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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — Johann Astner’s loved ones across the ocean are mourning his tragic death last month on the highway outside Portales, but they take some peace in knowing his last days were filled with new sights and adventure. Prior to being struck and killed on his bicycle April 8 while en route to Portales, Astner had voyaged the past two weeks through the American west, roughly following the path of Route 66 from Los Angeles. His bike tour started off March 25 in California and his progress east included over two dozen location...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Police Department is looking for help identifying a man accused of armed robbery Friday night. Officers were dispatched to a financial institution on the 1500 block of North Prince Street at 10:43 p.m. They were told by two employees that a suspect came in, brandished a handgun, threatened to shoot the workers and stole property and money before fleeing. Neither employee was injured during the incident. The suspect was described as an approximately 5-foot-8 and 200-pound, light-complected male in a dark b...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday - Thursday: Clovis • Joseph Torres, 39, criminal damage to property (over $1,000) • Wayne Gilbert, 36, failure to appear on a felony charge • Daniel Rodriguez, 53, failure to pay fines • Richard Fallis, 30, probation violation • Laura Tarina, 40, contempt of court, failure to pay fines, probation violation • Lawrence Woods, 48, failure to pay fines • Kayla Solomon, 23, probation violation • Ruben Hernandez, 33, probation violation • Christopher Tafoya, 40, out o...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Senior Services Committee welcomed new members to the fold during its Wednesday meeting, and previewed four key events over the next three weeks. The board first welcomed its newest appointed member, District 4 representative Terry Potter, and new Curry Resident Senior Meals Association director Ashley White. Both kept their comments brief, with Potter saying he was “just glad to be added to the committee,” and White saying she’s enjoyed getting up to speed since being hired a few weeks ago. Committ...
Representatives from various local businesses, organizations and government entities will be squaring off in an effort to avoid receiving a pie to the face, and more importantly, raise money for local children. The United Way of Eastern New Mexico once again began it’s “Penny Wars” campaign this month to raise money for services to fight child hunger and abuse, as well as generate funds for the United Way’s youth success initiatives. Executive Director Erinn Burch said past Penny Wars campaigns have each raised over $5,000...
On this date ... 1959: Sophia Loren was starring in “The Black Orchid,” playing at Clovis’ Lyceum theater. “Bad? Sure, I’m bad,” her character said in promotional advertising. “It takes someone bad to tell you what it’s like at the bottom of hell.” Anthony Quinn was Loren’s co-star. Across the street at the State theater, Audie Murphy and Sandra Dee were starring in “The Wild and the Innocent.” “He’s twenty ... untamed by law or lady,” the promotional advertising told us. “She’s sixteen ... and scared ... of the facts of li...
The following marriage licenses were filed through Thursday at the Curry County Clerk’s Office: • Jorge Martin Toro Ibarra, 56, and Mary Rose Garcia, 70, both of Clovis • Avery Scott Robinson, 26, and Danielle Monique Martinez, 24, both of Clovis • Brodey Lee Webber, 19, and Taylor Freneke Hall, 21, both of Clovis • Jonathan David Crowder, 20, and Katherine Rose Nelson, 18, both of Clovis The following marriage licenses were filed through Thursday at the Roosevelt County Clerk’s Office: • Adam J. Marx, 30, and Flor-liz Renter...
PORTALES - With just a few relatively routine action items for Tuesday's Portales City Council meeting, it was an item not listed on the agenda that generated the most discussion. Roosevelt County Commissioner Dennis Lopez addressed the council during the public comment portion of Tuesday's meeting to express concerns about a recent speed increase for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway trains going through Portales. The speed limits have increased from 20 mph to 49 mph....
Just a few brief weeks into the 2019 Major League Baseball season, incontrovertible evidence has surfaced that computerized balls and strike calls cannot be far away. Before each game begins, the announcers offer their insights into the home plate umpire’s leanings: he’ll allow the low or the high strike. Then throughout the game, with the strike zone superimposed on the screen, the announcers unload, and make critical comments such as last inning’s strike is now this inning’s ball. Although baseball purists will bemoan...
