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RICHARDSON, Texas — For the second-straight year, and third time overall, Eastern New Mexico University has claimed a share of the Lone Star Conference’s Academic Excellence Award. The award, now in its fifth year, rewards a men’s and a women’s champion. The top LSC athletic department in each category is honored, and for the 2017-18 academic year, ENMU claimed the women’s award. Western New Mexico, meanwhile, claimed the men’s award for this year. For the Hounds, it is the t...
CLOVIS — Though a festive occasion for most, Independence Day this year in Clovis also marks the first anniversary of a tragic incident at a city park that left a child dead less than two weeks later. There is little discernibly different now at Hillcrest Park, but the signs advising against swimming and wading in public ponds are back in place. Officials said they had disappeared shortly before the afternoon of July 4, 2017, when 12-year old Gevion Lewis went under the o...
What does Independence Day mean to you? To me, Independence Day has morphed into the most tragic of holidays. Its original meaning has been completely lost; turned on its head. The way it is most commonly celebrated now is like celebrating Christmas with hatred and theft. It has become a shadow of what it should be. Of what it may have been once upon a time. Instead of being a celebration of American independence, it has been turned into a worship service for the U.S. governme...
CLOVIS — Proponents of Clovis as the site for the state's sixth and final racino license presented their vision for bringing a racetrack and casino to the area by 2020 during a meeting on Tuesday at the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce. "What (a racino) does for our community I believe is threefold: it brings in jobs, it brings in economic development and quality of life and all three of those are things that we need here in our community," said Gayla Brumfield, a r...
On this date ... 1968: Officials estimated 3,000 people attended events in Muleshoe, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Bailey County. Festivities began at 7 a.m. at the high school football field. "(P)articipants were invited to ride their horses, mules or cars right up the field to the serving tables," the Clovis News-Journal reported. G. P. Krenendah, one of the county's founding fathers, spoke about the county's first school; he said it had three school board members,...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Monday: Clovis • Yolanda Flores, 41, out of state fugitive • Whitney Hall, 27, failure to register vehicle, driving while license suspended or revoked • Jon Hoppe, 53, possession of a controlled substance • Devion Mills, 25, probation violation • Manuel Villalobos-Mendez, 21, failure to appear • Theresa Moralez, 66, contempt of court • Chris Eshleman, 68, failure to appear • Jorge Quiroga, 51, probation violation • Jeanette Sena, 52, possession of a controlled substa...
Thursday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. at north annex of Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 Tuesday • Portales Schools Board — Noon in board room, 501 S. Abilene. Information: 575-356-7000 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m. at Portales Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 • Water Policy Advisory Board — 8:30 a.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 • Lodger’s Tax Advisory Board — 5:30 p.m. at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 July 11 • Planning and Zoning Com...
Today • Smoke on the Water — 4 p.m.-5 p.m: Michael Thompson, 5:20 p.m.-6:20 p.m.: Curry County Outlaws, 6:40 p.m.-7:40 p.m.: Blackwater Band, 7:40 p.m.-8 p.m.: Set up for next act/National Anthem performed by Ashleigh Cooper, 8 p.m.-9 p.m.: Junk Yard Rhinos, 9 p.m.: Fireworks. All at Greene Acres Park. Admission: Free. Information: heymix.com • July 4 Celebration — 9 p.m. at Portales Softball Complex on Industrial Road. Admission: Free. Information: 575-356-8541 Thursday • Preschool storytime — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carv...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Softball Association received enough entries to do its annual “Striking Out Cancer” benefit tournament. However, there won’t be a women’s bracket. Tournament Director Roger Jackson originally said the tournament would be postponed to later in the year if it couldn’t field eight men’s and eight women’s teams. The women’s field did not reach the eight-team minimum. However, Jackson decided to go ahead with an all-men’s tournament after 16 signed up. “We just took two more this morning,” Jackson sai...
The recently released list of Texas Republicans’ biggest legislative priorities was largely expected — except for that surprising bit about weed. Decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana and improving medical marijuana guidelines finally made it to the state GOP’s platform, and we hope legislators jump to action in January. Marijuana-related legislation is more popular among Texans than you might expect. A 2017 poll found that only 17 percent of Texans were still against legalization in any form, with medical use still cons...
