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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education will hold a special meeting Wednesday to consider how the district will reopen with the COVID-19 pandemic anticipated to weigh heavily on the 2020-21 school year. The 5:30 p.m. virtual meeting contains two items — swearing in of new board officers and consideration of an updated 2020-21 calendar that complies with New Mexico Public Education Department mandates to open schools at 50% capacity and fulfills an NMPED suggestion to add 10 extended learning days. The mee...
DALLAS — A former Parmer County sheriff’s deputy in training was sentenced to life in federal prison Friday, following his conviction last November for transporting minors with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. The sentence for Davin Seth Waters, 26, was announced by U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox. “This life sentence confirms the important message that exploiting children in any form will not be tolerated,” Cox said in a news release. “While this sentence will not repair the pain and damage done to the victi...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico and New Mexico Highlands have agreed to cancel their football game that was scheduled for Sept. 3 at Greyhound Stadium. The move will help the Greyhounds curvthe regular season to 10 games — the maximum number of contests allotted for Division II football by the NCAA in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hounds will now kickoff the season Sept. 12th at Adams State. Eastern New Mexico will maintain the rest of the 10 games on the 2020 schedule as previously announced, giving the Gre...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday-Tuesday): Clovis ∞ Elias Lopez, 24, probation violation ∞ Shiana Molett, 30, public affray ∞ Nathan Hendren, 26, kidnapping, interference with communications, child abuse - negligently cause ∞ Louis Cadena, 45, receiving stolen property ∞ Adam Crespin, 34, aggravated battery upon a peace officer ∞ Joshua Lucero, 27, probation violation, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon ∞ Michael Hardwick, 39, failure to pay fines ∞ M...
PORTALES — A Portales man was sentenced Monday to 27 years in prison for habitual drug trafficking, according to a release from the district attorney’s office. Ruben Lozano, 49, was found guilty last November of trafficking methamphetamine, receiving a stolen firearm and possession of heroin. The charges stemmed from a 2018 warrant served on Lozano’s residence. The sentence given by District Judge Donna Mowrer included an eight-year enhancement per the state’s habitual offender act. “The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s...
PORTALES — A Roosevelt County resident was selected as one of 10 delegates to represent New Mexico Republicans during the GOP’s Quadrennial Convention held virtually over the weekend. Roosevelt County party chair Tina Dziuk will be one of 22 New Mexico delegates to attend the party’s national convention in late August. The 10 statewide delegates will join three delegates from each of the state’s three congressional districts, state Party Chairman Steve Pearce, National Committeeman Harvey Yates and National Committ...
Schools to offer challenge exams CLOVIS — Public schools in Clovis will offer challenge exams July 14-15, according to a district release. The exams will be 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. July 14 for New Mexico history, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. July 15 for English I and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. July 15 for Algebra I. All tests will be at Clovis Community College Room 607. Students must be screened at entry and wear a mask in CCC buildings. The exams are intended for any student who has either failed a course or is registered but believes he or she c...
It’s now a month into Phase 2 of re-opening in New Mexico, with businesses trying to reclaim some kind of normal. “I think that things are settling down with local businesses,” Curry County Chamber of Commerce Director Ernie Kos said. “I know there are a few businesses that are having a hard time with getting staffed up.” “We’re glad to get back open to some degree, but our businesses are still reeling and trying to recover,” Roosevelt County Chamber Director Karl Terry said. “We’re real pleased to get people, get their d...
CLOVIS — A pair of events are planned for the next week to wrap up the recent special session of the New Mexico Legislature. On Thursday, the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce will hold a legislative breakfast. The breakfast is set for 7:30 a.m. at K-Bob’s Steakhouse and will be followed by the 8 a.m. program. The event will also be streamed via Zoom. Those wanting to attend are asked to RSVP by noon Wednesday by calling 575-763-3435 or emailing: [email protected] On Tuesday, the Eastern Plains Council of Gov...
Last week, the community came together to help a family locate their elderly relative, Bob Casey, who had gone missing. Sadly, Casey was found several days later, deceased. The grief from his family and friends was tangible, raw. On a social media post about him, a kind soul wrote, “May his memory be a blessing.” While I didn’t know the 83-year-old man or his family, the stories family and friends told of him spoke to that comment, “may his memory be a blessing.” They shar...
CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission plans to take the first step Thursday to beginning its biannual process to review what it charges for various services with appointment of the Revenue Review Committee. The 5:15 p.m. meeting at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library will have limited public seating due to social distancing measures. Anybody wishing to watch the meeting can view Suddenlink Channel 10, cityofclovis.org or the city’s Facebook page. Questions may be called in to 575-763-9200 during the meeting. Cit...
On this date ... 1950: Law officers in Roosevelt and Chaves counties had to use a tape measure to determine who had the most jurisdiction in a case involving a stripped truck. The cattle transport truck, operated by Price's Creameries of El Paso, had a flat and was pulled over, straddling the county lines. The driver hitched a ride into Portales for help. When he returned, he found someone had stolen the truck's battery, fog and spot lights. Investigators soon found the truck...
