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The Roosevelt County Road Department has started work on South Roosevelt 10 ½, from NM 206 to South Roosevelt Road Q, according to a county news release. The work is expected to be completed by March 28, weather permitting, the release stated. The roadway project is “being enhanced from dirt to caliche as per the County`s 5-year Road Improvement Plan and as part of the 2024 Local Government Road Fund appropriations,” the release stated. More information: 575-356-5942...
Clovis Community College on Monday released a list of five finalists for its president’s position. Two of the finalists have Texas ties, the others come from Arizona, Oregon and Maryland. Interim CCC President Robin Jones was not among the finalists and it’s still not clear if she applied for the job though she said she had interest. Jones, who was out of town on Monday, did not respond to questions emailed from The News. CCC Trustees Chair Lora Harlan declined to say whether Jones applied for the job. All of the finalists ar...
Sharon Rowley will be Portales' new school superintendent, effective July 1. "I feel called to this," Rowley said. "I'm excited." Rowley, the principal at Fort Sumner Schools, previously worked in the Portales district and was the assistant principal at Lindsey Steiner Elementary School for 4 1/2 years. "I married here, raised my family here, we live here," Rowley said. Rowley was in attendance Monday evening at the school board's regular meeting where she signed a letter of...
TEXICO – Pecos may not be the same team that has been the most dominant in Class 2A boys basketball over the last decade, but the Panthers are still someone to be reckoned with. On Saturday, they rallied in the final quarter, shooting 10-for-10 from the free throw line in the stanza, to overtake top-seeded Texico 70-61 and claim the District 6-2A championship. Pecos has been in eight consecutive 2A finals, winning five of them – including four in a row from 2017 to 2020 and...
ROSWELL – Clovis High’s boys and Portales High’s girls posted fourth-place team finishes in Friday’s season opening Earlybird track meet, but nobody was going to catch Los Alamos. The Hilltoppers compiled 140 ½ points in the 14-team boys competition, well ahead of second-place Artesia (75), while the Los Alamos girls ran away with 157 points to 72 for Hobbs in the 13-team girls field. Hobbs was third on the boys’ side with 64 ½ points, followed by the Wildcats with 56 1/2, while Portales came in ninth with 13. Artesia’s g...
RIO RANCHO – Clovis High baseball coach Richard Cruse wasn’t sure he made the right move on Saturday in starting sophomore left-hander Joseph Hernandez. Hernandez gave Cruse more than he could have expected, though, tossing an abbreviated one-hitter in his varsity debut and getting plenty of run support in the Wildcats’ 11-0 victory over Belen in a six-team event hosted by Rio Rancho Cleveland. The game ended in five innings on the 10-run rule. The only hit off Hernandez was a fourth-inning bloop single over short by junio...
Apparently, all you have to do is bring in an opponent with a number next to its name and it brings out some of the best in the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team. The Greyhounds are yet to win a Lone Star Conference series this season, but they've earned four-game splits against then-No. 1 Angelo State and, over the weekend, fifth-ranked West Texas A&M. ENMU (9-11, 9-11 LSC) came close to clinching a series win with the rival Buffaloes before falling 5-4 in 10...
Apparently, all you have to do is bring in an opponent with a number next to its name and it brings out some of the best in the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team. The Greyhounds are yet to win a Lone Star Conference series this season, but they’ve earned four-game splits against then-No. 1 Angelo State and, over the weekend, fifth-ranked West Texas A&M. ENMU (9-11, 9-11 LSC) came close to clinching a series win with the rival Buffaloes before falling 5-4 in 10 innings in the second game of Saturday’s dou...
SILVER CITY – After racking up 125 points against Western New Mexico on Thursday night at Greyhound Arena, Eastern New Mexico University’s men posted their 11th game at or above the century mark on Saturday in beating the Mustangs 106-77 in the Lone Star Conference and regular-season finale for both squads. Senior guard Greg Johnson led four Greyhounds in double digits with 32 points, shooting 11-of-17 overall from the floor and 5-of-8 from 3-point range. Junior guard Tre’Von Love added 15 points, going 4-for-6 from deep,...
ALBUQUERQUE – Eleven area basketball teams, including boys and girls squads from five schools, earned their way into New Mexico Activities Association state tournament play in selections released on Sunday night by the NMAA. Girls round-of-16 games are set for Friday night, while the boys play on Saturday. Clovis High’s boys (20-8), District 4-5A regular-season and tournament champions, drew the No. 6 seed in Class 5A. The Wildcats welcome Albuquerque High (17-10) for a 6 p.m. tipoff, with the winner advancing to Wed...
Legacy Church of Portales was named Business of the Month for March by the Portales/Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce. According to the Chamber’s website, the church received the honor for setting up a warming station for the homeless and those in need during some cold nights recently. The church, located at 820 W. 18th St., has opened its doors during inclement weather at least three times. “They offer a safe place to sleep, warm food and drinks, along with goodie bags for those looking for refuge from the elements. “Th...
A new cannabis dispensary, Cheech & Chong Dispensaria, was given the go-ahead for cannabis sales Friday. The new business is at 601 E. Llano Estacado Blvd. in what used to be a pharmacy. Clovis resident Mike Wood describes himself as “cannabinerd,” employed at Cheech & Chong. “The business is licensed to Dreams Cannabis of Albuquerque. While the Cheech & Chong name can be licensed nationally, the cannabis is grown in New Mexico,” Wood said. Wood said the dispensaria is offering cannabis flower, vape cartridges, edibles...
