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CLOVIS — For the third time in five seasons, the Clovis High softball program is looking for a new coach. Clovis Athletic Director Dale Fullerton confirmed Brandi Thomas turned in her resignation Tuesday. She leaves Clovis as its career wins leader at 103 and made the state softball tournament twice. The two most recent seasons were the toughest they've ever been, however, with 2-24 records in both the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Thomas was two years into her second stint as s...
Steps we can take before arming teachers I recently saw a program about Southwestern High School in Shelbyville, Indiana. It has been named “The safest school in America.” The preventions that they have implemented make so much sense. The entire system costs about $400,000. They were able to accomplish this through grants and other funding. I know this sounds like an astronomical amount of money, but can you pick out a child at one of our schools and tell them, “You are not worth the money?” Could you tell your own child,... Full story
Curry County on Tuesday celebrated the groundbreaking for $11.6 million worth of improvements to the jail. But many of us are not celebrating. That’s because county officials asked voters three times, in three dramatically different ways over three years, for money to renovate the jail or build a new one. Three times voters said no. And so county commissioners just took the money, raising sales taxes for the next 19 years to generate $14 million plus interest. It’s ironic that the last sentence on the county agenda at the... Full story
PORTALES — Five soon-to-be Portales graduates will resume their athletic careers at the collegiate level, after signing their national letters of intent during a ceremony at Portales High School on Monday afternoon. The group includes Andrew Villegas, Jessie Campbell, Alexis Garcia, Sarah Lovato and Lillie Saiz. Villegas and Campbell were arguably the best track and field athletes for the Rams this past season, and both of them will have an opportunity to continue to hone t... Full story
CLOVIS - Current and former Curry County officials looked to turn the page on Tuesday as the county held a ceremonial groundbreaking for its detention center addition and renovation project that has been debated for nearly a decade. "We're starting a new chapter in our history of our county today and we're ending an old chapter," former Commissioner Bobby Sandoval said. "The new chapter is great that we're doing this. The old chapter that I'm talking about is a sad chapter... Full story
CLOVIS — The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education unanimously approved the budget for the upcoming school year at Tuesday's meeting. Assistant Superintendent of Finance Shawna Russel said state-mandated raises to teachers' salaries added about $2 million to the budget, which will be made up in part through cuts to the district's maintenance, operations and technology budgets. Russel said 75 percent of the total budget is spent inside the classroom either through direct instruction or other services for students. B...
On this date ... 1978: A long battle with leukemia had left former New Mexico Gov. John Burroughs of Portales in a weakened state where he was unable to battle a lung infection that led to pneumonia and ended his life at 71. His wife, Jean Burroughs, told The Associated Press that her husband had been in remission from leukemia when he died a few days earlier in a Dallas, Texas, hospital. Members of the Burroughs family and associates of his from the Portales Valley Mills...
Booked The following were booked into local jails through Monday: Clovis • Sarah Robles, 21, failure to pay fines • Shynericc Lewis, 21, failure to pay fines • John Clark, 55, probation violation • Colton McCoy, 20, out of state fugitive • Matthew Villalobos, 30, failure to pay fines • Michael Geier, 33, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Stephanie Cerda, 28, probation violation • Hector Alvarez, 37, battery against a household member, criminal damage to property, possession of a controlled substance • Rony Willis,...
Editor's note: This is the last in a series of stories on Eastern New Mexico University track and field athletes heading to the Division II national championships this week. PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico Women's 400 relay team has overcome the adversity of injuries and some execution issues to emerge as one of the better 400 relay teams in the country. The Greyhound relay team of Danee Bustos, Maijah Mathis, Kandice Miles and Lateria Slaughter have been on a roll l...
It's not over yet. High school varsity baseball season ended in Albuquerque a week and a half ago, but all-star games are still to be played at the Bob Ogas North/South All-Star Baseball Classic next month. And for nine area seniors — three from Clovis, two from Portales, two from Texico and one each from Dora and Floyd — high school baseball will last one more weekend. They're part of an All-Star weekend series that will include a 1A-4A All-Star game series being played at...
PORTALES — After winning a district title for a 10th-straight year and finishing with a perfect league record, not to mention a valiant effort at the 4A state tournament earlier this month, it should come as no surprise that three Portales senior softball standouts will represent the Rams at this year's 2018 North-South All-Star game at the University of New Mexico. The game, which pits the best senior softball players from around the state against one another, will feature D...
CLOVIS — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas was in Clovis on Tuesday to meet with area business and community leaders to discuss several issues including net neutrality and sex trafficking. Balderas provided an update on the status of the lawsuit New Mexico joined with 22 other states against the Federal Communications Commission following the FCC’s rollback of net neutrality. The litigation is still in the early stages, with the substance of the lawsuit to be filed in about a month. Balderas also sought input fro...
From Portales to Cannes, France, the music of Roosevelt Road is spreading. The “country rap” group, consisting of Portales High School graduates Jordan Ennis and Cole Brakebill, had music featured in the film “The Rider,” according to Jordan’s father Rodney Ennis. “The Rider” features the Roosevelt Road song “Outlaw” and won the Confederation Internationale des Cinemas D’Art et D’Essai Award at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this month. When Rodney Ennis heard that his son’s music had been selected for the film, he said h...
Thursday • Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority — 1 p.m. at the Curry County Commission Chambers, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-935-4262 The meetings calendar is a daily listing of area events. To place an item on the calendar, call the newsroom at 575-356-4481 or e-mail: [email protected]...
Today • Tent revival — 6 p.m. at Prince Street Baptist Church, 421 N. Prince St., Clovis. Featuring pastor Ryan Denton from El Paso and music by Glen Wortham. Information: 575-762-4220 • Stitch Addicts — 6:30 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Crochet lesson: Puff stitch stole. Information: 575-763-9687 Thursday • Tent revival — 6 p.m. at Prince Street Baptist Church, 421 N. Prince St., Clovis. Featuring pastor Ryan Denton from El Paso and music by Glen Wortham. Information: 575-762-4220 Friday • Portales High School g...
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Droughts are a serious problem. They cause wildfires, dirt storms, crop failure, and they deplete the aquifer. Droughts are harmful and dangerous. Someone should do something! Why aren’t droughts illegal already? On the other hand, you don’t want floods, either. Or property-damaging hail or tornadoes. Those should be criminalized as well. There needs to be a legal minimum and maximum amount of rainfall each month, and bans on assault weather, so everyone is safe and hea...
New Mexico’s primary elections are June 5. Absentee and early voting are under way and taking place through June 2. Here are candidates on the ballots in Curry and Roosevelt counties: Curry County Democratic Party Magistrate Judge, Division 1 • Terry Martin • Nicole Roybal Curry County Commission, District 1 • Angelina Baca U.S. Senator • Martin T. Heinrich U.S. Representative, District 2 • Xochitl Torres Small • L. Madeline Hildebrandt U.S. Representative, District 3 • Ben R Lujan Governor • Michelle Lujan Grisham • Jeff Ap...
