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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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(Editor's note: Both Curry and Roosevelt made the turquoise designation today, despite missing one or more of the three metrics.) After more than a month in the turquoise zone, Roosevelt County is at risk for dropping into the red designation and Curry County is likely to fall into the green designation when the state releases its newest “Red to Green” designations today. The state retooled its metrics to incorporate vaccination rates and loosen requirements for daily cases and test positivity. The state now measures cou...
PORTALES — Come next school year, Portales Municipal Schools students will again have a case of the Mondays. The board, after significant pushback from citizens who attended Monday's special board meeting, voted 4-0 to keep in place the calendar it recently approved with a five-day school week. Superintendent Johnnie Cain had put forward a four-day school week that would, like the current pandemic-impacted year, designate Mondays as off days for all district schools. The News attended the one-hour meeting virtually. Cain, who...
MELROSE - Melrose's girls play a quick, aggressive style of defense, and it causes opponents a lot of trouble. Gateway Christian actually plays much the same way, and can also make its foes plenty uncomfortable. The main difference between the two squads is that the Lady Buffs pack more scoring punch. Monday night, in their second meeting in less than two weeks, Melrose got off to a quick start and held the Lady Warriors in check for the most part in a 45-30 Class 1A state...
MELROSE - Melrose's boys may have been caught peeking ahead just a bit on Monday night. No more, says Buffaloes junior forward Logan DeVaney. Leading by just two points at halftime, the second-seeded Buffaloes erupted for 47 second-half tallies and eventually cruised to a 74-45 victory over Springer in a quarterfinal game of the Class 1A state basketball tournament. The win set up a Tuesday night semifinal clash between the Buffs (12-0) and third-seeded Elida (11-1), which...
ARTESIA — Clovis High’s swimming teams cruised their third sweep of team titles in three outings in Saturday’s Artesia Invite. The CHS boys finished with 162 points to 80 for Socorro, while the Lady Wildcats tallied 184 points and were followed by host Artesia at 164. “We had a really good meet,” CHS swimming coach Gordy Westerberg said. “I was extremely pleased with how our relays performed. Our seedings for the state championships look much better than they did before this weekend.” The Wildcats posted wins in nine of the 1...
CLOVIS - The County Commission voted Tuesday to allow the newly minted Ogallala Land and Water Conservancy, the land trust committee charged with preserving local land and water resources, to act independently during its regular meeting. Prior to the roll call vote to cut the land trust committee loose, the committee was obliged to appear before the County Commission for approval of any of its decisions. It is anticipated that the land trust, officially named the Ogallala Land and Water Conservancy, will aid with any issues...
KINGSVILLE, Texas — It was a tough weekend for Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball and softball teams — especially at the plate. In three combined games, ENMU managed just one single. Included was a double perfect game in softball at the hands of rival West Texas A&M on Saturday, with the Lady Buffs winning each in five innings by scores of 10-0 and 8-0 at Canyon, Texas. Meantime, the baseball team was outhit 8-1 in Saturday’s season finale at Texas A&M-Kingsville, losing to the Javelinas 5-2. Baseball — The Greyhounds (...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday-Tuesday): Clovis • Andrew Garcia, 18, probation violation, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, possession of drug paraphernalia, no drivers license, no insurance, expired registration plate, failure to yield right of way to oncoming vehicle, failure to display registration plate • Fidencio Vela-Serrano, 36, contempt of court • Omar Rodriguez, 25, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Dylan Garcia, 19, probati...
CLOVIS -- Yucca Middle School will shift to remote learning mode starting Wednesday, in what Clovis Municipal Schools cites as a preventative measure to avoid an involuntary closure by the state. The remote learning period will run from Wednesday through May 18, with in-person instruction to resume May 19. According to a release from the district: • Students and staff were instructed to take Chromebooks and other necessary items home at dismissal Tuesday, and parents were asked not to pick up students early unless a... Full story
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas said it will make a decision soon regarding the availability of abortion services in Lubbock. On Saturday, Lubbock voters approved an ordinance to make Lubbock a Sanctuary City for the Unborn. The ordinance seeks to make it illegal to perform an abortion inside city limits. Planned Parenthood released the following statement on Monday in response to the ordinance: “Since opening the Planned Parenthood Lubbock health center last year, hundreds of patients have received affordable, expert rep...
TUCUMCARI — Mesalands Community College has a new president. The college’s board of trustees announced April 23 after a brief executive session via videoconference it voted unanimously to offer educational consultant Gregory Todd Busch of Oro Valley, California, a contract. Busch begins his duties this month and will work remotely for the first few weeks. Details of Busch’s contract will be finalized later. Board Chairman Jim Streetman read from a prepared statement: “We feel Dr. Greg Busch’s educational background and his e...
A Quay County jury failed to reach verdict Friday afternoon with a former Logan Municipal Schools teacher’s whistleblower and retaliation lawsuit against the district’s superintendent, resulting in a mistrial. Logan lawyer Warren Frost, representing plaintiff Rhyan Daugherty in the case, said Friday the jury of nine men and three women voted 9-3 in favor of his client, one short of winning the case. The jurors advanced no further after 3 1/2 hours of deliberation inside the Tucumcari courthouse. Barring a settlement, Fro...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission will have a new District 1 commissioner later this year, as Leo Lovett has accepted a promotion that will eventually take him from Clovis. Lovett, who was elected to the open District 1 seat in March 2020, has been promoted to US Bank’s rural relationship manager for the Rural Business Bankers of New Mexico. The job will require a move to Las Cruces by the end of 2021, and Lovett anticipates he’ll turn his commission resignation in three to four months from now. “There’s no timetable and no...
