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The annual Clovis Music Festival produced "lots of positive feedback on social media" and "those who came out had a great time," according to Robyn Snowberger, who helped organize the event. "We had people who were there for all three nights," said Ernie Kos, executive director of the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce. "There were a lot of out of towners in their RVs. There were people from Albuquerque, Roswell, Las Cruces, Lubbock and Amarillo." One of Saturday night's...
The Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce’s newest Retail Rockstar is Serendipity Engravers. The Chamber plans to honor Serendipity Engravers at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the store’s location, 403 N. Main St. in Clovis. Serendipity Engravers was nominated for the honor by the Chamber’s previous Retail Rockstar, Optical Source....
The Clovis Walmart will host a “grand reopening” Friday. According to postings with the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce and on social media, the event will take place starting at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the region’s largest retailer just off North Prince Street in Clovis. The Walmart posting states, “There will be food trucks, music, giveaways and much more.” Walmart #821 of Clovis sustained more than $42 million in damages when Jimmy Guillen, 59, allegedly started a fire in the store that became a massive conflagra...
Roosevelt County has been awarded Environmental Department grant funds for scrap tire amnesty days, according to a county news release. County residents can bring scrap tires to the Roosevelt County Road Department at 1500 N. Boston between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday or Tuesday, the release states. The county will not accept tractor-trailer, agricultural use, or other oversized tires or loads from a commercial tire shop. “This is a new grant endeavor for the Road Department and we hope it will help reduce the amount of i...
The city of Clovis is participating in the Keep America Beautiful initiative, with trash cleanup scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday. City officials in a news release asked area residents register to participate at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the Parks & Recreation Department, 500 Sycamore St. Those registered will receive cleanup supplies and an assigned route, the release stated. Donuts and refreshments will be provided and a lunch and awards ceremony is scheduled at noon Saturday. In addition, city dumping fees will be...
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department is warning taxpayers about fraudulent demand letters. The letters tell property owners to call an 800 number by a certain date or the state will seize their property, according to a news release from tax and revenue. Letters have been sent to property owners in Valencia County and possibly elsewhere. “The letters are not from the state Taxation and Revenue Department,” according to the news release. “Anyone with an outstanding property tax debt should work directl...
Burns Do It Center on North Prince in Clovis was the scene of multiple tool thefts early Sunday morning. A Clovis police incident report shows about $2,700 worth of cordless power tools, chain saws and more were taken from the hardware store by two unidentified men. Video footage showed one man inside the store about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the police report shows. About 5:30 Sunday morning, two men are seen taking tools and chainsaws from the store’s shelves. A door in the shop had been pulled open by an intruder, the report s...
Curry County commissioners on Tuesday heard budget requests from county departments for the upcoming fiscal year. County Road Department Superintendent Walon Jones put in requests for a number of items including: • $84,000 for an open covered storage structure. • $340,980 for two semi-trucks. • $99,795 for an equipment trailer. • $102,098 for a tractor. Facilities Maintenance Supervisor Tyler Kelly requested funds for piping and toilet replacement in the District Attorney’s office, HVAC system repairs, floor scrubbers...
PECOS – After seeing an eight-run lead get away in the opener, Texico bounced back with a 17-3 rout of Pecos on Friday for a split of their District 6-2A baseball doubleheader. In the first game, the homestanding Panthers came all the way back from an 8-0 deficit, scoring eight times in the bottom of the sixth for an 11-9 victory. Texico (5-8, 2-2 district) trailed 3-1 in Game 2 before putting together back-to-back, eight-run frames in the fourth and fifth innings and e...
Our parents were tired. That’s the most obvious explanation for, well, a lot. I’m thankful that they had me, though a “planned” child, I obviously was not. If I’ve done the math correctly, Mom was 42 when I was born, and Dad was 44. Since I am confident I was no surprise to my Father, it’s never bothered me that I was completely unexpected by my parents — until the doctor confirmed that I was expected. I can only imagine how that news took their breath away. I wonder what t...
ROSWELL – Roswell Goddard pulled away late in both games for a 12-8, 18-8 District 4-4A softball sweep over Portales High on Friday. In Game 1, the Lady Rams (10-9, 0-3 district) took an 8-7 lead on a two-run homer by junior Myleigh Banda in the top of the sixth, but the Lady Rockets came back for five in the bottom half. Freshman Roxanna Serrano went 3-for-4 with a triple, two runs scored and three RBIs for Goddard (12-8, 2-1). Sophomore Lindsay Campa was 3-for-3 and tallied three runs while senior Quiana Gonzales belted a...
ALBUQUERQUE – Eastern New Mexico University’s track teams competed in their penultimate meet of the regular season in Friday’s Don Kirby Tailwind Open at the University of New Mexico. For the women, senior Tamia Smith extended her own school record in shot put, finishing second at 46 feet, 11 inches, while ENMU sophomore Kennedy Ulmer was sixth at 40-7 ¾. Ulmer also placed third in discus with a personal-best 144-2, the No. 6 mark this spring in the Lone Star Conference. Others placing third in field events were freshm...
Eastern New Mexico University's baseball team did what it needed on Sunday and remained alive for a possible Lone Star Conference tournament berth, although the Greyhounds' work is cut out. They opened an 8-0 lead through five innings against St. Mary's and earned a 10-5 win over the Rattlers at Greyhound Field, notching their second consecutive LSC series triumph. ENMU (21-25, 19-25 LSC) stands two games behind Arkansas-Fort Smith (21-23, 21-23) and St. Edward's (21-25,...
