Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Round of 16 matchups (Seeds in parentheses) Boys Saturday Class 6A (16) Sandia at (1) Onate, 6 p.m. (9) Carlsbad at (8) Atrisco Heritage, 5 p.m. (12) Volcano Vista at (5) Rio Rancho, 6 p.m. (13) Santa Fe High at (4) Eldorado, 6 p.m. (14) La Cueva at (3) Rio Rancho Cleveland, 5 p.m. (11) Albuquerque High at (6) Cibola, 7 p.m. (10) Valley at (7) Hobbs. 7 p.m. (15) Clovis at (2) Las Cruces High, 6 p.m. Class 5A (16) Bloomfield at (1) Roswell High, 2 p.m. (9) Kirtland Central at (8) Artesia, 5 p.m. (12) Lovington at (5) Belen, 5...
TUCUMCARI — Jenelle Hansen remembers spinning out on an icy bridge near Edgewood, about eight or nine years ago. When the excitement was over, she found herself facing the wrong way, just off a busy highway, with cars and trucks whizzing past “way too fast.” Stuck on the shoulder, unable to get back on the road, she called for a tow truck. When the man arrived, he pulled her 200-300 feet to where her Ford Ranger could regain traction. Moments later, she noted the tow-t...
On this date ... 1992: Muleshoe was preparing to celebrate Texas Independence Day, Bailey County's 75th anniversary and the city's third annual Toast to Texas event. Festivities were all slated for March 2. "We're going to have a lot of fun," said District Clerk Nelda Merriott. "People will be dressing in period costumes - like what they wore 75 years ago - for the day. "We've invited antique car clubs to come for the celebration. ... And we have a stagecoach coming, too."...
ODESSA, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University’s rodeo teams began the spring semester portion of their schedule over the weekend in the Odessa College rodeo. The women finished third with 190 points, trailing Texas Tech (340) and Tarleton State (265). Tarleton took men’s team honors with 593 points to 462 1/2 for Western Texas College. ENMU was 1Oth with90 points. Senior Lindsey Adcock bounced back from a sixth-place finish in the first go in breakaway roping to place third in the short round and third in average for the G...
PORTALES — The New Mexico state basketball tournament is here, and several area teams are hoping to compete for state titles. Some teams figure to have an easier path to the coveted title than others, but every team is aware it’s one-and-done time now and no opponent can be taken lightly. Portales girls coach Wade Fraze perhaps said it best. “Once you get to Albuquerque, everyone is there because they beat somebody,” he said. “Everyone is dangerous at that point, no matter what the seed.” To get to Albuquerque, though, are...
LOVINGTON — Clovis High’s tennis teams opened the season with a reasonably good outing over the weekend in the Lea County Open. Both CHS squads finished 3-2 and were third in the six-school event, featuring round-robin miniduals. Hobbs swept all five matches on both sides, while Lovington on the boys side and St. Michael’s for the girls both went 4-1 to take second. Meantime, the Portales boys finished fourth and the girls were fifth, with all three of their team victories coming on tiebreakers for games won in the tourn...
TYLER, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team continued its off-the-charts start to the 2017 season on Monday. Suffice it to say, the competition figures to get a lot stiffer this weekend. The Greyhounds scored in seven of eight innings on Monday to pound Texas College 14-1, completing a four-game, three-day sweep that began with three victories in Memphis over the weekend against LeMoyne-Owen. ENMU improved to 14-1 on the season, having outscored its first 15 foes 181-37. The Hounds open LSC action on Fri...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico University softball team’s doubleheader at New Mexico Highlands has been pushed back a day. The Greyhounds were set to visit the Cowgirls for a noon twinbill today, but that has been switched to noon on Wednesday due to weather concerns, coach Katie Welborn said. ENMU (9-13, 4-2 Lone Star Conference returns to LSC play this weekend with a three-game set at Midwestern State....
The film "Hell or High Water," filmed in Clovis, Portales and Tucumcari, may have walked away empty-handed during the Oscars on Sunday. But its award season prominence brings a promising future for films shot in eastern New Mexico, according to Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce Film Liaison Nick Mondragon. "I went into the Oscars thinking that we didn't have a good chance of winning," said Mondragon. "Especially the way things went with the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) awar...
A bill allowing New Mexico teachers to take sick leave with less fear of penalties was cited by Clovis and Portales school administrators as legislation they would support. House Bill 241, undergoing review in the New Mexico Senate Public Affairs Committee, ensures that "a teacher's use of up to 10 days of sick leave shall not affect a teacher's attendance record," according to the bill's legislation. If the bill is approved in the Senate Public Affairs Committee, it will...
CLOVIS — The Curry County courthouse was evacuated Monday morning after a bomb threat was called in. No explosives were found and the courthouse was re-opened after lunch. The New Mexico Public Defender’s Office in Clovis received the threat via telephone around 10 a.m., according to a Curry County Sheriff’s Department news release. County Finance Director Carol Pipes said everyone was safely evacuated after the threat was announced. District Judge Matthew Chandler said there...
CLOVIS — A Clovis man was arrested Monday after allegedly firing shots at a male and female from his vehicle. According to a press release from the Clovis Police Department, officers responded to the situation around 11:30 a.m. Monday. According to witnesses, while driving his vehicle, Jared McDaniel, 20, rammed into the back of another vehicle in the 100 block of South Prince Street, and fired shots at it from a pistol. He is charged with assault with intent to commit a violent felony and assault against a household m...
