Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS — In a 3-2 vote, the Curry County Commission declined to ratify county policy on COVID-19 requiring vaccination or weekly COVID-19 testing, put in place earlier this month in accordance with federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements. The commission planned a do-over, with one of the deciding voters saying he made a mistake following the three-hour meeting. A special meeting called for a new vote on the matter was canceled Thursday, pursuant to the Supreme Court ruling striking down the OSHA req...
TEXICO - A shooting flurry of 15 3-pointers put the Fort Sumner Foxes nearly within reach of the Eastern Plains Athletic Conference finish line Saturday night. A lot of rebounding, and one piece of well-timed defense, provided the final push. Joaquin Segura scored 26 points to lead all scorers, but made the play of the night deflecting a Melrose inbounds pass in the closing seconds to seal a 72-70 victory at Texico Sports Arena for the Foxes' third EPAC title in program...
CLOVIS - Clovis High's boys claimed a win on Saturday in the first-year program's home debut, defeating Artesia 52-21 at Rock Staubus Gym. The Wildcats won five matches by first-period pin and three others by forfeit against the Bulldogs, while eighth-grader Kaleb King claimed a four-point major decision at 220 pounds (a margin of victory of at least 12 points) with a 26-12 win over Ulrich Mendez. Meantime, the Bulldogs posted three first-period pins and an 8-6 decision by...
PORTALES - A cross country runner for Eastern New Mexico University was the pedestrian killed Friday afternoon in an accident on U.S. 70, university officials confirmed. Sylvestre Kibara, 28, transferred to ENMU last fall following a semester at the University of North Dakota, University Chancellor Patrice Caldwell told The News Monday. A memorial has not been finalized, as the university is waiting for fellow students and teammates to return to campus after the holiday...
PORTALES - While school is back to in-person, Portales Schools Superintendent Johnnie Cain said it's certainly not back to normal with COVID-19 cases and quarantines continuing seemingly unabated among staff and students. Citing the time-consuming issue that scenario is creating, the school board approved a slate of eight early release days suggested by Cain to help teachers achieve professional development and create lesson plans. The early out days, with students released...
TEXICO - Two years, a pandemic and a change of venue. But the Logan Longhorns were back like they never left. The defending champions made it two straight titles in the Eastern Plains Athletic Conference girls bracket, using a series of timely runs to outlast top-seeded Fort Sumner 42-36 Saturday night at Texico Sports Arena. Kyra Conway had 19 points to lead all scorers, including five points in a 9-0 Logan run that bridged the third and fourth quarters and gave the...
BASKETBALL Prep summaries Saturday Boys Santa Fe High 61, Clovis 47 Clovis (2-12) — Luciano Webster 22, Manuel Gutierrez 1, Kash Roberts 6, Juan Hernandez 7, R.J. Nora 9, Andrew Hall 2. Totals 20 6-13 47. Santa Fe High (12-2) — Santiago Montoya 4, Laz Harper 2, Carlos Quintana 2, Lukas Turner 15, Isaiah Madril 2, Elijah Apodaca 3, Diego Ortiz 20, Paul Lovato 13. Totals 28 2-5 61. Clovis 15 5 12 15 — 47 Santa Fe High 13 15 15 18 — 61 3-pointers — Clovis, Hernandez. Santa Fe High, Apodaca, Ortiz, Turner. Junior varsity ...
The Roosevelt County Commission agreed to additional pay amounting to $200 per pay period as a COVID-19 risk premium for employees who work 80 hours per two-week pay period from Tuesday through June 30. The extra pay will go to all employees of county departments whose employees must work in the county courthouse because they must interact with the public. As originally presented, the bonuses were to go to hourly and some salaried employees of the departments, not to other staff or elected officials. Commissioner Tina...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday-Tuesday): Clovis • Sierra Ortiz, 24, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, larceny • Lukus Woody, 34, criminal damage to property • Candace Apodaca, 30, probation violation • Sophianna Moncayo, 40, unauthorized use or theft of the card of another, battery upon a peace officer, larceny • Anthony Molinas, 40, battery against a household member • Damian Bargas, 26, parole violation • Israel Gonzalez, 33, failure to pay fines • Jonathan Steelman, 45, probation v...
FORT SUMNER — The De Baca County Commission is moving forward with plans for dissolution of a nine-year agreement for trash collection with the village of Fort Sumner. In a meeting Dec. 27, the commission heard Chairman Scot Stinnett say he plans to appoint a working group to tackle reshaping of the Transfer Station’s rate and fee schedule, as well as its staffing and procedures. The trash collection agreement is scheduled to end March 20. At that point, village residents will have the option of using a private con...
SANTA FE — With the start of a 30-day legislative session just one week away, a key House budget-writing committee started work Monday crafting a spending plan that would put an unprecedented New Mexico budget windfall to work. During a hearing at the state Capitol, the top budget official in Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration said the executive branch would let lawmakers take the lead on bringing forward a plan for spending unallocated funds the state received under the federal American Rescue Plan Act. “At this...
Here we are, two weeks into 2022, and it still feels weird to me. “It” is ambiguous both in that first sentence and in my head. It certainly refers to 2022, the year itself. How in the name of creeping chronometers did we get to this ... point, point, point, point, point? Well, that’s how. A split second and a clock-click, a pendulum-swing and a heartbeat at a time. Time’s faucet drip, drip, drips. Each drip, no big splash. Barely noticed. Until, one day, treading water (...
