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Portales City Manager Sarah Austin has been placed on paid administrative leave, she said Thursday. Austin, reached at her home, said Mayor Mike Miller presented her with a letter on Wednesday stating she has been placed on paid leave until the end of her contract. “I asked him why and he wouldn’t tell me,” Austin said. “I am beyond devastated. I love this community. I thought I was doing a good job. I’ve had nothing but good evaluations.” Portales Fire Chief TJ Cathey answ...
Rattler Relays Saturday at Tucumcari Boys Team standings: 1. Portales 71 ½; 2. Logan 60; 3. West Las Vegas 56; 4. Santa Rosa 38; 5. Tucumcari 30; 6. Dexter 29; 7. East Mountain 28; 8. Springer 24; 9. (tie) Cimarron and Pecos 22; 11. Capital 20; 12. Floyd 19 ½; 13. Raton 19; 14. LV Robertson 16; 15. Mora 7. Portales, Floyd results Field events Long jump: 2. (tie) Colton Cain, Floyd and Antonio Bonilla, Portales 19-9; 5. Isaias Nieto, Floyd 19-6; 6. Ja'Lyn...
DEXTER – A late rally fell short and Portales High’s softball team dropped a 9-7 decision to Raton on Saturday in the third-place game of Dexter’s Lindsey Callaway tournament. Meantime, Clovis High scored early and often to rout Hatch Valley 19-2 for fifth place. Senior Giana Marez had a home run as the Lady Tigers (5-3) built a 6-3 lead through five innings, then scored three times in the sixth and held off a pair of two-run innings by the Lady Rams (3-2). Senior Giana Marez had an inside-the-park home run for Raton. Freshma...
AMARILLO – Clovis High’s boys finished 10th in a field of 17 teams over the weekend in the Amarillo Relays track meet. Senior Jeremiah Johnson and junior Sammy Fuentes each posted a second-place finish in the meet, with Johnson going an even 50 feet in shot put for a state-qualifying mark on Friday and Fuentes completing the 1,600 in a time of 4 minutes, 34.17 seconds on Saturday. Meantime, Fuentes accounted for the other points for the Cats with a fourth-place finish in Friday’s 3,200 with a time of 10:03.13. Amarillo High...
Five boys and three girls have been chosen for various all-state basketball honors by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association. For the boys, Texico senior Cade Figg was a first-team selection in Class 2A, while Clovis High senior Marvin Cox, Portales High junior Paxton Culpeper in Class 4A and Melrose junior Brayden Eldridge in Class 1A were accorded second-team status. Also, Buffaloes junior Josiah Roybal was an honorable mention pick in 1A. Girls honorees, all in Class 1A, were seniors Graci Odom of Melrose and...
TUCSON, Ariz. – Four members of the Eastern New Mexico University track teams earned NCAA Division II provisional qualifying marks over the weekend in the University of Arizona’s Willie Williams Classic. For the women, senior Tamia Smith went 46 feet, 4 ¼ inches in shot put, good for fifth place. Her throw ranks ninth this spring in NCAA Division II and pulls her to within a foot of the top five. Meantime, freshman Grizell Scarlett posted the third-fastest D-II time in the 100 so far, placing fourth in the event in 11.52 seco...
TYLER, Texas – Eastern New Mexico University’s softball program came into the season winless all-time against two Lone Star Conference programs – Lubbock Christian and Texas-Tyler. The Greyhounds have now scratched both of those items off their list, winning the second game of Saturday’s twin bill against UTT 3-2. They weren’t able to carry the momentum over to Sunday, however, as the fifth-ranked Patriots (28-7, 19-5 LSC) rode a six-run second to an 8-2 triumph in the series finale. ENMU is now 1-42 all-time against L...
