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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Tennessee tycoon Jimmy Haslam III is interested in buying the Cleveland Browns. Normally, a rich guy trying to buy a pro football is a news item without snap. But there aren't many instances where the guy is a rival owner, who claims high loyalty. About the time word of Haslam's interest to buy the Browns came up, a quote from Haslam's time as a minority owner with the rival Pittsburgh Steelers came up. "I am," Haslam said in 2010, "1,000 percent a Pittsburgh Steelers fan." Never mind how you become a 1,000 percent fan. His q...
Tennessee tycoon Jimmy Haslam III is interested in buying the Cleveland Browns. Normally, a rich guy trying to buy a pro football is a news item without snap. But there aren't many instances where the guy is a rival owner, who claims high loyalty. About the time word of Haslam's interest to buy the Browns came up, a quote from Haslam's time as a minority owner with the rival Pittsburgh Steelers came up. "I am," Haslam said in 2010, "1,000 percent a Pittsburgh Steelers fan." Never mind how you become a 1,000 percent fan. His q... Full story
Taxpayers and the media are not the only ones with questions about what's going on at the Curry County jail. Add local law enforcement to the list. When killer Louis Guerra beat his victim's brother with a broomstick in the jail on June 27, jail officials did not notify anyone in law enforcement for 15 hours. Law officers learned of an alleged broomstick beating from a March 26 incident on June 21 — when a lawyer filed notice of intent to file a lawsuit. "I cannot comment about the ongoing investigation in the Guerra m...
Here is a sampling of police, sheriff and fire calls for: Monday - 1:18 a.m.: Caller advised shots were fired from two different firearms, near Sixth and Reid streets. - 3:08 a.m.: Caller reported their front door kicked in and things taken, 1300 block of West 11th Street. - 5:45 a.m.: Caller advised a service truck with a window broken out was in the ditch and no one around it, near Greene Acres and Prince streets. - 9:25 a.m.: Caller found a gun in the middle of the street, 100 block of Gary Street. - 12:28 p.m.: Caller...
An Elida man was killed Tuesday morning in a single vehicle rollover 10 miles east of Dora, according to Capt. Jimmy Glascock of the New Mexico State Police. C.L. Roach, 78, was driving a 1999 Ford pickup just before 6 a.m. on N.M. 114 when he drifted off the road for unknown reasons and overcorrected, according to Glascock. Roach lost control of the truck, which went off the road and rolled several times. According to Glascock, Roach was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the truck. The accident was discovered by... Full story
Curry County commissioners have canceled a special meeting today to consider granting Industrial Revenue Bonds of up to $1.9 billion for the Tres Amigas Superstation project. An announcement issued Tuesday morning said the IRB and other issues will be considered instead at the commission's regular monthly session on Aug. 21.... Full story
Nancy Taylor Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico Executive Director Nancy Taylor has been hospitalized in critical condition, food bank board President Allan Isbell said on Tuesday. Isbell said Taylor had returned home Sunday after riding horses with friends, woke sometime during the night and complained of pain. She was taken to Plains Regional Medical Center and later transferred to the intensive care unit at Lubbock Covenant Hospital. Isbell said friends and family who are...
Nancy Taylor Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico Executive Director Nancy Taylor has been hospitalized in critical condition, food bank board President Allan Isbell said on Tuesday. Isbell said Taylor had returned home Sunday after riding horses with friends, woke sometime during the night and complained of pain. She was taken to Plains Regional Medical Center and later transferred to the intensive care unit at Lubbock Covenant Hospital. Isbell said friends and family who are... Full story
An Elida man was killed Tuesday morning in a single vehicle rollover 10 miles east of Dora, according to Capt. Jimmy Glascock of the New Mexico State Police. C.L. Roach, 78, was driving a 1999 Ford pickup just before 6 a.m. on N.M. 114 when he drifted off the road for unknown reasons and overcorrected, according to Glascock. Roach lost control of the truck, which went off the road and rolled several times. According to Glascock, Roach was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the truck. The accident was discovered by... Full story
PORTALES,N.M.— Honors continue to roll in for longtime Eastern New Mexico University Athletics Broadcaster, Dr. Don Elder. After earning induction into the New Mexico Broadcaster's Association Hall of Fame, in June, he was selected as the Lone Star Conference Broadcaster of the Year for 2011-12 and was honored at the LSC Media Day, held in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday, July 31. We are overwhelmed and so proud of the affiliation that Eastern athletics has with Doc Elder," said ENMU Athletic Director Dr. Jeff Geiser. "In t... Full story
PORTALES,N.M.— Honors continue to roll in for longtime Eastern New Mexico University Athletics Broadcaster, Dr. Don Elder. After earning induction into the New Mexico Broadcaster's Association Hall of Fame, in June, he was selected as the Lone Star Conference Broadcaster of the Year for 2011-12 and was honored at the LSC Media Day, held in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday, July 31. We are overwhelmed and so proud of the affiliation that Eastern athletics has with Doc Elder," said ENMU Athletic Director Dr. Jeff Geiser. "In t...
High electricity demand has led Farmers Electric Cooperative (FEC) to declare an Energy Alert within its service area. FEC is urging members to cut back on their use of electricity, each evening, until 8 p.m. FEC declares an Energy Alert only when a reduction in electricity use is urgently needed to maintain the electrical system and service to their members. Electricity demand could exceed the amount of power supplied to FEC unless members cut back on their use. Failure of voluntary reduction in electric demand could result... Full story
High electricity demand has led Farmers Electric Cooperative (FEC) to declare an Energy Alert within its service area. FEC is urging members to cut back on their use of electricity, each evening, until 8 p.m. FEC declares an Energy Alert only when a reduction in electricity use is urgently needed to maintain the electrical system and service to their members. Electricity demand could exceed the amount of power supplied to FEC unless members cut back on their use. Failure of voluntary reduction in electric demand could result...
AMARILLO, Texas – Xcel Energy is asking electricity customers in its Texas and New Mexico service territory to conserve energy because of expected high electricity demand and an unplanned generation outage. Extremely high electricity demand across a wide region has tightened power supplies, and a major Xcel Energy generating unit is down for unplanned repairs until later this evening. The utility company urges consumers to limit their power use through 7 p.m. in order to reduce the strain on the power grid. Xcel Energy s... Full story
AMARILLO, Texas – Xcel Energy is asking electricity customers in its Texas and New Mexico service territory to conserve energy because of expected high electricity demand and an unplanned generation outage. Extremely high electricity demand across a wide region has tightened power supplies, and a major Xcel Energy generating unit is down for unplanned repairs until later this evening. The utility company urges consumers to limit their power use through 7 p.m. in order to reduce the strain on the power grid. Xcel Energy s... Full story
AMARILLO, Texas – Xcel Energy is asking electricity customers in its Texas and New Mexico service territory to conserve energy because of expected high electricity demand and an unplanned generation outage. Extremely high electricity demand across a wide region has tightened power supplies, and a major Xcel Energy generating unit is down for unplanned repairs until later this evening. The utility company urges consumers to limit their power use through 7 p.m. in order to reduce the strain on the power grid. Xcel Energy s...
