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Today Civil Aviation Board meeting — 5:30 p.m., Airport Terminal. Information: 575-769-7840. Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority Special Meeting — 10 a.m., Assembly room, City Hall. Information: 575-769-7828 Wednesday Toddler time — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840. Clovis Chamber Ambassador meeting — 11:30 a.m., Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce, 105 E. Grand Ave. Information: 575-763-3435. Eastern New Mexico fall job fair — 3 p.m., Greyhound Arena, Portales. Informati...
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations. Friday • 3:43 a.m.: Unconsciousness, 100 block of Manson Drive. • 10:47 a.m.: Public affray, 1900 block of North Thornton Street. • 11:27 a.m.: Criminal damage, 500 block of South Prince Street. • 12:14 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident, 300 block of North Main Street. • 12:47 p.m.: Burglary, 3600 block of Cesar Chavez Drive. • 2:42 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident blocking the roadway, Hinkle and Fourth stre...
Staff report Hannah Kibbe, 18, of Clovis died in a single car crash about 7:30 p.m. Sunday on Curry Road 7 near Curry Road R, according to Curry County Undersheriff Wesley Waller. Waller said in a press release that Kibbe was thrown from a car driven by 16-year-old Tyler Davis when the vehicle left the road and rolled multiple times. Davis and another passenger, Shannon Davis, 38, of Clovis, were taken to Plains Regional Medical center for treatment, according to the release. Kibbe died at the scene, the release said. None...
Staff report LOGAN — A Logan woman died Saturday night in a single vehicle rollover accident on State Route 469 near Logan, according to a New Mexico State Police spokesman, Sgt. Chad Pierce. The victim was Tonie Martinez, 51. Pierce said Martinez was traveling north on State Road 469 around 10 p.m. Saturday when her vehicle left the roadway and overturned. Martinez died at the scene. Pierce said Monday the cause of the accident is still under investigation....
Staff report Ninth Judicial District Judge Stephen Quinn, hospitalized in Lubbock on Saturday after a car accident in Clovis, has returned home. Chief District Judge Drew Tatum said Quinn left the hospital on Sunday. “He’s doing good; a lot of bumps and bruises, but he’s resting at home,” Tatum said. “He’s looking forward to getting back to work and back in the swing of things. He’s extremely lucky. It could have been a heck of a lot worse. He’s on the mend, and we can’t wait to have him back in the courthouse.” Quin...
On this date ... 1967: The New Mexico Savings and Loan League was urging voters to approve a constitutional amendment to allow state government to deposit state funds in savings and loan associations. Proponents claimed approval would “keep more money in New Mexico” and “provide more money for homebuilding inside” New Mexico. Voters approved the measure. 1954: Two airmen stationed at Clovis Air Force Base were killed in a crash on Seventh Street. State police said the airmen, both teenagers, were riding a motorcycle when a tr...
Zoo’s value more than numbers Regarding the Oct. 19 Clovis News Journal editorial: Hillcrest Park Zoo is an educational asset to the community, and as such deserves public funding and support. Both children and adults need the personal interaction with living, breathing animals that HPZ provides. Do not denigrate the importance of the zoo by reducing its value to mere numbers on a balance sheet. Margaret Rogers Seaford, New York...
Military update The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) faced a tough operating environment in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 as sales fell by 4.3 percent. The drop was due in part to commissaries closing for six days during a government shutdown last fall. But patrons also saw the worth of their benefit debated for months after the Obama administration proposed cutting DeCA’s annual appropriation of $1.4 billion to $400 million by 2017, with the idea that average shopper savings of 31 percent could be pared by one t...
Guest columnist I asked my grandpa what it felt like to grow old. I knew my question would take him some time to answer, so I said nothing. I let him gather his thoughts. When I was a boy, Grandpa once complimented me on this habit. He told me it was good that I asked a question and gave a person silence. And being that any compliment from him was few and far between, this habit soon became an integral part of my personality. Grandpa stared out the window and looked at the empty bird feeder that hung from an overgrown tree....
