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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Today Curry County Commission regular meeting — 9 a.m. in the north annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-3656 Economic Development Ad Hoc Committee — 10 a.m. in the assembly room at Clovis City Hall. Information: 575-763-9654 Curry County Health Council — Free blood pressure screening, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-6016 Cultural & Ethnic Affairs Committee — Noon, Clovis Community College. Information: 575-763-9653. Thursday City Commission meet...
On this date … 1975: Curry County Men’s Forty-Two League hosted its 25th annual dominoes tournament. The first tournament was held Feb. 26, 1951, in Ranchvale with 144 men playing at 36 tables. The league was formed by a group of railroaders and Clovis school faculty. The anniversary tournament attracted 100 players and was held at Clovis’ Youth Recreation Building. 1968: A Chicago native on trial for marijuana possession tried to kill himself by cutting his wrist. Thomas Miller, 23, was arrested three months earlier durin... Full story
Local columnist As much as I love to explore new places and see new sights, there’s something so very special about traveling back to scenes from my past. When I lived thousands of miles from Portales, it was always with great joy that I watched the patchwork quilt of farmland come into view through airplane windows. Nostalgia grips me every time I drive through Floyd, and I try to imagine those generations before me, arriving there in wagons, creating a community. Waves of awe rush in when I visit places like Mount Vernon, a...
Military update Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, new chairman of the Senate armed services’ subcommittee on military personnel, has signaled he will defend retirement reforms proposed for a new generation of service members by the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission. Graham last week led Commission Chairman Alphonso Maldon Jr. carefully through the logic that fueled its retirement proposals, having him underscore that current retirees would be unaffected and those currently serving would be f...
Staff report Longtime Clovis firefighter Shane Warner hired on as Tucumcari’s fire chief on Jan. 27. Two days later, he was asking the Tucumcari City Commission for permission to apply for about $400,000 in state Emergency Medical Services Act funds. The commission readily approved the request. Warner said the money will cover costs associated with ambulances and equipment for the city’s emergency medical services, and the purchase of a rescue unit for the Tucumcari Fire Department. Warner hit the ground running after Tuc...
link Staff photo: Kevin Wilson David Madrid touches up a counter at the future site of Stansell's Meat Market. Madrid spent 21 years working with the Stansells. Staff writer [email protected] David Madrid, going back to the days as a young boy cutting salami at Garcia’s on Grand Avenue, has been a butcher most of his life. He finds fewer like him every year. “It’s a dying art,” Madrid said, noting the rarity of small things like on-site calculation of a meat’s fat perce...
Managing Editor [email protected] Seven Curry County jail inmates are charged with misdemeanor aggravated battery, accused of beating up another inmate rumored to be a snitch, according to documents released Monday in response to a public records request. The bloody fight happened Jan. 13 and sent the victim, Paul Apodaca, 40, to Plains Regional Medical Center for treatment of undisclosed injuries. Photo copies of Apodaca taken after the fight picture him with a swollen and bloody face. Details of the attack haven’t b...
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link Staff photo: Aubry Buzek Fay Smith, Curry County Senior Olympics board member and competitor, has won county and state titles for table tennis. Staff writer [email protected] Pickleball competitor Melinda Coslett has a message for area seniors: You don’t have to be athletic to join the Curry County Senior Olympics. And you don’t even have to know how to play pickleball or shoot an air gun, because there are people to teach you. “Many of us are very competitive, we ta...
Staff Writer [email protected] Barns at Johnson Lumber Company and the Clovis Livestock Auction were ablaze within minutes of each other early Sunday morning. Soon after that, a break-in was reported at Gebo’s farm and ranch supply store. All three incidents occurred within 45 minutes of each other, but investigators said they do not know if any of them are connected. “As far as I know they are not connected, but we aren’t ruling it out,” said Clovis Police Sgt. Daron R...
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Today • Books and Babies — 10:30 a.m. Storytime for children 0-3, Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. • Afterschool at the Library — 4:30 p.m. Programming for kindergarten through sixth grade. Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. • City Council meeting — 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 ext. 1012. • County Commission meeting — 9 a.m., L.C. Cozzens Building in the board room. Information: 575-356-5307. Wednesday • Preschool Storytime — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Lib...
BPA Four members of the Dora Chapter of Business Professionals of America are competing in the BPA State Leadership Conference this week in Albuquerque. Velinda Fierro, Lance Fletcher, Dianna Herrera, and Hayden Skinner will be representing Dora at the competition, along with sponsor, Colleen Tollett. Progress reports Progress reports will be handed out to students to take home today. These reports show academic progress as of the sixth week of the third grading period. Basketball • Today — Junior varsity and varsity tea...
As much as I love to explore new places and see new sights, there’s something so very special about traveling back to scenes from my past. When I lived thousands of miles from Portales, it was always with great joy that I watched the patchwork quilt of farmland come into view through airplane windows. link Sandy Fields Nostalgia grips me every time I drive through Floyd, and I try to imagine those generations before me, arriving there in wagons, creating a community. Waves o...
