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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS - One way or another, Curry County commissioners and fair board members want youth livestock shows and a junior livestock sale, arguing such gatherings are not recreation but part of the essential business of agriculture. Whether the governor's office agrees with them, and whether the events take place on county properties, is still to be determined. The commission, in a Friday special meeting, voted 5-0 to send a resolution and a letter to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham...
An investigation into a deputy's missing duty weapon has led to multiple theft charges, other criminal allegations and the loss of the deputy's job at the Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office. Chris McCasland, 34, was arrested twice last week, accused of stealing a snowmobile and other items when he was a police officer in Angel Fire about six years ago. McCasland's attorney said he's innocent of all the charges and allegations, that this is all the result of a custody dispute...
RICHARDSON, Texas — The Lone Star Conference held a virtual meeting for its council of presidents Friday and had preliminary talks on the status of fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a release, the conference said it plans an announcement regarding fall sports by July 27, and until then will monitor public health conditions with local and state officials, along with the NCAA. Several Division-I conferences have already made decisions to postpone fall sports, and NCAA President Mark Emmert told ESPN Thursday, ...
There was the United States Football League. The World League of American Football. The XFL. And now, the New Mexico Activities Association? Yes, get ready for some spring football because Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced last week that contact high school sports will not be played this fall. So the NMAA has pushed football and soccer back to February starts. "I think it's good that we're going to be having a limited schedule and trying to get all the sports in," Clovis...
CLOVIS — Like every tradition, it started small and worked its way up. Now the father-son baseball game played in Clovis among former Little Leaguers and their fathers is 43 years old, and not even the coronavirus could stop it. This past July 4 was mostly like the 42 before it, for a father-son baseball game founded by Jim Cowman and taken over by Stuart Stratton. They still played the game, but it wasn’t exactly the same. These are, after all, the days of COVID-19. “We couldn’t get on a baseball field,” Stratton said, “be...
CLOVIS — After raising many of the same questions the Planning and Zoning Commission had a week prior, the Clovis City Commission also provided unanimous approval to requests paving the way for a new subdivision near 21st Street and Humphrey Road. By an 8-0 vote Thursday, the commission granted a zone change from Residential Single Family 170 to Residential Single Family 7 for what is proposed as the Colonies Subdivision on a 101-acre tract of land northwest of the 21st-Humphrey intersection. The numbers in the zoning d...
CLOVIS - Public school officials in Clovis have released guidelines for the 2020-21 school year, with numerous state-mandated directives and a note to parents that change is inevitable. "We have all learned in past months that the challenges of COVID-19 create uncertainty in our world," a letter from the Clovis Municipal Schools leadership team states. "Therefore, as of the time this document was prepared, it is in line with state expectations and public health orders. However...
New Mexico State police will no longer issue verbal warnings or “cease and desist” orders to businesses that violate the governor’s public health orders. That’s according to Lt. Ramon Terrazas, who informed officers under his command in an email last week. “If the business is found to not be compliant you need to issue the non-traffic citation for violation of a public health order,” the email reads. NMSP Public Information Officer Ray Wilson on Thursday confirmed Terrazas sent the email. “The New Mexico State Police (have)...
Curry Resident Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St., Clovis 575-762-9405 Note: All meals come with 2% milk and a tossed salad with dressing. Monday: Spaghetti w/ meat sauce, green beans, garlic toast, oatmeal cookie Tuesday: Frito pie, mixed veggies, pears & fruit cocktail Wednesday: Chicken salad w/ cranberries and almonds, potato salad, cucumber & tomatoes, cherry/pineapple cake Thursday: Red chile beef enchiladas, pinto beans, green chile corn, chips & salsa, peaches Friday: BBQ chicken, baked potato, broccoli, dinner...
The following books are available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library: “Africaville” by Jeffrey Colvin. “Africaville” chronicles the lives of three generations of the Sebolt family-Kath Ella, her son Omar, and her grandson Warner-whose lives unfold against the tumultuous events of the twentieth century. Kath Ella's ancestors established a new home in Nova Scotia. Like her ancestors, her life is shaped by hardship-she struggles to conceive and to provide for her family during the long, bitter Canadian winters...
Information on developing a person’s uniqueness, some of the newest and healthiest gluten-free snacks and three ways to incorporate milk, yogurt and cheese into your daily meals will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Dorinda Fox is the President of Inner Peace Movement Int’l., and she believes that each of us has a unique purpose, although there can be great similarities. This is what makes us unique and wha...
I might have ice running through my veins (or not), but my icemaker has its problems. I’ve replaced it once, gave it up for dead earlier this year only to have it come back to life and now I’m once again without automatic cubes. That’s no problem, I grew up with ice trays in the freezer so I know what to do. Still all that extra work, it takes less than five minutes to crack the cubes and refill four trays, gave me time to reflect. I suppose today if the icemaker in the refri...
With temperatures near and above triple digits for more than a week, we all know it's essential to stay hydrated. The best way to do that? This advice is from the Mayo Clinic. DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I know I need to stay hydrated while I exercise but what is the best fluid? I'm wondering how much I should drink and if I need to drink special water as someone mentioned alkaline water. Is alkaline water better at rehydrating your body than nonalkaline, or plain, water? ANSWER:...