MELROSE – Logan broke open a tight game with a five-run sixth on Monday and the Longhorns defeated Melrose 11-4. The game was a battle between the top two teams in District 3-1A and in Class 1A. Logan (13-2, 4-0) came in ranked second in 1A while the Buffaloes (8-4, 3-1) were first. Sophomore Mason Wallin went 3-for-5 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored for the Longhorns, while senior Kaeden Stoner was also 3-for-5, driving in two and scoring once. Meantime, sophomore Mitchell Wall added a solo home run for Logan....
Essentially, there were two track meets going on in Friday's Wildcat Relays at Leon Williams Stadium – one for Rio Rancho, Artesia and Hobbs and another for everybody else. Clovis High's squads won the "other" meet – finishing fourth in both divisions. Rio Rancho took the boys title with 97 points to 95 for Artesia, 80 for Hobbs and 50 ½ for the Wildcats, and completed a sweep with 102 ½ on the girls side to 85 for Hobbs, 83 for Artesia and 60 for the Lady Wil...
KINGSVILLE, Texas – After tossing her fourth shutout of the season in Friday’s series opener, Eastern New Mexico University sophomore right-hander Marissa Rodriguez was treated rudely by Texas A&M-Kingsville in Saturday’s Lone Star Conference series finale. The Javelinas banged out 15 hits off Rodriguez in 4 1/3 innings, knocking her from the box in a five-run fifth, and handed the Greyhounds a 9-5 setback to win the series. Kingsville (29-21, 22-20 LSC) has finished its regular campaign and is now assured of ninth place...
Were it not for three big crooked numbers, there wouldn’t have been much going on offensively in Friday’s District 4-5A baseball doubleheader between Clovis High and Carlsbad at Bell Park. Fortunately for the Wildcats, their big frame – a seven-run seventh – was just enough to pull out a 7-6 victory in the opener. The Cavemen posted their second six-run round of the night in the nightcap en route to an 11-0 victory. Carlsbad (13-7) took two of three from the Cats (11-8) in the district-opening series for both teams. Clovis co...
For those too young to fully remember the OJ Simpson trial, it was a television spectacle with all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster. Sex and violence, interracial relationships and marriage, infidelity, alcoholism, sexual deviancy and a host of lurid details that titillated and fascinated the public. Stories covering the trial became daily tidbits, as just about every outlet – from weekly tabloids to highbrow magazines and newspapers – intensely covered the trial. You...
“Death to Israel!” “Death to America!” It sounds like something you’d hear chanted by hundreds of brainwashed young people in the streets of Tehran. But as we saw last week, those are the chants of our own children on college campuses. People can agree or disagree on what the Israeli military is doing to the Palestinians in Gaza to punish Hamas for its attack on Oct. 7, or what our State Department is doing wrong in the Middle East. And am I seriously worried about Joe Biden...
A former Clovis schools music educator is returning as the Clovis High School band director. Daniel Perez succeeds Bill Allred, who is retiring after more than 20 years leading one of the state’s top performing bands. Perez was choir director for Gattis Middle School in 2015 before transitioning to band director at Yucca Middle School in 2017, according to a Clovis Municipal Schools news release. In 2018, Perez became director of the CHS Jazz Band and an assistant marching band director at Clovis High School, where he r...
Imagine living in a household full of smokers. Whether you like it or not, you’re stuck with each other, so if you want to overcome your problem, you’re going to have do it together. More than one doctor has told you as much, but not everyone in the household believes what the docs say, opting instead for a quack’s opinion that the whole problem is better off ignored. The problem is, you’ve all got to quit together or you will all get sick and die by either first- or second-hand smoking. All that coughing and hacking around...
After almost two years of preparation, the Roosevelt County Food Pantry is serving residents. In May 2022, officials from the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico asked the Roosevelt County Commission to consider serving as a fiscal agent for a food security grant. The Commission unanimously agreed with that request. In August 2022, the county was awarded $216,793.50 to construct the 800 square foot building at 600 N. Ave K in Portales. Food distribution began quietly in January....
When Patsy Acuff of Clovis was growing up, she remembers there was always a trunk in the back of her grandmother's closet in Portales - a trunk that she, her siblings, and their cousins were taught to never touch or talk about. The trunk contained the belongings left behind when Homer Mitchell left Portales in 1943 to join the United States Army. Mitchell - who was Acuff's uncle and the son of Gussie and Roy Mitchell of Portales - was killed in action in Pachten Forest near...
Curry County commissioners recently voted to replace a road department tractor that had been totaled in a fire. It brought back a memory from some years ago when I was mildly reprimanded for putting out a fire on a piece of heavy equipment I was operating. That’s right, the foreman wanted me to let it burn. I had a job working for a company that went around with heavy equipment tearing down trees, ripping up the land and such in advance of creating housing subdivisions. I wanted the job because it got me outside, out of an o...
Portales City Council members on Monday voted 4-3 to ease water restrictions for residents. The change means residents living at odd-numbered addresses may water their lawns for 30 minutes between 9 p.m. Mondays and 7 a.m. Tuesdays. Those living at even-numbered addresses may water their lawns for 30 minutes between 9 p.m. Thursdays and 7 a.m. Fridays, officials said. The Council had previously prohibited all lawn watering under what it called Stage 3 restrictions. The Stage 2 restrictions adopted Monday still mean no one...