The segment actually aired several years ago, but I still remember a fascinating piece 60 Minutes produced on sleep. (About sleep. Not while sleeping.) Since sleeping is one thing I’ve always been particularly good at, I was immediately interested. Even professionals can hone their technique, so I was happy to tune in. May I share a bit of what I learned? In 1980, a study was done using rats who were kept awake indefinitely. After five days, they began dying. They needed s...
PORTALES — The city of Portales is notifying residents the railroad crossing at North Main Street will be closed much of Thursday for surface crossing work by BNSF Railways. Roadsafe Traffic Systems anticipates the closure will go from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Motorists are asked to drive safely and plan different routes into the downtown area. Information: 575-356-6662...
CLOVIS — Plains Regional Medical Center Administrator Drew Dostal, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, provides weekly updates to The News. Here are parts of a Q&A conducted Monday with Dostal: You have some visitor policies that will change for July. What are they? There are minor tweaks to a few different things, but the big ones most of the people will notice is we’ll allow one visitor for patients in the inpatient setting. Another change is that two visitors at a time can come in for pediatric matters. We...
Born on a mountain top in Tennessee, the greenest state in the land of the free, he was raised in the woods so’s he knew every tree. And he killed him a bear when he was only 3. Davy, Davy Crockett, was the king of the wild frontier — and every boy within the sound of Walt Disney’s voice pretended to be him 65 years ago this summer. For that matter, a lot of young boys fancied themselves Davy Crockett well into the 1960s, and they had the coonskin cap to prove it. “Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier” was released...
I don’t know about you, but I think what our world needs right now is a heaping dose of Will Rogers. When he and his pilot friend Wiley Post died in a crash in Alaska in 1935, headlines at the time called Will Rogers “the world’s most famous humorist.” Rogers had published his first books in 1919, and in 1922 he began writing his syndicated newspaper articles. Between those, his radio broadcasts, and his foray into Hollywood (he had credits in 54 films and short feature...
Independence Day is a time for celebrating the birth of these United States. Here in the state of New Mexico, we have the history, heritage and diversity to do it up right. At first, Native American tribes shared this harsh and enchanting landscape, but they were overpowered and “assimilated” into the Spanish and Mexican ways that ruled the region into the mid-1800s. Then came U.S. troops to conquer and exploit the land and its peoples, and New Mexico became an untamed territory in an expansionist nation. But “Am...
You bear no guilt for things you had no part in. Don’t accept guilt you didn’t earn. I’m not going to blame you for things you have no control over, nor will I accept blame for the same sort of things. We have no control over who our ancestors were, what happened before we were born, the color of our skin, or what other people who have no real connection to us choose to do. You aren’t guilty because people in history did bad things. You aren’t guilty when someone who share...
A defining feature of the Trump presidency has been the seemingly rock-solid support of his partisan base. When Donald Trump declared at a January 2016 campaign event in Iowa that “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,” most observers took it as hyperbole. Four and a half years later, the apparent imperviousness of Trump’s base to crisis after crisis has transformed this belief into received wisdom among political observers. Indeed, in the face of withering criticism — even a...
It looks hot and dry out there. Eastern New Mexico was under a “red flag” warning on Tuesday, meaning “critical fire weather conditions” persisted, according to the National Weather Service. But there is hope for moisture on the horizon. As we like to say in the drought-stricken High Plains: It’s monsoon season. “We’re kind of getting into that pattern where we’ll have those daily chances of showers and thunderstorms each day,” said Scott Overpeck, meteorologist with the National Weather Service Albuquerque office. While dry...
CLOVIS — City Hall in Clovis is closed to the public after an employee displayed symptoms of COVID-19, according to a city news release. “While the employee did not have contact with members of the public, out of caution, City Hall will be closed” until further notice, the release stated. Clovis Municipal Court remains open. The number of coronavirus cases in Clovis have more than doubled in the past 2 1/2 weeks, but few have required hospitalization. Hospitals in Clovis and Portales reported they had zero coronavirus patie...
CLOVIS — Longtime Clovis physician Dr. Albert Kwan has been selected as Plains Regional Medical Center’s new medical director. Kwan, who will assume the position in mid-July has been president of the PRMC medical staff since 2010. He will replace Dr. Donna Thibodeau, who is leaving the position, but plans to stay at PRMC in home health, hospice and infusion service roles. Kwan is the president of the American Society of General Surgeons, a past president of the New Mexico Medical Society, and the EMS medical director for the...
As professional sports get organized for their return, high school sports continue to make the long trek back as well. In New Mexico, that trek is going slowly, with practices moving forward as restrictions loosen up ever so slightly. "We're still in the Phase 1 workout plan that was sent to us by the New Mexico Activities Association," Clovis High Athletic Director Lonnie Baca said Monday night. Portales wasn't even going sport specific until this week, previously having...
CLOVIS — An Independence Day fireworks display, without the traditional large gatherings, is scheduled for 9 p.m. Saturday. The city released information about the show Monday. This year’s fireworks display, normally funded by donations from individuals and businesses, is funded through $20,000 from local governments. The city provided $10,000 through its lodgers tax fund, while Curry County provided $10,000 with an equal share from the county commission travel budget and county manager expense budget. Residents are enc...