Governor doesn’t care for constituents I am finding myself becoming nauseated at the way people keep describing our governor’s actions, as if she is a child that made a boo boo. Open your eyes folks! See what is really up. Please. Nobody seems to have a problem twisting each and every breath our president takes into some new and unforgivable sin that is going to cause the collapse of the United States. But it seems that nobody cares to call out our governor — the same governor who had jewelry delivered from her perso...
It’s been half a dozen years since the Taos News editorialized about renaming Kit Carson Memorial Park. Now, as a movement has spread across the country to reconsider which historical figures should be honored with statues, streets and named parks, this might be a good time to again take up the question about naming the central park of Taos after Christopher “Kit” Carson. Like many historic figures, his legacy is complex and draws mixed and impassioned reactions. Some see him as a frontiersman and soldier who spoke multi...
Let's begin today with Joe Biden, who is far too often trumped by the tumultuous roar of the MAGA train wreck. Biden, who currently leads Trump by nine points nationally and by as many as five points in Texas (Texas!), had a few choice things to say about the Trump regime's treacherous efforts to discredit Dr. Anthony Fauci. The presumptive Democratic nominee tweeted: "Donald Trump needs to spend less time playing golf and more time listening to experts like Dr. Fauci." And...
Can we all agree the kids living in our biggest cities don’t get a good education? Can we all agree it’s a travesty that upwards of 75 percent of the kids in our inner-city schools aren’t able to read, write and count at grade level? Can we all agree that if we don’t open our schools this fall the group that will be hurt the most are the poor kids of every color in our inner cities? I’m glad we all agree. The trouble is, the teachers unions and the educrats who run the public...
If only the rest of the country could handle COVID-19 as well as New York. That’s the lament of progressive commentators as coronavirus cases spike in the Sun Belt and the South. Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin hailed New York City the other day after it reported no deaths for the first time during the pandemic. This is what competent government can accomplish, she gushed. Valerie Jarrett, former aide to Barack Obama, tweeted, “Short term sacrifice saves liv...
The New Mexico Legislature passed a number of useful bills in the recently completed special session dealing with police reform, racial equality and elections. But none of those was the reason Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was compelled to call lawmakers back into session. Reports about the coronavirus were starting to circulate in late February when the Legislature was completing work on the state budget, but they apparently didn’t reach the Roundhouse. Lawmakers passed a record $7.6 billion budget, an 8 percent hike from t...
On this date ... 1960: Portales’ Lester Bayless returned home after a lousy weekend to some good news. The bad news began on a Friday morning when he lost $100 in cash, somewhere between First Federal Savings and Loan and Compton’s Store for Men. Bayless hoped his fortunes might improve with a weekend fishing trip, but instead he had car troubles in addition to a flat tire before returning home. Things got better after Bayless read in the Portales Daily Tribune that four area residents had given a “good sum of money” found o...
Meetings are subject to change due to coronavirus concerns Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m., teleconference. Information: https://www.currycounty.org/open-government/meeting-portal or 575-763-6016 • Clovis City Commission special meeting — 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. No public access. Public is invited to view the meeting on Suddenlink channel 10, at www.cityofclovis.org, or on Facebook at City of Clovis, NM (City Government). Questions phoned in to 575-763...
Tuesday • Portales Public Library Virtual Summer Reading Program — Alchemy and Art: “Ready, Aim, Fire! Catapults” — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library Facebook page. Crafts/experiments for second-sixth graders. Materials available in advance for curbside pickup while supplies last. Information: 575-356-3940 • Portales Public Library Virtual Summer Reading Program for teens — House Pride: Hogwarts Banners — 2 p.m., Portales Public Library Facebook page. Programming for ages 13-18; materials available in advance for curbside p...
CLOVIS — The Clovis Fun Center, previously known as Casel-Land Fun Center, announced Thursday it has been shut down by the state for unspecified public health order violations. A Thursday Facebook post by the company notes: “It is with a heavy heart we have been shut down by the state government due to people complaining about us being open even though we were taking every precautionary measure to keep our customers safe. “We are saddened to have to lay off our excellent employees during this time! We appreciate all the s...
Cities and counties in New Mexico soon will be able to apply for $150 million in federal coronavirus relief funding. Debbie Romero, acting Cabinet secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration, told the Legislative Finance Committee on Wednesday that “simplified” applications and requests for reimbursement from the state for CARES Act funding likely will be available this week. Applications for $28 million that was set aside for tribal governments were distributed Friday, she said. “It’s a simple agreeme...
CLOVIS - A 2-month-old Clovis baby has suffered multiple bone fractures and the boy's parents and a grandparent have been charged with abandonment or abuse of a child. Charges were filed Wednesday against the child's mother, Lachel Johnston, father, William Teague, and grandmother, Jessica Barnett, court records show. All three suspects are in the Curry County Adult Detention Center. All three appeared via video for a Friday arraignment at Curry County Magistrate Court. Each...
