Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Eastern New Mexico is in line for widespread light snow, freezing temperatures and gusty winds Tuesday night and early Wednesday. The National Weather Service is forecasting 1 to 3 inches of snow for the Clovis-Portales area, with low temperatures in the teens and winds up to 25 mph. Forecasters on Monday said local chances of snow are 60 percent for Tuesday night. Accumulations of snow are expected to be higher to the north. “The combination of widespread light snow with much colder temperatures and gusty winds will i...
The governor has endorsed legislation for the repeal of the Social Security tax (SB 48, HB 48 and 49). This would encourage citizens to remain in New Mexico and reduce the drain on fixed incomes. I encourage all readers to contact their senators and representatives to support this legislation that would support our long productive citizens. Lawrence Nelson Clovis...
SANTA FE - After two years on the sidelines, Eastern New Mexico University is back in the men's soccer world. The school's board of regents on Wednesday heard about optimistic plans to get a coach in place and do recruiting in order to compete in the upcoming fall Lone Star Conference season. The Greyhounds have not fielded a men's soccer team since 2019, with the COVID-19 pandemic axing the 2020 season and administration shelving the program in 2021 with former Athletic Direc...
Case counts for COVID-19 are spiking with the highly transmissible Omicron variant, and it’s difficult to not notice. Statewide, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced efforts to temporarily employ National Guard troops and state workers as substitute teachers and childcare workers. Locally, both Curry and Roosevelt counties only needed the first three weeks of January to report the highest number of new cases in any month since the pandemic began in March 2020. Portales schools closed on Friday due to a surge in cases. Kaye G...
The driver involved in what police have described as a murder-suicide has been identified as Vanessa Villarreal, 19, of Bovina, according to the acting Parmer County sheriff. Acting Sheriff Eric Geske declined to identify the 16-year-old boy who also died in the Jan. 16 incident. Authorities have said both victims were shot to death in the Suburban Villarreal was driving. Police pursued the Suburban from Bovina to Farwell after Bovina police stopped the vehicle in Bovina, Geske said. As police approached, the vehicle pulled...