Here are candidates and issues on the general election ballot. Absentee voting runs through Oct. 31. Early voting is Oct. 18 through Nov. 1. Election Day is Nov. 4. For more information, contact the Curry County clerk’s office at 575-763-5591. U.S SENATOR n Allen E. Weh, R n Tom Udall, D U.S REPRESENTATIVE District 3 n Jefferson L. Byrd, R n Ben R. Lujan, D GOVERNOR & LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR n Susana A. Martinez and John A. Sanchez, R n Gary K. King and Debra A. Haaland, D SECRETARY OF STATE n Dianna J. Duran, R n Maggie T...
Well, I got to go "trick or treating" the other night. Halloween it was. I'd not done that in a long time, but it surely brought back some vivid memories. Halloween has, since my childhood, never been all that big on my list of holidays. Even as an adult, after I'd learned enough history to know just a little about "All Hallows' Eve," it's barely been for me a bump in the road on the way to Thanksgiving and Christmas. When our kids were little, we did the usual "dress up"...
Projects Editor [email protected] Portales Mayor Sharon King acknowledges she may have an advantage today when the board behind the Ute Water Project decides whether she or one of two other candidates will become the regional authority’s first paid executive director. King, however, doesn’t believe there is any conflict in her being a candidate for the job, though she serves as vice chair and the chair, former Clovis Mayor Gayla Brumfield, is one of her best friends. “Well,” King said Monday regarding Brumfield, “natura...
Staff writer [email protected] District Attorney Andrea Reeb said Monday the death of a Portales man early Saturday morning may have been a case of self-defense. Fabian Madrid, 26, of Portales was shot to death in the 900 block of North Avenue J, according to Reeb. The only suspect in the shooting is being held in the Roosevelt County jail on a parole violation. Reeb said her office probably will not decide whether to file charges “until the ballistic and the crime lab reports come back.” She said that could take a cou...
PNT staff writer [email protected] District Attorney Andrea Reeb said Monday the death of a Portales man early Saturday morning may have been a case of self-defense. Fabian Madrid, 26, of Portales was shot to death in the 900 block of North Avenue J, according to Reeb. The only suspect in the shooting is being held in the Roosevelt County jail on a parole violation. Reeb said her office probably will not decide whether to file charges “until the ballistic and the crime lab reports come back.” She said that could take a c...
Staff writer [email protected] Recent news of terminally ill patient Brittany Maynard's use of Oregon's “death with dignity” law to end her life is spurring renewed interest in the debate over the legality of assisted suicide in other states, particularly New Mexico. While it is a prosecutable offense in eastern New Mexico for a physician to assist someone in committing suicide, that’s not the case in Albuquerque. The New Mexico statute at the heart of the debate is NMSA 1978, 30-2-4, enacted in 1963. The statute state...
Today • Pope and Naranjo: Leadership in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 — 2 p.m., Eastern New Mexico University’s Sandia Room. This event is a part of Native American Heritage Month. Information: 575-562-2470. • Afterschool at the library — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. Wednesday • Preschool storytime — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library. Information: 575-356-3940. • Eastern New Mexico fall job fair — 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Eastern New Mexico University’s Greyhound Arena. Information: 575-76...
Jail log As of 7 a.m. Monday Released since 7 a.m. Friday • Two released to another jail • One released on bond Booked since 7 a.m. Friday • Male, 21, bench warrant • Male, 37, parole violation • Male, 42, court order • Male, 34, assault, criminal damage to property • Male, 34, driving while license suspended or revoked • Male, 32, court order • Male, 31, probation violation The following is a sample of calls received by dispatchers for Portales police, Roosevelt County Sheriff and area fire stations: Friday • 5:16 a.m...
Two local races will be decided in today’s general election. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The county sheriff’s race features three candidates, with independent Diego Lucero, Republican Malin Parker and Democrat Charles Perez vying for the spot. The county assessor’s race pits Republican George Beggs against Democrat Royene Tivis. At the federal level, the U.S. representative positions in District 2 and 3 will be decided, with Republican incumbent Steve Pearce being challenged in District 2 by Roxanne Lara and Democ...
Staff writer [email protected] Recent news of terminally ill patient Brittany Maynard's use of Oregon's “death with dignity” law to end her life is spurring renewed interest in the debate over the legality of assisted suicide in other states, particularly New Mexico. While it is a prosecutable offense in eastern New Mexico for a physician to assist someone in committing suicide, that’s not the case in Albuquerque. The New Mexico statute at the heart of the debate is NMSA 1978, 30-2-4, enacted in 1963. The statute state...