Staff report LAS VEGAS, N.M. — After a good start to the series, things got pretty rough for Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team over the weekend. The Greyhounds beat New Mexico Highlands 13-4 in Friday’s opener, and scored 30 runs over the final three games of the series. But they lost them all, including a 10-8 decision in Sunday’s wrap-up game. First baseman Matthew Chavez hit a two-out, two-run homer for the Cowboys (4-3) in the bottom of the eighth, giving NMHU a seemingly-comfortable 10-5 margin. It turned out...
Staff report LAS VEGAS, N.M. — After a good start to the series, things got pretty rough for Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team over the weekend. The Greyhounds beat New Mexico Highlands 13-4 in Friday’s opener, and scored 30 runs over the final three games of the series. But they lost them all, including a 10-8 decision in Sunday’s wrap-up game. First baseman Matthew Chavez hit a two-out, two-run homer for the Cowboys (4-3) in the bottom of the eighth, giving NMHU a seemingly-comfortable 10-5 margin. It turned out... Full story
Staff report LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Junior Austin Wilkerson led off the top of the seventh with a go-ahead home run, and Central Washington held on for a 6-5 win over Eastern New Mexico University on Sunday in the Zias’ finale of the Desert Stinger Classic softball tournament. ENMU (5-3), which went 3-2 in the event, erased 4-0 and 5-3 deficits against the Wildcats (4-1), pulling even in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by junior right fielder Marleyna Pinon and an RBI fielder’s choice by sophomore shortstop Susie Chand...
Staff report LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Junior Austin Wilkerson led off the top of the seventh with a go-ahead home run, and Central Washington held on for a 6-5 win over Eastern New Mexico University on Sunday in the Zias’ finale of the Desert Stinger Classic softball tournament. ENMU (5-3), which went 3-2 in the event, erased 4-0 and 5-3 deficits against the Wildcats (4-1), pulling even in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by junior right fielder Marleyna Pinon and an RBI fielder’s choice by sophomore shortstop Susie Chand...
ENMU vs. Texas A&M-Commerce, vs. Texas Woman’s • When: 6 p.m. today vs. Texas A&M-Commerce and Thursday vs. Texas Woman’s in Lone Star Conference games at Greyhound Arena. • Records: ENMU 8-14 (4-8 LSC), Texas A&M-Commerce 13-9 (7-5), Texas Woman’s 13-11 (6-7) • Last meetings: The Zias lost on back-to-back nights (Jan. 21-22) at Commerce 70-62 and at TWU 63-61. • Last time out: The Zias lost at Midwestern State 94-46 and TWU lost at Angelo State 64-58 on Saturday. Commerce won at ASU 67-62 on Sunday. • Of note: These gam...
ENMU vs. Texas A&M-Commerce, vs. Texas Woman’s • When: 6 p.m. today vs. Texas A&M-Commerce and Thursday vs. Texas Woman’s in Lone Star Conference games at Greyhound Arena. • Records: ENMU 8-14 (4-8 LSC), Texas A&M-Commerce 13-9 (7-5), Texas Woman’s 13-11 (6-7) • Last meetings: The Zias lost on back-to-back nights (Jan. 21-22) at Commerce 70-62 and at TWU 63-61. • Last time out: The Zias lost at Midwestern State 94-46 and TWU lost at Angelo State 64-58 on Saturday. Commerce won at ASU 67-62 on Sunday. • Of note: These gam...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Portales police, Roosevelt County Sheriff and area fire stations: Friday • 8:28 a.m.: Officer requested, 600 block of West Commercial Street • 11:36 a.m.: Fire rural, 500 block of East 18th Street • 12:41 p.m.: Officer requested, 500 block of South Avenue F • 2:07 p.m.: Criminal damage, 1400 block of South Avenue D • 2:36 p.m.: Officer requested, 500 block of East Amazon Street • 3:42 p.m.: Officer requested, 1200 block of West Fir Street • 3:50 p.m.: Officer... Full story
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, new chairman of the Senate armed services’ subcommittee on military personnel, has signaled he will defend retirement reforms proposed for a new generation of service members by the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission. Graham last week led Commission Chairman Alphonso Maldon Jr. carefully through the logic that fueled its retirement proposals, having him underscore that current retirees would be unaffected and t... Full story
The New Mexican The Senate voted Monday to confirm Hanna Skandera as secretary of the Public Education Department by a vote of 22-19. Five Democratic senators joined 17 Republicans in voting for Skandera. The Senate action ends more than four years of political conflict, committee hearings and public testimony over her confirmation, which Skandera at one point called “a circus.” Gov. Susana Martinez hired Skandera, 41, early in 2011. Before coming to New Mexico, she served as deputy secretary of education for former Gov. Jeb... Full story
STAFF WRITER [email protected] Proposed legislation at the state capitol has divided prosecutors and criminal-defense attorneys on whether or not it could help bring justice in domestic violence cases. According to a press release from Gov. Susana Martinez’s office, the legislation seeks to clarify New Mexico law so that law enforcement officers can execute warrantless arrests after incidents of domestic violence when alleged abusers have left the scene. Clovis Police Chief Steve Sanders said current state law requires l...
