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PORTALES - Monday in eastern New Mexico brought another of those spectacular sunsets that occasions a motorist to pull over and take pictures or a pedestrian to stop and gape slackjawed. But in Portales that evening it competed with another phenomenon at least as dazzling and more unique: a crowd of some 300, more than half in red shirts, walking through downtown with a marching band and military color guard at the helm. That was the start of programming for the city's Martin...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — An undefeated week helped the Eastern New Mexico women’s basketball team jump two spots to sixth in the D2SIDA South Central Regional poll on Monday. The poll, released by the College Sports Information Directors of America, saw plenty of movement. Points are awarded based on votes from six sports information directors from the Lone Star, Heartland and Rocky Mountain Athletic conferences that make up the South Central Region. West Texas A&M, last week’s unanimous No. 1, fell to third place follo...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico women’s basketball team earned its second consecutive win against a regionally-ranked team as the Hounds led the entire way in a 90-79 win over Texas A&M-Commerce Saturday afternoon at Greyhound Arena. The game was a battle of two of the Lone Star Conference’s top four teams, but the Greyhounds jumped out fast and never let the Lions back into it. ENMU opened the game by scoring 10 unanswered points through the first 7:37, including a pair of three-pointers from Treyanna Clay and Chels...
Clovis’ swim team continued its fast approach to postseason competition with a strong showing in Saturday’s club meet at Midland. The Wildcats hope its a portend for good things to come in their next two high school meets, which will both be hosted by Hobbs. This past Saturday, the ’Cats had winning times from Bella Zamora in the girls 200 individual medley (2:12) and 100 breaststroke (1:09), Anya Hammond in the girls 500 (5:19), Hannah Luscombe in the 1,650 free style (18:37) and Barrett Bryant in the boys 100 backs...
CLOVIS - Curry County and Clovis leadership assembled Tuesday afternoon in city hall in the first gathering this year of quarterly meetings to discuss ways the local governments can collaborate for the good of the communities they serve. "I really think that the best days are ahead," Mayor David Lansford told the two-dozen representatives, among them city and county commissioners, Police Chief Doug Ford and Fire Chief Mike Nolen. City Manager Justin Howalt and County Manager...
CLOVIS - Monday morning's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. symbolic march and rally in Clovis had three main components to its theme - remember, celebrate and act. Action was the focus of Pastor Robert L. Grimes' keynote speech. "We can quote it, we can recite it, we can remember it. When are we going to start to act on it?" Grimes said of King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech. "When are we going to take the vision off the page and start applying it to our everyday lives?" More than...
MELROSE - While the Academy Award nominations had people around the country talking on social media on Tuesday, a different kind of award was making news in eastern New Mexico. Melrose Superintendent Jamie Widner told The News on Monday that junior and high school science teacher Alan Daugherty recently won the 2019 Excellence in STEM Award in the high school division. "It was a nice surprise to be able to get some recognition for some of the things the students and I have...
As I write, it is Day 31 of the longest government shutdown in the history of our nation. I tend to think that a much longer, much more permanent, shutdown of a good many regulation-spawning government bureaucracies would be about as detrimental to our nation as a cure for cancer would be to our health. But life (and government) is neither that simple nor that fair. We actually need many of the services the government is presently not providing. Even if many of those duties...
SANTA FE - One new legislator was mistaken for a secretary. Another says she stopped the first time she saw her name on a sign in the Roundhouse. Nearly two dozen new lawmakers, including three from eastern New Mexico, are filling the Capitol this session - an influx that has pushed the number of female legislators to historic levels in New Mexico. The freshman class also includes the state's first Muslim member of the Legislature. The rookies are educators, lawyers and...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Road Department is closing a portion of Curry Road M on Thursday for a cross over culvert installation, according to a release from the county. The section of CR M between State Road 245 and Curry Road 13 is scheduled for closure 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Motorists are asked to seek an alternate route. Information: Walon Jones, 575-762-1501....
CLOVIS — A Clovis man died Monday evening following an accident on Thornton Street, according to a release from the Clovis Police Department. Angel Solis-Loya, 82, died at Plains Regional Medical Center after suffering injuries in a vehicle-versus-pedestrian accident, according to a Monday night release from Capt. Roman Romero. Police Chief Doug Ford told The News the incident was “one of those unfortunate, tragic events,” as the driver was not in violation of any laws. He said Solis-Loya had suffered from Alzhe...
