Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 45
This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities. Northeast Charette Lakes: Trout fishing was fair to good using assorted colors of Power Bait. A few perch were caught by anglers using worms. Cimarron River: Stream flow below Eagle Nest on Monday was 23 cfs. Trout fishing was...
This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities. Northeast Charette Lakes: Trout fishing was fair to good using assorted colors of Power Bait. A few perch were caught by anglers using worms. Cimarron River: Stream flow below Eagle Nest on Monday was 23 cfs. Trout fishing was...
All times MDT Football District 4-6A Team Dist. All PF PA Alamogordo 0-0 5-2 253 152 Hobbs 0-0 3-4 210 174 Clovis 0-0 2-5 154 180 Carlsbad 0-0 0-7 113 251 Last week Artesia 48, Alamogordo 41 Clovis 50, Grants 0 Hobbs 23, Lovington 7 Goddard 18, Carlsbad 13 Friday No games District 4-3A Team Dist. All PF PA Dexter 0-0 4-2 141 121 Texico 0-0 2-4 128 160 Eunice 0-0 2-4 190 228 Loving 0-0 1-4 65 152 Last week Capitan 30, Loving 26 Eunice 52, Jal 8 Dexter 25, Santa Rosa14 Friday Loving at Fort Sumner, 7 p.m. Saturday Navajo Prep...
Staff report With 19 kills, Eastern New Mexico University sophomore Lauren Frye had almost as many as the Texas-Permian Basin team Wednesday while leading the Zias to a 25-13, 25-21, 25-18 non-conference win at Greyhound Stadium. Lindsey Barron and Courtney Lawson added seven kills apiece as ENMU (9-11) snapped a four-match losing streak. Senior Kennedi Catano had 28 of the Zias’ 42 assists and is now 27 assists shy of surpassing Stacey Estlund for third on the program's career list. UTUB (8-1) finished the game with 21 k...
Staff report University senior midfielder Alyssa Prince has been selected as the Lone Star Conference women’s soccer Offensive Player of the Week. ENMU (6-5; LSC 3-2) split games with eighth-ranked Angelo State and regionally-ranked Midwestern State last weekend. Prince netted the game-winning goal against eighth-ranked and then-undefeated Angelo State on Sunday afternoon. She added an insurance goal in the 2-0 win....
Staff report Senior midfielder Alyssa Prince from the Eastern New Mexico University women's soccer team has been selected as the Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Week for her performance in the Zias’ home stand. ENMU (6-5; LSC 3-2) split games with eighth-ranked Angelo State and regionally-ranked Midwestern State last weekend. The selection marked the first time Las Cruces High graduate has received LSC weekly honors. Prince netted the game-winning goal against eighth-ranked and then-undefeated Angelo State on S...
Football District 4-4A Team Dist. All PF PA Ruidoso 1-0 6-1 254 63 Portales 1-0 4-3 271 179 St. Michael’s 0-0 4-1 137 81 NMMI 0-1 6-1 157 52 Hope Christian 0-1 2-5 138 223 8-Man District 4 Team Dist. All PF PA Melrose 0-0 5-1 274 68 Tatum 0-0 5-1 315 80 Dora/Elida 0-0 5-2 306 196 Gateway Christian 0-0 4-2 272 129 6-Man District 1 Team Dist. All PF PA Grady/San Jon 1-0 5-1 299 158 Floyd 1-0 4-1 205 147 Lake Arthur 0-1 5-1 275 135 Roy/Wagon Mound 0-1 0-5 84 192 Volleyball District 4-4A Team Dist. All Ruidoso 1-0 1-5 NMMI 0-0 5...
