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

On this date … 1951: The city of Portales was working on the “Ouster of outhouses,” according to The Portales Tribune. Jerry Hein, the city’s sanitarian, was making a list of all the outhouses in the city limits in hopes... — Updated 10/19/2021

The following is a Q&A with candidates for Position 4 on the Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education. Antonio Sanchez is running for re-election. He is running against Braden Fraze, William Hilliard and Meredith Seifert.... — Updated 10/19/2021

SANTA FE — A hearing for the suspended members of the Floyd School Board has been pushed into 2022, according to the Public Education Department. Judy Robinson, a spokesperson for the PED, told The News a hearing was set for... — Updated 10/19/2021

ENMU nursing program receives accreditation PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University has received accreditation for its Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion Program and its Master of Science in Nursing Program from the... — Updated 10/19/2021

CLOVIS — In what is likely to be its last meeting of 2021, the Clovis Parks, Recreation and Beautification Committee heard about a variety of items to move the parks and recreation department forward over the next few years.... — Updated 10/19/2021

PORTALES — No one who spoke at a Portales Municipal School board work session Monday had much good to say about the New Mexico Public Education Department’s proposed standards for teaching Social Studies from kindergarten to... — Updated 10/19/2021

Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday-Tuesday): Clovis • Crystal Davis, 39, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug • Casey... — Updated 10/19/2021

Testing of 57 private wells in Curry and Roosevelt counties conducted in May produced negligible amounts of pollutant chemicals found in and around Cannon Air Force Base in 2018 that caused dairy farm shutdowns, according to a... — Updated 10/19/2021

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Health on Monday announced it was menacing Crisis Standards of Care, citing the strain the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on the state health care system. Under CSC, facilities statewide... — Updated 10/19/2021

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The football postseason begins on Friday night with 6-man quarterfinals on tap, and Clovis Christian and Elida will both be on the road. CCS (3-2), seeded fifth, plays at No. 4 Roy/Mosquero (3-1) while eighth-seeded Elida (3-5)... — Updated 10/19/2021

HOBBS — It wasn’t too good of a day for Clovis High’s soccer teams on Saturday. First, the Lady Wildcats absorbed their third consecutive District 4-5A setback, falling to Hobbs 2-0. Then the Hobbs boys handed the Wildcats... — Updated 10/19/2021

PORTALES — Senior outside hitter Jasmine Gannon collected her seventh double-double of the campaign and Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team severed an eight-match losing streak with a 25-20, 25-23, 25-18 Lone Star... — Updated 10/19/2021

CLOVIS — What looked like it might be a pretty bleak season a few weeks ago has turned into one of optimism for the Clovis High football team. CHS (3-4, 3-1 Class 6A District 2/5) has put together a three-game winning streak,... — Updated 10/19/2021

In 2020, the frontline in “the battle for the soul of America” was the election between Joe Biden, who spoke of that battle many times, and Donald Trump, who spoke about how it was all rigged. Now, that battle seems best... — Updated 10/19/2021

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