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CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission will have a pair of public hearings during its Thursday meeting, dealing with a potential low income property tax rebate ordinance and action on a franchise agreement for the Grady Wind Energy Center. The 9 a.m. meeting at the Curry County Administrative Complex will cover what would be a 20-year franchise agreement with the wind energy center. In return for the non-exclusive franchise agreement, the center would pay the county $1,000 annually for any “pole, tower or other structure tha...
Earlier this year, letters from the state of Arkansas began drifting across my desk, demanding that our weekly newspaper, the Arkansas Times, either sign a pledge not to boycott Israel or forfeit all state advertising. The letters were the result of an obscure, cookie-cutter law passed in 2017 by our Republican-controlled Legislature. Specifically, it requires any company entering into a contract with a public entity to certify that it “is not currently engaged in, and agrees for the duration of the contract not to engage i...
It looks like we’re on pace for the longest government shutdown in history, and President Trump says he’ll keep the shutdown going for months or years if he has to. I’m not in the habit of taking Donald Trump at his word. Last month, he told Sen. Chuck Schumer, “I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not going to blame you for it.” Less than two weeks later, he was tweeting about the #SchumerShutdown. I do, however, think the president is partially right. The shutdown might be months-long. I don’t see...
It’s a wonder that Democrats haven’t staked out a negotiating position demanding the destruction of already-existing barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. Their opposition to President Donald Trump’s border wall (or, more properly, his so-called wall) is now so total as to be nearly indistinguishable from opposition to any serious infrastructure at the border at all. The partial government shutdown is fueled by a clash of visions over, ultimately, the legitimacy of borde...
It’s been three months since a Clovis police officer shot and killed a suspected car thief. It’s been two months since investigators completed their review of the incident. And yet reports associated with the death remain secret. And while the officer went back to work a week after the shooting, those tasked with deciding whether criminal charges should be filed against him still have not announced their decision. That’s messed up. It’s entirely possible Officer Brent Aguilar...
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wasted no time following through on her campaign pledge to do away with the PARCC. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, which has been in place in New Mexico for nearly half a decade and cost the state millions of dollars to administer, will be replaced by the beginning of the 2019-20 school year, the governor announced on Thursday. Reaction from local school leaders ranged from approval to indifference toward the governor’s decision. Melrose S...
Monday • Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan public hearing — 4 p.m., Memorial Building Council Chamber, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662, ext. 1. Tuesday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Clovis Civil Aviation Board — 5:30 p.m., Clovis Municipal Airport Terminal Conference Room, 459 CR 11.5, Texico. Information: 575-769-7890 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E...
SILVER CITY — For the second straight season, the Eastern New Mexico women’s basketball team suffered a poor shooting night at Western New Mexico. This time around, the Greyhound defense played well enough the cold shooting didn’t cost them a Lone Star Conference victory, as Eastern took a 58-46 win to improve to 3-0 in LSC play. On Saturday, the Greyhounds made it 4-0 by topping Texas Permian Basin 61-55 in Odessa. The Greyhounds fell behind 7-2 in their Thursday conte...
GALLUP — There was no argument that the Clovis Wildcats were limping into the Gallup Tournament this week, with three key players out — all of them for at least a few weeks — with injury. Two games into the tournament, however, the Wildcats are outrunning or outlimping the competition as they reached Saturday’s tournament final with a 64-53 victory over the tournament host Bengals. Clovis (10-4), which won Thursday’s opener 62-55 over Sandia Prep, put itself in position...
On this date ... 1969: Preston Nance, a 5-foot-7-inch senior guard, was the focus in the Clovis News-Journal's "Meet Your Wildcats" feature. The basketball player was "noted for his ball handling and defensive ability," the paper reported, but he'd recently demonstrated another skill - he scored 20 points in a game against the Roswell Goddard Rockets. The Wildcats had defeated Goddard in overtime, running their season record to 9-3. Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens....
The following marriage licenses were filed through Wednesday at the Curry County Clerk’s Office: • Blas Christian Casimiro Jr., 22, and Angela Jennifer Saldana Hernandez, both of Muleshoe • Angel Vasquez-Zapata, 28, and Marleni Yuridiana Ceja, 25, both of Clovis • David Sandor Bacsi, 28, and Loren Leigh Hensley, 24, both of Lubbock • Samuel Borunda, 29, and Brenda Nallely Contreras-Ruvalcaba, 29, both of Levelland • Andres Herrera, 28, and Lesly Dazan Chacon Jacobo, 22, both of Amarillo The following divorces were filed...
PORTALES — The Portales City Council will consider the adoption of a water asset management plan during Tuesday’s meeting. City Manager Sammy Standefer said the plan will identify all of the city’s water-related assets like pipes in the ground and develop a plan to replace some of the existing infrastructure. Standefer said the plan is a requirement for many of the city’s funding agencies. Also on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers at the Memorial Building: • Authorizati...
