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

CLOVIS — The city of Clovis is looking into foreclosing on a home on Gidding Street, and all indications are it won’t stop there. City commissioners voted 7-0 to authorize abatement of the house at 1201 Gidding, and Mayor Mike Morris agreed...

PORTALES — By Friday, there should only be one Greyhound Stadium in Roosevelt County. The Eastern New Mexico University regents are expected to close on a sale of the former home of the Greyhound football team, along with nearly 24 acres...

SANTA FE — Ten positive COVID-19 cases in Roosevelt County schools were among 15 reported Thursday and Friday by the New Mexico Public Education Department. The PED began providing daily updates of positive tests early last week. According to the...

An Arkansas man was injured Saturday when his experimental aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from a private airfield east of Clovis. Larry Bishop, 56, of Heber Springs, Arkansas, was transported to Plains Regional Medical Center for treatment....

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Supreme Court, in a 3-1 decision, ordered a pair of former Portales daycare owners be granted release from prison pending an appeal on their 2019 convictions. Sandi and Mary Taylor, former owners of the Taylor Tots...

Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday-Friday): Clovis • James Wright, 29, failure to pay fines • John Estrada, 36, concealing identity • Benny Jones, 58, probation violation • Adrianna Regenhardt, 38, probation...

SANTA FE — She believes the state is “trending in exactly the way we are hoping to” on COVID-19. So on Thursday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham introduced recreation-related changes to the state’s public health order aimed at reopening the...

Though it might not catch much attention on a daily basis, the usual blue skies of eastern New Mexico have given way to a few weeks of on-and-off haze due to ongoing fires outside of the Land of Enchantment. While air quality here is not adversely...

The following books are available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: “A Well Behaved Woman” by Therese Anne Fowler. Alva Smith, her southern family destitute after the Civil War, married into one of America's great Gilded Age...

Curry Resident Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St., Clovis 575-762-9405 All meals served with 2% milk Monday: Chicken fajita, pinto beans, Spanish rice, chips & salsa, fruit salad Tuesday: Baked fish, baked potatoes, blended vegetables, dinner...

Editor’s note: New Mexico public schools are not offering in-person instruction until Sept. 8 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All items are for to-go service only, with meal information provided by school officials or websites. Contact individual...

Well here we are again with the 2020 Census coming to an end. Sept. 30 will be the last day that we as Roosevelt County residents will have the opportunity to complete the Census. I am highly encouraging our residents who have already completed the...

There exists a type of country club conservative that desperately wants to fit in after being elected. The cultural issues most important to the base are cringe inducing for these squishy Republicans. Abortion, immigration, term limits, fighting...

EDGEWOOD — This week’s internal dialogue with myself has been all about agitprop. Quick refresher: “agitprop” is political propaganda, particularly that used by the Soviet Union to mobilize, that is, manipulate, the masses. You know, big...

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