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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — Motorists heading south of Clovis had a smoke-filled and possibly detoured drive Friday, as Clovis fire crews spent the morning fighting a blaze just south of the Prince Street Overpass. Clovis Fire Department Battalion Chief Joel Gershon said there were no injuries, but one firefighter was resting at home Friday afternoon after going to the hospital for an asthma attack. Crews got the call for the fire about 7:20 a.m. About 20 minutes in, the fire created what G... Full story
CLOVIS — A 69-year-old Clovis man was shot Wednesday night and his alleged assailant is in the Curry County jail today. Police in a news release said Carlos George Sena reported Iisha Silva shot him at Sena’s residence at 1121 Rencher. The release said Sena has been transported to University Medical Center in Lubbock for treatment of his injury. His condition was not released. Silva, 26, who transported Sena to the Clovis hospital after the shooting, is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. We will have mor... Full story
Today • Coffee with a Cop — 7:30-9:30 a.m., McDonald’s, 201 W. 14th St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Preschool storytime “Hugs and Kisses” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Information: 575-356-3940 • Friends of the Portales Public Library — Noon, meeting room, Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Guest speaker: Cazandra Campos-McDonald on her new book, “Dear Hemophilia: Finding Hope Through Chronic Illness.” Open to the public; sack lunches welcome. Information: 575-356-3940...
SANTA FE — Legislation to overhaul New Mexico’s pension system for firefighters, police and other public employees is headed to the full Senate for consideration following a tense public hearing. Members of the Senate Finance Committee voted 10-2 in favor of Senate Bill 72, which is aimed at improving the financial health of the Public Employees Retirement Association. The vote came after harsh public testimony Monday from retirees who objected to proposed changes to how their annual cost-of-living adjustment would be cal...
I collect historical tidbits that interest me from area newspapers. Here are a few from Februarys past: n Feb. 5, 1929: Ridge Whiteman, 19, of Portales wrote a letter to the Smithsonian Institute reporting he’d found an arrow point with elephant bones at the site now known as Blackwater Draw. Anthropologists and archaeologists soon realized the discovery was proof that man was living in North America 13,000 years ago. n Feb. 7, 1968: The Board of Trustees for Clovis’ Memorial Hospital voted to increase patient room rates to...
It’s a good thing when your world expands. When I was a child living at 125 N. Goliad St. in Amarillo, my world expanded one sidewalk at a time. My younger brother and I were great adventurers. His mighty steed was a red and white tricycle. Mine was orange and white and slightly larger. All it took to turn the trikes into motorcycles was an index card or two and a couple of clothes pins. We would ride out from the porch and pedal down to the hill that was the driveway slope t...
If you happen to be — as I am — a procrastinator, then it is possible that Valentine’s Day has crept upon you and you’ve not yet made plans. Have I got a deal for you. Thanks to other procrastinators in our community, there are still tickets available for Friday’s third annual For the Love of Roosevelt General Hospital dinner and auction that takes place starting at 6 p.m. at the Yam Theatre in Portales. For $35 — the cost of about a dozen roses — you can snag one of those...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday-Tuesday): Clovis ∞ Jeremy Sanchez, 23, battery ∞ Raul Esparza, 60, out of state fugitive ∞ Alberto Valdez, 33, possession of a controlled substance ∞ Isreal Gonzalez, 30, aggravated stalking ∞ Andrew Trujillo, 57, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, receiving/transferring stolen motor vehicles, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting, evading or obstructing an of...
Matthews named volunteer of year ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau named Roosevelt County’s Deveri Matthews as its volunteer of the year during its annual meeting, according to a bureau release. Matthews and her husband have been in Portales eight years and have 5,000 head between a pair of dairies. For the past six years, Matthews has coordinated trips to her dairy for area homeschooled children and this year hosted a petting zoo at her home. She said in the release she is often surprised and excited to...
Clovis band honored by state SANTA FE — The Clovis High marching band was recognized with a proclamation from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and the New Mexico Legislature. The proclamation declared Feb. 3 as “Clovis High School Marching Band Day” to celebrate the achievements of the band, including eight consecutive New Mexico state championships and seven consecutive grand championships at the Zia Marching Festival. In person to receive the proclamation were Band Director Bill Allred, Clovis Director of Music Education Brand...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission will be asked to approve a few hours of alcohol sales in Hillcrest Park the first Saturday in May. The Jazzoo fundraiser event, set for 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 2 at the park, was created to help raise money for a lion exhibit at the Hillcrest Park Zoo. The event has approval from the city’s parks and recreation, fire and police departments, but a City Commission decision at the 5:15 p.m. meeting Thursday at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library is required before allowing alc...
