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AMARILLO – Four people were injured in a shooting at Amarillo’s Tri-State Fair late Monday night. Potter County Sheriff Brian Thomas said a fight broke out between two people about 11 p.m. Monday. One of the men involved in the altercation began running away, Thomas said. When off-duty sheriff’s deputies began chasing the man, he opened fire on the officers, Thomas said. One deputy shot the suspect, who was in critical condition at an Amarillo hospital early Tuesday afternoon. A deputy, a bystander, and a firefighter were...
Clovis resident George Barber traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to meet with members of Congress to lobby for passage of a group of bills that would provide funding for the early detection of cancer. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is "a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society," as stated on cancer.org The organization (ACS CAN) recently appointed Barber as its vice lead ambassador for District 3, a volunteer position,...
FOOTBALL Prep summary Saturday Portales 32, St. Pius 0 Portales 7 12 0 13 — 32 St. Pius 0 0 0 0 — 0 Scoring summary First quarter P — Emmanuel Diahn 2 run (Jacob Valencia kick) Second quarter P — Andru Ontiveros 4 pass from Paxton Culpepper (kick failed) P — Braden Beck 17 pass from Culpepper (2PAT failed) Fourth quarter P — Kaidyn Cordova 6 run (kick failed) p — Nehemiah Yorsee 65 fumble return (kick good) Records — Portales 5-0, St. Pius 1-4. Prep standings District 5-6A Dist. All W-L W-L Santa Fe Capital 0-0 3-2 Los Lun...
The man set to be tried starting Monday on a first-degree murder charge in the November 2019 shooting death of Jahmall Burge, 36, of Clovis has signed a plea agreement. Johnny Rae Vigil, 29, has signed a plea agreement to second degree murder in Burge's death according to Ninth Judicial district attorney Brian Stover. He said Vigil will be sentenced to 19 years in prison. Stover said part of the agreement is Vigil will have a charge of "prisoner being in possession of a deadly weapon" dismissed. Stover said Vigil will be...
Tomorrow, as I’m writing, the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will be held at Westminster Abbey. (My invitation seems to have been lost in the mail.) Seventy years and 214 days. According to Wikipedia, her reign is “the longest of any British monarch, the longest recorded of any female head of state in history, and the second-longest verified reign of any monarch in history.” In Isaiah 6, when the prophet Isaiah wants to tell his readers when his amazing vision and his divin...
On this date … 1972: Prosecutors had decided they will not pursue felony charges against 10 people arrested Sept. 7 for illegal gambling at the Clovis Elks Lodge. “Since the city attorney does not wish to prosecute it as a misdemeanor we will not pursue further,” District Attorney Fred Hensley told the Clovis News-Journal. Police had raided the city service club and charged 10 people with misdemeanor gambling. But when the city decided not to prosecute, Hensley said his only...
The official road viewing of a one mile stretch of CR 11 from CR R to CR S will be Thursday at 10 a.m. according to a news release from the Curry County administration. Curry County commissioners appointed road viewers at their Sept. 7 meeting to consider whether or not to close the stretch of CR 11. The closure was at the request in a letter from Doug Carpenter of Carpenter Farms to County Road superintendent Walon Jones. Carpenter wrote “Carpenter is about the only one that uses this road.” In his letter Carpenter con...
Samples of wastewater from Clovis’ sewer treatment plant are being monitored for the coronavirus as part of a New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) program, city manager Justin Howalt said. The program is seen as the beginning of an “early warning system” for the state for viruses such as COVID and monkeypox. Dr. David Scrase, acting secretary of the NMDOH, discussed wastewater monitoring in a monthly livestreamed press update Thursday. “The state department of health reached out to the city,” Howalt said of the monitorin...
The Hillcrest Park Zoo is holding a “Love the Zoo” event from 8 am to noon on Saturday. “Join us for a beautification event,” as stated in the zoo flyer. There will be painting, gardening and repairing. The zoo is located at 1208 N. Norris Street in Clovis. “Do you like to garden or paint?” the release states. “Maybe you just want to give back to your community? Then this is the event for you! Join us in a beautification event at Hillcrest Park Zoo! For more information contact Damian Lechner at (575) 769-7873 or visit city...
Texico Middle School is one of three New Mexico schools that will be honored in the 2022 National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, which recognizes schools for overall academic performance and progress in closing student achievement gaps. The other two schools are Acequia Madre Elementary in Santa Fe and Albuquerque School of Excellence in Albuquerque. The Blue Ribbon School designation, conferred annually by the U.S. Department of Education, celebrates public and private schools for overall academic excellence or progress closin...
Turns out the 2022 Texas Tech football season is not a made-for-TV Disney movie after all. You know the plot – new coach is hired and excites the fan base as he instantly rescues a program mired in 12 years of mediocrity, and he does so with a raw backup quarterback after an injury to the starter, a poor offensive line and befriends the son of a single mom in his spare time. Reality is quite different. The world where credits do not roll at the end is much more calculating a...
CLOVIS - Clovis High boys soccer team was a gnat's eyelash away from avenging an earlier four-goal loss to Roswell Goddard on Monday night at Leon Williams Stadium. Instead, junior Drex Carter's cross-goal shot in sudden-death overtime clanged off the left post, and the Rockets were able to pull out a 4-3 win when junior forward/midfielder Kenneth Velarde scored from in front about midway through the second extra session. Goddard (12-2) handed the Cats a 5-1 setback in a...
