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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — The Sierra Mall in Ruidoso is now fully an extension of Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso’s branch campus. In a special meeting Thursday, regents approved a $1.2 million purchase agreement that puts the entire mall under university ownership and adds an extra 26,600 square feet to the branch campus’ footprint. Ruidoso branch president Ryan Trosper said there’s going to be a slow build converting all of the property located at 721 Mechem Dr. to educational purposes. “This would be a starting point for us in thi...
CLOVIS — Plains Regional Medical Center hit a milestone on Thursday. For the first time in 300 days, it reported zero hospitalized COVID-19 patients. “I wrote down that number this (Thursday) morning and I remember thinking ‘I can’t remember writing zero before,’” Hospital Administrator Jorge Cruz said. “I had to look it up. May 14, 2020, was our first (COVID-19) hospitalization.” At least one patient has been hospitalized at PRMC with the virus since then, until Thursday....
PORTALES - Eastern New Mexico University's softball team appears to be opening its season against much of the cream of the Lone Star Conference. After getting blanked four times by top 10 teams Texas A&M-Commerce and Texas-Tyler the previous weekend, the Greyhounds opened their home slate against No. 24 Angelo State on Friday at Greyhound Softball Field. ENMU (0-6, 0-6 LSC), which managed just five hits in the first four games, collected seven in both halves of the...
CLOVIS - It took Clovis High's boys more than a half to find the net. Once they did, the Wildcats took off. CHS scored three goals in a span of just over 10 minutes in the second half on Thursday night and posted a 4-0 victory over Portales High in the season opener for both squads at Yucca Soccer Field. Junior midfielder Jorge Barraza tallied about 10 minutes into the second half, then added another goal roughly three minutes later, and from there the Cats were in control....
MORIARTY — Kameron Kelley finally was able to make her presence felt on Thursday night. Sidelined for Clovis High’s first three matches of this abbreviated volleyball season, Kelley was starting to work her way back into the rotation before coming up with a big outing in a 19-25, 25-18, 21-25, 26-24, 15-13 victory over Moriarty. The win came in the Lady Wildcats’ sixth match in the first 11 days of the season. Clovis (3-3), which has alternated wins and losses so far, begins its six-match District 4-5A stretch on Tuesd...
CLOVIS - Coming off a win over two-time defending 6-man state runnerup Elida in its opener, Clovis Christian's football team may have found itself a bit overconfident on Friday night. Dora played the Eagles tough for a half at Jim Hill Field, but junior Noah Ashford broke away from several Coyotes near midfield and went 48 yards on a scoring pass from Jaden Martinez with a second left before intermission, and CCS went on to a 44-6 victory. Ashford had his second consecutive...
CLOVIS - Clovis High senior Jerrick Maldonado expected he'd face some competition in Saturday's CHS cross country quad meet at Ned Houk Park. He just wasn't sure how much. Pushed to the finish by Portales High sophomore Michael Riess, Maldonado outsprinted him at the end to win the 3.1-mile (5K) event in 17 minutes, 25.58 seconds. Riess finished in 17:27.95. Maldonado, who missed the Wildcats' meet at New Mexico Military the previous week while quarantining, gave up a Class...
PORTALES - For Portales senior Anthony Montoya, Christmas came on a March night at Greyhound Stadium. Fortunately, Montoya knew just where to return his present. A 61-yard fumble return that surprised everybody, up to and including Montoya, proved to be an early exclamation point in Portales' penalty-riddled 34-6 over Dexter Friday at Greyhound Stadium. The game was never in doubt after the Rams (2-0), who didn't even receive the opening kickoff, opened a 20-0 lead after 11...
Meetings are subject to change due to coronavirus concerns. Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Public access limited to those on the agenda. Public invited to view the meeting at www.currycounty.org. Contact Lance Pyle at [email protected] prior to the meeting with comments or questions to be addressed in the meeting. Information: 575-763-6016 • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Jake Lopez Building, Roosevelt County Fairgro...
The words “rough and tumble” might come to mind for many who knew Mickey Simms. But those same people would likely also tell you he was someone with a sense of humor, whose heart was always in the right place. “One of the big things that we’ve talked about and a lot of people in the community would tell you is Mickey could be hard to deal with, but they all respected him,” his son, Mitch Simms, said. “He was hard on us when he was raising us, there’s no doubt about it. But it made us better people and better fathers.” Mit...
Monday • Clovis-Carver Public Library Stitch Addicts stitch — 6:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Limited in-person seating, or join online via Google Meet to follow Covid-safe protocol. Contact Sara at [email protected] to RSVP or to obtain Google Meet link. Information: 575-763-9687 Tuesday • Friends of Clovis-Carver Public Library meeting — 11:30 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Limited in-person seating, or join online via Google Meet to follow Covid-s...
I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like their colors, ma’am I only sup on rainbow fish I like a multi-colored dish I will not swallow things too white But chocolate milk is a delight And Black-eyed peas are really nice I’ll eat them ma’am I’ll eat them twice Dr. Seuss might not appreciate my rhyming skills, but I would at least hope he’d recognize the irony in my ode to inclusion. The legendary author spent a lifetime teaching children about the importance of accepting...
