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

After a bruising midterm election in which Republicans not only failed to make gains but lost their only congressional seat in the state, Steve Pearce will try to hold on as chairman of the New Mexico GOP for a third term during... — Updated 12/1/2022

Ten days after his starting power forward was shot and hospitalized after a 3 a.m. shootout on the University of New Mexico campus that left a UNM student dead, New Mexico State University basketball coach Greg Heiar was... — Updated 11/30/2022

Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis • League Clay, 46, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Jason Sanchez, 26, reckless driving, battery against a household member, aggravated... — Updated 11/29/2022

New Mexico House Republicans recently moved to overhaul their leadership team, after a southeast New Mexico lawmaker decided to abandon his bid to retain the party’s top post in the State Legislature. In leadership elections in... — Updated 11/29/2022

ROSWELL — A Denver-based company is working with four counties and two municipalities in the area to develop a $44.5 million regional mental and behavioral health treatment center in Clovis, a facility that government leaders... — Updated 11/29/2022

PORTALES -- Roosevelt County Manager Amber Hamilton’s contract extension and pay raise is up for another vote at the county’s next commission meeting, on Monday. Hamilton on Nov. 22 was given a $15,000 per year raise making... — Updated 11/29/2022

The Curry County administration has announced the Curry County Adult Detention Center (CCADC) has been reaccredited by the Adult Detention Professional Standards Council of New Mexico Counties. According to a news release CCADC... — Updated 11/29/2022

Drought conditions in Texas and throughout the U.S. continue to take a toll on cattle numbers, with higher calf prices and less beef production projected for 2023, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service livestock... — Updated 11/29/2022

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ALBUQUERQUE — Clovis High’s wrestlers opened the 2022-23 campaign on Saturday in the 12-team Volcano Vista Westside Kickoff tournament, with the boys finishing second in their four-team pool at 2-1 and then splitting two... — Updated 11/29/2022

TEXICO — Four players combined for 34 points on Monday night as Texico’s girls opened their season with a 43-33 victory over Mescalero. Texico’s boys completed the sweep in their opener, handing the Chiefs a 63-38 loss in... — Updated 11/29/2022

LOS LUNAS — Clovis High’s girls were essentially beaten by a gang of two on Saturday. Junior guard Azalia Mazilia and senior guard Jaydyn Montoya combined for nine 3-pointers and 47 points, and it was just enough to lift... — Updated 11/29/2022

PORTALES — There’s no Kylyie Paden in the middle this season as a scoring threat and rim-protector. The three-pronged guard combo of Taris Rippee, Riley Schillings and Teagan Faust has also graduated. Portales High’s girls... — Updated 11/29/2022

PORTALES — A relatively balanced attack for Eastern New Mexico University’s women got the better of Western Colorado’s mostly one-woman show on Saturday. While senior guard Emmery Wagstaff did her best to keep the... — Updated 11/29/2022

The other day I heard a program on NPR discussing how children and youth are taking in the threat of climate change. One teenager spoke of how he became keenly aware of the threat when he had to leave his home as he viewed an... — Updated 11/29/2022

Few persons would think of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address as appropriate Thanksgiving-season reading. Many among us, for some strange reason, prefer to imagine him delivering it under a searing sun and in soggy humidity.... — Updated 11/29/2022

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