ALAMOGORDO – With about a five-hour bus ride, it was going to be tough to play two games on Monday night anyway. With an hour delay for lightning in the middle, that pretty much took care of a second game. Portales High and Alamogordo did manage to get through one tilt, though, with the Tigers rallying after the delay for a 7-6 victory. PHS (3-2), coming off a championship in Eunice’s Cardinal Classic on Saturday, led 2-0 through three innings when play was halted. The Rams went up 5-1 with a three-run fifth, but the Tig...
Clovis resident David Brown was found guilty this week for trafficking substances such as methamphetamines, heroine, fentanyl, and Xanax. Brown, 53, had 10 grams of methamphetamines, black tar heroin, Xanax and fentanyl pills when officers searched his hotel room on January 25, 2023. He was then arrested and taken into custody. Trafficking a controlled substance is a second degree felony. The Honorable Fred Van Soelen presided over the trial with Brown being represented by Kaitlyn Cochran with the Las Office of the Public...
As of Monday, Portales Municipal Schools Board unanimously voted to be a part of the statewide lawsuit to challenge the state’s Public Education Department’s proposed changes to school calendars. The board approved a resolution supporting PMS Superintendent Johnnie Cain joining the New Mexico Superintendents Association’s opposition to the 180-day rule ordered by the PED. Multiple area school superintendents, including Clovis schools Rene Russ, have said they also will join in the planned lawsuit. The mission is to preve...
A Clovis woman has been charged with embezzling an estimated $9,500 from Hotel Clovis where she was a manager at the apartment complex. Court records allege Angela Arguello, 45, stole rent money and deposit checks between June 2023 and last month. Heather Babcock, the social services coordinator for Hotel Clovis, told police that a total of 18 payments had not been deposited to the complex’s bank. When Arguello was questioned about the missing money, “she couldn’t come up with answers to the questions, then she started to ‘v...
The Clovis Community College (CCC) Board of Trustees discussed the possibility of a 3% salary increase for all faculty and staff starting July 1. Heather Lovato, chief financial officer, said the institution will not raise any tuition or other fees at the board’s study session on Wednesday. “That (the increase) was signed by the governor,” Lovato told the News No decision was made. Discussion over the increase, as well as capital outlay and bond monies will be hosted at the next regular meeting on April 10. As of right now,...
The family of a Portales woman killed in a 2023 motor vehicle crash has been awarded $77 million in a default judgment by a Santa Fe County court. Court records show Lisa Ayn Poitras represented herself in the civil case filed by the family of Martha Lozano Polanco who was killed April 14, 2023. Court records allege a bus driven by Poitras ran a red light at the intersection of West Second Street and South Avenue C. Poitras’ vehicle collided with a 2010 Toyota driven by Polanco, 61, which resulted in Polanco’s death, rec...
Clovis High's tennis teams claimed victories in dual contests against Portales High on Tuesday at the CHS tennis courts, the boys winning 6-3 while the girls posted a 9-0 sweep. In boys play, the Wildcats went with a roster of junior varsity players against the Rams, who have only four squad members. The Cats claimed forfeit wins at Nos. 5 and 6 singles and at No. 3 doubles. In singles, boys winners were junior Jackson Rossi, 7-6 (7-3), 6-0) at No. 1; freshman Ben Brooks,...
EUNICE – Sophomore Carson Pfaffenberger hit a three-run homer in the second inning and Portales High's baseball team went on to a 16-7 victory over the Hobbs junior varsity in Friday's championship semifinals of Eunice's Cardinal Classic. The Rams (2-1) were slated to face the host Cardinals (3-2) in Saturday night's championship tilt. Friday's game was stopped after 5 ½ innings due to the tournament time limit. Pfaffenberger, senior Kaiden Gutierrez and junior E...
Portales High's softball team visited Lady Wildcat Field for a doubleheader on Tuesday night, and two football games broke out. The Lady Rams, playing their season-opening contests, put together six innings of four or more runs en route to a 17-13, 31-14 sweep of Clovis High. PHS had two four-run innings and a seven-run frame in the opener. Trailing 15-6, the Lady Wildcats rallied for four runs in the sixth and three in the seventh to make it close. Senior Giselle Romero went...