Clovis sand volleyball accepting entries Entries are now being accepted for the Clovis sand volleyball leagues. Starting in June, games will be played in the women’s league Monday nights and the co-ed league Tuesday nights. Both leagues are comprised of four-person teams. Registration is $60 per team and $25 per player and runs to May 30. Registrations may be delivered to 2000 Mitchell during normal business hours. Information: Tisha Brothers, 575-693-1182. Clovis Softball taking summer registrations The Clovis Softball Assoc...
ROSWELL — Thursday brought yet another sweep for the Clovis boys and girls track teams. And this one happened at one of the most opportune times of the season — in the District 4-5A championships at the Wool Bowl in Roswell. Clovis’ girls walloped the competition, earning 124 points to finished 48 ahead of second-place Carlsbad. The Clovis boys notched 118.5 points, 13.5 more than the second-place Cavemen. After having won consecutive District 2-6A titles in each of the past two years, Clovis’ boys made it three district cham...
PORTALES — Expect a packed house for Monday’s Portales Municipal Schools Board of Education meeting as dozens of award-winning students are set to be recognized for their achievements. The first eight non-routine items on the agenda pertain to recognizing various groups and students for recent award wins. Included on the agenda for recognition are Fernando Gomez, a sixth-grader who finished as the runner up at the New Mexico State Spanish Spelling Bee, participants and winners at the New Mexico High School Musical The...
RICHARDSON, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University may not have gotten a slot in the weekend Lone Star Conference tournament, but it did find out earlier in the week it had five of its players named for postseason awards. Infielders Nicholas Ankerman, Paul Tapia and Joel Paulino were named All-LSC Honorable Mention, while pitchers Enrique Perez and Ethan Coombes were placed on the conference’s all-academic team. The awards, voted on by league coaches, were announced prior to the six-team conference tournament at West Tex...
The last thing the world needs is more of Robert Mueller’s commentary, but Congress is determined to have him hold forth at a public hearing. It’s not as though we don’t already have the special counsel’s version of events. He mustered enormous investigate resources and took two years to write a 400-page report that is available to the public and presumably carefully written (although not necessarily carefully thought through). That should be enough for Mueller to stand o...
TEXICO - As Wednesday night's state 2A first-round playoff game was beginning, a dark angry cloud was moving toward the Texico baseball field. It was hardly a bad omen for the Wolverines. Though the cloud didn't deposit much more than a few drops on the players and fans, top-seeded Texico rained on big-hearted and 16th-seeded Navajo Pine, 26-0 in five innings. With that, the Wolverines - winners of three consecutive state 3A championships - advanced to the 2A quarterfinals,...
There is no more disputing it: methane emissions are dropping even as oil and gas production continues to surge in America’s top shale basins, including the prolific Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, but it has a relatively short lifetime of 12 years in the atmosphere. This means that reducing methane emissions brings immediate climate benefits. A recent analysis of data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Information Administration that hasn’t gotten the att...
PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico women’s basketball team made a big signing, literally and figuratively, by landing center Natalie DeLonge for the 2019-20 season. DeLonge, a 6-foot-4 center, comes to the Greyhounds after three years at Division II Western Oregon. Because she has already earned her degree, DeLonge can play immediately for the Greyhounds. "This past off-season, we knew we needed to add some experience in our front court with the loss of Shelby Jones and Treyanna Clay.,” Greyhound coach Josh Prock said in a rel...
GALLUP — Catcher Jeuliece Chavez had the softball rarity of a leadoff RBI single, and the Portales Rams scored a trio of runs in the eighth inning Saturday to pull a 15-13 first-round upset over seventh-seeded Gallup Saturday afternoon. Nicole Laurenz added a two-run double in the eighth for the Rams (15-12), who move on to face second-seeded Los Lunas in an 8:30 a.m. second-round game Thursday at Cleveland High School. The Tigers (20-7) beat No. 15 Kirtland Central 15-0 in four innings. The Thursday game is part of an eight-...
