Melrose schools: ...
Thursday • Community Thanksgiving Banquet — 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Lighthouse Mission, 407 L Casillas St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7775 • Pep Annual Thanksgiving Festival — 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at St. Philip Neri Parish Hall, Pep. Cost: $12 adult plates, $6 children under 6. Takeout available. All proceeds benefit the church. Information: 806-786-1572 • Portales Community Outreach Thanksgiving dinner — 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Memorial Building, Portales. Cost: Free. Deliveries available for homebound. Information: 575-693-331...
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Friday • 1:14 a.m.: Concealing identity, 300 block of East Fifth Street. • 1:31 a.m.: Breaking and entering, 1600 block of North Main Street. • 1:36 a.m.: Battery, 300 block of East Fifth Street. • 7:48 a.m.: Improper backing / limitation on backing, Prince Street and Forrest Park Drive. • 7:48 a.m.: Shooting at / from a motor vehicle, 200 block of West Plaza Drive. • 8:27 a.m.: Failure to pay fines, 300...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County commissioners approved awarding a contract to K. Barnett & Sons of Clovis for the 2017 fiscal year for purchasing chipseal and aggregate materials at a special meeting Monday. County Manager Amber Hamilton said the county pays the company per ton for the materials. The contract was the only item on the agenda, and there was no executive session taken....
New Mexico healthcare teams celebrated Presbyterian Healthcare Services celebrated healthcare teams across rural New Mexico with National Rural Health Day last week, according to a Presbyterian press release. During their celebration on Nov. 17, iVantage Health Analytics and the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) named the 2016 Top Performers. Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis was named a Top Performer for Excellence in Financial Strength. "We are proud to be recognized as a 2016 Top...
PORTALES — A new business set to arrive in Portales will bring products the community hasn’t seen before, according to its owners. Sweet Cakes Bakery, located on the Portales town square, should be open in two weeks and will offer a wide array of baked goods and other food items, according to co-owner Julie Rooney. “Sweet Cakes Bakery is the back of the house, and that sells to The Happy Place, which is the front of the house. Happy Place, we’ll offer all of the goodies to our customers,” she said. “We’re gonna have cookies,...
When Vice President-elect Mike Pence walked into the theater to watch the Broadway play “Hamilton” recently, he was not Abraham Lincoln and it was not Ford’s Theatre, but there was an ambush. He might have smelled trouble immediately upon entering. The air was thick with self-righteousness. The actions of the booing and churlish crowd are utterly indefensible upon any grounds. If as a child I’d been caught in such behavior, my mother, unhampered by “progressive” ideas, woul...
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This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and the Department of Game and 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. Northeast Cimarron River — Stream flow below Eagle Nest on Monday was .42 cfs. We had no reports from anglers this week. Conchas Lake — Fishing was fair using 3-inch straight-tail grubs and leach patterns for walleye. A few...
This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and the Department of Game and 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. Northeast Cimarron River — Stream flow below Eagle Nest on Monday was .42 cfs. We had no reports from anglers this week. Conchas Lake — Fishing was fair using 3-inch straight-tail grubs and leach patterns for walleye. A few... Full story
How often do you change your opinion about anything? When you do, what causes the change? With the reluctance toward changing an opinion, it’s amazing anyone ever does, on anything. Yet, it is possible, and it does happen. I have changed my opinion on many things over the course of my life. When I change my opinions, I would like for truth, reality, and reason to be the catalyst. When I’m wrong, I want to know, and I want this knowledge to change me. I am suspicious when anyone tries to change my opinions by appealing to emo...
How often do you change your opinion about anything? When you do, what causes the change? Kent McManigal With the reluctance toward changing an opinion, it’s amazing anyone ever does, on anything. Yet, it is possible, and it does happen. I have changed my opinion on many things over the course of my life. When I change my opinions, I would like for truth, reality, and reason to be the catalyst. When I’m wrong, I want to know, and I want this knowledge to change me. I am suspic...
Elections have consequences and some of them are unforeseen. In what NBC news described as a “maneuver that seemed to deliberately limit access to the media” the Trump family went to dinner. The president-elect had the impertinence to decide he was hungry after his spokeswoman told the press pool that his day had ended. Rube Render One week after the election, the Trump administration was described by NBC as, “shaping up to be the least accessible to the public and the press...
Elections have consequences and some of them are unforeseen. In what NBC news described as a “maneuver that seemed to deliberately limit access to the media” the Trump family went to dinner. The president-elect had the impertinence to decide he was hungry after his spokeswoman told the press pool that his day had ended. Rube Render One week after the election, the Trump administration was described by NBC as, “shaping up to be the least accessible to the public and the press...
Here’s a guess that the folks who run the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division are not Black Friday shoppers. They are the folks who scramble on Christmas Eve to find the gifts they need. That procrastination on the part of MVD is the reason far too many New Mexicans are going into the holidays scrambling to comply with the new Real-ID license and ID law. Real ID was passed by Congress in 2005 after 18 of 19 terrorists used state-issued driver’s licenses to board planes and then crash them into the World Trade Center tow...
Here’s a guess that the folks who run the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division are not Black Friday shoppers. They are the folks who scramble on Christmas Eve to find the gifts they need. That procrastination on the part of MVD is the reason far too many New Mexicans are going into the holidays scrambling to comply with the new Real-ID license and ID law. Real ID was passed by Congress in 2005 after 18 of 19 terrorists used state-issued driver’s licenses to board planes and then crash them into the World Trade Center tow... Full story
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Monday • 8:50 a.m.: Shooting at/from a motor vehicle, 300 block of North Connelly Street • 8:50 a.m.: Criminal damage up to $1,000, 1100 block of Sandia Drive • 9:51 a.m.: Fail to yield left turn, Prince Street/Llano Estacado • 10:14 a.m.: Larceny over $500, 1200 block of West Yucca Avenue • 10:39 a.m.: Improper lane change, 2500 block of Prince Street • 4:59 p.m.: Burglary (auto), 800 block of Hull Street...
On this date ... 1976: Local law enforcement and the Distributive Education Department at Clovis High School hosted a seminar on ways to prevent shoplifting. Prosecutor Albert Chavez, Juvenile Probation Officer Jim Osborne and Clovis Police Officer Joe Thomas fielded questions from business owners about laws and offered tips on ways to spot and detain a shoplifter. 1951: An oil well near the New Mexico state line, west of Bledsoe, Texas, was producing 18 barrels an hour, officials said. Shell Oil company was drilling other...
On this date ... 1976: Local law enforcement and the Distributive Education Department at Clovis High School hosted a seminar on ways to prevent shoplifting. Prosecutor Albert Chavez, Juvenile Probation Officer Jim Osborne and Clovis Police Officer Joe Thomas fielded questions from business owners about laws and offered tips on ways to spot and detain a shoplifter. 1951: An oil well near the New Mexico state line, west of Bledsoe, Texas, was producing 18 barrels an hour, officials said. Shell Oil company was drilling other... Full story
Sports writer [email protected] CLOVIS — Scott Robinson knew the sledding could be a bit tough for a while when he assumed Clovis High boys basketball coaching duties two years ago. That said, it’s been a really rough wide for the Wildcats, who are 8-44 in those two seasons, including 3-22 last year. Still, Robinson thinks the Cats are starting to head in the right direction, and have an ultimate goal at some point of winning a district title and competition for a Class 6A state championship. On paper, they couldn’t have...
