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BASEBALL Prep tournament Cardinal Classic At Eunice Thursday’s quarterfinals Hobbs JV 9, Gateway Christian 0 Texico 10, El Paso Da Vinci 7 Kermit 1, Hatch Valley 0 Eunice 11, Jal 1 Friday’s semifinals Consolation bracket Hatch Valley 17, Jal 5 El Paso Da Vinci 11, Gateway Christian 1 Championship bracket Hobbs JV 13, Texico 4 Eunice 9, Kermit 5 Saturday’s finals Gateway Christian 15, Jal 3 (7th) El Paso Da Vinci 12, Hatch Valley 5 (5th) Texico 7, Kermit 5 (3rd) Eunice 8, Hobbs JV 4 (championship) College standings LONE STAR...
Clovis City Commission will decide whether or not to replace the roof of the Colonial Park Golf Course Clubhouse roof at their regular session Thursday. According to agenda notes from the city the roof was damaged in a hail storm in May 2021. The project involves more than just roof replacement. Other components of the roof such as vents, fans and other items are to be removed and replaced. “It’s a complicated roof,” City Manager Justin Howalt said. “We’ve been working with the insurance company for some time.” If approved...
The Curry County Commission will meet Friday morning for a project planning workshop regarding the Multi-Purpose Livestock Pavilion planned for the Curry County Fairgrounds. According to a news release from county administrators, the intent of the work session is for commissioners to receive any additional information from the staff and invitees, if necessary. As reported in the Feb. 22 edition of The News, at a commission meeting on Feb. 20, commissioners voted to approve a contract with the state for a $6.5 million grant to...
SANTA ROSA – Elida rallied late, erasing a five-run deficit over the final two innings on Monday to beat Questa 7-5 and complete the sweep of a neutral-field doubleheader. Trailing 5-0, the Tigers (3-0) scored three in the sixth and four in the seventh to take the win. Sophomore Hardy Fraze worked four hitless innings while junior Seth Jimenez pitched the final three, combining for 16 strikeouts against the Wildcats (0-2). Senior Levi Victor went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored for the Tigers, whi...
“This is the day that the Lord has made / We will rejoice and be glad in it.” If you find your brain putting the tune to those lyrics in your head, you probably learned it in Sunday School or Vacation Bible School. It’s a nice song, with a great message, though it is most certainly a potential “ear worm.” As “ear worms” go (songs that get stuck in your head), it beats the daylights out of “Achy Breaky Heart” and such mind-numbing atrocities. But I confess to a bit of a strain...
House Schools Superintendent Bonnie Lightfoot was placed on paid administrative leave March 14 by the House Municipal School Board. Parents said the move was in response to the handling of an alleged threat made by a student but school board members would not confirm. The unanimous vote to place Lightfoot on paid leave followed a 2 ½-hour executive session. Lightfoot left the board's meeting room with board members but was not with them when they returned to the...
SAN ANGELO, Texas – Angelo State made the most of five hits on Saturday and the Rambelles defeated Eastern New Mexico University 4-1 to take their Lone Star Conference softball series. ENMU (17-16, 9-12 LSC) had ended a 15-game losing streak against Angelo on Friday in the second game of a doubleheader, but the Greyhounds were unable to build on that success in the finale. Junior right-hander Genesis Armendariz (12-5), who is from Hobbs, earned her second win of the weekend, allowing seven hits with two walks and six s...
CLOVIS – Clovis High's baseball team picked an opportune time in each game to take its only leads – at the very end. The Wildcats erased deficits of three runs in the opener and six in the nightcap to post a 6-5, 9-8 sweep of Mayfield on Saturday at Bell Park, winning both games in the bottom of the seventh. It was the third and fourth wins in the last five games for the Cats (5-7). "I think the kids are starting to buy into what we're doing," CHS coach Richard Cruce sai...
CANYON, Texas – Three members of the Eastern New Mexico University track team established school records in Saturday’s outdoor season-opening WT Spring Break Open, hosted by West Texas A&M. Senior Tamia Smith extended her school mark in women’s shot put, taking second place in the event with a throw of 43 feet, 8 ½ inches. Smith, who now has at least the top six all-time throws in shot put in program history, also finished eighth in the hammer throw at 137-10. Freshman Mahault Lebrun of France won the women’s 400 hurdles in a...
PORTALES – It took quite an effort, but the Eastern New Mexico University baseball team kept itself squarely in the hunt for a Lone Star Conference tournament berth on Saturday. Junior catcher Rutger Poiry's ninth-inning sacrifice fly capped a comeback from an early 6-0 deficit, and the Greyhounds edged last-place Cameron 9-8 at Greyhound Field to take three of four in the series. By winning, the Hounds (12-13, 10-13) moved into seventh place in the 13-team LSC, with the top e...
