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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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WASHINGTON— The Defense Department will delay furlough notices for its civilian employees for about two weeks while officials analyze the impact of a new spending bill on planned budget cuts, the Pentagon said Thursday. The delay comes as defense officials continue to wrangle over how many civilians should be exempt from the unpaid leave requirement, including how much of the U.S. intelligence community should be excluded. A senior defense official said Thursday that as much as 10 percent of the department's 800,000 civilian... Full story
Junior right-hander Keenan Dodd pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings Friday night and Hope Christian handed Portales a 2-0 loss in a five-team tournament being hosted by PHS at Ram Field. Freshman Joe Standley got the final four outs for the Huskies (3-2), considered one of the top teams in Class 3A this season. The two hurlers combined to limit the defending 3A champion Rams (2-2) to two hits. "We played real well," Rams coach Arturo Ontiveros said. "It's our third game with all... Full story
ROSWELL — Freshman Mariah Chavez hit a two-out, two-run double in the top of the seventh inning Friday night to boot Clovis High's softball team to a 3-1 win over Roswell Goddard. Senior Andrea Ramos pitched a complete-game three-hitter for the Lady Wildcats (2-7), striking out six and walking two. Clovis (2-7) banged out 10 hits off Goddard pitcher Danielle Hubbard. "We actually played a complete game today," CHS coach Brandi Thomas said. "We played good defense and we stung the bats, and (Ramos) did a really good job (in t...
Portales' season-opening softball doubleheader against Santa Fe Indian School on Friday at Wheeler Park was a total mismatch. Portales pounded out 34 hits iven innings in a 15-0, 16-0 sweep of the Lady Braves, who were also opening their 2013 campaign. Senior Summer Martinez and freshman Kiersten Ramirez overmatched the Lady Braves, allowing two hits and one-hit, respectively. The first game went five inningsand the second just three on the run rule. Junior catcher Simone Laurenz led off the bottom of the first with a home... Full story
Irma Saiz, a detention officer in training, held her right hand up, next to her face. She dropped her hand to signify she was ready, and then a stream of pepper spray, which looked like buffalo wing sauce, hit her in the face. "I was ready, and it hurt a lot more than I thought it would," Saiz said. "I just wanted to get the course over with." CMI staff photo: Kevin Baird CMI photo: Kevin Baird After being pepper sprayed, Nathan Macias, left, tackles Sgt. Daniel Padilla. The...
Ryan Willoughby ran into the Commons Area of Clovis Community College Friday on his way to take a test when he saw a photo that reminded him of home. CMI staff photo: Christina Calloway Joy Simon looks at her first place sculpture proudly Friday at the Pintores Art League Spring Fling exhibition on Clovis Community College's campus. "I was on my way to take a test and it just caught my eye," said the farmer of Farwell about a photo of a cowboy at sundown. The photo was one of... Full story
The race is on again in Quay County's bid for the state's last racetrack and casino license. A spokesman said Quay County will ask the New Mexico Racing Commission next week to once again open applications. The request follows a state Court of Appeals decision on Thursday that upheld nullification of the license once held by La Mesa racino in Raton. "What it all means is there are no more holdups as far as Raton is concerned. Their licenses are gone," said Warren Frost, executive director of the Quay County Gaming Authority....
District Judge Drew Tatum will issue a decision that will have ramifications for the mentally retarded Marcos Maestas, who was arrested in connection with an April 2010 robbery of a bank in Melrose. Maestas' three accomplices who were arrested with him have pleaded guilty, and they are incarcerated. Discussed during the Friday morning hearing was a motion, filed by the defense on Jan. 14, to dismiss the case for violation of Maestas' right to a speedy trial. "We have a (mentally) retarded person in jail who still has not...
A former Air Force sergeant was sentenced to 80 months in federal prison Thursday after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Christopher Garcia, 34, admitted using his computer to download images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct while stationed at Cannon Air Force Base in December 2011 and January 2012. He was arrested in an undercover sting conducted by Curry County Sheriff's deputies. Garcia was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release once he completes his prison sentence, according to... Full story
A former Air Force sergeant was sentenced to 80 months in federal prison Thursday after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Christopher Garcia, 34, admitted using his computer to download images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct while stationed at Cannon Air Force Base in December 2011 and January 2012. He was arrested in an undercover sting conducted by Curry County Sheriff's deputies. Garcia was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release once he completes his prison sentence, according to... Full story
For those hoping for a wet spring, the news is not good, according to local weather forecaster Joseph Weldon Crim. The Clovis resident is predicting a dry spring based on a Native American method passed down from his grandfather that is predicated on the direction of the wind at sunrise on March 22. The wind blew out of the northwest on Friday, which means "not much rain," Crim said. Crim claims his predictions are 80 percent accurate....
Clovis firefighters responding to a call at about 4 p.m. Thursday arrived at an area of state road 209 about 15 miles north of town to find a large section of grassland engulfed in flames, according to Clovis Fire Station One Battalion Chief Dale Hand. According to Hand: - Six firefighters extinguished the flames in 30 minutes. - Firefighters took another 15 minutes to knock out hotspots. - There were no injuries or structures damaged....
Unexpectedly dropped into a foreign land, one of the first problems to surface would more than likely be the inability to communicate. The impossible task of asking questions not to mention understanding the responses would hinder virtually every step of the journey and, no doubt, would result in confusing and frustrating exchanges with the inhabitants of the strange land. Luckily, communication barriers can be overcome, and in short time, gestures, expressions, and perhaps some pointing and grunting, would ease the challenge...
"Have you ever seen a live Cornish Game Hen?" asked The Lady of the House. We were at a local eatery where Cornish game hen was the special of the day. "I've just seen them frozen in the grocery store," I said. "Wrapped in white plastic," said The Lady of the House. "Now there was this time I was taking a tour of a house that was for sale," I said. "This man and his wife were showing me the garage and there was this big cage full of birds. They were little round things going, 'Peep peep peep' and I asked if they were Cornish... Full story
Eastern New Mexico University scored four first-inning runs Friday night and the Greyhounds notched their first Lone Star Conference victory of the season, a 10-3 victory over Cameron in the opener of a four-game series at Greyhound Field. Center fielder Brooke Brooks led a 13-hit ENMU attack, going 3-for-4, while right fielder Derek Crenshaw drove in three runs with a single and a double. The Greyhounds (13-10, 1-4 LSC) have now won two straight after dropping nine in a row following an 11-1 start. The teams, originally... Full story
Freshman left fielder Kyra Sirag hit a two-out RBI single to center in the bottom of the seventh inning on Friday, lifting Eastern New Mexico University past Incarnate Word 5-4 for a split of their Lone Star Conference softball doubleheader at Zia Softball Field. The Cardinals won the opener 5-1. The final game of the series is scheduled for noon today. CMI correspondent: Joshua LuceroENMU sophomore Aurelia Sandoval is tagged out by Incarnate Word shortstop Lindsey Hood on a...
Martin Luther King was closed south of West Seventh Street most of Friday after a crew installing larger capacity sewer pipes pierced an uncharted water line near the intersection. City Manager Joe Thomas said most of the water was diverted to a nearby ditch. Some minor amounts of water, however, trickled along the east curb of MLK north of West Seventh. Thomas said when finished, the new sewer lines will provide sufficient capacity to stop backups being experienced on the west side of Clovis.... Full story
