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CLOVIS — Two were killed and another treated for injuries in a two-car crash Saturday afternoon in Clovis, while a four-car collision west of Melrose injured several others. A release from the Clovis Police Department confirmed Tara Williams and Corey McKenna, both of Clovis, were killed in a crash at the intersection of 21st and Sycamore streets, which was reported to police at 12:13 p.m. Williams was driving a green Volkswagen Beetle, with McKenna a passenger. The driver of the other vehicle involve — Bobby Kimbrough, dri... Full story
Tuesday marks the first official step toward the 2018 general election. Candidates have from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to sign up for the June 5 primaries at either the New Mexico Secretary of State’s office for county or statewide races, or at their county clerk’s offices for positions limited to the county. Curry County Clerk Annie Hogland said her offices is prepared to sign up candidates for either the Republican, Democratic or Libertarian party primaries. Ballot position draw will follow the signup deadline. The final day to reg...
For the roles he served and the good impressions he left, it would seem Flavio Garcia lived a lifetime in his 23 years. "He aimed high and always tried to be the best that he could be," read his obituary, published soon after a car accident claimed his life last month outside Friona. His stepfather Manuel Vizcarra told The News that Garcia was leaving his shift at Cargill Meat Solutions and didn't see an oncoming truck that hit his driver side and killed him instantly. Garcia...
RIO RANCHO — A patient Clovis offense struck with three runs in the fifth inning, and senior Connor Langrell outdueled Division I-commit Chase Silseth as the Wildcats took a 4-3 victory over Piedra Vista to close out the Cleveland Invitational. Senior Jace Piepkorn went 2-for-3 with two RBIs for Clovis (6-2), which rallied after an opening loss to the host Storm to take its final two games. "Any time you go 2-1 against the competition we faced, it makes you feel pretty good a... Full story
CLOVIS — For a respite from the High Plains landscape, consider a stroll through the latest gallery up this month at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. “You’ve got to go to the mountains. You’ve got to leave the plains, so to speak,” said Jon Birdsong, who in cooperation with the library and the Pintores Art League has a selection of his paintings on display through March. “I’m an old guy and I spent 31 years in the classroom teaching art. Almost all that period of time, I was doing work on the side,” he said Saturday. “I took...
It’s been one week since the 90th Academy Awards aired, but red carpet fashion is still a hot topic and since we're a weekly forum, I'm going to give you a style rewind of my favorite gowns, best dressed men and fashion news from the Oscars. White gowns were noticeably a hit on the red carpet this year. A few of the best white gowns were worn by Laura Dern, who wore a sleek Calvin Klein, Jane Fonda in a shoulder padded custom Balmain dress and Margot Robbie wearing a simple o...
For the eighth anniversary of this column (this time around), I am looking back at my greatest hits. And, by hits, I mean mobster — not Billboard top-40. Hits covered in the three-part series will be: 1. Caustic 2. Humorous and 3. Reflective. Here are some of the caustic things I have written: • “What does ‘God Bless America’ actually mean? How I would admire the intellectual courage of one politician admitting they are just using a reflexive, coded valediction to appeal to...
Information on gluten-free snacks, making an exposed zipper application and creating a wrap for a wine bottle will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.) K. C. Cornwell in Madera, California, will share some of the newest and healthiest gluten-free snacks now available. Even if a person isn’t gluten-intolerant, the products now available are good for every member of the family. Patty Dunn will...
I’m not sure if it’s inattention, bad hearing or fake news, but what my wife and I thought we heard on a popular morning show turns out to be wrong. We heard the average price that the tooth fairy is leaving these days was approaching $5 a tooth. That flabbergasted both of us, as we clearly remember being ecstatic over finding a big ole quarter under our pillow. I’m pretty sure there might have been a few times when I only got a dime. But that was back when the tooth fairy...
We haven’t used canaries in coal mines in more than 30 years, but pretty much everybody knows the adage in some form and how it came to be. Coal miners, unable to know what invisible gases were dangerous ina mine, brought a canary with them. Since the birds were more sensitive to the gases, their deaths would be a clear omen to miners that they needed to leave. The process ended in 1986 when man created devices that could detect toxic gas levels.They worked better than canaries, and it meant we no longer had to kill c...
PORTALES — Tower Theater owners Alvie and Frances Smith were house shopping outside Portales when Alvie first noticed the smoke bellowing from the downtown area. "He said he had a real funny feeling," Daughter Kay Manis remembers. "He said, 'Maybe I better go downtown and make sure the theater's OK.'" The theater was not OK. Downtown Portales was not OK. Forty years ago this week, on March 10, 1978, Portales burned. The fire started just after 1 p.m. in a sweet potato w... Full story
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a death penalty case that hinges on a fine point. The court has ruled in the past that it is unconstitutional to execute people who can’t understand why they face death at the hands of the state — usually people with mental illnesses or diminished intellectual abilities. Vernon Madison, who killed a Mobile, Alabama, police officer in 1985, knows the state intends to execute him for committing a murder, but a series of strokes and other ailments have left him incontinent, barely able to...
1. Four Curry and Roosevelt county teams climbed to the top of the state basketball mountain, with two girls teams and two boys teams claiming top honors. Friday saw a triple threat, with Portales, Texico and Elida claiming blue trophies in girls divisions. Portales defeated Moriarty its first as a Class 4A school and eighth in school history. Elida beat district rival Melrose to win its eighth-consecutive at the small-school level and tie Kirtland Central’s streak from 1980 to 1987. Texico won with a frenetic finish, as M...
