Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 42
New Mexico State Police are reporting difficult and severe driving conditions across the state, including eastern New Mexico. Here is a list of roads on which black ice, ice, fog and snow are hampering roads, as reported by NMSP: Severe driving conditions (Travel is discouraged) • US 285 to Vaughn south to Roswell • US 70 to 385 northeast of Roswell toward Portales • US 380 to Roswell east to Texas state line • US 70 Hondo to Ruidoso Downs • NM 18 between Lovington and Hobbs Difficult driving conditions (Caution encourage...
Following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Clovis police, Curry County sheriff and area fire stations. Monday • 11:53 a.m.: Burglary (residence), 1200 block of North Prince Street. • 7:19 a.m.: Remove subject, 2100 block of Chapparal Circle. • 9:39 a.m.: Articles found or lost, 1900 block College Park Drive. • 11:53 a.m.: Burglary report, 1200 block of North Prince Street. • 1:36 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident blocking roadway, Manana Boulevard and Prince Street. • 2:07 p.m.: Assault, 1300 block of East Mab...
Today Food Bank open house — 1 p.m., open house, happy hour and chili bar, homemade chili and all the fixings, 2217 E. Brady Ave. Information: 575-763- 6130 Saturday Blood drive — Clovis-Carver Public Library, Ingram room. Information: 575-769-7840 Tuesday Lodger’s Tax Advisory Board — 5:30 p.m., City Hall. Information: 575-769-7828 Ongoing Artist of the Month — Lois Snyder, Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 What’s Happening is a daily listing of area events. To place an item on the calendar, c... Full story
The following are closed for New Year’s Day: • City of Clovis offices • Clovis Area Transit System • Clovis-Carver Public Library • Curry County offices • Fire Department administration • Hillcrest Park Zoo • District Court • Magistrate Court • Municipal Court • Police Department administration • Post offices • Public Works Sanitation • Curry County Sheriff’s administrative offices Please call 763-6991 or e-mail [email protected] with your closure information....
Staff report The New Mexico Legislature will convene on Jan. 15 for a 60-day session. Curry County Manager Lance Pyle said the county has five capital outlay fund requests for improvements to the county. The county’s top priority is a $10 million request for Curry County Detention Center improvements. Pyle said improvements include adding additional housing units for special needs and maximum-security inmates. The second priority is a $3.5 million request for the Curry County Fair Grounds and Event Center. Pyle said the p... Full story
Staff report Caleb Chandler of Clovis and David Hunton of Portales are among three new members appointed to the New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, according to a press release from the agency. Richard Reese of Albuquerque is the third person appointed to the 15-member panel. The JPEC was established in 1997 by the state Supreme Court to “improve the performance of New Mexico’s judges while providing useful, credible information to voters on judges standing for retention elections,” the release said. Chand...
Local columnist Welcome to a very special interview. I’m Kevin Wilson, interviewing … Kevin Wilson, about the new movie, “The Interview.” So this is “The Kevin Wilson Interview of Kevin Wilson on ‘The Interview.” Kevin, thanks for joining me. “Pleasure to be here.” So, did you hear about the scalper who wanted a refund? For our viewers, the guy found the only local theater that planned to show the comedy on Christmas Day, bought up all the tickets and then had no buyers when Sony released the movie online for $6. “Well, Kevin...
On this date … 1974: A corporation made up of four Poynor brothers had assumed ownership of the White’s store at 421 Main in Clovis. The Poynors already operated White’s stores in Portales, Muleshoe, Friona, Hereford and Littlefield. Marlin Poynor said the Clovis store was “a mess … but we plan to do considerable rearranging in the near future and we also plan to give more personalized service in the Clovis store.” 1954: The Clovis Fire Department reported a mostly “uneventful year.” Three businesses sustained extensive damag...
Staff report Cannon Air Force Base was selected one of the 10 best Air Force bases in the Air Force Times’ annual list in 2014. More than 50 bases were considered, officials said. The designation was among highlights of news involving Cannon this year. A representative from Cannon said the publication factored in a wide spectrum of issues for the rankings, many having to do with economy and quality of life. The representative said the special operations wing is investing $1.3 billion into base projects and quality of life i... Full story
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of columns looking back at regional news in 2014. It will continue through Jan. 1. When there’s no news, when the news is boring, when the news is all bad, I think our newspapers are still worth at least 75 cents every day. That’s because of our community columnists. Here are a few of the more interesting things our community columnists had to say in 2014: Betty Williamson: One Halloween, when my brothers and I were but sprouts, someo... Full story
Staff writer [email protected] The medical director at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis and the federal Centers for Disease Control are recommending getting a flu shot. “For November and December we have had a considerably higher number of flu cases compared to last year at both Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis and Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari,” said Donna Thibodeau chief medical director for PRMC. Thibodeau said some of the patients seen at both hospitals had received flu shots in late Oc... Full story
New Mexico State Police are reporting difficult and severe driving conditions across the state, including eastern New Mexico. Here is a list of roads on which black ice, ice, fog and snow are hampering roads, as reported by NMSP: Severe driving conditions (Travel is discouraged) • US 285 to Vaughn south to Roswell • US 70 to 385 northeast of Roswell toward Portales • US 380 to Roswell east to Texas state line • US 70 Hondo to Ruidoso Downs • NM 18 between Lovington and Hobbs Difficult driving conditions (Caution encourage...