PORTALES — Once Portales High’s boys picked up the pace on defense, it helped their offense. Unfortunately for the Rams, it was just too little, too late on Saturday night. Trailing by 12 points with less than four minutes to go, the Rams rallied to pull even with Andrews in the finale of the three-day Portales Shootout at the Ram Athletic Center. But the Mustangs converted 2-of-4 free throws in the final 30 seconds, and that was just enough to hold on for a 54-52 victory after a desperation 3-pointer by PHS was off the mar...
PORTALES — In their Lone Star Conference opener on Dec. 31, Eastern New Mexico University’s men gave up a 15-point, second-half lead in losing at Texas A&M International. Saturday at Greyhound Arena, they turned the tables, erasing a 15-point Arkansas-Fort Smith lead in the second half to post a 62-59 LSC win over the Lions. Senior guard James Jordan, who helped seal a 65-62 overtime win over Oklahoma Christian on Thursday with four free throws in the final minute of the OT, gave ENMU (6-6, 2-1 LSC) its first lead since ear...
ANDREWS, Texas — Freshman Julia Spears for the girls and sophomore Porter Kidd for the boys won individual events over the weekend as Clovis High’s swim teams combined for a third-place overall finish in the Andrews Invitational. A total of 17 schools competed, all having boys and girls squads except two. The Wildcats were second in boys competition with 466 points, trailing only El Paso High (774), while the Lady Wildcats finished fourth at 426, behind El Paso High (686), Andrews (648) and Monahans (449). Their combined tota...
SANTA FE — Essentially, one bad quarter Saturday night did in the Clovis High boys against Class 5A’s No. 4-ranked team. The Wildcats, coming off an impressive home win two days earlier over Class 4A No. 2 Espanola Valley at The Rock, went back-and-forth early against Santa Fe High. But the Demons took command with a 15-5 domination of the second stanza and went on to a 61-47 victory. CHS boys coach Jaden Isler said that, for the most part, he liked what he saw. “I think we did a good job of making them play at a tempo that...
Besides our parents (or grandparents, guardians, primary caregivers), for most of us there is nobody who plays a bigger or more important role in our young lives than teachers. I had a long and rambling phone conversation with my friend Rob Borden over the weekend that eventually led to that topic, along with sharing memories of our favorite teachers from elementary and high school. Borden lives in Florida, but his eastern New Mexico roots are important to him. His parents and...
New Mexico’s 30-day session begins Jan. 18, and while its emphasis will be on the state budget, the governor can add to the legislative “call” and already has. On the first anniversary of last year’s attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that she and Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver will be pushing for voting rights legislation similar to what’s been languishing in Congress since last year. In the U.S. Capitol, Republicans are holding up the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advanceme...
The conveniences of the modern world are all around us all the time, but I don’t think I’ll ever take them for granted. One of my grandmothers grew up in this area during the Dust Bowl days. Her big family was crowded into a two-room, dirt-floored shack without indoor plumbing or electricity. They traveled by horse-drawn wagon and their water was dipped from a cistern; they didn’t even have a windmill. They picked cotton by hand, dragging the heavy sacks behind them. She g...
During the late 1970s, American families experienced stagflation — a combination of economic stagnation and significantly higher inflation. By the summer of 1980, unemployment hit 7.8 percent and the economy was actually shrinking. On the year, inflation spiked 12.3 percent. Some fear that today’s slowing economic growth (2.3 percent annualized last quarter) and the steepest price hikes in 40 years portend a return to stagflation. Real weekly earnings have plummeted more than 6 percent since the middle of last year, and the...
A virtual event in Clovis and a commemorative march in Portales will honor the memory of Martin Luther King on Monday, Dr. Martin Luther King Day. Government offices and schools will be closed for the holiday. A virtual event sponsored by the Clovis Dr. Martin Luther King Commission will be conducted on Zoom from 10 a.m. to noon Monday. The event’s keynote will be a talk by Marsha Hardeman, a member of the University of New Mexico’s Africana Studies faculty, entitled “Shifting Priorities to Build the Beloved Commu...
On this date … 1962: From the classified ad section in the Clovis News-Journal: “Wanted: Excellent opportunity for advancement with a national loan company. Prefer a man around 25 years of age. Must be a high school graduate. Good starting salary with car allowance. A liberal plan of company benefits. Apply (at) Associate Loan Company, 520 Pile.” “For sale: 17-inch Motorola TV, $45; Cushman scooter, $125. 616 W. Christopher.” “Apples for sale. Rome Beauties & Black Bens....
SANTA FE — The bad news: The New Mexico Department of Health announced its second-straight record weekend of new COVID-19 cases, with 9,284 cases confirmed between Friday and Monday. The slightly worse news: Last Monday’s then-record of 7,313 cases was a consolidation of four days of reporting, while the most recent record was established with just three days. The totals include 161 new cases in Curry County and 26 in Roosevelt County. No local ZIP codes were in the top 10 in infections, with those totals ranging from 209...
If you have a child’s heart … you have a child’s mind. This is the premise of a behavior program we have been implementing the last few years called, “Capturing Kids’ Hearts.” This research-based program provides the training and skills for social-emotional wellbeing, relationship-driven culture, and student connectedness. Yucca Middle School is one of our sites that has been determined in efforts to implement this program with fidelity. The intricacies of the program are...
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Tourism has recommended six projects in Curry and Roosevelt counties to be funded through capital outlay requests from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to the New Mexico Legislature. The legislature’s 30-day session will begin Tuesday. The requests from the city of Clovis, and Curry and Roosevelt county governments were compiled by the Eastern Plains Council of Governments, according to tourism department documents. The tourism department worked with all seven of the state’s councils of go...
