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PORTALES - A mother-daughter pair of former daycare operators were sentenced Tuesday for leaving two young girls suffering hours in a hot car the afternoon of July 25, 2017, in Portales. Mary and Sandi Taylor were given 36 and 30 years in prison, respectively, following an emotional hearing that included impassioned pleas from people at both ends of the full courtroom. On the victim side were calls for accountability and justice, and on the defense side for compassion and...
HOBBS — A week that began in forgettable fashion for the Clovis baseball team ended with a building block. Saturday, the Wildcats earned their first win of the season by rallying to defeat Onate 7-5 at the Hobbs Round Robin Tournament. Clovis had opened its season with a 20-0 home loss to Lubbock-Coronado last Tuesday, then lost the first two games of the Hobbs Tournament by a combined 24-5 score against Artesia and Cleveland. But then came Saturday’s breakthrough victory. Something to build on. “Oh yeah, always getti...
Both the Clovis and Portales tennis teams were in action over the weekend, with Clovis traveling across the border and Portales heading to the Roswell Classic. Portales’ girls finished second overall in the eight-team field with 39 points scored over nine different brackets — 10 points for first-place, seven for second, four for third and one for fourth in six singles and three doubles competitions. Mikaela Garza claimed first place for Portales in No. 6 singles, and the girls got a pair of second-place finishes — Taryn...
It's bracketology time. The NCAA's Division I brackets won't be filled until St. Patrick's Day, but the Lone Star Conference has its own basketball tournament bracket ready. For the Eastern New Mexico men's and women's teams - who have known for weeks they were LSC bracket-bound and are each now fourth seeds - the fun begins later this week in Frisco, Texas, with the men tipping off opening-round play on Thursday, the women on Friday. At least, they hope it's fun. There are...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis has announced the sections of 14th Street between Ross and Prince streets and between Prince and Lea streets will be closed starting today with work that will continue through March 15. The work, to be done by J&H Services of Albuquerque, is to install pipe for the city’s effluent water reuse project. Questions may be directed to J&H at: 505-312-7667...
SANTA FE — Clovis Community College President Becky Rowley will participate in a candidate forum on Monday as one of four finalists for the position of Santa Fe Community College president. Rowley was one of five finalists announced late last month to succeed interim President Cecilia Cervantes who is set to step down this summer. One of the finalists, Kimberlee Messina, has since withdrawn after accepting the interim vice president of instruction position at Clovis Community College in California. Rowley on Tuesday d...
CLOVIS — A panel of district attorneys reviewing last year’s officer-involved deadly force incident in Clovis has rescheduled its meeting from March 1 to Thursday. 10th Judicial District Attorney Rick Tedrow, a liaison for the state’s association of DAs, told The News early last week that a trio of prosecutors from outside the 9th Judicial District would meet March 1 in Santa Fe to review a state police report on the October 2018 incident. That’s when Clovis Police Officer Brent Aguilar shot a car-theft suspect to death s...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday-Monday: Clovis • Eustacio Nevarez, 31, probation violation • Robert Southwick, 47, negligent use of a deadly weapon (intoxication) • Veronica Holland, 32, embezzlement (over $2,500) • Richard Silva, 30, aggravated battery (deadly weapon) • Blee Loflin, 47, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Maria Silva, 33, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Wanya Bryant, 21, criminal damage to the property of a household member, possession of a controlled substance, di...
The United Way of Eastern New Mexico has a pair of community information events for its new BluePrint for #YouthSUCCESS program. The meetings are scheduled for noon-12:45 p.m. today at the Clovis Community College Town Hall, and noon-12:45 p.m. Thursday at the YAM Theater in Portales. The UWENM describes the BluePrint as a “path forward” with more than 300 people from the community — including leaders from schools, nonprofits, state agencies, area governments, youth organizations, health providers, churches and law enfor...
If Clovis and Portales want their season to end at The Pit, they're going to have to win one more road game to do it. Texico, seeded fourth in Class 2A, and Melrose, the fifth seed in 1A, are the only area teams hosting first-round games this Saturday. The quarterfinal rounds move on to Rio Rancho, Bernalillo and Albuquerque, with the championship games set for Saturday at The Pit. Three of the five boys teams that qualified will have some familiarity, as they're facing...
CLOVIS — Christians in Clovis with chaotic calendars today will once again have the chance to take part in an expedited imposition of ashes as part of Ash Wednesday services being offered at St. James Episcopal Church. Pastor Alan Brockmeier said for the third straight year he will be posted up by the curb in front of the church on Main Street in Clovis for a carside imposition of ashes called “ashes to go.” “A lot of people who want to do that as part of their Ash Wednesday are just not able to get to the evening service,” B...
If the bracket-makers are right, eastern New Mexico should have a pair of teams battling for state basketball championships next Friday at The Pit in Albuquerque. Texico, last year's winner in Class 3A, is the top seed in Class 2A. Melrose, a semifinalist the last four years between Classes 2A and 1A, is the top seed in 1A. Both host first-round quarterfinals 6 p.m. Friday against No. 16 seeds - Texico facing Loving and Melrose getting To'hajiilee. Portales hosts district...