The following is a sampling of calls for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Friday • 11:34 a.m.: Harassment report, 1400 block South Globe Avenue • 1:30 p.m.: Public affray in progress, 500 block West 18th Street • 1:49 p.m.: Assault report, walk in • 1:50 p.m.: Harassment report, 1200 block West Fir Street • 3:48 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 600 block Broadmoor Acres • 10:45 p.m.: Ambulance requested, 800 block South Avenue A Saturday • 12:41 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 2200 block West Beech Street • 2:38 a.m.: Breaking and ent...
The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Friday • 6:48 a.m.: Failure to yield left turn, Gidding Street/Manana Boulevard • 11:04 a.m.: Leaving scene of crash with property damage, 1900 block of Gerry Street • 11:17 a.m.: Careless driving, 200 block of West 14th Street • 12:19 p.m.: Resisting, evading or obstructing police officer, 900 block of Ash Street • 1:11 p.m.: Fraud ($500-$2,500 felony), 4200 block of North Prince Street • 1:51 p.m.:...
CLOVIS — On Saturday, the Clovis High School Wildcadette Dance Team competed in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Dance Championship and received the following awards: • Sweepstakes/Gussie Nell Davis Award • Judges Award — Pom • Judges Award — Hip Hop • Judges Award — Military • Judges Award — Novelty • Platinum Award for Excellence in the four areas of presentation, precision, choreography, and technique • Wow Factor Award • First Runner-up — Academic Award • Outstanding Team (voted by other teams in the competition) • Second Runner-...
The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education is scheduled to meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the school district’s administrative office at 1009 Main Street. A key item on the agenda is considering an extension of Superintendent Jody Balch’s contract. “It’s just an evaluation on his contract,” said Board President Kyle Snider. “We’ve set goals and we’re making sure he’s meeting those goals. We’re happy that the school year is doing as good as it is.” Snider said he could not give any other information prior to the meeting. Othe...
PORTALES — Roosevelt County commissioners are on the agenda to approve an ordinance for extending a bond for gross receipts taxes for the local hospital at today’s special meeting. The ordinance reads that it will extend “the imposition of the county’s local hospital gross receipts tax until July 1, 2037, so to permit the Roosevelt County Special Hospital District to refund and redeem certain outstanding loans dated Dec. 1, 1999, to obtain additional financing to fund proposed hospital expansion projects.” Roosevelt General H...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University students from a variety of cultures are out to show Portales what strong women look like. Multi-Cultural Affairs at ENMU is going with the theme “Significant Women in Action,” for Women’s History Month in March, according to Catalina Arana of Hispanic Affairs. Throughout March, the organizations within Multi-Cultural Affairs will host events and presentations highlighting women of different cultures. One of the opening events, slated for Thursday, is a performance featuring “three...
Today • Special Roosevelt County Commission meeting— 9 a.m., Roosevelt County Courthouse. Information: 575-356-5307 Wednesday • Clovis Chamber Ambassadors — 11:30 a.m. at K-Bob’s Steakhouse, Clovis. Information: 575-763-3435 • Clovis Community College Board of Trustees — 8 a.m. at CCC room 512. Information: 575-769-4001 Thursday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 at north annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 This calendar is a daily listing of area public meetings. To place an item on the calendar, cal...
Today • Afterschool @ the library — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library for grades K-6. Activity: Soda snakes, lava lamps. Information: 575-356-3940 • Gospel Celebration — 7 p.m. in Buchanan Hall at ENMU, Portales. Admission: Free. Information: 575-562-1011 • Books and babies — 10:30 a.m. story time for ages 0-3 at Portales Public Library. Book: Shape Up. Information: 575-356-3940 Wednesday • Preschool storytime — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940 • Teen game day — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public...
Sunny, increasingly warm, no snow to speak of and only intermittent frosts mean it hasn’t felt much like winter lately, but don’t get excited just yet — there are some hair-raising days ahead. In addition to normal seasons, eastern New Mexico has a couple extras mixed in — there’s monsoon, fire, spider, fly and moth to name a few — but of all of them, the local favorite (not really) has to be the windy season. And it starts right about now. Today, winds are expected to...
The boys fields are set in all six classifications of the New Mexico high school state basketball tournaments, and 10 teams with local connections snagged bids. Portales, 59-56 winners over Hope Christian in the District 4-4A tournament title game, are seeded second behind the Huskies. Defending 3A champion Texico also received a No. 2 seed, and former Class 2A champ Melrose is the No. 3 seed in Class 1A. Clovis is back in the state tournament for the first time since 2013, when it finished as the state runnerup to Las Cruces...
The New Mexico Activities Association released state basketball tournament brackets for all six classifications, with 10 local teams receiving seeds. Elida, Melrose, Texico and Logan all garnered either No. 1 or No. 2 seeds. The girls first-round games will be Friday at the higher seeds. Winners move on to Albuquerque and Rio Rancho the following week for the final three rounds of the tournament. Here are seedings affecting local teams: Class 1A girls: If the bracket goes chalk, there’s a tough battle set for March 10. S...