Staff report With 19 kills, Eastern New Mexico University sophomore Lauren Frye had almost as many as the Texas-Permian Basin team Wednesday while leading the Zias to a 25-13, 25-21, 25-18 non-conference win at Greyhound Stadium. Lindsey Barron and Courtney Lawson added seven kills apiece as ENMU (9-11) snapped a four-match losing streak. Senior Kennedi Catano had 28 of the Zias’ 42 assists and is now 27 assists shy of surpassing Stacey Estlund for third on the program's career list. UTUB (8-1) finished the game with 21 k... Full story
linkOutside hitter McKenzie Bucksath has been a member of the Portales Rams volleyball team for four years. She plans on attending the University of New Mexico to study physical therapy and wants to work with children. What will be your lasting memory from being a Ram? “My favorite memory happens every season. It’s watching that moment you see your team getting better and I see it happening with us now. “ What athlete would you want to meet and why? “Tim Duncan, because... Full story
ERROR...
ERROR...
ERROR...
ERROR...
ERROR...
ERROR... Full story
ERROR... Full story
ERROR...
link Matthew Gonzales PROJECTS EDITOR [email protected] Flush with $2,000 in marked money stolen at gunpoint from U.S. Bank in Clovis, accused bank robber Matthew Gonzales told police he and accomplice Richard Little headed to Portales in the getaway car for a shopping spree at Radio Shack and Walmart. A remorseful Gonzales said later he also used the stolen loot to purchase illegal drugs and pay off personal debts. Then, after confessing to police, Gonzales wrote two... Full story
On this date 1974: Col. Caryl W. Calhoun, a 1955 Eastern New Mexico University graduate, had received the Distinguished Flying Cross for aerial achievement as a B-22 Stratofortress pilot and airborne commander in Southeast Asia. He earned the award for completing a combat mission despite intense enemy groundfire, according to Air Force officials. 1968: A 61-year-old Clovis man, jailed on a charge of drunkenness, was found dead in his cell. Officials said they believed the death was “natural causes,” but they ordered an aut...
link Courtesy photo Matthew Gonzales, left, and Richard Little Projects editor [email protected] It took Clovis police barely more than 24 hours to hunt down, arrest and charge two men with Tuesday’s daring daylight armed robbery of U.S. Bank on north Prince Street. The two, Matthew Gonzales, 25, and Richard Little, 59, both of Clovis, were in Curry County jail by Wednesday afternoon, busted by a combination of anonymous tips from the community and an observant o... Full story
link Rube Render Local columnist Wikipedia explains that the numbers game or numbers racket involved an illegal lottery played mostly in poor neighborhoods where a gambler attempts to pick three digits that will match those that will be published the following day. As an example, the number could be the last three digits of the amount of money race track bettors placed on race day at a major racetrack — published in racing journals and major newspapers in New York. The bettor... Full story
link Kent McManigal Local columnist The great national distraction is approaching. Yes, election day is just around the corner. Campaign signs are popping up in yards and in unclaimed “public” spaces, touting this or that politician or government financing scheme. People mistake this fervor for “doing something.” I am told to choose between Fascistic Socialist Candidate A or Fascistic Socialist Candidate B. One choice will destroy society and enslave the people, while the oth...
“There was an old lady who swallowed the cow to catch the dog, She swallowed the dog to catch the cat, She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, She swallowed the bird to catch the spider, She swallowed the spider to catch the fly; I don’t know why she swallowed a fly...” In New Mexico we know why the invasive tamarisk tree — better known as the salt cedar — was introduced in the 19th century: to protect railroad bridge abutments and riverbanks from erosion. And we know why the leaf-eating beetle known as Diorhabda elongata...
link Judy Brandon Columnist Religion columnist I read about a child who was having neurological difficulty. Because of the child’s condition and the family’s lack of answers from other doctors, the parents took their 8-year-old to a huge facility in a metropolitan area where the latest of medical diagnostic equipment is readily available. This facility has an MRI that is one of the few in the world. This machine allows doctors to view even more accurate images of the bra... Full story
Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift keys, and he shuns punctuation marks – except dashes and hyphens. ella the unenchanted ant just the other day boss i ran across a disillusioned young insect ella the apathetic ant was ambling down a church aisle bemoaning the state of her life and the church pew underworld around her life looks so hopeless ella moaned nothing really matters anymore i don t matter anymore nobody matters anymore and besid... Full story