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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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CLOVIS - Longtime Clovis Police Capt. Roger Dial died Friday morning following a battle with cancer. A news release from Clovis police stated: "... Dial was a 26-year decorated veteran of the department and had worked in all areas of the agency over his distinguished career. "He was a consummate professional; loved by the community, respected by his fellow officers and public safety throughout the state." Dial joined the department in 1993 as a patrol officer, and spent time... Full story
Here is a Dec. 6, 2019, news release from Eastern New Mexico University’s athletics department: PORTALES, N.M. - Eastern New Mexico seniors Paul Terry and Tyler Vargas have been named 2019 D2CCA All-Super Region Four Second Team selections. Terry and Vargas add this year's honor to a long list of accolades for both seniors as Terry was named a two-time All-LSC First Team selection in 2018 and 2019 and Vargas has now been named to an all-region team three different occasions throughout his career. Terry and Vargas are two o...
Here is a Dec. 4, 2019, news release from the New Mexico Activities Association: CLASSIFICATION & ALIGNMENT: 2020-2022 BLOCK Summary of Changes: 1. In all sports but football, 3 schools moved up in classification – Los Lunas, Newcomb, and Tatum. 2. In the sport of football, Santa Fe High School and Newcomb moved up in classification. 3. Hope Christian (4A) and Mesa Vista (2A) requested to play up. 4. In all sports but football, 9 schools are moving down in classification - Tularosa, Laguna Acoma, Shiprock Northwest, Ramah, T...
Here is a Dec. 4, 2019, news release from Xcel Energy: We’ve has several reports from our New Mexico service area of customers receiving calls from scammers representing themselves as Xcel Energy customer agents. The scammers are threatening disconnection of service if the customer doesn’t provide a credit or debit card payment over the phone. We want to remind customers that if they are behind on payments, they will receive a disconnect notice in the mail first and that we provide several options for making payments. Cus... Full story
PORTALES — A man shot by Roosevelt County Sheriff Malin Parker in January 2018 is suing, alleging Parker used excessive force in trying to stop him as he drove a front-loading tractor. James McFarlin filed the lawsuit last week. Authorities said Parker shot McFarlin after McFarlin rammed the tractor into his wife's car and drove recklessly. McFarlin, 48, at the time, was charged with unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer and criminal damage to property after leading officers on a t...
CLOVIS — As he sat in his office at Rock Staubus Gymnasium Monday afternoon, Clovis boys basketball coach Jaden Isler peered into the near future and saw a team with great potential. Understandable. Last winter Isler’s Wildcats posted a 20-win season that included a District 4-5A championship and a berth in the state tournament. And that team lost just four players to graduation. Now with eight seniors returning, plus two juniors who logged quality varsity playing time las...
PORTALES — As late afternoon became twilight and twilight became night at Greyhound Stadium on Monday, the Eastern New Mexico football team was still working. And that was just fine with every Greyhound player, every Greyhound coach. It was early December, and ENMU still had a game to prepare for, still had a reason to practice. The Hounds last month were invited to the Heritage Bowl in Corsicana, Texas, which will kick off this Saturday at noon Central Standard Time and p...
PORTALES — Paul Terry’s success is the Eastern New Mexico football team’s success. And vice versa. This Saturday, when the senior fullback and his teammates play the Heritage Bowl against Southern Arkansas in Corsicana, Texas, their main priority is to get a bowl victory, which would be Eastern’s first Division II postseason win ever. But, Terry is chasing 2,000 rushing yards, standing just 222 short of it. That’s a number certainly within his wheelhouse, because he tore off...
PORTALES — Portales High’s girls return all but two players from last year’s team. Despite that, the Lady Rams remain young as they head into a season-opening tournament this weekend hosted by Santa Fe High. PHS has just one senior to go with nine sophomores and three juniors on its opening roster. The Lady Rams face Espanola Valley at 2 p.m. Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Santa Fe meet. Despite the team’s relative youth, seventh-year coach Wade Fraze said the Lady Ra...
PORTALES — Suffice it to say, it’s a quick turnaround for the football-playing members of Portales High’s boys basketball squad. After pounding top-seeded Bloomfield 23-0 in Saturday’s Class 4A state championship football game, the Rams were slated to begin their basketball campaign on Tuesday night at home against Dexter with only one practice for the full roster. No problem, really, said Rams senior Kellan Hightower on Monday. “It’s going to be a little tough, conditionin...
DENVER — Eastern New Mexico University’s men were close enough to their first win of the season on Saturday night, they could almost taste it. Unfortunately for the Greyhounds, Regis went on a game-ending 18-6 run fueled by a trio of 3-pointers, and the Rangers claimed an 84-70 victory. Regis took the lead at 66-64 on a 3-point basket by senior Taffy Tela with 5:36 to go, and followed that up with treys from junior Tomas Auruskevicius and Tela to begin to pull away. Four players scored in double figures for the Rangers (5-...
CLOVIS — If nothing else, Clovis Christian’s basketball teams are off to a good start as they head into a grueling two-week stretch to begin the season. The Eagles and Lady Eagles posted comfortable wins on Monday night at the CCS gym, the boys beating Portales ‘C’ 52-29 while the girls notched a 43-29 victory over the Lady Rams. CCS broke open the boys matchup by outscoring Portales ‘C’ 15-0 in the second quarter for a 21-point lead. Junior Tyler Lingnau scored 16 points for the Eagles, while junior Tristen Morgan tossed in...
