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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations: Friday • 5:49 p.m.: Following too close, 21st and Prince streets. • 7:36 p.m.: Failure to pay fines, Sycamore and Tenth streets. • 8:23 p.m.: Criminal damage over $1,000, 2800 block of North Prince Street. • 9:35 p.m.: Failure to pay fines, 700 block of Commerce Way. Saturday • 12:13 a.m.: Battery, location unknown. • 12:26 a.m.: Burglary (residence), 2100 block of West Grand Avenue. • 12:45 a.m.: Possess...
On this date ... 1966: Clovis’ Sears was having an Easter sale. Men’s Perma-Prest slacks — “They never need ironing” — were $5.99 a pair. “Ivy and continental styles are treated with Scotchgard brand stain repeller,” a newspaper ad read. The pants were 65 percent Dacron polyester and 35 percent cotton. Also, little boys’ rugby suits were $8.98 and came with bright-colored vests or two-tone jackets with constrasting slacks and vests. 1961: Portales Police Chief E. E. Hale was warning residents to keep their dogs in their yar...
Military Update Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), chairman of the Senate armed services subcommittee on military personnel, signaled Tuesday he will support a plan to allow drilling Reserve and Guard members to have access to the menu of health insurance plans offered to federal civilian employees. “We’re actually thinking about taking the Guard and Reserve and basically putting [them] into the federal employees health system, right,” Graham asked Scott Bousum, legislative director of The Enlisted Association of the Natio... Full story
Chamber taking class applications The Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce is taking applications for its 2016-2017 Leadership Clovis class. The program, initiated 21 years ago, enhances skills and enriches volunteer community leaders, according to a Chamber news release. Thirty men and women are chosen for the class. The class spends one day each month, from September through May, visiting local business operations. Topics for the sessions include: finance, real estate, health care, government, and more. The first class...
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Staff photo: Brooke Finch Construction is finishing up for the March 25 opening of the Twin Arrow Bingo hall at Hilltop Plaza. Staff writer [email protected] Twin Arrow Bingo, located at Hilltop Plaza on West 21st Street, is scheduled to open March 25, Owner Rocky Bernard said. Construction has been ongoing about eight months. Bernard said he has plans for the gaming and entertainment center to include a restaurant, but that section of the facility probably won’t open u...
Staff writer [email protected] A magistrate court judge on Monday told a Curry County Commission candidate that he won’t receive a maximum sentence even if he’s convicted of unlawfully carrying a firearm into a licensed liquor establishment. Steve Gershon, running for the District 4 commission seat in the June primary, was arraigned on Monday before Judge Duane Castleberry. Gershon, 60, was not asked to enter a plea, but was told the case would go to district court. Castleberry read Gershon the conditions of the sta...
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Managing editor [email protected] The artwork of local artists, ranging from kindergartners to seniors in college, is now on display at Eastern New Mexico University’s Golden Library. Staff photo: Alisa Boswell Eastern New Mexico University has the K-ENMU Juried Art Show on display through March 25 in the Runnels Gallery at the Golden Library. The art show displays the artwork of kindergarten through college senior students throughout eastern New Mexico. The 7th Annual J...
Today • After school @ the library — 4:30 p.m. at Portales Public Library for grades K-6. Activity: Leprechaun traps. Information: 575-356-3940 • Portales City Council meeting — 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 ext. 1012 • Roosevelt County Commission meeting — 9 a.m. in commission room at county courthouse. Information: 575-356-5307 Wednesday • Preschool storytime — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Book: Lucky Charms. Information: 575-356-3940 • Tween program — 4:30 a....
On this date ... 1966: Clovis’ Sears was having an Easter sale. Men’s Perma-Prest slacks — “They never need ironing” — were $5.99 a pair. “Ivy and continental styles are treated with Scotchgard brand stain repeller,” a newspaper ad read. The pants were 65 percent Dacron polyester and 35 percent cotton. Also, little boys’ rugby suits were $8.98 and came with bright-colored vests or two-tone jackets with contrasting slacks and vests. 1961: Portales Police Chief E. E. Hale...
STAFF REPORT A trial date has been set for a former Portales man accused of child molestation. Rocky Banda, 35, was booked into Roosevelt County Detention Center on 10 counts of criminal sexual penetration of a child under 13, a first degree Banda felony, among several other charges on Feb. 28. Banda was a former board member for the Roosevelt County Little League, who currently lives in Amarillo. During his arraignment Monday morning, a trial date was set for Banda for June 1... Full story
Staff writer [email protected] A Clovis man and his mother accused of incest remained jailed on Monday after court hearings related to allegations they violated terms of their release. In addition to incest, a third-degree felony, both are accused of violating a court order that barred them from contacting each other after their arrests last month. Caleb Peterson, 19, and his mother, Monica Mares, 36, were slated to be arraigned on the incest charges Friday before Magistrate Court Judge Duane Castleberry. Instead, both...
Staff report STEPHENVILLE, Texas — The Eastern New Mexico University baseball team has been looking for someone to step up and pitch deep into a game. They found someone on Monday — although it’s unlikely they expected it to be James Thomas. The sophomore right-hander from Fallbrook, Calif., made his first start and just his third appearance of the spring in the second game of a Lone Star Conference doubleheader against Tarleton State. He pitched six strong innings to keep the Greyhounds in it, and they rallied late for a...
Staff report STEPHENVILLE, Texas — The Eastern New Mexico University baseball team has been looking for someone to step up and pitch deep into a game. They found someone on Monday — although it’s unlikely they expected it to be James Thomas. The sophomore right-hander from Fallbrook, Calif., made his first start and just his third appearance of the spring in the second game of a Lone Star Conference doubleheader against Tarleton State. He pitched six strong innings to keep the Greyhounds in it, and they rallied late for a... Full story
Today Board of County Commissioners — 9 a.m. Clovis-Carver Public Library, north annex, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Dora Village Meeting — 7 p.m. Village Firestation, 220 Ave A., Dora. Information: 575-477-2411 Farwell City Meeting — 5:30 p.m. (CDT) City Hall, 100 Ninth St., Farwell. Information: 806-272-4528 Bovina City Council — 6:30 p.m. (CDT) City Hall, 205 North St., Bovina. Informati...
