The Eastern New Mexico News - Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities

CLOVIS - Victor Apodaca spoke through tears Monday while "begging for mercy" from Judge Drew Tatum in a sentencing hearing on charges from a short-lived jail escape this summer. "I'm sorry for...

Jan. 17 • Bill Benham , 82 - 2 p.m. (CST), Bailey County Cemetery • Gary Bruce Damon, 75 - 11 a.m., Mission Garden of Memories, Clovis • Joseph M La Puzza, 99 - 2 p.m., Temple Baptist Church,...

PORTALES - The Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education had a bit larger crowd than normal on Monday, moving its monthly meeting to the junior high cafeteria to account for the dozens of...

PORTALES - Rev. Buddy Moore said he first heard the call to the church when he was 17, but he turned instead to a life in the armed service and later a job in the oil and gas industry. Moore said he...

PORTALES — The Texico boys basketball team entered Saturday night’s EPAC Tournament championship game at Greyhound Arena knowing history was within reach. Early in the second quarter, though,...

PORTALES — Any team that wins three consecutive tournament championships expects to win a fourth straight. But expecting doesn’t guarantee it. The only guarantee comes from what the scoreboard...

PORTALES — Carsyn Boswell had 23 points, and the Carlsbad Cavegirls controlled the fourth quarter in a 45-33 win Saturday night to close out a 3-0 run in the Portales Shootout. Kaliyah Montoya...

PORTALES - Lubbock Christian had plenty of star power in Saturday night's finale of the Portales Shootout. The host Rams had plenty of balance. The latter won out, as the Rams pulled away in the...

Women Thursday Tarleton State (10-4, 3-3 LSC) at Eastern New Mexico (10-4, 5-1 LSC) 5:30 p.m., Greyhound Arena Last time out: Tarleton State had a fairly easy time of it last Thursday when hosting...

This is my Maya. One of her "jobs" is retrieving the newspaper. We got her as a puppy. She's 11 years old now. She will also get the mail, and she has been great as a hunting dog, retrieving downed...

This is my first completed quilt. It was given to my cousin who is married to a firefighter. - Melissa...

This is my favorite quilt of almost 200 I've made over the years. I made this for my mom and dad's 50th anniversary in 2004. That was also the year we lost Mom to...

This quilt features cowgirl-themed fabric, which can be far more difficult to find than cowboy fabric. It was for my daughter's first "big girl" bed. She is the sweetest cowgirl I know and is...

I made this Harry Potter quilt and a baby-sized one as well for my best friend who loves all things Harry Potter. She moved away from Clovis in 2017 after finding out she was expecting her fourth...

Eastern New Mexico University is preparing to throw a party inspired by the golden anniversary of its 1969 national championship men’s basketball team. And they are reaching out to the community...

When an addict’s supply is cut off, it’s usually an agonizing journey through withdrawal to the other side of the addiction; where the poison finally loosens its grip on the person, giving him a...

I have been thinking about walls lately, because I’ve been reading the news. President Trump is demanding a $5.7-billion wall between the U.S. and Mexico. That’s a $5.7-billion slap in the face...

A big part of this is reverse snobbery, I know, but I love my old pickup truck. That faithful machine already had 90,000 miles on it when I flew down to Houston a bunch of years ago, laid eyes on it,...

In education, we have the gift of new beginnings. The beginning of the new school year, of course, after staff and students are rested from the summer months; but, we also have the gift of the...