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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Housing prices are up, available real estate offerings are down and the reasons for both are tough to define according to an area business expert and a local Realtor. Social media chatter about real estate features comments from people who are frustrated by the cost of buying a house, renting or amazed by how much both costs have gone up over the past few years. Bob Schneider is the dean of the college of business at Eastern New Mexico University. He spoke of a few factors that partially explain the high cost of housing....
Just weeks after two right-wing extremists verbally assaulted and appeared to threaten violence against Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and his wife at a restaurant in Las Vegas, a left-wing radical unleashed a vile tirade against Republican gubernatorial candidate Joe Lombardo during a public appearance late last month. In both cases the tactics were similar — the public figure is asked to come in close to the assailant under the pretext of taking a selfie and then, once within easy reach of the assailant — and potentially vul...
Cannon Air Force Base personnel helped a civilian medical team transfer a patient from Clovis to Albuquerque. The pilot of a civilian medical airplane was called to Clovis to transfer a patient from Plains Regional Medical Center to Albuquerque. The plane was unable to land at Clovis Regional Airport due to unfavorable weather. The pilot contacted the Cannon air traffic control personnel to divert the landing to Cannon. Cannon tower and base operations personnel had the plane on the ground while other base personnel...
A new hotel opens in Clovis next month. Hampton Inn and Home 2 Suites by Hilton, managed and owned by Ambiance Hospitality of Albuquerque, will open its doors May 1. “If all deliveries go as planned,” said Latasha Padilla, the hotel’s general manager. “We wanted to open at the beginning of the year but the pandemic caused delays,” she added. There will be 79 rooms for the Hampton Inn portion of the building “for regular hotel stays,” Padilla said. There will also be 70 “Home 2 Suites,” Padilla continued. “These are for lo...
On this date ... 1962: Clovis city officials were reviewing 16 candidates for a new police chief. But City Commissioner Ned Houk said he had already decided on the candidate he wanted. “I have been on this commission longer than the rest of you,” Houk told his fellow commissioners, “and we never had to go through this (application and screening process) before. … I think this whole thing is a waste of time and money.” Commissioner Barney Barnard said he wanted the candidate...
As New Mexicans 21 or older step into retail shops to legally purchase cannabis for recreational use, tens of thousands of people in the state still have cannabis-related convictions on their records. That’s set to change, though. In April of 2021, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham enacted new laws that legalized the use and possession of cannabis and called for the automatic expungement of previous cannabis-related criminal records. The new law requires that many charges and convictions related to cannabis — like charges ste...
PORTALES - If the Eastern New Mexico University softball team is going to make the 10-team Lone Star Conference tournament, the Greyhounds will have to get hot in a hurry. ENMU dropped a pair of LSC twin bills over the weekend to start a 10-game homestand, including 7-3 and 4-2 decisions to Cameron on Sunday at Greyhound Softball Field. The Aggies (21-17, 9-11 LSC) pounded out 22 hits in the two games, including 16 in the opener, but they did most of their damage with six...
RATON — Texico had three players with four hits each on Saturday and the Wolverines downed Raton 16-11 to gain a split of their baseball doubleheader. The Tigers won the opener 5-0. Texico (4-4) scored six runs in the top of the first in the nightcap and led 7-2 through five innings. Both teams were getting a little short on pitching at that point, but the Wolverines managed to play Raton to a 9-9 standoff over the final two frames. Senior Kayden Queener went 4-for-5 and drive in three runs for Texico, while sophomore Daltyn...
PORTALES - Noah De La Riva had a rough first inning on Friday night. Given a lift with his teammates putting some runs on the board, though, he was able to settle in the rest of the way. De La Riva, a freshman right-hander from El Paso, threw 31 pitches and allowed three first-inning tallies in Friday's Lone Star Conference series opener against St. Mary's at Greyhound Field. After that, he tossed 78 pitches over six shutout innings, leaving with an eight-run lead before the...
TEXICO — Paityn Nicholson won her two specialties in Saturday’s Wolverine Relays track meet. She has her sights set on bigger things in the near future. Nicholson was an easy winner in shot put (33 feet, 11 1/2 inches) and discus (93-10) on Saturday, helping Melrose claim the girls team title with 114 points to 86 for runnerup Logan. Host Texico was third with 67. Those teams finished in the same order on the boys’ side, with Melrose tallying 108 points to 89 for Logan and 77 1/2 for Texico. Nicholson is the defending Class...
PLAINVIEW, Texas — Clovis High’s girls made a strong showing in Friday’s Bulldog Relays, finishing second to Pampa, Texas with 94 1/2 points. “We had several strong performances,” Lady Wildcats coach Darrel Ray said. “One of those people was Asa Gonzales; she was just two inches from qualifying for state.” Gonzales, a sophomore, cleared 4 feet, 10 inches for second place in high jump. Meantime, junior Madison Parkin won girls pole vault competition at 9-6. Freshman Gabrielle Foggie added a win for the Lady Cats in the 400 in...
RUIDOSO — Coming off a tough loss the night before, the Portales High softball team bounced back with a doubleheader sweep of Ruidoso on Saturday, rallying late to win the opener 10-6 before blowing out the Lady Warriors 26-10 in Game 2. Lady Rams coach Amanda Bonner felt a lot better after Saturday’s games. “It was a long afternoon,” she said. “But it was good to get the wins.” The teams were going along routinely in the opener. Leading 2-1, Ruidoso (4-6) scored twice in the bottom of the fifth before PHS (4-4) came back w...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico football program will conduct an open practice at Leon Williams Stadium on the campus of Clovis High School this Saturday, scheduled to run from 9 a.m.-noon. Admission to practice is free, the school announced. The Greyhounds are planning a lunch and meet-and-greet session with players and coaches for the public after the practice. The cost of a ticket for that is $10, and that also allows fans to watch the practice from the sideline. Tickets must be purchased online by going to g...
