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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CANNON AIR FORCE BASE - There was plenty of pomp and precision Wednesday morning at Cannon Air Force Base, with dozens of airmen in formation practicing every step and rotation hours in advance of the change of command ceremony that accompanies every odd-numbered summer. But the unmistakable elements that filled the hangar on the base's south side were pride and camaraderie as Lt. Gen. James Slife didn't say much about departing Col. Stewart Hammons or incoming 27th Special...
PORTALES — This was one of those times where there was room to get it right. There will be plenty more times, plenty of preseason practices and scrimmages between Friday’s Seven-on-Seven Tournament and Lineman Challenge at Greyhound Stadium and the start of high school football season late next month. But Friday was a fairly important preseason milepost, a chance for coaches to see what’s good, what’s bad, what needs tweaking, how their skill players might be looking early....
Beto O’Rourke, the losing Texas senator candidate who bootstrapped his way into becoming a losing presidential candidate, had a message for refugees who had come to America: Your new country is a hellhole. The former congressman told a roundtable of refugees and immigrants in Nashville, Tennessee, last week: “This country was founded on white supremacy. And every single institution and structure that we have in this country still reflects the legacy of slavery and seg...
Here are two facts Americans should be aware of: There will be men and women deploying to Afghanistan for the first time this September who were born after Sept. 11, 2001; the authorization for that war was signed so long ago that 80% of the men and women in Congress today never voted on it. Put these facts together and one comes to the inescapable conclusion that Congress is overdue in revisiting and updating the legal foundations on which the war in Afghanistan is based. I’m not opposed to war in principle. I enlisted in t...
RICHARDSON, Texas — Five Eastern New Mexico University programs were recognized as having the highest team GPAs in the Lone Star Conference Thursday, as the LSC office released the 2018-19 Academic Excellence Awards. Cameron took the men’s award, while Texas Woman’s prevented a repeat bid by ENMU on the women’s side. The Greyhound women had the top team GPAs in women’s cross country (3.404), indoor and outdoor track and field (both 3.29) and softball (3.68). Pioneer programs had three of the top LSC women’s programs in...
PORTALES — Athletes come, athletes go. Fade out, fade in. That’s the story for collegiate athletics. A good crop comes in and it’s soon time to bring in a fresh batch of recruits. Eastern New Mexico cross country/track & field head coach Jeff Kavalunas is quite pleased with this year’s batch. Earlier this week ENMU announced the signing of 23 athletes who will compete for the university’s cross country and/or track & field teams, a diverse group that includes athletes from Israel, Nebraska, Arizona and Colorado, plus athl...
This week’s best sports radio segment had little to do with sports. This week’s best criticism of ESPN came from inside ESPN. They were the same thing. Wednesday night saw President Trump at a political rally in North Carolina speaking about Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar, an American citizen who is originally from Somalia. The crowd began to chant, “Send her back.” Trump basked in the chant for about 10 seconds that night, disavowed it on Thursday, then reversed course Friday and called those crowd members “incred...
Curry County commissioners are planning a big celebration. They’ll be using taxpayer dollars of course. The occasion is a reminder of big-government’s eagerness to waste our money entertaining us. Commissioners have decided to spend $50,000 celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Curry County Events Center. This would be the events center that loses money every year to entertain us all. Or at least entertain those of us willing to attend the events it hosts. Sometimes we have to pay extra to get in the door. This would be...
CLOVIS — Three months later the crash is still under investigation, but reports shared last week with The News say a Clovis Police officer "failed to yield" in the April 14 motor vehicle collision with a civilian driver. Documents shared Friday through a public records request did not identify the police officer nor the driver or passenger of the other vehicle involved in the incident. Police Capt. Roman Romero told The News that all three individuals were seen at a hospital for "non-life threatening injuries" and r...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday - Thursday: Clovis • Manuel Duran, 46, residential burglary, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, possession of a controlled substance, driving while license suspended or revoked • Elias Ortiz, 19, shooting at or from a motor vehicle (no great bodily harm) • Albert Hernandez, 43, probation violation • Jake Lopez, 45, probation violation • Destiny Torres, 23, shoplifting (over $250) • Donavin Robinson, 23, criminal damage to the property of a household member • Ro...
CLOVIS - He's not quite back to riding, as he'd hoped, but "Bullet Bob" is still counting his blessings on the first anniversary of his catastrophic motorcycle wreck in northern New Mexico. "This is the longest I've been off a motorcycle since I was 10 years old," Robert Vilandry told The News on Friday, reflecting on the past year of recovery and more than a half-century riding bikes. "I've had bad wrecks before but I've never been off more than three or four months." Today...
• Eastern New Mexico University is now selling 2019-20 memberships for the Greyhound Club, with club membership required to buy season tickets for football, volleyball and basketball. Memberships start at $100 with different benefits for donation tiers of up to $5,000, and money may be directed to support specific programs. Season tickets in general admission are $35 for volleyball, $40 for football and $50 for basketball, while reserved basketball season tickets are $60 and chair-back season tickets for football are $75. Gre...
