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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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GRADY - Jared Piepkorn has always been ready for anything, so why not coaching high school baseball? He's moved around with his military father, played on a Norwegian national baseball team as a result of that life in transit. After eventually playing for Clovis High and graduating from there in 1995, he was a scholarship rodeo rider at Eastern New Mexico University, turned pro while at Eastern, then became a two-time MRCA world champion bull rider. He's been a USSSA baseball...
CLOVIS — Santa Fe High’s boys basketball team is nicknamed the Demons. Fitting, because Tuesday night against Clovis, they played like a team possessed. Santa Fe erased an early 8-0 deficit, then escaped a 17-point hole in the third quarter. And as the game’s final four-tenths of a second ticked away, the Demons seized a 60-58 win over the Wildcats on Victor Salcido’s right-elbow buzzer-beating three that stunned the Rock Staubus Gymnasium crowd. “We challenged them at halfti...
MULESHOE — After more than 20 years, the Muleshoe Mules will have a new head football coach. But Lee Walker inherits a much different program than predecessor David Wood. The longtime defensive coordinator for Plainview High School was hired Monday to become the new coach and transition into the athletic director role. In both roles Walker will replace David Wood, who announced his retirement in November. Wood, who went 184-79, took over a lowly Mule program in 1996 that w...
SANTA FE — A look at the overall records would indicate that even as the road team, the Clovis Wildcats were a slight favorite over the Santa Fe Demons. But games aren't played on paper, and Clovis didn't take any advantage for granted in a 49-31 victory for their second District 2-6A win Tuesday night. Teya Morris scored 18 points, including a 10-for-10 effort from the line, and Mikyla Harkley added 11 in a game that belonged to Clovis (11-8, 2-1) from the tip. "We had a g...
RUIDOSO — Portales High coach Wade Fraze called Tuesday night's game between his Rams and the Ruidoso Warriors a "Tale of two halves." Indeed it was, as Portales outscored Ruidoso by 37 points in the second half, en route to a 68-23 victory. Portales (19-2, 2-0) was outscored in the second quarter, but carried a 31-21 lead into intermission. Amazingly, Ruidoso (6-14, 0-1) was held to just two points in the third quarter, and were completely shut out in the fourth quarter. "We...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County Sheriff Malin Parker is on paid administrative leave for an indefinite time following his Jan. 15 shooting of a suspect who led deputies on a turbulent chase in a front-end loader, according to New Mexico State Police. Police had declined until Tuesday to say who shot the suspect. The leave is routine following any officer-involved shooting, officials said. James McFarlin, 48, was in "stable condition" Tuesday at University Medical Center in L...
On this date ... 1988: Auditions were announced for the 38th annual Floyd Jamboree scheduled to take place in March. Phillip Russell had been elected by the Floyd Lions Club to serve as the "Big Fuzzy," or main coordinator for the upcoming Jamboree. Auditions were open to "country/western or gospel singers, and special acts such as puppeteers and ventriloquists." Program committee members were Rod Payne, Larry Buchanan, and Bruce Lee. 1988: A Clovis News-Journal feature...
RUIDOSO — The Portales Rams ended their three-game losing streak on Tuesday night, beating the Ruidoso Warriors, 56-53, in a boys basketball District 4-4A matchup. Portales (10-8, 1-1) overcame a nine-point fourth quarter deficit to take the win. "In the first half, we really struggled," Rams coach Rickie McBroom explained. "In the second half, we played with a lot more intensity. We were down nine in the fourth, and we started man pressing. We rebounded really well and hit so...
Like most people, I enjoy fiction; books, movies, and television programs. Fiction can be entertaining, educational, and inspiring as long as you don’t confuse it with reality. As a child I loved re-runs of “Gilligan’s Island” and dreamed of being marooned on a deserted tropical island. The older I became, the less realistic their situation seemed. The lack of variety in their diet, the constant parade of accidental transient visitors who never sent back help, the clothin...