On this date ... 1964: Law enforcement officials in Sudan, Texas, were searching for clues related to the death of an infant found in a paper sack near railroad tracks. "They figure the infant was just thrown between the railroad ties by a mother who didn't care," the Clovis News-Journal reported. The red-headed girl was discovered by a railroad section hand walking along the tracks. "He picked up the brown paper bag, thinking it was some old clothes somebody had thrown...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday-Monday: Clovis • Lionel Junious, 33, driving under the influence of drugs, following too closely • Lonnie Clark, 29, receiving/transferring stolen motor vehicles, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, non-residential burglary, speeding, failure to yield, larceny • Dustin Martin, 42, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia • Myashia McClendon, 19, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Greg Leeder, 57, failure to pay fines...
It’s worth thinking about the rush to harshly condemn a Kentucky high school student on the basis of some cellphone images and his red MAGA hat. The episode, which has produced threats of violence, is both a sign — and a cause — of our country’s powder keg of political division. Even the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, which exists to protect the Bill of Rights, quickly tweeted out its disapproval. The ACLU assumed the students from Covington Catholic High School had committed “racial intimidation.” Yet, as the...
As a full-time federal employee, wife, mother, and daughter, I had enough going on in my life in 2011 when, somewhat spontaneously, I came up with an idea to start a museum dedicated to military families. At that time, my son was deployed to Iraq and I’d joined the ranks of generations upon generations of military families who had a loved one in harm’s way. It was a complicated time with complicated emotions, and my way to deal with them resulted in conceptualizing a museum. As an Army wife and mother, an overseas “br...
Solution to lower drug prices is already there Technically speaking, the solution to lower drug prices is about as complicated as figuring out 2 plus 2 equals 4 not 3 or 5. The big road block to the simple solution is $$$$$$$$$. The interests that benefit from the current system spend freely to protect the status quo. The return on their investment is huge and never ending. Prohibiting Medicare from negotiating prices started the ball rolling. Manufacturers shop world wide to get the best deal for the various parts and labor...
Once again, well-intentioned legislation in the Roundhouse is being touted as a way to protect the identities of sexual assault victims. In reality, it’s a way to circumvent due process and shield those who would make false accusations. Senate Bill 118, sponsored by Sen. Jacob Candelaria, D-Albuquerque, is a reconstituted version of his SB 149, which was vetoed in 2017. This time around, it’s on Democratic lawmakers’ “rocket docket,” meaning along with 37 other bills it will be fast-tracked through committees while receiving...
You’ve probably been hearing about the “deep state” recently, with some pundits saying it’s a danger and others saying it doesn’t even exist. It’s real, but it’s not the conspiracy theory some would have you believe. Its reality shouldn’t be controversial; it’s there for everyone to see and experience. The “deep state” is, in simple terms, the government bureaucracy. It is all those parts of government that don’t change from one presidential administration to the n...
The last time New Mexico was in this situation, Bill Richardson had just been elected governor. It was 2003 and Richardson, a former congressman and high-ranking official in the Clinton administration, had just won election with about 56 percent of the statewide vote. He succeeded Gary Johnson, known as “Governor No” because of his propensity to veto just about anything and everything. So by the time Richardson came into office, with Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate, the circumstances were in place for a f...
One of the lovely things about being a writer is that I can work in my pajamas if I want. (For the record: I do not — although what I wear could easily double for pajamas in a pinch.) The not-so-lovely part is that I am almost always alone and have few opportunities for making friends. I sit at my little desk and look out my second-story window all day and, for some reason, no one climbs up the side of the house and knocks on the window to make my acquaintance. It is really disappointing. To make matters worse, I was r...
It's nothing professional, but completely perfect in the memory category - memories of an Elida Lady Tiger! - Leslie Lieb Creighton...
This is my first quilt, just to see if I could. - Sandra Ferguson...
Two years apart — almost to the day — eastern New Mexico lost two women who might well be the last of their breed. Marie Roberson of Portales died Jan. 14 at age 91; Tillie Shaw of Clovis passed on Jan. 18, 2017, at age 99. Here’s one way I’d heard them described: Roberson was Roosevelt County’s Tillie Shaw, and Shaw was Curry County’s Marie Roberson. Had I been making the journey west 200 years ago, they are two women I’d have wanted on my wagon train. Marie Roberson and Till...
Feb. 5 • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Feb. 7 • Roosevelt County Commission special meeting — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., P...
Today • Tiny Tots — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 • Preschool storytime “P.J.’s Party” (wear your pajamas) — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940 • Stitch Addicts stitch group — 1:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 Thursday • Blood drive — 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Portales High School library, 201 S. Knoxville, Portales. Register online at http://www.bloodhero....