While the Clovis High baseball team is already well into its season, Portales High was just getting started in Tuesday night's matchup at Ram Field. Portales gave the Wildcats all they wanted, but a two-run double in the sixth by freshman Javi Jimenez held up for CHS in a 5-4 victory over the Rams. The hit gave the Cats (6-5) a 5-3 lead, and they held on with sophomore left-hander Joseph Hernandez working the final four innings in relief and allowing just two hits and a run. "...
After a rough stretch against some of the Lone Star Conference's best squads, Eastern New Mexico University's softball team picked up a much-needed series sweep against last-place Texas-Permian Basin, capped by 8-5 and 6-2 wins in Wednesday's doubleheader at Greyhound Softball Field. ENMU (18-14, 11-13 LSC) entered the week having lost 10 of its previous 11, but the Greyhounds took care of business against a team which came into the series averaging less than two runs a game...
ROSWELL – Down 5-0 after two innings, Roswell High rallied back and finally scratched out the winning run in the bottom of the 11th on Saturday to edge Clovis High 6-5 in the third-place game of Roswell Goddard’s Southwest Classic. The Wildcats (5-5) wasted no time jumping out to a 5-0 lead, but they were unable to add on and by the fourth frame the Coyotes (4-2) had pulled even. “I can’t fault the way we play the game of baseball,” CHS coach Richard Cruse said. “I said all year that we’ve got a chance to be pretty good....
LAWTON, Okla. – Junior right-hander Josaiah Estrella pitched six solid innings and Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team salvaged a four-game Lone Star Conference split against Cameron on Sunday, defeating the Aggies 7-1. ENMU (13-13, 11-13 LSC) has now split five of its six league series. The Greyhounds have home splits against then-top 5 teams Angelo State and West Texas A&M, but struggled to tread water against the lowly Aggies (7-21, 7-21). Estrada (2-1) allowed just four hits, with two walks and four str...
New Mexico Workforce Connection is hosting a job fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at its offices at 111 N. Main St., Clovis. According to a NM Workforce Connection news release participants include: Mental Health Resources, Ute Construction Company, Curry County, City of Clovis, Smart Style hair salon, Goodwill, New Mexico Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, U. S. Army, New Mexico Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Outreach Program Services of America. The release notes those who attend the job fair should...
An equine vaccination clinic is set for Saturday in the parking lot near the Curry County Cooperative Extension office at the Curry County Fairgrounds. “It’ll be southwest of the Events Center from 8 a.m until it’s complete,” County 4-H Agent Kandy Hutchins said. Hutchins provided an event flier that noted the event is open to the public from “all counties” with a portion of the proceeds going to the Curry County 4-H Horse Project. “We have a vet, Sara Loya, from Bar S L Veterinary Services of Stanley, New Mexico, who h...
A Clovis man on Monday was sentenced to 28 ½ years in prison following his conviction last month on charges that included fleeing a law enforcement officer. Arthur Martinez, 40, was found by Judge David Reeb to be a repeat offender with five prior felony convictions and numerous probation violations, according to a news release from District Attorney Quentin Ray....
The city of Clovis has openings on city boards and committees. There are three vacancies on the Parks, Recreation & Beautification Committee for a representative from District 1, District 2 and a resident of Curry County. There are two vacancies on the Lodgers Tax Advisory Board. There is one vacancy on the Senior Services Committee for a representative from District 2. For all duties and responsibilities visit www.cityofclovis.org . According to a city news release, those interested in filling the openings are asked to...
The Floyd Country Jamboree opens a two-night run Friday, the first time in five years it’s returning to its traditional format. It’s the 71st fundraiser for the Floyd Lions Club, according to President Paul Benoit. The music fest returned from a COVID-19 hiatus last year, but with just one night. This weekend, Friday features the traditional Jamboree Band, which consists of 14 performers, advanced rope tricks by Wild Bill Cathy and cowboy poetry. Benoit said the selection for citizen of the year will be presented on Fri...