PORTALES — If your idyllic stroll through the Eastern New Mexico University campus tonight is interrupted by a series of loud popping sounds, you have nothing to fear — unless you’re a bird. The university’s physical plant will be performing a series of “bird scares” with fireworks, a tactic ENMU Vice President of Business Affairs Scott Smart said discourages birds from congregating around buildings. “They usually collect around the College of Business. There’s a row of trees along the edge of that building — I think they...
CLOVIS — The 18-year old arrested Friday in a car-pedestrian incident was released from jail Monday evening on personal recognizance, while the victim remained in a Lubbock hospital Tuesday, lamenting dashed hopes of a football career. Police charged John Smart with aggravated battery, a third-degree felony, following an altercation that started with a quarrel over a stolen watch and ended with Smart hitting 19-year old Dante Dowdy with his car, according to a criminal c...
CLOVIS — Less than a week after Clovis High School Air Force Junior ROTC student Isaiah Hatfield was recognized at the Clovis City Commission for his life-saving efforts over Christmas break, he was honored again at Tuesday’s Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education meeting. “We’re calling this I love Isaiah month, and rightly so,” CHS AFJROTC instructor Maj. Lawrence Alan Fields said. Hatfield described to the board the December incident when after hearing his father call 911, Hatfield performed CPR on his stepmothe...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Monday through Tuesday: Clovis • Bryan Ramirez, 18, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Richard Luna, 68, parole violation • James Taylor, 30, probation violation • Ivan Luevano, 25, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia Portales • Santiago Ancira, Jr., 43, driving while under the influence of liquor, driving while license suspended or revoked, open container on person in motor vehicle upon road, no insurance, evidence of registrat...
CLOVIS — The woman sought by police since Jan. 9 after she allegedly shot a man near downtown Clovis was arrested Tuesday afternoon. Gabrielle Carver, 25, was held without bond after being booked into the Curry County Adult Detention Center soon after 1 p.m., jail Administrator Mark Gallegos said. Police located Carver while looking for “another guy; ... she was inside the house,” Gallegos said Tuesday evening. Clovis Police issued the arrest warrant on Carver Jan. 10, the day after she allegedly shot Aaron Tanner in the l...
CLOVIS — With election season just around the corner, the Curry County Clerk’s Office is asking residents to verify the information on their voter registration, according to a press release from Curry County Clerk Annie Hogland. The clerk’s office is asking residents to verify that they are registered to vote in Curry County with the address where they live. The clerk’s office is also asking prospective candidates to verify the information on their registration form because the information can’t be changed after Jan. 29 w...
Today • Clovis Public Works Committee — 8:30 a.m. at the Bert Cabiness City Government Center, 321 N. Connelly St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Friday • Elida Town Council — 7:30 a.m. at Elida City Hall, 704 Clark St., Elida. Information: 575-274-6465 The meetings calendar is a daily listing of area meetings. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-356-4481 or e-mail: [email protected]...
Today • United Blood Services Blood Drive — 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Portales High School. Information: 575-625-9743 • Preschool Storytime — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: “Cozy Critters.” Information: 575-356-3940 • Teen Program — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Activity: Xbox One free play. Information: 575-356-3940 • Fast 45 Lunch and Learn — Noon at Curry County Chamber. Topic: Time management. Free for members, $20 general. Information: 575-763-3435 Thursday • Tween Program — 4:30 p.m. at Portales P...
New Mexico’s 6 percent unemployment rate — the second highest in the nation — isn’t sending eastern New Mexico into a panic. Though unemployment in the state has dropped from 6.1 percent in November of 2017, the unemployment rate in December was only lower than Alaska, at 7.3 percent. Eastern New Mexico’s positive attitude has to do with keeping the situation in perspective, according to Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Karl Terry. Roosevelt County’s unemployment rate was 4.8 percent in November of...
In large bureaucracies, things can slip through the cracks. But that absolutely cannot include 11-month-old babies. And yet it does. It is once again glaringly apparent that in New Mexico some children do not fare well within a system that is supposed to protect them. The most recent tiny victim is Ariza Barreras. She and two siblings, ages 3 and 2, were in foster care with the state’s Children Youth and Families Department. On Dec. 28, the children were placed in the Belen home of a respite licensed foster caregiver b...
