Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The city’s Water Policy Advisory Committee will meet today to consider an effluent reuse pipeline project and the construction of a wind farm. The committee will be asked to recommend authorization to begin the first phase of the effluent reuse pipeline project, according to City Commissioner and Mayor Pro-tem Randy Crowder. The $16 million project will use effluent water from Clovis Wastewater Treatment Plant for dust control and irrigation of city property. “We’re going to put in purple fire hydrant and sell (the water...
Editor’s note: U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., visited Clovis on Tuesday on her campaign trail for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Pete Domenici. Domenici will retire when his term ends this year. Wilson has served for nearly 10 years as District 1 representative. The district includes Albuquerque, Torrance County and parts of Bernalillo, Sandoval and Santa Fe counties. U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., said New Mexico needs to send a commonsense conservative to the Senate. “We need somebody who will stand up and fig... Full story
Editor’s note: Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., stopped in Clovis on Tuesday on his campaign trail through eastern New Mexico. In his sixth year as a representative, Pearce is running for the Senate seat held by Pete Domenici, R-N.M. Domenici will retire at the end of his term this year. Pearce represents District 2, which includes most of southern New Mexico. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., Pearce said the nation is facing “three great struggles: the War on Terror, an economic struggle and who we are as a nation.” Economic issue...
The Water Policy Advisory Committee voted unanimously to start a design of the first phase of the $16 million effluent reuse pipeline project that could carry cleaned water from the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The first phase of the effluent water project will run a pipe from the plant to the city landfill and end in either New Pond Detention Dam northwest of the city or in City Park on 14th and Hickory Streets depending on the how much it will cost, according to Mayor Pro-Tem and committee chairman Randy Crowder. T... Full story
To address the strain on U.S. forces, Congress and the Department of Defense formally should endorse the concept an “operational reserve” that would be trained and supported to fight, on rotational basis, alongside active forces in the global war on terrorism and any future conflict. But for an operational reserve to succeed there must be sweeping reforms made to Cold War-era pay, retirement and promotion laws and policies for both active forces and reserve components. Those are two key conclusions of the Commission on the Na... Full story
Pete Domenici’s been serving New Mexico for four decades, and I hope one of his greatest acts of service doesn’t go ignored. Domenici, who is leaving the Senate due to health reasons, made an address to what is the final state Legislature of his Senate career. The longtime Republican spoke not of universal health care or fighting terrorism, but of seeking an end to partisan politics. “I don’t regard you as liberals or conservatives, but as fellow leaders trying to do your best,” Domenici said. “We must put aside these simplis...
During his State of the Union message, President Bush argued that his new tactics in Iraq — sending 30,000 additional troops and having them operate actively in neighborhoods rather than return to secure bases each night — “have achieved results few of us could have imagined just one year ago.” There is more substance to this claim than in previous years, when the president maintained an optimistic posture even when it was clear things were not going well. But there are reasons to be more cautious than the president seems t...
CSC hosting sweetheart dance The Community Services Center Senior Meal Site will host a Valentine sweetheart dance from 6-9 p.m. Friday at the center, 1100 Community Way in Portales. The public is welcome. The Jamboree Band, featuring Linda Brown, Wayne Buchanan, Colby Carter and Bill Rice will perform. Tickets are $4 per person in advance or $5 at the door. Proceeds benefit the Senior Meal Site. Information/tickets: 356-8576, ext. 15. Soccer boosters to meet A meeting of the Portales Soccer Boosters has been scheduled for 6...
Transitions Birthdays and Anniversaries: Thursday — Arthur Rowland; Kenny and Kelli Richerson Sunday — Javin Chandler Upcoming events • Women’s Bible Study will meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight at Debi Moore’s. • Seniors will meet Thursday at the Floyd Senior Citizens Center for games and fellowship. Potluck is at 6 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. • Floyd Fire Department will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the fire station. • 4-H will meet at 3 p. m. Sunday in the Community Building. • Floyd Booster Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday... Full story
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE — Defense attorneys for a Cannon airman accused of first-degree murder used the expert testimony of prosecution witnesses Tuesday to show forensic evidence collected indicates nothing more than Edward and Kimberly Novak were married and lived in the same house. DNA found under Kimberly Novak’s fingernails was her own, according to Jeffery Fletcher, a forensic biologist with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory. If Edward Novak’s DNA was found...
Eastern New Mexico University’s softball doubleheader against College of the Southwest at Zia Softball Field was postponed Tuesday due to cold weather, and rescheduled for noon today. The Zias (2-3) picked up their second consecutive win in the season-opening St. Mary’s Classic on Sunday in San Antonio, edging Texas A&M-International 4-3 on sophomore second baseman Rebecca Quinones’ walk-off RBI single with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the seventh, her second run-scoring hit of the game. With the score tied,...
According to a Yucca Telecom official, last week’s problem with phone service in Portales originated at the Qwest switch in Clovis. “What happened is Qwest turned off a valuable piece of information going into our system,” said Scott Arnold, Yucca Telecom general manager. Qwest public relations representative Gary Younger told the PNT Monday that he couldn’t confirm that information because the person involved with the problem from his company was off sick. Younger hadn’t responded at press time Tuesday. Arnold said the...
The city of Portales backed away from the table Tuesday where they had been studying the feasiblility of workforce housing. In a unanimous vote during their regular meeting Portales city councilors decided to withdraw from a program that would have built 150 units of workforce housing on city-owned land near the golf course. UniDev a company out of Bethesda, Md. completed a feasibility study on the project in June of 2007 and city council accepted the study at that time. Councilors were bothered by the higher than anticipated...
After discussion Tuesday threatened to revisit Roosevelt County’s fire ban ordinance, county commissioners instead put a ban in place utilizing the provisions within the ordinance adopted last year. Commissioner Gene Creighton said he had concerns that the ordinance wording still wasn’t adequate. He felt that verbage providing for local fire departments to be notified prior to a controlled burn simply placed more responsibility on local departments without addressing the problem. “The way it reads now, all they (resi... Full story
Staff and Wire Reports Polling places throughout the state were witnessing heavy turnout for the Democratic Presidential Preference Caucus Tuesday and Roosevelt County was no different. Long lines in some areas of the state forced party officials to hold up releasing returns until everyone had a chance to vote, according to the Associated Press. KOAT in Albuquerque was reporting Hillary Clinton leading Barack Obama by 9 percent with 12 percent of New Mexico precincts reporting. In Portales lines were never too long but the...
The Portales city council agreed to donate one day’s proceeds from the parking meters to the March of Dimes.... Full story