TULIA, Texas — Junior running back Daniel Sianez rushed for 148 yards and three touchdowns and Muleshoe dominated from the get-go in posting a 37-20 victory over Tulia on Friday night. Junior quarterback Sebastian Kirven added 121 yards and a touchdown on just seven carries, and also completed 11-of-18 passes to five receivers for 117 yards, including a touchdown toss to senior wide receiver Eliasar Cisneros. The Mules (3-1), who posted a 384-377 margin in total yardage, extended a 16-6 lead at the quarter to 30-6 at halftime...
ALBUQUERQUE — So far, so good for Portales High’s football team this fall. On Saturday, the Rams forced five turnovers and cruised to a 32-0 victory over St. Pius to improve to 5-0 for the season. Despite the relatively lopsided result, PHS coach Jaime Ramirez said the Sartans (1-4) weren’t a bad team. “They were good, but our defense played great all day long,” he said. “Our offense played a good first half, (but) In the third quarter we had some penalties that were drive-killers.” Sophomore free safety Tommy Lopez and jun...
CARLSBAD — Clovis High’s girls ran second while the boys were fourth in Saturday’s Carlsbad Invitational cross country meet. Lovington won the boys’ eight-team competition with 48 points to 64 for Hobbs, 71 for Carlsbad and 87 for the Wildcats. Team scores, meantime, were not available on the girls side, with the Lady Wildcats finishing behind Hobbs. Sophomore Sammy Fuentes led the CHS boys, covering the 3.1-mile course in 17 minutes, 27 seconds for second place behind only Derrick Castillanos of Lovington. Meantime, the you...
The other day, I heard a pundit call New Mexico “purple,” as in a balanced mix of “blue” Democrats and “red” Republicans. If that’s the case, we must have some closeted Republicans holding office, because these days the Democrats control the political landscape. Republicans, however, aren’t that far removed from power. Not only do they control some conservative areas around New Mexico, it was only four years ago when a Republican was governor, so maybe a little purple is part of the equation after all. The fact is, New Me...
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Eastern New Mexico University’s football team knew it was up against it on Saturday night against former Lone Star Conference compatriot Tarleton State, now in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision. This week, the Greyhounds expect another stiff test when they resume LSC action on Saturday at unbeaten (3-0) Texas A&M-Kingsville. Tarleton held ENMU to two field goals and just over 100 yards of total offense en route to a 41-6 victory, although second-year Hounds coach Tye Hiatt was happy with t...
The best way for the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve its legitimacy is to ignore public opinion. This month, Chief Justice John Roberts made remarks defending the institution of the Supreme Court. It was his first public address since the Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade. “Simply because people disagree with an opinion is not a basis for criticizing the legitimacy of the court,” he said at an event in Colorado. He added, “You don’t want the political branches telling you what the law is. And you don’t want publ...
It seems it should be obvious to everyone by now: those who seek positions of political power can’t even run their own lives; they certainly shouldn’t be allowed to run yours. No one is less qualified to do so. Just look at the news. Locally, nationally, and internationally -- those with political power are drawn to criminal behavior like Junebugs to porch lights. They are not better than you. They are not smarter or wiser, more moral, or more expert. They aren’t entit...
When Nadiya Borys arrived in Portales from Ukraine at the beginning of this year on the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program, she fully expected to complete a semester as a junior at Portales High School, then fly back home in June. But, as she says rather simply, "Stuff happened." If you watch the news even on occasion, you know what that "stuff" was. After all, as Nadiya said, the only two things most Americans know about Ukraine is "Chernobyl ... and the war." Because of...
A Muleshoe man is dead, others injured in a Sunday wreck on Highway 70 east of Muleshoe in Lamb County. Sunday around 5:20 p.m. Apolinario Raymundo, 44, was driving a 2006 Honda Civic westbound with two passengers: Joslyn Rodriguez, 19, and Domingo Ramos, 19, both of Muleshoe. Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Johnny Bures reports in a news release a second vehicle, a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado, being driven by Joshua Mendoza, 28 of Muleshoe, was traveling east on US 70 when Mendoza apparently crossed the westbound...
The Cannabis Control Division of the state’s Regulation and Licensing Department has released marijuana sales figures for August 2022. Total adult-use recreational sales in eastern New Mexico municipalities in August: Clovis, $1.11 million; Portales, $337,248; Hobbs, $1.65 million; Tucumcari $356,000; Clayton, $170,152; Texico, $78,005; Tatum, $70,698; Fort Sumner, $38,077; Logan, $18,000 and Lovington, $8,599. The state’s population centers of Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces saw the highest sales numbers. The Quay Cou...
The Clovis High School Marching Band added interstate honors to a steady stream of recognition over the past several years, taking top overall honors in its class last week. During daytime competition Saturday at Bands of America regional competition in Las Cruces, among bands from New Mexico, Texas and Arizona, the Wildcat band swept honors in its class, wining first place overall and top honors for outstanding music performance, outstanding visual performance and...
It’s a project that’s been proposed for a few years and it looks like it will finally happen: A trail running through Clovis from the city’s eastern edge to the western edge. City Manager Justin Howalt said the final link to the trail will cost about $300,000 and will be called The Liebelt Channel Trail, named for the natural drainage channel that runs from the city’s northwest to Greene Acres Lake. The $300,000 is from the state Department of Transportation. Howalt said the trail will follow the channel as it comes out of...
PORTALES — After a solid start in pre-conference play, this wasn’t the way Eastern New Mexico University’s volleyball team was hoping to begin its Lone Star Conference slate. The Greyhounds, who lost their home opener in four sets on Friday night to Oklahoma Christian, saw a two-game lead get away on Saturday in a 14-25, 22-25, 26-24, 25-23, 15-8 setback to Arkansas-Fort Smith at Greyhound Arena. Senior middle blocker Gracelyn Stubbs posted a career-best 21 kills for ENMU (9-5 overall), while junior setter/outside hitte...