Staff report Rules and information about applying for licenses and hunting big game, small game and turkeys in New Mexico are available now on the Department of Game and Fish’s redesigned website — www.wildlife.state.nm.us — the department has announced. The 2015-16 Hunting Rules and Information booklet includes information hunters need to apply for and purchase big-game and small-game hunting licenses and permits, the department said in a news release. The department said hunters are encouraged to review season dates, appli...
link Staff photo: Tony Bullocks Rourke Blake of Clovis tries to stay warm Tuesday while filling up on gas on Norris Street. Temperatures were near single digits on Tuesday morning and highs in the low 20s are expected today. Staff report Hold on. It’s not over yet. And icy blast from the northeast that was expected to push overnight temperatures Tuesday into the single digits continues through much of today, according to the National Weather Service. Parts of northern New M...
ERROR... Full story
"The Season of Hope." Those are the words emblazoned across the gift bag I just puttered past in our bedroom. And so it is, this great season of Christmas. A season when hope takes center stage. And, sorry if this is picky, I really do think the season is a good deal more hope-full when we realize that it's a season, not just a day that ends on the last gasp of December 25 and vanishes once the wrapping paper hits the floor. (Google it. Many centuries of history are on my...
Projects Editor [email protected] New leaders elected, a controversial infusion of cash to expand the jail, a strip club and a controversial takeover of the clerk’s office marked 2014 for Curry County. “It probably won’t go over too well,” Commission Chairman Frank Blackburn acknowledged when asked about public reaction to an increase in gross receipts taxes approved in August. Proceeds from the .25 percent tax increase are earmarked to pay off a $14 million bond sale completed earlier this month. Several residen...
link Courtesy photo: Erica Nichole Jones Staff report The Monday evening vandalism of 32 cars throughout Clovis is a stone-cold whodunit. Clovis Police Chief Steve Sanders said the department has no suspects and no leads on what appears to be the random smashing of vehicle windows. No particular type of vehicle was hit, and no particular area of the city saw a concentration of the damage. “We really need the community’s help on this,” Sanders said. “We have 32 cars, and we... Full story
ERROR...
State columnist link Tom McDonald It’s all a matter of perspective. The year 2014 might have been a great one for you. Or it could have been hell. I hope for your sake it was the former, but either way it’s a good time to look back — and forward. Politically, it was a rough year for the Democrats, both here in New Mexico and in the halls of Congress. Gary King got trounced in November, but we all pretty much knew that was going to happen. It must have been a tough, tough year...
State columnist link Tom McDonald It’s all a matter of perspective. The year 2014 might have been a great one for you. Or it could have been hell. I hope for your sake it was the former, but either way it’s a good time to look back — and forward. Politically, it was a rough year for the Democrats, both here in New Mexico and in the halls of Congress. Gary King got trounced in November, but we all pretty much knew that was going to happen. It must have been a tough, tough year...
The Obama administration’s tough public message that young illegal border-crossers would be detained, then sent home, apparently was lost in translation. Or it was just a PR stunt to begin with. Of the detainees — mostly unaccompanied teens, and Central American mothers and young children — who were housed at a temporary immigration center in Artesia that just closed, 69 percent have been released to appear later at immigration hearings and in some cases to pursue claims of political asylum. At the inauguration of Homel...
The Obama administration’s tough public message that young illegal border-crossers would be detained, then sent home, apparently was lost in translation. Or it was just a PR stunt to begin with. Of the detainees — mostly unaccompanied teens, and Central American mothers and young children — who were housed at a temporary immigration center in Artesia that just closed, 69 percent have been released to appear later at immigration hearings and in some cases to pursue claims of political asylum. At the inauguration of Homel...
The following is a sample of calls received by dispatchers for Portales police, Roosevelt County Sheriff and area fire stations Friday 10:04 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident (without injuries) 100 block Airport Road 1:56 p.m.: Deputy requested, address unknown 9:31 p.m.: Alarm activation, 1500 block South Main Avenue 11:22 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident (with injuries) 4000 S Roosevelt Road Saturday 9:54 a.m.: Alarm activation, address unknown. 3:09 p.m.: Gas drive off, 1000 block West 2nd Street. 4:48 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident...
Staff writer link Kevin Wilson Welcome to a very special interview. I’m Kevin Wilson, interviewing … Kevin Wilson, about the new movie, “The Interview.” So this is “The Kevin Wilson Interview of Kevin Wilson on ‘The Interview.” Kevin, thanks for joining me. “Pleasure to be here.” So, did you hear about the scalper who wanted a refund? For our viewers, the guy found the only local theater that planned to show the comedy on Christmas Day, bought up all the tickets and then...