ALBUQUERQUE — Seven girls and six boys represented the area on recently-released New Mexico High School Coaches Association all-state basketball selections. The all-state lists consisted of eight first-team choices and eight second-team honorees in each of the five classes. For the girls, Portales seniors Tarris Rippee and Teagan Faust were chosen for the Class 4A first team, while senior Kylyie Rippee was on the second unit. The Lady Rams finished 22-6 and reached the 4A state semifinals, where they lost to eventual c...
As we head into one of the busiest local weekends in more than two years, let me urge you to not overlook a hidden gem: the Portales High School production of the musical, "Annie, Jr." Without taking away from the challenges faced by any segment of society during Covid, for those in performing arts, it has been a particularly bleak existence. PHS theater teacher Melody Gallagher said her young cast is eager to be on stage - some of them for the first time - in a production per...
An excellent measure of whether a “law” is good or bad is to see if it prohibits something that isn’t prohibited elsewhere -- especially, right next door. If something is clearly bad enough for there to be unanimous agreement it should be prohibited, I might give the argument in favor of prohibition some thought. Otherwise, the law is trash, unworthy of a moment’s consideration or my support. By this measure, Texas’ marijuana laws fail. Hard. The Eastern New Mexico News report...
It’s starting to feel more and more like summer, a time that’s ripe for weekend getaways. And if you’re like me and enjoy the “hidden treasures” of our state, here’s one you might enjoy: Mills Canyon in Harding County. It’s tucked away in the grasslands of northeastern New Mexico, in the most sparsely populated county in the state. The park is managed by the U.S. Forest Service and includes one of the most rugged stretches of the Canadian River in northeastern New Mexico. It’s within the Kiowa National Grasslands, whe...
More area businesses may be contracting with Cannon Air Force Base after a federal program has made a change expected to lead to significantly more federal contract dollars each year for women-owned businesses. The Small Business Administration has expanded the number of industries that will be allowed in the Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting Program. The decision went into effect March 31, with the SBA indicating that the change could lead to hundreds of millions of dollars more each year in set-aside contracts...
Fort Sumner Schools employees will see an average raise of about seven percent in 2022-23, as well as a return-to-work stipend at the end of the current year following action March 28 by the school board. Meeting in special session, the board voted unanimously to approve salary schedules for instructional staff, administrators, educational assistants, as well as clerical and maintenance personnel. The raises for instructional personnel range from 14.12 percent to 16.16 percent, depending on teaching level, years of experience...
More than 2,600 New Mexico victims of internet scams reported losing almost $13 million in 2021, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. The latest IC3 annual report listed 2,644 victims in New Mexico, with total losses of$12,761.850. Business email compromise/email account compromise scams accounted for $2.7 million in losses, followed by confidence fraud/romance scams at almost $2 million. “This report should be a wakeup call for everyone who uses the internet,” said Special Agent in Charge Raul Bujan...
The legal sale of recreational marijuana in New Mexico began April 1, but don’t expect to buy any in Santa Rosa or Roswell just yet. In Santa Rosa, according to licensing information from the state’s Regulation and Licensing Department database, no one has applied for a license to open up a dispensary for retail sales in Guadalupe County, although three have applied for licenses to produce cannabis there. In Roswell, no dispensary in the city will be licensed to sell marijuana for recreational users until May at the earliest,...
Curry County last week issued two permits for cannabis establishments in unincorporated areas of the county. One permit was for a cannabis producing facility, RB Farms, LLC. The new business is located at 371 Curry Road 22 north of Texico. A new cannabis retailer permit was issued for Stickeys, LLC between Clovis and Texico at 420 Hwy 60/70/84. “The County has received several other calls but those are the only two completed applications we have received and have processed,” wrote county manager Lance Pyle in an email to The...
One of downtown Clovis’ landmark buildings is slated to be sold and get a new lease on life. The Depression-era, Modernistic architecture building on the northwest corner of Mitchell and Sixth Streets is being sold by the Eastern Regional Housing Authority to Darren Hyder, operator of High Plains Builders of Clovis. ERHA Executive Director Chris Herbert said the building at 600 Mitchell Street was appraised at $60,000. Hyder is buying the property for $61,000 according to Herbert. According to Hyder the building went up in 1...
Clovis seniors have resumed their traditional Senior Olympics full-scale this year after COVID-19 concerns curtailed the competition for two years, according to organizer Melinda Coslett. "We only had eight events last year," Coslett said Monday as she watched Frisbee accuracy competition at the Roy Walker Recreation Center in Clovis. "This is our first full-blown Senior Olympics since COVID." The senior events, some quite athletic and some not so, will occupy the month of...
CLOVIS - Renovations to the Curry County Courthouse are "on schedule" according to the project's senior project manager. "We're pushing hard," Colton Treharn said. Treharn is senior project manager with SDV Construction of Albuquerque, the company handling the $8.9 million project. The courthouse was built in 1936. "We're putting everything up to date, up to code, new finishes," Treharn said. Work is being done in phases. "We anticipate completion of phase one by the end of...