CLOVIS - Curry County commissioners took little action on Tuesday, but weighed in on a number of issues it wants state lawmakers to consider. The resolutions express the commission's positions, but have no force of law. One bill county commissioners oppose: House Bill 26, which would lower fees for public records requests from $1 per page to 10 cents per page. "We sometimes get requests for emails dating back for six months on a particular subject or video footage, etc., and...
On this date ... 1969: Lynell Skarda, an attorney who also served on the board of directors at Citizens Bank in Clovis, was featured speaker at the annual Distributive Education Banquet. About 60 people attended the dinner. A quartet from the high school vocal department performed three songs, followed by a comedy reading by Linda Sargent. Jerry Vaughn gave the D.E. creed. Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens. Contact him at: [email protected]...
The state Environment Department and Attorney General’s Office on Tuesday morning filed a lawsuit seeking to compel U.S. Air Force officials to acknowledge, address and remediate contamination caused by discharge of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFOS/PFOA) at Cannon and Holloman Air Force bases. “No one has a right to pollute New Mexico’s vital water resources,” said Attorney General Hector Balderas in a news release. “... The New Mexico Environment Department will move swiftly and decisively to ensure protectio...
CLOVIS — City commissioners on Thursday will consider an agreement for Touchstone Golf to take over operations at Colonial Park Golf Course, along with a beer and wine license for a brewery planning to set up shop on Maple Street. The meeting, scheduled for 5:15 p.m. at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library, includes a pair of license requests for Red Door Brewing Company, located at 120 Maple. One request is for a new restaurant beer and wine license, and the other would be for a small brewer second off-site lo...
PORTALES - High school students in Portales may soon be competing against others around the state in video games. The Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education on Monday unanimously approved a proposal to move forward with the formation of an e-sports team. Athletic Director Mark Gallegos said there are about 40 schools taking part in the New Mexico Activities Association's inaugural e-sports season, which kicked off last month. Gallegos said e-sports is being played in...
“Just try harder!” urged the ladybug. “I am trying,” protested the stressed-out caterpillar. “And I’ve been trying for hours! So far the only thing that’s happened is that I got so dizzy a few minutes ago I almost fell off my leaf. “If I’d fallen, I’d surely agree that some wings would’ve come in handy. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride, and if caterpillars could sprout wings by holding their breath and pushing with all their might, I’d have wings that would make m...
The Dad came up in conversation this past week, again. Since he daily dances through my mind, it isn’t a big leap to find him in a conversation. This time, it wasn’t because of a funny Dad story; it was about respect. I had wandered into a group talking about the idea of respect, whether anyone deserves it, whether you give it or someone has to earn it, and how “respect” looks. Turns out, this conversation started because of an episode of a reality TV show, involving screami...
During the decades that Grady Bright managed the Melrose Grain Elevator, he was such a fixture at the place that many local people called it "Grady's," instead of its real name. That was only one of the jobs he held during his lifetime in this rural community. "Papaw was everything," his granddaughter Julie Bright said. He filed daily reports to the National Weather Service for more than a half-century, farmed, helped folks with their taxes, worked for the post office, was...
News item: The United Methodist Church voted on Feb. 26 to reinforce its ban on openly gay clergy and same-sex marriages, leaving in place a longstanding policy that states, “The practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching.” The United Methodist Church is built on a connectional structure that ties all its leaders and congregations together. Local churches share their ministers and their money in such a way that ties people together in meaningful ways. I grew up living under that big tent, as a pre...
I was nervous the other day because I was going to have scientists in my kitchen. OK, these scientists were friends visiting from out of town, but having company of any type prompts me to notice how dirty my house is. Since scientists were coming, I wondered where I fit on the bell curve of housecleaning. While I’m not at the “ready for hazmat” end, I’m not getting any commendations for cleanliness either. But then, I don’t actually recall ever getting any firm guidelines on how often — or how well — a house should be cle...
Peter James Bailey was born in Springfield, Kentucky, in 1812. Bailey County, where Muleshoe is located, is named in his honor. Today is a good day to remember Bailey because it’s the date of his death — March 6, 1836. He died defending the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. There’s a lot we don’t know about the man, including the specific reason he was selected as Bailey County’s namesake when it was created in 1876. Here’s what we do know about him: He attended Transylvani...
While I appreciate when governments express support for natural human rights, I wonder if they really understand the rights they claim to support. Roosevelt County was recently declared a “Second Amendment Sanctuary” by the county commission. How serious are they? Are they only concerned with additional violations of the Second Amendment by the state? What about enforcement of all the violations on the books beginning in 1934 with the National Firearms Act? Do they und...
“My sister deserves better. My family deserves better. My friends deserve better. All of us deserve better.” — Serina Serna, who lost her sister last summer to Xanax laced with fentanyl It’s the kind of event that’s so important in what it offers and so awful that it’s needed here. It’s the National Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness. Today it will take over Rio Rancho’s Santa Ana Star Center. The City of Vision joins Salt Lake City, Louisville, Kentucky, Charleston, West Virginia, and Philadelphia as host sites because o...