On this date ... 1951: John Smallwood of Haileyville, Okla., had been selected “the most eligible bachelor” on the campus of Eastern New Mexico University. The Kappa Delta Alpha sorority selected Smallwood for the honor at its White Rose dance. 1955: Gov. John Simms announced he would not sign a bill that would have built a youth reformatory in Quay County. Simms cited cost as his primary concern. The proposed institution’s price tag was $650,000. 1956: Jimmy Allman of Clovis...
Roosevelt County's homegrown country music singer/songwriter Will Banister has his eyes set on a big goal: one day appearing on the stage of the Grand Ol' Opry in Nashville, Tenn. But this Friday he happily returns to a closer and more familiar stage, the one at Floyd High School which was "the first place I ever performed with a band," Banister said. And he promises, "It's gonna be fun." After a multi-year hiatus, an evening dubbed "Will Banister and Friends" has been...
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday announced a sweeping plan to conduct in-person wellness checks on the thousands of adults who receive care as part of the Developmental Disability Waiver program in New Mexico. The interviews, which began last week, have already started to identify more cases of possible abuse. The announcement came in the wake of a client with developmental disabilities being seriously injured while under the care of a service provider. Though details of the client’s injuries haven’t been made...
What is going on with Tucker Carlson? In private messages unearthed by lawsuits against Fox News, the fiery host was a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, even as he continued to praise and defend him on television. “We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights,” Carlson wrote in one message, adding, “I truly can’t wait.” “We’re all pretending we’ve got a lot to show for it, because admitting what a disaster it’s been is too tough to digest....
Banking must have been next on the to-do list of the things the Biden administration is planning to destroy. In two years, President Biden and the wrecking crew of crazies, wokesters and career incompetents he has put into his government have screwed up every corner of America. Everything from the economy and our military to our kitchen gas stoves has already been wrecked or is under threat from the Biden White House. Even the entire world is in danger, thanks to the wizards i...
Public officials and employees love transparency in the abstract. In reality: not so much. Transparency in government is a crowd-pleasing election promise that gets set aside in practice. It happens in part because openness takes effort. It takes a daily commitment by public entities to provide access to records, to inform the public as to what is going on, and to allow participation. Transparency also invites scrutiny, and not all public officials and employees want that. Open government also suffers because public...
Curry and Roosevelt county residents are among those invited to New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service’s Southeast Rancher’s Workshop Tuesday at the Eddy County Fairgrounds in Artesia. According to a news release from NMSU, the workshop serves as a multi-county effort, collaborating with Roosevelt and Chaves counties. NMSU Extension agents will host the event along with the New Mexico Beef Council, soil and water conservation districts from the participating counties and other local equipment and feed...
Maypole, a longstanding tradition at Portales High School, started all the way back in 1929. This year's queen, Amanda Martinez, is the first queen to her family's knowledge with Down syndrome. Cindy Martinez, Amanda's mom, said "I wanted her to be a part of it. Because to me, Maypole is such a big bonding of the seniors." Cindy said Amanda won queen against one other girl running. Amanda, she said, isn't usually one to go all out for events and is usually shy. However, when i...
A man with a warrant out of Texas is now in the Roosevelt County Detention Center after a routine traffic stop Friday. Court records show Christopher Vega, 37, was originally pulled over by a Portales Police Officer Galen Dorning early Friday morning because his New Mexico license plate was not easy to read. Vega was driving east on East Spruce Street when Dorning pursued Vega for the license plate problem. Court records detailed Vega stopped and Dorning radioed Vega’s information to dispatch. A dispatcher radioed back t...
Wildfire season in eastern New Mexico isn't so much about a time span as it is about conditions. "It's before greenup," National Weather Service Meteorologist Annette Mokry said. "Fine fuels like grasses provide dry fuel before the spring rains." And there is one other key factor: "The winds," Mokry said. "In the spring, we're in this transition period between winter into summer. Winds aloft are still pretty strong. Afternoon heating causes the strong winds aloft to head to...
A bill that extends New Mexico’s school year made it to the finish line as the New Mexico Legislature concluded its 60-day 2023 session on Saturday. It awaits signing by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. Clovis Municipal Schools Superintendent Renee Russ said she does not anticipate “any significant impact to our school calendar for the 2023-2024 school year” as a result of the new legislation. She said Clovis schools have “historically exceeded the minimum requirements by many hours,” and “we will likely only need to make minor...
SANTA FE -- As Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham started her post-session news conference Saturday, she already knew the score. Of the roughly 40 public safety bills introduced this year, the governor said she championed 10. “We have about a handful up, and out of 40, it’s 10 [that passed], and not all of those would really constitute what I think are strong public safety measures,” she said. “I know that is an area that you want me to say I’m disappointed,” Lujan Grisham added. “I’m motivated. I am very motivated to find additio...