On this date ... 1836: Peter James Bailey III died, along with other Tennessee Mounted Volunteers, in the battle of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. For Bailey’s service to Texas, his heirs received land parcels that are now in Archer, Baylor and Hamilton counties. Bailey County in the Texas Panhandle is named in Bailey’s honor, according to the Texas State Historical Association. 1912: A slumber party had been given in honor of Misses Beulah and Georgia Stewart at the hom...
An 80,000-acre ranch listed for $180 million sustained major destruction during the wildfires that have been raging through the Texas Panhandle for the last week. Turkey Track Ranch, established in the 1870s, was one of the first large ranches in the region. It’s located along the Canadian River near the town of Borger. The ranch was also the site of the Adobe Walls battles between U.S. soldiers and Native Americans in the 1860s and 1870s. The 6-acre battle site is preserved and contains two monuments. The managers of the T...
ALBUQUERQUE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed four public safety bills, including one that would prohibit anyone from openly carrying a firearm within 100 feet of a polling site, during a news conference held at an Albuquerque high school Monday. “These four bills are an incredible effort to do more,” Lujan Grisham said before signing the bills in a student-filled auditorium at West Mesa High School. “We have to be diligent and continue this work until Albuquerque and New Mexico are the safest places in America to raise y...
OK, Nikki Haley. Sing along with me, the Republican Party and the great Kenny Rogers: You’ve got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em, Know when to walk away, know when (NOT) to run. It’s long past time for you to drop out of the race for the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination. You’ve been called repeatedly and you’ve still got a losing hand. Donald Trump has humiliated your political butt in primaries across the U.S. But you still don’t know wh...
Back in the 1970s, when dinosaurs roamed the land, I coached basketball in an inner-city league in Nashville, Tenn. Inspired by “The White Shadow” television show at the time, the Black teenagers on my team named themselves the Shadows because I was the only white coach in the league. We lost every game that season. Even though we had a standout team captain who worked the post and led the team with natural skills, a guy we all called J.C., we just couldn’t pull off a single win. Of course, we didn’t lose because I was whi...
Being the ever-menacing carnival barker that he is, former president Donald Trump said the four criminal cases he faces have garnered him significant support from Black voters. Why? He claims due to the historic injustices Black Americans have endured at the hands of the criminal justice system, they can identify with his legal dilemma. “I think that’s why the Black people are so much on my side now because they see what’s happening to me happens to them. Does that make sense...
A team of studio designers say they will be building a “cutting edge recording studio” in Clovis using vintage analog recording equipment combined with modern digital technology. The five men were on hand Monday for a press conference concerning the figurative groundbreaking in the Norman and Vi Petty Rock ‘n’ Roll Museum in the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce building on Grand Avenue. Sam Berkow along with Aaron Willis, recording engineer Mark Salamone, producer/composer Lance Bendiksen and local electrical enginee...
Roosevelt County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved pay hikes for elected officials, their deputies and county employees. Effective on dates listed, pay will go up for the following elected officials, reflecting a 10% increase: • County sheriff from $71,500 to $78,650, Jan. 1, 2027. • County assessor from $66,150 to $72,765, Jan. 1, 2027. • Probate judge from $22,025 to $24,225, Jan. 1, 2027. • County clerk from $66,150 to $72,765, Jan. 1, 2025. • County treasurer from $66,150 to $72,765, Jan. 1, 2025. • Distric...
One person was an apparent random shooting victim just before 10 p.m. Friday in the 200 block of Frontier Road in Curry County. A man who lived two houses away from the victim’s location was arrested and charged with shooting at a dwelling and aggravated assault, court records show. Rhyan Manire, 31, was being held without bond on Tuesday in the Curry County jail. Curry County Sheriff Michael Brockett said the victim was Avery Gonzales. Brockett said Gonzales was treated for his injuries, which were minor. The criminal c...
Road construction on Curry Road R is scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Northbound and southbound traffic will be closed on Curry Road R from 311 to CR 18 both days, according to a news release from Southland Contracting. Detours will be in place for traffic control....
Thursday *Clovis Community College Board of Trustees – 8 a.m., CCC, 417 Schepps Blvd., Room 512, Clovis. Information: http://www.clovis.edu/about/administration.aspx or 575-769-4003 *Clovis City Commission - 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Saturday *Curry County Republican Party second Saturday breakfast — 9 a.m., K-Bob’s Steakhouse, 1600 Mabry Dr., Clovis. Information: email [email protected] Sunday Daylight Saving Time begins – tur...
The Lady of the House has been enjoying “The Lassie Channel” since she found it out there in the great television universe. One afternoon there was an episode where everybody was in a dither because Timmy, the kid on the show, had appendicitis. “I haven’t heard much about appendicitis anymore. Do we still have appendixes?” I asked out loud. “I hear they’re treating appendicitis with antibiotics these days,” The Lady of the House said. “Seems they were always cutting those things out when they got infected. My mom told me sh...
Filing date for elections statewide is Tuesday. Candidates may file from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with their county clerks. Positions open include: • State senate - Districts 7 and 27 • State representative - Districts 63, 64, and 67 • Public Education Commission - District 8 • Ninth Judicial district attorney • Curry County commissioner - Districts 2, 4, and 5 • Curry County clerk • Curry County treasurer • Curry County assessor • Curry County sheriff • Roosevelt County treasurer • Roosevelt County clerk • Roosevelt County commis...