On this date ... 1973: Roosevelt County was preparing to celebrate its 70th anniversary with a special program sponsored by the Roosevelt County Historical Society. Former New Mexico Gov. John Burroughs of Portales was set to be the keynote speaker, and Pearce Grove, director of Eastern New Mexico University’s Golden Library, was planning a presentation called “Roosevelt County — A Glance Backward.” Program chair Keith Payne said the event would also recognize those who had lived in the county during its earliest years....
CLOVIS — It was at various times a burger spot, a frame shop and a specialty grocery store. Across its different iterations over the decades, the building at 1548 Thornton was also a popular daytime escape for students across the road at Clovis High School. This week, after years of disuse, a public hazard designation and a final "hurrah" by firefighters, the structure was razed, leaving only a dusty vacant lot in its place. "I was in high school in 1963 ... and was at lunch i...
CLOVIS — The event ongoing this weekend at the Clovis Civic Center is billed as a gun and knife show, and there's no shortage there of firearms, blades and accessories for the gandering and purchasing. In plenty of other ways, however, it's also a social function and a miniature bazaar of other products, from old coins and watches to food, jewelry and artificial nails. Organizers expect up to 1,700 attendees browsing a venue-capacity of 124 vendor tables across the weekend a...
ALBUQUERQUE — There's no shame in a red trophy, but it wasn't quite the hue Texico's boys basketball team had in mind. The top-seeded Wolverines wound up taking home the red one — awarded to state-tournament runners up — after losing Saturday morning's Class 3A state championship game 58-44 to third-seeded Pecos, which successfully defended its state crown and bagged another blue trophy with a dominant fourth quarter at Albuquerque's Dreamstyle Arena. Texico had entered Satur...
ALBUQUERQUE — This wasn't your garden variety Melrose boys basketball game. But then, it wasn't your garden variety boys basketball game, period. The Buffaloes, used to big leads and comfortable victories, faced a war with Maxwell in Saturday morning's Class A state championship game at Albuquerque's Dreamstyle Arena, competition and setting befitting the stakes. A Melrose team more accustomed to cruising, saw itself down by a bunch in the first few minutes of Saturday's g... Full story
PORTALES — Last year, Portales High's baseball won its second-ever state title, as it defeated district foe Hope Christian 8-4. For the Rams (24-7), despite making it to the 4A title game, the 2017 season was no cake walk. However, thanks to the leadership and production of four key seniors — Joe Ortega, Darion Ontiveros, Emilio Lovato and Alex Galvan — the Rams overcame some early growing pains and turned it on when they needed to, as they captured their first title since...
Elida Monday: No school Tuesday: Breakfast — PB&J. Lunch — Pizza, pork and beans, salad, fruit roll-up. Wednesday: Breakfast — Omelet. Lunch — Tacos, corn, salad, pineapple. Thursday: Breakfast — Muffins. Lunch — Sandwich, chips, lettuce/tomato/pickle, ice cream. • Breakfast includes fruit, juice, cereal. Lunch includes salad. Milk, fruit served with every meal. House Monday: Breakfast — Pancake on a stick, mandarin oranges. Lunch — Tacos, pinto beans, mandarin oranges. Tuesday: Breakfast — Scrambled eggs, sausage patty...
Curry County Retired Educators Eileen Massey called the meeting to order at 11:35 a.m. and welcomed guest speaker Margaret Hinchee, director of Clovis Carver Library. Hinchee, who was introduced by Andrea Bigelow, enumerated the many services and programs offered by the public library after having given listeners a short history of the library. A few of the services mentioned were the reference/information services, inter-library loans, book reserves, public-use computers, public meeting rooms, story hour and summer reading...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Sunday: 2 p.m. gospel singing Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, noon pinochle, 1 p.m. line dance, 5 p.m. business meeting, 5:30 p.m. potluck, 6 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle class, noon pinochle 101, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 1 p.m. crafters, 6 p.m. musical Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. crafts Thursday: 8 a.m. blood pressure, 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and bi...
Tony Perez was born and raised in Los Angeles, the middle child of nine. He served in the United States Air Force, with his last duty station at Cannon Air Force Base. He separated from the armed forces in 1992. Perez fell in love with the slow pace of eastern New Mexico and so decided to set up roots there. He was a children's pastor at Faith Family Christian Church of Clovis for 12 years and pastored at Trinity Church in Portales for three years. He made the tough decision...
Monday • Fort Sumner City Council — 5:30 p.m. at Fort Sumner City Hall, 173 Ave. E, Fort Sumner. Information: 575-355-7481 • Muleshoe City Council — 5:30 p.m. CDT at Muleshoe City Hall, 215 S. First St., Muleshoe. Information: 806-272-4528 • Dora Consolidated Schools Board of Education — 6 p.m. in the DCS board room, 100 School St., Dora. Information: 575-477-2211 Tuesday • Texico City Council — 6:30 p.m. at Texico City Hall, 219 S. Griffin St., Texico. Information: 575-482-3314 • Texico Municipal Schools Board of Education ...
Today • Clovis Lions Club Gun, Knife and Coin Show — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Clovis Civic Center. General admission: $5. Military discount: $4. Three day pass: $10. Information: 575-760-1379 Monday • Stop Motion Storytelling — 2 p.m. at Portales Public Library. Activity: “Make your own movie.” Information: 575-356-3940 Tuesday • United Blood Services Blood Drive — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Cannon Room at Plains Regional Medical Center, 2100 North Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd., Clovis. Information: 575-625-9743 • Movie Madness — 2...
