Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO...PARTICULARLY HARDING AND UNION COUNTIES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY. * WINDS...WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS... Full story
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO...PARTICULARLY HARDING AND UNION COUNTIES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER DAYBREAK ON THURSDAY. * WINDS...WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS... Full story
On Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at approximately 5:42 PM Officers of the Clovis Police Department were dispatched to the 900 Block of North Jones Street in Clovis in reference to a shots fired call and a gunshot victim. Upon the Officers arrival a victim was found on scene in Apartment #B of 921 North Jones Street suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck. Clovis Fire Department Ambulance responded to give emergency care and the victim was transported to Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis where she was stabilized and...
The After-School Program at the following locations is cancelled due to inclement weather and road conditions: Arts Academy @ Bella Vista Cameo Elementary School James Bickley Elementary School La Casita Elementary School Lockwood Elementary School Parkview Elementary School If you have questions, please contact the individual school site....
James Fitzpatrick, 61, of Clovis is charged with shooting his neighbor in the neck Wednesday night and injuring another woman. A 61-year-old Clovis man is charged with shooting his neighbor in the neck Wednesday night and injuring another woman. The victim, Sandra Bousquet, 36, was in stable condition Thursday at a Lubbock hospital. Among the charges James Fitzpatrick faces are aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and three counts of aggravated assault, according to a...
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Central Christian Church minister Bill Brewer and a core group of members are working to bring the church back to its roots and the Bible. Since Central Christian Church’s beginnings in 1908, it has had many ups and downs. Three years ago during a downturn, a core group of church and board members met to choose between closing the church or rebuilding. The group chose to rebuild and began down a long and difficult road, Minister Bill Brewer said. “Even churches can have a makeover,” Brewer sa...
Some weeks back I was reading a previewabout New York City fashion shows. I found out what's anticipated to be in and what's out for the up coming season. I saw what's cool and what's hot for the women's wear for this next season.I read about lipstick, flowers pinned in your hair to make a fashion statement and six beauty trends that will keep me young.I read with interest some biographical information on “catwalk queens” or models that stroll those long walkways. I noted the...
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hurling himself at the keys, but he can’t work the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks — except hyphens and dashes....
Saturday Food and clothing give away — 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Matt 25 Hope Center. Information: 763-4400...
Church hosting Valentine's fundraiser First Christian Church is hosting a Valentine’s Day fundraiser to raise money for its youth program, according to a news release. The fundraiser includes a catered Italian dinner and a concert by musical group The Texan’s. Tickers are $15 per person for dinner and concert and $10 per person for concert only. Children’s pricing in available. The dinner will be at 6 p.m., the concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at the church. Information: 763-7113...
Freedom New Mexico The Eastern New Mexico University Speech and Hearing Clinic is set to conduct free hearing screenings for children and adults during February, March and April. Sessions are by appointment. Information and appointments: 562-2156....
Sold out for the fifth year in a row, the Milk Lover’s Ball will take place Saturday night in Clovis. Michelle Heavyside, President of the United Dairy Women, said the ball is a fundraiser to help three local children’s homes. More than 500 tickets have been sold, she said. In it’s fifth year, the ball has traditionally raised enough money for the United Dairy Women to provide about $20,000 in dairy products throughout the year to Portales’ Baptist Children’s Home and New Mexico Christian Children’s Home and Pippen Youth Ranc...
Freedom New Mexico Sold out for the fifth year in a row, the Milk Lover’s Ball will take place Saturday night in Clovis. Michelle Heavyside, President of the United Dairy Women, said the ball is a fundraiser to help three local children’s homes. More than 500 tickets have been sold, she said. In its fifth year, the ball has traditionally raised enough money for the United Dairy Women to provide about $20,000 in dairy products throughout the year to Portales’ Baptist Children’s Home and New Mexico Christian Childre...