The following marriage licenses were filed through Thursday at the Curry County Clerk’s Office: • Francisco Chairez, 32, and Stella Mae Manuel, 33, both of Clovis • Edgar Ivan Herrera Villescas, 21, and Veronica Alva Miranda, 21, both of Clovis • Jeremy Todd Miller, 46, and Stephanie Denise Narramore, 44, both of Earth, Texas • Isaiah Michael Rose, 25, and Alanis Jane Rodriguez, 23, both of Clovis • Michael Alan Huerta-Lawson, 16, and Rose Marie Bradley, 17, both of Clovis • Adam Michael Hall, 57, and Stephanie Ka-Shonda Fos...
LAS CRUCES — A Clovis man convicted in 2014 of manslaughter was among prison inmates charged with attempted murder last week in Las Cruces. Rico Sena, 32, and four others allegedly attacked a sergeant and officer at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility on June 16 after a nurse finished passing out medication in their pod. Inmates “congregated around the pod door” when prison staff attempted to place them into lockdown and were ultimately subdued with “less lethal shotgun and pepper ball grenades,” according...
Tuesday • Roosevelt General Hospital Board of Trustees — 5:30 p.m., Fred Anthony Conference Room, RGH, 42121 US-70, Portales. Information: 575-359-1800 • Portales City Council — 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. Seventh St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Thursday • Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority — 3 p.m., Melrose City Hall, 105 E. Ave. B, Melrose. Information: 575-935-4262 • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 57...
CLOVIS - Some three dozen gathered Wednesday morning to witness the swearing-in of Clovis' newest city commissioner. David Robinson was appointed last month to replace District 1 Commissioner Ladona Clayton, who resigned this month to start a new job in Dallas. His term expires in March, at which time the seat is open for election again. Robinson is the chief executive officer of telecommunications company Plateau and said he has no intention to seek another term after...
CLOVIS - Many people knew him as "Uncle Freddy," a smart, outgoing man with "a big heart," his niece told The News last week. Alfred Tacorante, 50, was pulled dead from the site of a structure fire July 14. The fire resulted in Tacorante's mother, 71-year old Mary Delgado, being hospitalized on breathing support. Clovis Police Chief Doug Ford told The News that a determination as to the cause of Tacorante's death was still pending autopsy, and that fire investigators...
PORTALES - His grow is only in its baby stages now, but one Roosevelt County farmer hopes hemp can blossom into a thriving industry for eastern New Mexico in the coming years. You may say he's a dreamer, but he's not the only one, not by far. Heath Grider, a farmer and carpenter in Portales, has one of 11 current licenses this year to grow hemp in Roosevelt County. In Curry County there are three, and statewide there are a total of 356 as of Friday, according to the New...
Monday through Friday • Vacation Bible School: “In the Wild: Amazing Encounters With Jesus” — 6-8:30 p.m., University Baptist Church, 1012 W. 15th St., Portales. Open to ages 4-sixth grade (completed). Information: 575-356-4501 Monday • Portales Summer Reading Program STEAM Explorations: Low-Fi Gaming — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library, 218 S. Ave. B, Portales. Games and science, technology, engineering, arts, math activities for kindergarten-sixth graders. Information: 575-356-3940 • Clovis Summer Reading Program Movie Mo...
The following books are available for checkout: Clovis-Carver Public Library In conjunction with the City of Clovis Floodplain Management Program, the Clovis-Carver Public Library maintains a collection of materials on National Flood Insurance Programs including manuals for designing or retrofitting structures, handbooks on residential repair, guidelines for erosion control, and similar topics. Librarians can assist users in locating these materials. “Civil War in the Southwest Borderlands” by Andrew E. Masich surveys the...
"The Academy" Author CJ Daly was born in Portales and grew up there on her family's ranch with six siblings. She now lives in Dallas with her husband and two sons. Book summary: Kate Connelly, 17, has recently lost her mother, so she's stuck raising her brothers out in the New Mexico scrub. Kate yearns for some distraction. This soon comes in the form of two mysterious guys who show up at the diner where she works. After giving her a hard time, they disappear like figments of...
Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. canasta, 5 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m. quilting, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m. musical Wednesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 9a.m. sew days, 1 p.m. needle gang Thursday: 8 a.m. eggs, gravy and biscuits $5, 8:45 a.m. pinochle 101, 1 p.m. bingo (no early bird), 4 p.m. bingo, 6 p.m. line dance Friday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8:30 a.m....
Information on using patterned paper to transform projects through folding, and using Dupioni silk in quilts will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain). Susan Legits is an independent demonstrator for Stampin’ Up! She’s going to demonstrate making various containers, cards, gift card holders and party favors just by transforming patterned paper through folding. The best part is you don’t even have to measure t...
I think I may be rapidly turning into the grumpy old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn. The other day the little boy from next door rang my doorbell while I was at work so I answered it using the intercom function of my “Ring” home security system. I’m pretty sure I didn’t holler “get off my porch,” but the poor bugger ran away like I had. I hope he was just startled that the doorbell was talking to him. I am pretty sure I’ve been a real bear to be around for a while now...
My name is Janelle Mack. I am a mother of two children. My daughter Michaela is 19 and my son Jacob is 14. I love to travel and watch movies. I like comedy and horror movies. Tell us about your pets: We have one pet. His name is Jackson. He is a Yorkie Terrier mix. We adopted him almost a year ago and we just absolutely love him. How did you meet your spouse? We met in high school. We didn't like each other at first. It was definitely not love at first sight. Then one day, we...