I never see a printed school menu without being reminded of my own years in the lunch line and cafeteria at the Dora schools. As a species, we humans love to complain. In those long-ago days before cell phones and the internet (also known as the 1960s and 1970s of my youth), one of the only things most of us had to grouse about was school cafeteria food. Our lunch ladies at Dora made that exceedingly hard. Most of our lunch ladies were also school bus drivers. It was a good co...
In my little corner of the world, and probably in yours too, a different kind of economy is emerging. For one thing, we’re in the midst of a renewal energy boom, with solar arrays and wind farms being built by small armies of construction workers and technicians running all over eastern New Mexico. The once-booming oil and gas industry down south, in the Permian Basin that includes southeastern New Mexico, is being replaced a hundred or so miles to the north by wind and solar developments and electricity transmission lines s...
There will always be some members of the population set on killing each other over petty squabbles and imagined slights. Nothing you and I can do will ever change this; nothing government can do will stop it. Some people are just determined to be uncivilized. They may even prefer living this way, and wouldn’t change if given every chance. You will be more free once you realize this truth. Maybe the best outcome is for them to do society a favor by culling their own herd. How c...
Texas has a lot to celebrate when it comes to growth and prosperity, and we can now add to that celebration the number two, as in two additional congressional seats that the state picked up in the 2020 census. Texas is entitled to the seats because we continue to add new residents to our state, either through birth or through their decision to come to their senses and get here as fast as they could. It’s a testament to reality that people and businesses want to be here. But as we perused the national press, we found more t...
CLOVIS — Clovis senior Bryana Gallagher hasn’t had a chance to play much high school softball, given the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, she’ll have a chance at the college level, after signing a letter of intent with Pratt Community College. “It was a good school all-around, and I get to play softball,” said the 5-foot-10 Gallagher. “That made it a better school for me.” Gallagher said she’s being recruited as a pitcher, despite the small high school sample size. The 2019 season and the abbreviated 2020 season have no...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission is seeking two citizens from each of its four districts to serve on its charter review committee. The committee, required by the city charter to happen at least every 10 years, decides on recommendations to make to the commission for potential charter amendments or additions. If any recommendations are put forward, the city commission would then decide whether the items should go on a ballot for a special election or the next municipal election in March. The committee will be comprised o...
CLOVIS — The city of Clovis is getting set for its spring cleanup event on Saturday. The Great American Cleanup is scheduled to start 8 a.m. at the Parks and Recreation department at 500 Sycamore. The cleanup is one of two annual trash pickup events made possible through a New Mexico Clean and Beautiful grant. The Toss No Mas event is normally scheduled for the fall. “Individuals or groups who would like to come and help clean up our community can sign up either before or on the day of the event,” Parks and Recreation Direc...
MULESHOE — Colt Ellis was overwhelmingly selected Saturday as Muleshoe’s next mayor. Ellis, vice president and manager of Ellis Funeral Homes, was elevated from his District 1 city council position with the election, where he took 454 votes versus 109 from Erin Jo Gonzales. The race to take Ellis’ seat was won by Crystal Alarcon. She took 50 votes, versus 20 for Preston Scott Miller and Cory Contreras. The election also covered a pair of Muleshoe Independent School District board elections. Steve Clifton won the Distr...
CLOVIS — A Clovis man charged in a double homicide last Wednesday was in court Monday on a different series of charges. Danny Price, 54, appeared Monday morning via teleconference from the Curry County Adult Detention Center, where he is being held on a pretrial detention hold in connection to the Wednesday shootings of Ricky Johnson, 58, and Kennedy Hodge, 53. Price’s matter before District Judge Fred Van Soelen Monday was for April 12 charges of false imprisonment and battery against a household member. Price entered a ple...
During our last school board meeting we experienced a special treat. A group of exceptional students were able to attend in person with their families to be honored by the board. These remarkable 21 seniors are the first graduates of Clovis Municipal Schools Early College High School, a unique new program designed as an academy model, a school within a school, more or less. Headed by Clovis High School Counselor Melissa Winn, CMS Early College started with a student...
The Kentucky Derby is not just a sporting event. It promotes itself as the "most exciting two minutes in sports." And you can't wear just anything. "Your hat for the Derby is not just another accessory," explained Clovis' Maria Waters. "It should make a statement and be as unique as you." So when Waters and her husband Bob put the Run for the Roses on their bucket list, Maria turned to William Robins and Sway Productions to top off her wardrobe with a couple of hats. "I told...
BASKETBALL Prep State tournaments Boys Class 5A Tuesday’s quarterfinals (8) Santa Fe High at (1) Rio Rancho Cleveland (n) (5) Sandia at (4) Atrisco Heritage (n) (6) Los Lunas at (3) Las Cruces High (n) (2) Roswell High over (7) Carlsbad, forfeit Thursday’s semifinals Sandia-Atrisco Heritage winner vs. Santa Fe High-Cleveland winner Los Lunas-Las Cruces High winner vs. Roswell High Saturday’s championship At The Pit, Albuquerque Semifinal winners Class 4A Tuesday’s quarterfinals (8) Highland at (1) Del Norte (n) (5) Kirtlan...
