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Raymond Kenneth Fox Jr., age 77, of Clovis, NM entered eternal rest on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Lubbock, Texas. Visitation will be held on Friday May 3, 2024, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at The Chapel located at 1500 Thornton St. in Clovis, NM. Funeral Service will be held on Saturday May 4, 2024, at 1:00 pm at The Chapel with Rev. Kasey Creamer officiating. Kahlil Echerivel, Joshua Ford, Wesley Phillips, Jaquan Franklin, Lawanze Fox, and Melvin Payton Jr., Danny Sample Jr.,...
The Clovis Municipal Schools Facilities Master Plan will go into effect as planned after school board members approved it by a 5-0 vote Tuesday. Approval means the closure of Cameo Elementary School in May 2025, consolidating the system's dual language program to La Casita school (this August), changing Lockwood Elementary to an early childhood center (this August), moving the Freshman Academy to the Clovis High School Campus (August 2025), creating an I-Academy at the former...
A Portales Water Advisory Board member is calling Monday’s City Council meeting “a procedural train wreck.” Mike Davidson, who also serves on the city’s Public Works committee, said Council members did not follow their own drought contingency plan among other issues when they voted 4-3 to relax water restrictions, moving from the “Stage 3” plan to a scaled-back version of “Stage 2.” “They wanted to move to Stage 2 yet not follow those restrictions (either),” he wrote in a letter to The News. “The mayor pro-tem, who opposed...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Demitria Penix, 27, failure to comply with specific requirements – attempt, driving under the influence of liquor, no insurance, open container • Desiree Maes, 36, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Guadalupe Larez, 40, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Rodolfo Rodriguez, 41, no seat belts, attempt to commit a felony, to wit: possession of a controlled substance • Joseph Steward, 57, aggravated assault, aggravated battery • T...
Monday *Clovis-Carver Library Board – 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: Margaret Hinchee at 575-769-7840 *Roosevelt County Electric Coop annual meeting – 5:30 p.m., Ballroom, ENMU Campus Union Building, Portales. Buffet meal at 6 p.m.; business meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Information: 575-357-4491 Wednesday *Clovis Community College Board of Trustees – 8 a.m., CCC, 417 Schepps Blvd., Room 512, Clovis. Information: http://www.clovis.edu/about/administration.aspx or 57...
With the use of license plate cameras locally, will laws for not covering vehicle license plates be enforced? Vehicle license plate covers (clear or otherwise) are a form of withholding vehicle operator identification and substantially hinders law enforcement. Covering a license plate is illegal, according to Clovis Police Department Deputy Chief Trevor Thron. “Yes, any kind of tinted license plate cover or any decorative border going around the plate that obstructs the view of the plate or the registration sticker is i...
The massive fire at Hampton Farms outside Portales on April 15 did more than destroy the peanut processing plant. It also exposed staffing challenges at the Portales Fire Department. Firefighters from around the region responded to help PFD at the peanut plant, but the facility continued to burn for days, requiring personnel to keep an eye on it. The night of April 17, with the peanut mill still requiring oversight, responders received a call for a house fire in the 700 block of North Avenue M. Four minutes after that, an...
The Portales band is set to host its third annual Mattress Fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Portales High School. Custom Fundraising Solutions will have “25 different mattress styles on display in all sizes for customers to try,” according to its news release. Pillows, bed frames and mattress protectors will also be for sale and delivery is available. Custom Fundraising Solutions has nearly 100 locations and works with more than 3,000 schools annually. “The unique business model helps schools raise thous...
A Clovis motorcycle police officer was involved in a crash late Tuesday afternoon on Grand Street near Main Street. Police said no serious injuries were reported, but Motor Officer Jared Herrington went to Plains Regional Medical Center as a precaution. “He (Herrington) went to the ER to get checked out but he’s fine,” said Police Sgt. Sanford Wagner. “He was up and walking around.” Wagner said the driver of the other vehicle involved, a black passenger car, was not injured. The vehicle sustained “very minor damage,” he...
A Clovis man on Wednesday was sentenced to four years in prison following his conviction for drug trafficking, according to a news release from District Attorney Quentin Ray. A Curry County jury on March 22 found David Brown, 53, guilty of the second-degree felony. Brown was arrested after probation officers on Jan. 25, 2023, found methamphetamine, black tar heroin, Xanex and fentanyl pills in his hotel room, the release stated. District Judge Fred Van Soelen sentenced Brown to five years supervised probation in addition to...
Shelly Smith last week was named principal at Parkview Elementary School in Clovis. She has been principal of Cameo Elementary since 2023. Cameo is slated to be shuttered at the end of this school year as part of district consolidation, according to a Clovis schools news release. Smith has worked 20 years in Clovis schools, mostly as an elementary school teacher. She is a Clovis High School graduate and has a master’s degree in education from Wayland Baptist University. The reassignment was created by the retirement of P...
Lockwood Elementary School Principal Rodolfo Arceo has been named coordinator of English Language Initiatives with Clovis Municipal Schools. A school news release stated Arceo began his career with CMS in 2011 as a Spanish teacher at Clovis High. He has also worked with bilingual families through the Bilingual Summer Institute and Migrant Mentor Program, and served as an English Language Learner case manager. His newest mission is to “expand language services for district students,” the news release stated. Lockwood Ele...
