Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The following are Fourth of July celebrations planned around the region on Sunday: Saturday • Muleshoe fireworks. Entertainment starts at 7:30 p.m. (CDT), at the new city park. Entertainment by the Boot Scooters. Fireworks display starts 10 p.m. Sunday • Clovis Smoke on the Water 5K Fun Run and Walk, 8 a.m., Main Street • Fourth annual Matt 25 Boat Races, 2 p.m., Greene Acres Park • Clovis live music: Will Banister and The Mulberry Band, 7 p.m., Greene Acres Park • Clovis Smoke on the Water Fireworks...
Courtesy photo From left, Brantley King of Elida, his sister Monica Baca of Portales and his wife, Jennifer King, went to the New Mexico Lottery office in Albuquerque this week to claim the Powerball prize Brantley King and Baca won. The two winners are the children of Aurbra King, who won $1.1 million in the lottery last year. Less than a year after an Elida resident won $1.1 million in the New Mexico Lottery, his son and daughter have claimed their own lottery prize this week. Monica Baca of Portales and Brantley King of...
Well, I came across some notes left me by the late Clovis historian Tom Pendergrass, and he too remembered the “little” things: “The town of Clovis was started in May 1907 with the original town site surveyed and sale of lots starting about the first of May 1907. Not long after that, my dad, Winfield Pendergrass, moved his store stock from Texico to the new town of Clovis. His was called the Cash Racket Store in Texico and his was the first store to move out of Texico to Clovis, but a good many others soon followed. “I wa...
A Portales man faces felony charges after police say a raid at his home Thursday netted a “substantial quantity” of cocaine. According to a press release from the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office, deputies from Roosevelt County, Curry County, and the Clovis Police Department executed a narcotics search warrant in the 200 block of South Avenue G in Portales and arrested 21-year-old Eleno Bustamante. Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Malin Parker declined to disclose the exact amount of cocaine confiscated, citing...
Mayor Gayla Brumfield enjoys rock ‘n’ roll music and the beach. She has always enjoyed the roots Clovis has to rock ‘n’ roll and misses the beach while in our landlocked state. Tell us how you met your spouse. Dragging Main Street in downtown Clovis. He was with his friends and I was with my friends. We pulled into the Sears parking lot, where the library is now, and got to talking. We started dating, this was 1970, and we were married in 1972. What do you not like about your job? Bio Name: Gayla Brumfield Birthday: July 25,... Full story
Issac Montano Jr., 48, of Portales, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and armed robbery. He was accused in the July 2008 death of Donald Chapman of Portales. “The credit for this conviction goes to the quick response and investigation by the Portales Police Department,” 9th Judicial District Attorney Matthew Chandler said in a press release. “We hope that this maximum sentence brings some justice and closure to the victim’s family in this case.” Portales police and emerg...
Jared Tucker The Independence Day weekend is here which means the patio table is set, the American Flag is flying proudly in the front yard, and it’s time to fire up that grill. So what are area officials and residents throwing on the grill this year? Clovis Fire Chief Ray Westerman said he likes a big hearty New York strip steak, which is the tender part of a porterhouse steak, according to www.recipetips.com. “It’s a good cut of meat,” said Westerman, adding a rib-eye steak makes for a good alternative. Steak might be a tra... Full story
Clovis has trashed its polycart program. In response to near-unanimous public comment against a potential sanitation transition from alley trash bins to individual polycarts, the Clovis City Commission voted unanimously Thursday to terminate the plan. The city used about 1,700 units for the trial program. Service areas for those polycarts included houses in Colonial Park, along Fairway Terrace and inside an area enclosed within 21st Street and Plaza Drive and Main and Gidding streets. Public comments were accepted through...
Portales, NM ~ Ninth Judicial District Attorney Matthew Chandler announced today that Isaac Montano, Jr., age 48, was sentenced to serve twenty (20) years in the Department of Corrections for Second Degree Murder and Armed Robbery.... Full story
Ninth Judicial District Attorney Matthew Chandler announced today that Isaac Montano, Jr., age 48, was sentenced to serve twenty (20) years in the Department of Corrections for Second Degree Murder and Armed Robbery....
It was Saturday morning and I was deftly shooting through the streets, handling the four-door family car like a Formula 1 racer at Le Mans, hurrying to the next big yard sale. I had the situation under control. The Lady of the House saw it differently. “Playing ‘chicken’ with my car again?” She asked, giving me “The Look” with a sideways glance. “Remember we have rules.” Ah, the rules of Saturday yard sale-ing. Yard sales may seem like utter chaos to some people, but to us professionals we know there are serious rules a...
(Roosevelt County, NM) – On Thursday July, 02, 2010, deputies with the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office, Curry County Sheriff’s Office, and Clovis Police Department executed a narcotics search warrant in the 200 Block of South Ave G. In Portales....
PORTALES--Eastern New Mexico University in Portales will be closed on Monday, July 5, for the observance of Independence Day, and will re-open on Tuesday, July 6....
The following are Fourth of July celebrations planned around the region on Sunday: Saturday • Muleshoe fireworks. Entertainment starts at 7:30 p.m. (CDT), at the new city park. Entertainment by the Boot Scooters. Fireworks display starts 10 p.m. Sunday • Clovis Smoke on the Water 5K Fun Run and Walk, 8 a.m., Main Street • Fourth annual Matt 25 Boat Races, 2 p.m., Greene Acres Park • Clovis live music: Will Banister and The Mulberry Band, 7 p.m., Greene Acres Park • Clovis Smoke on the Water Fireworks...