My brother-in-law died of hogwash. Another brother-in-law, a sister-in-law, two daughters-in-law, two cousins and several grandchildren are all recovering from hogwash. My wife spent a week in the hospital with hogwash. I tested positive for hogwash, but had few symptoms. “Hogwash,” you may recall, was the word a grocery-store owner in Naples, Florida, used last month in dismissing the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic. This, after a viral video showing his patrons and emp...
“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” The above quote is attributed to Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat, but the first time I heard it was in a George Harrison song, and it stuck with me. I could hear George singing in my head as I watched the Conservative Political Action Conference last month. The Republican Party is operating without a platform. That’s not an opinion. At the 2020 Republican Convention they decided not to update the party platform. They issued a resolution instead, stating, “T...
So what was the big point of Oprah’s “bombshell” interview? Was it to watch Meghan Markle throw her husband’s family under the bus as a bunch of racists? Was it to prove Meghan was woefully ill-prepared to marry into the British royal family? Was it to prove she and Prince Harry were spoiled brats who wanted to keep all the pounds, perks and privileges of being royals without having to accept the responsibilities and hard work that goes with the job? How about all of the abo...
Bill Salter had an opinion about everything and he loved sharing. Whether he was promoting the revitalization of downtown Clovis, criticizing the liberal politicians in Washington or debating proper spelling or punctuation, he was a force that demanded attention as the colorful publisher of the Clovis News Journal from 1990 to 1994. Salter, who died Monday at age 77 after battling Alzheimer’s disease, expressed many of his views in his controversial William Tells column p...
Joe Biden has signed what may well end up being the biggest accomplishment of his presidency, an enormous $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill. With his other priorities likely to molder in the Senate, the spending will probably stand as a signature statement of Biden’s approach to governance — and it should be a damning one. The legislation is a misnomer; it is neither a COVID nor a relief bill. Only a tiny portion of the spending in the bill goes toward vaccinations and oth...
When government fails, it’s the rare public official who says, “Oops. My fault.” That’s human nature, particularly for officials in the public eye who may have to run for office again. No one wants to be held directly responsible for letting the public down. Case in point is the recent catastrophe in Texas, when unexpected winter storms left 4 million homes without power, ruptured pipes and tainted the water supply for many. Texas’ energy grid essentially collapsed. While Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was quick to blame frozen wind...
PORTALES — A high-speed chase Friday in Portales was the latest for a vehicle that has now apparently evaded three different law enforcement departments. According to information from the New Mexico State Police: • At about 2:20 p.m. Friday, an NMSP officer attempted to stop a silver Ford Taurus on the 1000 block of East Amazon after the vehicle didn’t make a complete stop at a stop sign. The officer discontinued the pursuit after losing sight of the suspect vehicle. • The NMSP reported the same vehicle has previou...
On this date ... 1961: Pioneer Tavern employees in Kenna learned they'd been victims of an overnight burglary. Officials said the thieves took 302 cases of alcoholic beverages, valued at more than $6,000. The burglars broke two locks to open a sliding door in gaining entrance. Missing were 195 cases of beer, 67 cases of whiskey and 40 cases of wine. The Pioneer Tavern was located near the Chaves-Roosevelt county line on U.S. 70. 1971: Debra Wade, 12, was the new Roosevelt Coun...
CLOVIS — State officials speaking on the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic’s beginning spoke with guarded optimism about the upcoming six months. Various secretaries with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office held a webinar Thursday afternoon and spoke of the experiences of the pandemic and their thanks to citizens for following COVID-safe practices and signing up for vaccinations. Human Services Secretary David Scrase said without vaccinations lowering the daily incidence by more than 60%, the state would be go...
CLOVIS — A Clovis man was sentenced to 19 years Wednesday in connection to an April larceny. Gary Marez, 40, was found guilty by a Curry County jury of aggravated assault, larceny of a firearm, tampering with evidence and resisting evading or obstructing an officer. According to a release from the district attorney’s office, Clovis police officers discovered Marez when they were dispatched to a burglary on the 1700 block of East Seventh Street and captured him after a sho...
LUBBOCK — The Muleshoe High School Band director will remain held at the Lubbock County Detention Center until a federal judge decides whether he is a flight risk or a danger to the community. William Alan Shelly, 61, of Portales, on Thursday appeared with his lawyer, Lubbock attorney Keltin Lee VonGonten, before U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant for an initial appearance hearing. Shelly, who has been held at the Lubbock jail since Monday, was indicted Wednesday by a f...
An electricity superstation that never came to be might have helped last month with Texas/New Mexico blackouts inspired by subzero temperatures, but it likely would not have prevented them, according to officials of the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM). The Tres Amigas project was intended to be the nation's first renewable energy market hub in which the nation's three power grids - Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), Southwest Power Pool (SPP), and...
New Mexico could see about $9 billion as part of the virus relief package President Biden signed on Thursday. And more than $23 million is earmarked for government entities in Curry and Roosevelt counties. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., said the exact amount New Mexico will receive is still being calculated. But the $9 billion within the 628-page bill includes $2.5 billion for New Mexico governments; individual benefits most people in the state will qualify for; grants for businesses and farmers; $1.2 billion to school...
