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One man was injured in a collision Monday morning that left a houseboat stranded for hours blocking the highway approaching Cannon Air Force Base. The two-vehicle incident took place at 11:40 a.m., when Ricky Lee, 56, of Somerset, Kentucky, "failed to yield" while turning left, westbound, onto U.S. 60/84 from the intersection with Curry Road O, officials said. Lee was driving a 1998 Western Star semi-tractor pulling "an oversized houseboat," measuring almost 75 feet, according...
ALBUQUERQUE - There's gold in these here hills. And every elite track and field athlete in New Mexico descends on Albuquerque amid the Sandia Mountains once a year to find it. Gold in this case is a somewhat metaphoric color, representing the glory sought by every sprinter, every distance runner, every hurdler and jumper, every field athlete that hurls a piece of metal of varying size into the air at the state track and field meet held each May at the University of New Mexico...
PORTALES — For most of Eastern New Mexico University, this is the slow time. The students that didn’t leave sometime during finals week likely left after graduation ceremonies. But there’s one place where it’s still plenty fast for the green and silver, at least for the five Greyhounds whose seasons are not quite over. A quintet of Greyhounds are getting ready for the Division II national championships, scheduled for Thursday through Saturday at Texas A&M-Kingsville. Heading east this week are sophomore Ivar Moinat in the...
By Peter Stein STAFF WRITER [email protected] ALBUQUERQUE - 2A, 3A, whatever. Texico's baseball team will take it, as long as it has an 'A' in it and means the Wolverines get to be state champions. After winning three consecutive state 3A titles through last season, Texico won the 2A crown on Saturday morning, beating Estancia 13-3 in the full seven innings with a Grade 'A' performance at the University of New Mexico's Santa Ana Star Field. Four years. Four straight state...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday - Thursday: Clovis • Marco Palma, 18, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Michael Russell, 30, possession of a controlled substance • Bud McCasland, 55, possession of a controlled substance • James Boone, 51, failure to pay fines • Timothy Batchelor, 35, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, negligent use of a deadly weapon • Dylan Nixon, 26, possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon, possession of marijuana or synthetic, driving or...
PORTALES — When the Greyhound men’s basketball team was ousted in overtime in their Lone Star Conference tournament opener, the focus had to change quickly. A promising year that ended with the fourth seed, and a mild upset by Tarleton State, meant the Greyhounds went from playoff mode to rebuild mode with five seniors to replace. Coach Tres Segler is optimistic the rebuild mode is going well, as the team made its fifth signing for the 2019-20 season this last week in junior college transfer Yosnier Cobas. Segler said an off...
The recent Clovis Municipal Schools Education Foundation Hall of Honor Banquet was a dazzling evening of celebration. The large venue at the Clovis Civic Center was filled with warmth and sparkle, as many Clovis High School alumni as well as other community members and current CHS students met and mingled. The sights and sounds were lovely, from the tables decorated in purple, white, and black to Jeff Lynn’s spectacular lighting effects. Music was provided by “Top Cats in the...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico coach Kelley Lee has always made a simple case. If the Greyhounds wanted to make the Division II playoffs, it had to play 11 Division II opponents to give itself the best chance. That’s what the Greyhounds now have lined up for the next three seasons, as the non-conference dates were settled for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The games will come against the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, which is doing a two-year partnership with the Lone Star Con...
CLOVIS — Citing savings in printing and postage costs, Clovis Municipal Schools is transitioning to online report cards for students. Parents and guardians will be able to access report cards through Skyward Family Access, which also includes attendance, schedules and calendars. Printed report cards will be available upon request at the respective schools until May 31, and beginning June 3 at the CMS administrative office at 1009 Main. Information: 575-769-4300 or clovis-schools.org...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A special operations pilot at the Air Force Academy is facing charges of rape, rape of a child and three counts of sexual abuse of a child, according to a release from the academy. Maj. Travis J. Burns, who previously served at Cannon Air Force Base, will appear in military court Monday for an Article 32 hearing, which functions much like a probably cause hearing in civilian courts. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, the alleged crimes against the child happened in 2017 and 2018 in C...
CLOVIS — A longtime Clovis resident was recently recognized as the nurse of the year for Interim HealthCare Inc., a national health care provider with over 300 offices and 5,000 nurses around the country. Rakel Nussbaumer, the director of health care services in Clovis, received the 2019 “Interim HealthCare Nurse of the Year,” handed out annually by the company to coincide with National Nurses Week, May 6-12 this year. “I’ll tell you I was surprised. I wasn’t expecting to get it,” Nussbaumer said. “Being recognized as n...
Lysistrata, the character from the Aristophanes play of the same name, declared a sex strike to try to stop a devastating war in ancient Greece. Alyssa Milano, the actress and political activist, declared a sex strike to try to stop Georgia from protecting unborn children in the womb. The state just passed and signed into law a so-called heartbeat bill to outlaw abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detectable. This led Milano to conclude that women can’t risk pregnancy until f...
Every time I see the latest economic news, I thank Hillary Clinton. Every time I see those high GDP numbers (up 3.2 percent last quarter), I thank Hillary. Every time I see those record low unemployment numbers for blacks, Latinos and women, I thank Hillary. If she hadn’t been such a horrible candidate in 2016, there’s no telling what sorry state America would be in right now. So thank you, Hillary, for being such a loser. You did your country a greater service than you’ll ever know. I don’t really blame Hillary too much fo...
