Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Sorted by date Results 1 - 11 of 11
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds” is a phrase long-associated with the United States Postal Service. But if you ask anyone who receives electricity from a rural cooperative, I think most of us would agree that our linemen are the ones who best live that motto, storm after storm, outage after outage. Only we’d need to tuck in a few more qualifiers like, “nor sandstorms nor blizzar...
PORTALES — The Portales City Council discussed the inclusion of an upcoming city project on its improvement wishlist at its Tuesday meeting. During a presentation of the city’s Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan, Mayor Sharon King noted that the city’s planned fire department substation was lower on the priority list than last year. City Manager Sammy Standefer — who presented the list as an informational item — explained the substation will likely already be funded by the city, and including it on the ICIP may slow...
On this date ... 1982: Two young men were arrested for sexual assault in different incidents in Clovis. Both were arrested for the rape of girls under 15. One was alleged to have forced a 14-year-old girl into a house at knifepoint. A 12-year old girl was the other victim, police said. 1962: Approximately 60 broadcasters from across New Mexico met up in Clovis for the annual New Mexico Broadcasters convention. The convention was two days long, with panels that focused on...
CLOVIS — New Mexico State University's Agricultural Science Center had the best reason to cancel part of its field day Wednesday, at least in the superintendent's mind. A rainstorm that greeted Curry County at daybreak had science center employees scrambling a little to adjust the day of sharing information, but didn't do enough to seriously impact the annual event at the center about 13 miles north of Clovis. Superintendent Abdel Mesbah said the 110 to 120 people attending w...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday: Clovis • Chastidy Dominguez, 24, disorderly conduct, assault upon a peace officer, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Adrian Trujillo, 26, failure to appear • Anthony Mendoza, 23, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Carl Woodward, 31, contempt of court • Tiffany Tagle, 42, failure to appear • Ronald Wilson, 45, non-residential burglary, larceny, possession of burglary tools, failure to appear • Selestina Madrid, 22, failure to pay fines • Catrin...
CLOVIS — Curry County has scheduled an unveiling event for its new events center and fairgrounds sign 3:30 p.m. Friday at 1900 E. Brady Ave., according to a county release. The sign was constructed by Texico High School’s FFA welding program and welding instructor Terry Whitener, with the school’s involvement suggested by County Commissioner Robert Thornton. “It’s exciting to see the young people in our community get involved,” said Thornton, a Texico High grad, “and build something that can be admired in years to come as so...
CCC hosting orientation Clovis Community College is hosting a fall orientation and a pair of “Super Saturday” registrations over the next 10 days. The registrations are scheduled for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and Aug. 19 at the CCC Student Services Center. The college will hold fall orientation noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the CCC Town Hall. Information: 575-769-4013. Education Digest is compiled by The News staff. Contact Managing Editor Kevin Wilson at 575-763-3431, ext. 320, or by email: [email protected]...
CLOVIS — The highest-priority infrastructure projects for the coming years in Clovis have not changed much since last year, as discussed in a public meeting Wednesday afternoon. City officials held the meeting Wednesday at the Clovis-Carver Library to hear public input on upgrades and other projects for a five-year Infrastructure and Capital Improvement Plan to be submitted to the state Sept. 1. Although no members of the public attended the meeting, Grant Development Coordinator Garry Johnson said input would still be r...
PORTALES — Gov. Susana Martinez kept the late Susan Tatum in mind when picking her replacement for Eastern New Mexico University’s board of regents. In the end, Martinez appointed her widower, Ed Tatum of Clovis, for the remainder of the term. The university announced the appointment Wednesday. Tatum, a founding member of Clovis’ Tatum and McDowell law firm, will assume the seat left vacant since his wife died in February. “I am very excited and honored to assume the position of my late wife, who did wonderfully,” said Tatum....
Today • Commission on Older Adults — 2:30 p.m. in assembly room at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7908 Friday • Public hearing — 2 p.m. at Public Works Office, city hall, Portales. Participation and discussion about Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan, proposed projects. Information: 575-356-6662 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission chambers at county offices. Information: 575- 763-6016 • Cultural and Ethnic Affairs Committee — Noon at city hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 ...
Today • Colour Creators — 10 a.m., 6 p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-763-9687 • Back-to-school immunization clinic — 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. at Clovis Public Health Office, 1216 Cameo. Open to public. No cost. Bring children’s shot records. Information: 575-649-0754 Friday • Melrose Old Timers’ Day — 5:30 p.m.-9 p.m. softball tournament, music festival. Festival admission: $8 adults, $5 children 3-12. Meal: $6. Information: 575-253-4530 • Back-to-school immunization clinic — 8 a.m.-1...
