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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Parent teacher conferences scheduled School will not be in session for students today because of parent/teacher conferences. The school will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. tonight for parents to meet with teachers. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be available throughout the day for parents to enjoy as they arrive. All parents are encouraged to attend and visit with staff and administration.... Full story
I like the end of baseball season. Not necessarily because it is over, but because of the World Series. Sometimes a team that starts off kind of slow can pick it up toward the end and next thing you know they are in the playoffs. Then with another win or two, they are in the World Series. That is the time that jerseys and hats come out to support that favorite team. If a guy, or a gal, really supports a favorite team, it is easy to tell. You can get jackets, T-shirts, hats, towels, flags and license plate covers, all showing... Full story
Sports schedule Oct. 27: Volleyball, Grady, Here, JH, JV, V, 4 p.m. Oct. 29: District Volleyball, TBA... Full story
Sports schedule • Oct. 29 — Gateway, Home, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., V/JH...
Freedom New Mexico A 41-year-old Clovis man died Sunday in a single-vehicle accident near the intersection of Caesar Chavez and Martin Luther King Boulevard, according to an incident report from Clovis police. Hector Cordova-Urbina of Clovis died about 12:30 p.m. in an alley south of Dale Street when the vehicle he was driving struck a trash bin and a tree. Speed was a factor in the crash, according to the report. The report also indicated Cordova may have had a medical condition that could have contributed to accident....
Courtesy photo Ontiveros, right, was named Greatest Ram in the 1994 PHS yearbook....
The Clovis High School marching band finished third Saturday at the Zia Marching Fiesta, held at University Stadium in Albuquerque. The band has made the final for 32 consecutive years at the fiesta, which was won this year by Mayfield High School. In preliminary competition, CHS finished second and took awards for best musical achievement and best visual effect. The band also claimed best musical achievement honors in the finals. The band is on the road against this weekend for a pair of competitions in St. George, Utah... Full story
Company announces end of first phase Broadview Energy announced on Friday completion of its first phase of a project leasing and deployment of towers to a wind energy project in Curry County. The new company spans across the northeastern portion of Curry County as well as western Deaf Smith County, Texas, covering about 130 square miles with borders five miles from the site of the Tres Amigas energy project. The company’s next steps will include installing additional meteorological towers within its Texas footprint and n... Full story
According to the 2011 Roosevelt County Community Development Corporation annual report, Portales economy is holding steady, despite nationwide economically tough times, but the city still has a strong need for more growth in industry and population. “The big news is Portales is growing and it’s growing twice as fast as it did in the previous decade,” said RCCDC Executive Director Greg Fisher. “We grew at over 2 percent a year this last decade.” Roosevelt County added 1,838 residents since 2000, according to the 2010 Cens...
CNJ staff photo: Benna Sayyed Tony Heiman, left, admires the flag collection at 213 E. 11th St. that he and his longtime friend Paul Ulibarri began building six months ago. They hope the flags will help unify Clovis. Benna Sayyed Tony Heiman hopes the collection of flags flying in his front yard can inspire a sense of harmony and patriotism. It started with a single 17-foot flag pole the former welder fashioned from scrap metal he found near a trash bin to fly the American flag and has grown to include tributes to war...
In the design of America’s founders, the states are supposed to be centers of democratic experiment. They’re not supposed to be uniform. For example, even though alcohol Prohibition ended in 1933, local laws restricting sales exist in 33 states. In Arkansas, more than half of 75 counties prohibit alcohol sales. This design is why it is disturbing to us that the Obama administration has launched a crackdown on medical marijuana, which is legal in 16 states and the District of Columbia, the home of the federal government. Cal... Full story
It is interesting to read about the government’s solution to cutting the deficit — freeze government salaries, charge for Tricare, figure out ways to negatively impact the military, and even cut Saturday mail deliveries. I’ve never seen any proposals to cut foreign aid. We are sending $1.3 billion a year to Pakistan, the protectors of Osama Bin Laden, $498 million to Nigeria whose computer scams are known worldwide. Haiti gets $365 million without much to show for it. Zimbabwe, where white farmers are being kicked off...
CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson The interior of Melrose Tire, known to village residents as “Dale's Restaurant,” burned Sunday night in a fire. The fire has left residents without a daily restaurant, a place to fix flats or get diesel fuel. The giant white block letters on the red facade couldn’t be more direct. “Restaurant,” the building says to travelers on the east end of the village of Melrose. But Melrose Tire, affectionately called, “Dale’s Restaurant” by the village of 650, is out of commission after a Sun...
The giant white block letters on the red facade couldn’t be more direct. “Restaurant,” the building says to travelers on the east end of the village of Melrose. But Melrose Tire, affectionately called, “Dale’s Restaurant” by the village of 650, is out of commission after a Sunday night fire that leaves residents at a loss for what they’ll do without it until further notice. “It’s a meeting place, it’s kind of the life of the town,” said Robin Widner, who has lived in Melrose for 20 years. “It’s a hangout, especially for t... Full story
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University women’s soccer team clinched third place in the Lone Star Conference on Sunday, beating Angelo State 1-0 at the ENMU soccer pitch. The Zias (8-5-3, 6-3-3), with matches remaining at West Texas A&M on Friday and at Midwestern State on Sunday, will finish ahead of Angelo State (6-9-2, 5-6-2) and Texas A&M-Commerce (7-8-2, 6-9-2). They can catch MSU (10-4-2, 8-3-1) for second and earn a first-round bye in the upcoming six-team LSC tournament by winning both matches if c... Full story
Freedom New Mexico PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University women’s soccer team clinched third place in the Lone Star Conference on Sunday, beating Angelo State 1-0 at the ENMU soccer pitch. The Zias (8-5-3, 6-3-3), with matches remaining at West Texas A&M on Friday and at Midwestern State on Sunday, will finish ahead of Angelo State (6-9-2, 5-6-2) and Texas A&M-Commerce (7-8-2, 6-9-2). They can catch MSU (10-4-2, 8-3-1) for second and earn a first-round bye in the upcoming six-team LSC tournament by winning both matche... Full story