PORTALES — Tuesday morning Roosevelt County will kick off the new year considering a contract for a new evidence technician position at the county sheriff office, among routine items before the commission for the beginning of 2019. “This meeting is going to be a first of the year meeting, really to just handle the annual requirements for the commission,” county manager Amber Hamilton told The News. “It will also be the first meeting for (newly election) Commissioner (Tina) Dixon. For the most part, everything is very much st...
CLOVIS — The first Clovis-born baby of 2019 arrived last week at Plains Regional Medical Center. However, those are the only details publicly available about the newest addition. The newborn’s parents requested no media at this time, according to Melanie Mozes, a communications manager with Presbyterian Healthcare Services....
SANTA FE — On her third day as governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that New Mexico will drop the oft-maligned PARCC exam after the current school year — if not sooner. In its place, a new assessment system will be created. While it’s unclear exactly what the replacement system will look like, Lujan Grisham said she’s confident it can be in place by August and will meet federal requirements. “I know that PARCC isn’t working,” Lujan Grisham said after announcing the two executive orders at a news conference at...
CLOVIS — A Clovis dairyman on Thursday once again addressed the Clovis City Commission with his latest appeal for help in recovery from water contaminated by neighboring Cannon Air Force Base. Art Schaap conceded there wasn’t much the city could do with the matter, but did ask if it could help to put pressure of the New Mexico Environment Department and the Department of Defense since the discovery of PFOS/PFOA on more than half of his wells. The commission took no action. Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Per...
CLOVIS — Officials last week investigated multiple early-morning car thefts in northwest Clovis, arresting one while advising the public to take additional precautions in securing their vehicles. Three vehicles within a half-mile of each other were reported stolen Wednesday morning in a period of less than three hours, according to police records. All three of them were recovered, one in flames, according to Clovis Police Capt. Roman Romero. The first theft was a 2005 Dodge Ram truck, reported stolen just after 6 a.m. from t...
The state Legislature won’t officially convene until noon on Jan. 15. But hundreds of bills have already been pre-filed for the 60-day session. As of Thursday, 335 bills, memorials or resolutions had been pre-filed in the House of Representatives and the Senate, with 83 percent of the legislation in both chambers being introduced by Democrats. The Senate will be made up of 28 Democrats and 16 Republicans for the session and the House will have 46 Democrats and 24 Republicans, including 20 non-incumbents — 15 Democrats and 5 R...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday-Thursday: Clovis • Johnny Vigil, 25, probation violation, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, failure to yield right of way to oncoming vehicle, battery against a household member, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation, failure to pay fines • Jimmy Williams, 58, driving while license suspended or revoked • Amanda Davalos, 33, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Javier Garcia, 30, probation violation, failure to appear...
Tuesday • Books and babies “Let It Snow” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Open ages 0-3. Information: 575-356-3940 • Quilters’ Tuesday — 5:30-7:30 p.m., Ingram Room, Clovis-Carvery Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Pre-registration required to assure adequate work spaces. Quilters must supply own materials and sewing machines; observers welcome. Pre-register or information: Sara at 575-763-9687 Wednesday • Stitch Addicts stitch group — 1:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. M...
The following are available for checkout at: Clovis-Carver Public Library “Mistletoe Murder” by Karen MacInerney ripples with festive cheer as Lucy Resnick enjoys life selling her jams and soaps during the day and evening fireside sessions with her knitting group — that is, until a local man turns up with a knife in his back just before Christmas. Sheriff Rooster Kocurek, never the brightest bulb on the string, is convinced it's an open-and-shut case — murder by jealous wife — but Lucy suspects otherwise, and jumps in to wrap...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. line dance, 1 p.m. canasta Tuesday: No beginning line dance, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle class, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. trivia mania Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. needle gang Thursday: 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $4, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 8:45 a.m. board meeting, 1 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. line dance Friday:...
Clovis Elementary Monday: Closed Tuesday: Closed Wednesday: Closed Thursday: Breakfast — Breakfast burrito. Lunch — Chili cheese fries, broccoli w/ranch, chilled pineapple, cookie. Friday: Breakfast — Muffin. Lunch — Pepperoni pizza, garden salad w/ranch, chilled applesauce/ • Breakfast includes 100 percent fruit juice, fresh fruit, milk, choice of cereal, toast or graham cracker. Salad bar offered daily. Clovis Middle Monday: Closed Tuesday: Closed Wednesday: Closed Thursday: Breakfast — Breakfast burrito. Lunch — Choice of...
Government shutdown. It has a nice ring for some of us, but the hand wringing in Washington D.C. is starting to get a little loud in the media. Two weeks into the shutdown — or more precisely “partial shutdown” — I’ve yet to be affected in any other way. I’ve not yet had a phone call go unanswered or walked up to a closed government office door. Even though I wrote this on Thursday night, my bet is the government is still on shutdown Monday morning. Of course to be fair, I...
My name is H. Carl Burnett. I am a retired technical specialist after 32 years with Xcel Energy. I've been married to my wife Sylvia for 35 years and we have two adult daughters, Gina and Melanie. I have held several offices with the Fraternal Order of Eagles during my 35-plus years with the organization and was most recently named Grand Worthy President at the 2018 International Convention in Dallas. These days I like to spend the majority of my free time traveling. What's...
