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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Health has launched a website to enable New Mexicans to find out when they qualify for the COVID-19 vaccine. The website is available at cvvaccine.nmhealth.org. The state is currently in Phase 1A of vaccine distribution, with doses going to health care workers and staff and residents of long-term care facilities. Registrants will receive an email notifying them they will receive an email and/or a text message when the vaccine becomes available. “We are eager to distribute vaccine dos... Full story
In my 25 years with Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, I have never experienced anything like the past two months during the COVID-19 surge. This is a real struggle, one that is hard to put into words. Our staff has never had to work at this intensity for such extended periods of time. The influx of patients with acute COVID-19 and other conditions has increased exponentially, requiring more staff for each patient. We have done a great deal, including hiring traveling...
CLOVIS - A pandemic-era Christmas may be slightly less jolly for some. But two local entities - the Lighthouse Mission in Clovis and VFW Post 9515 in Portales - are planning on providing the same generous acts of service as they would any other year. The Lighthouse Mission was able to hold its annual Thanksgiving dinner by drive-through and plans to do the same for a traditional Christmas dinner of ham and stuffing. "We are going to have a Christmas meal on Christmas Day from...
“The true light that gives light to everyone,” writes the Apostle John, “was coming into the world.” -- John 1:9 And so each year at this time, we drape our trees, our homes, our churches, our cities and towns and villages, with innumerable lights. Every one of them, even if it’s nothing more than a glowing red light on Rudolph’s nose, is silent testimony to the bright truth that “the light shines” even “in the darkness.” Not only has the darkness “failed to put it o...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday-Tuesday): Clovis • Bryan Gallander, 42, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, driving while license suspended or revoked, careless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to give immediate notice of accidents • Robie Long, 46, probation violation • Efrain Moreno, 25, aggravated battery upon a peace officer, aggravated assault upon a peace officer, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, injury to a police dog,...
MULESHOE - The Muleshoe boys basketball team always seems to play hard. At times, the Mules are reasonably effective. But in basketball, if you don't make shots it becomes tough to give yourself a chance to win. Brownfield also struggled at times, but the Cubs' pressure defense caused havoc and they made enough shots in their own right to register a 65-46 win over the Mules in a Class 3A District 3 contest on Monday. The Cubs outworked the Mules (3-5, 0-2) at times, and their...
Funeral homes across New Mexico and West Texas have had a 15 to 18 percent increase in services they provide since June, according to Legacy Funeral Group Regional Director Bill Vallie. About 50 percent of the recent deaths being handled by Legacy in Roswell, Hobbs, and Ruidoso are related to COVID-19, while 80 percent in the West Texas region of Midland and Odessa are COVID-related, according to Vallie, who said Legacy's Clovis location, Steed-Todd Funeral Home, has seen less of an increase but has still been busier than...
CLOVIS — A Clovis man was sentenced to 18 months in the Department of Corrections after pleading to charges that included making a bomb threat to a Texas hospital. Joseph Saiz, 54, was also convicted of battery upon a peace officer, assault on a peace officer and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer. At the conclusion of his jail term, Saiz will face two and a half years probation and a year of parole and also be recommended for the Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program. According to a release from the district a...
A 22-year-old Gallup man died Sunday evening in a three-vehicle crash east of Taiban in Roosevelt County. According to a news release from New Mexico State Police: A 2008 Ford Focus, driven by Terrell Christopher Ryan Daw, 22, of Gallup was traveling west on US Highway 60. For reasons unknown, the Focus crossed into the eastbound lanes of traffic. The Ford struck a 5th Wheel RV trailer that was being towed by a Ford F-250. The Focus continued to travel west in the eastbound lanes and struck a Chevrolet pickup head-on. Daw...
New Mexico’s Economic Development Department released the quarterly economic summaries for each of the states counties this month. These summaries show data from the first quarter of the new fiscal year compared to fiscal year 2020. Each of the summaries leads with the disclaimers that the three months making up fiscal year 2021’s first quarter were “the worst three months of the state’s economic impact from COVID-19,” when comparing data from the same period one year ago. The EDD added that when the federal bonus for unemp...
On this date … 1955: Eight teams from eight states and eight collegiate conferences were preparing to play in the eighth annual Sunshine Basketball Tournament at Eastern New Mexico University. Teams included defending champion Fort Hays State College of Hays, Kan., the Bears of Arkansas State Teachers College and, for the first time, West Texas State College. ENMU was hosting the tourney, hoping to get back on track following a six-game losing streak during a 10-day road t...
As we prepare for Christmas in the most non-traditional year of our lives, I have found myself remembering holidays from the past. Perhaps you have, too. I’ve come back several times to an event that we participated in most of my growing up years: the December “candle burning” hosted by my Aunt Blanche and Uncle Jack. (In the spirit of full disclosure, I’m betting that Aunt Blanche did the heavy lifting on this event, but Uncle Jack was always a willing and gracious partici...
With a pandemic bearing down, Christmas is a bit subdued this year. That makes it a good year to curl up in bed with a Christmas book or plop down on your couch for a magical Christmas movie. I must admit I’ve read very few Christmas books, except as a young daddy. That’s when I delved into certain children’s classics such as “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” or one of the many Berenstain Bears’ holiday stories out there. Of the few Christmas-centric “chapter books” I remember reading, Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” is...
As soon as a COVID-19 vaccine was announced, the debate began over who should get it first. To me, the answer was obvious: Give it to the politicians first. They want to be called “leaders;” let them lead for once. This win/win solution should make everyone happy. People who love government are generally going to be the people most likely to trust the vaccine. They probably believe politicians are valuable. They’d believe using the vaccine on the politicians first would be sa...
Yes, we’re all tired. Tired of the isolation, the restrictions, the lines, the shortages, the rude people and the ignorant ones who don’t understand safety practices, the cumbersome way we must operate, the dull routine and inability to socialize and travel. It shows in our state’s positive case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths. To make matters worse, Thanksgiving came along and people hit the apathy button and traveled against health officials’ recommendations. Add to that the good news of a vaccine arriving any time, w...
SANTA FE — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday announced New Mexicans are eligible for free, at-home COVID-19 saliva tests, with results returned within 24-48 hours of receipt of the sample. The tests are available to residents at learn.vaultheath.com/nm, regardless of whether the resident has had COVID-19 symptoms or close contacts with COVID-positive individuals. “We need more New Mexicans to get tested,” Lujan Grisham said in a news release. “We’ve worked hard every single day this year to make testing f...
CLOVIS - Megan Scruggs has accomplished quite a few things since her arrival in Clovis. On Monday, the Clovis teen became part of the inaugural class of female Eagle Scouts. The honor is the highest rank possible through Scouts BSA, which began welcoming girls last February. According to a release from the Roswell-based Conquistador Council, which oversees Clovis' Troop 733G, only 6% of Scouts achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. Those who earn the rank take leadership roles...