Courtesy illustration The Salvation Army’s second annual Souper Bowl serves as a fundraiser for the non-profit. The Salvation Army is celebrating the Super Bowl with a Souper Bowl. The event serves as a fundraiser for the non-profit and is centered around, you guessed it, soup. Attendees pay $5, choose a bowl to take home, and are served their choice of posole, green chili stew or potato soup. Deserts will be provided by the Clovis High School culinary arts program. Maj. Tammy Ray said this is the second year the... Full story
Freedom New Mexico Opening arguments began Thursday in the slaying trial of Roosevelt County farmer William “Billy Joe” Watson. Watson is accused of hiring Aryan Brotherhood member Donald Taylor, a Rogers native, to kill Causey rancher Jimmy Bo Chunn, 71, in July 2005 in exchange for providing anhydrous ammonia for methamphetamine manufacture. Taylor has pleaded guilty to killing Chunn. Watson faces possible execution because his is a murder-for-hire case. Although Gov. Bill Richardson signed a repeal of the death pen... Full story
I built a dragon last week. He was only a very small dragon, I’m afraid, and not very strong. We’ve had at least one much larger dragon who was far more daunting. This one only breathed fire two or three times, and I had to supply a light from my Zippo to get even that out of him. The fire-power display was not terribly impressive. He stayed in our front yard, guarding the estate, I suppose, for only about three good days before he gave up and pretty much melted away with nary a sign left that he’d ever been on the prope... Full story
Two Portales residents are facing felony drug charges. Tuesday, Daisy Ornelas, 23, was arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine, a second-degree felony, after officers from the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office, Portales Police Department and Curry County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant in the 1400 block of South Avenue E, according to a news release from the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office. Ornelas later confessed to buying crack cocaine and delivering it to various places within the county, accor...
CNJ staff photo: Sharna Johnson District Attorney Matt Chandler and his mother Donna Chandler visit with supporters Thursday following a local announcement of Matt Chandler’s bid for the office of attorney general. Surrounded by his family, District Attorney Matt Chandler said Thursday he intends to do the job Attorney General Gary King has failed to do. Chandler, a Republican and Clovis native, announced his bid for attorney general Wednesday in Santa Fe but a similar...
Good morning and welcome to Freedom New Mexico's Friday briefing. Video of the day In your backyard: the Miles Mineral Museum at Eastern New Mexico University. Five large from Mesa Students at Mesa Elementary School in Clovis, New Mexico have raised nearly $5,000 for Red Cross Haiti Relief Efforts. Principal Jan Cox and students of Mesa Elementary School are presenting a check to a Red Cross representative today at the school’s 8:05 a.m. school assembly. Strike up the band The Clovis High School Freshman Academy band solo a...
Good morning and welcome to Freedom New Mexico's Friday briefing. Video of the day In your backyard: the Miles Mineral Museum at Eastern New Mexico University. Five large from Mesa Students at Mesa Elementary School in Clovis, New Mexico have raised nearly $5,000 for Red Cross Haiti Relief Efforts. Principal Jan Cox and students of Mesa Elementary School are presenting a check to a Red Cross representative today at the school’s 8:05 a.m. school assembly. Strike up the band The Clovis High School Freshman Academy band solo a... Full story
Richard “Tuff” Hedeman knew he couldn’t ride bulls forever. But his involvement with the sport is a different story. More than a decade retired and still revered, the four-time world champion bull rider is now president of Championship Bull Riding, set to hold a 7:30 p.m Saturday rodeo at the Curry County Special Events Center. “To me, it’s pretty exciting to come back because I grew up around New Mexico and Texas,” said the El Paso native and 1981 New Mexico all-around high school champion. “I went to high school rodeos...
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Surrounded by his family, District Attorney Matt Chandler said Thursday he intends to do the job Attorney General Gary King has failed to do. Chandler, a Republican and Clovis native, announced his bid for attorney general Wednesday in Santa Fe but a similar gathering in Clovis was postponed until Thursday by a winter storm. Flanked by his wife, three of his four sons and his parents, the 34-year-old Chandler told a packed room at the Clovis-Carver library the attorney... Full story
Freedom New Mexico Two Portales residents are facing felony drug charges. Tuesday, Daisy Ornelas, 23, was arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine, a second-degree felony, after officers from the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office, Portales Police Department and Curry County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant in the 1400 block of South Avenue E, according to a news release from the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office. Ornelas later confessed to buying crack cocaine and delivering it to various places within the c...
Opening arguments began Thursday in the slaying trial of Roosevelt County farmer William “Billy Joe” Watson. Watson is accused of hiring Aryan Brotherhood member Donald Taylor, a Rogers native, to kill Causey rancher Jimmy Bo Chunn, 71, in July 2005 in exchange for providing anhydrous ammonia for methamphetamine manufacture. Taylor has pleaded guilty to killing Chunn. Watson faces possible execution because his is a murder-for-hire case. Although Gov. Bill Richardson signed a repeal of the death penalty last March, a gra... Full story