Plateau last week announced 38 area scholars who are sharing $201,000 in scholarships awarded from the Education Foundation at Plateau. Winners include: $8,000 Robert M. Harris Memorial Scholarships Heidi L. Macfarlane – Melrose Camryn Dawn Cantrell – Logan Taylee Sours – Texico HS $8,000 Evelyn Patterson Memorial Scholarships Madison Marie Hodges – Texico Isabella Elena Coronado – Logan $5,000 Banner Scholarships Bailey Jo Cline – Clovis Lily Macfarlane – Melrose Cade Paul Figg – Texico Morgan Ryleigh Thatcher – Texi...
For the fourth year, Curry County will administer the summer internship program for high school students, ages 16-18. “The goal of this program is to provide career exploration in a field that the intern may have an interest in,” said Darian Roybal, the county’s human resource director. Among 33 counties in New Mexico, Roybal said Curry County is one of 14 that take on the grant that makes it possible. “This began as the New Mexico Public Education Department College and Career Readiness Bureau Summer Enrichment Program...
On this date ... 1881: Billy the Kid escaped from the Lincoln County jail, where he was being held and awaiting execution for the 1878 shooting death of Sheriff William Brady. The website aboutbillythekid.com reports the Kid saw his opportunity to get away about noon. One of his guards had taken other prisoners to lunch at a nearby hotel. The Kid convinced his only remaining guard to let him visit the outhouse. While details vary about what happened next, all agree the Kid...
Today *Muleshoe Volunteer Fire Department hamburger fundraiser – 11 a.m.-2 p.m. (Central time), Muleshoe Fire Department, 215 S. First St., Muleshoe, TX. Annual benefit for the MVFD. Information: 806-272-4569 *Percussion Ensemble spring concert – 7 p.m., Buchanan Hall, ENMU Music Building, Portales. Emily Salgado, director. Free and open to the public. Information: 575-562-2377 Monday and Tuesday *Free tire dumping days for Roosevelt County residents – 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Roosevelt County Road Department, 1500 N. Boston, Porta...
The Clovis Walmart held a "grand reopening" Friday, nearly eight months after an alleged arsonist caused $42 million in damages. An estimated 450 people turned out for the event, including Walmart store personnel, Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce ambassadors, Clovis police, fire and emergence-response personnel and area residents. Walmart store Manager Johnny Barajas thanked the community for all the help after the catastrophe and during the rebuilding. Walmart was...
Roosevelt County will pay about $245,000 more for insurance over the next three years, County Manager Amber Hamilton told commissioners on Tuesday. The county currently pays $720,350 annually to the New Mexico County Insurance Authority pool for property, workers compensation and law enforcement liability, Hamilton said. New Mexico counties are self insured through the pool. Hamilton, who serves on the NMCIA board of directors, said the insurance market is challenging across the state. “It is just difficult,” Hamilton sai...
Public school officials representing more than 50 districts, including Clovis, Portales and most in eastern New Mexico, have filed a lawsuit against the state Public Education Department. They’re asking a court to halt the 180-instructional day mandate imposed in March. The lawsuit, filed April 18 in Curry County by the New Mexico School Superintendents Association and individual superintendents, comes as schools across the state attempt to draft budgets and academic calendars for next year — a process complicated by the new...
The annual Clovis Music Festival produced "lots of positive feedback on social media" and "those who came out had a great time," according to Robyn Snowberger, who helped organize the event. "We had people who were there for all three nights," said Ernie Kos, executive director of the Clovis-Curry County Chamber of Commerce. "There were a lot of out of towners in their RVs. There were people from Albuquerque, Roswell, Las Cruces, Lubbock and Amarillo." One of Saturday night's...
Curry County commissioners on Tuesday heard budget requests from county departments for the upcoming fiscal year. County Road Department Superintendent Walon Jones put in requests for a number of items including: • $84,000 for an open covered storage structure. • $340,980 for two semi-trucks. • $99,795 for an equipment trailer. • $102,098 for a tractor. Facilities Maintenance Supervisor Tyler Kelly requested funds for piping and toilet replacement in the District Attorney’s office, HVAC system repairs, floor scrubbers...
A former Clovis schools music educator is returning as the Clovis High School band director. Daniel Perez succeeds Bill Allred, who is retiring after more than 20 years leading one of the state’s top performing bands. Perez was choir director for Gattis Middle School in 2015 before transitioning to band director at Yucca Middle School in 2017, according to a Clovis Municipal Schools news release. In 2018, Perez became director of the CHS Jazz Band and an assistant marching band director at Clovis High School, where he r...
After almost two years of preparation, the Roosevelt County Food Pantry is serving residents. In May 2022, officials from the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico asked the Roosevelt County Commission to consider serving as a fiscal agent for a food security grant. The Commission unanimously agreed with that request. In August 2022, the county was awarded $216,793.50 to construct the 800 square foot building at 600 N. Ave K in Portales. Food distribution began quietly in January....
When Patsy Acuff of Clovis was growing up, she remembers there was always a trunk in the back of her grandmother's closet in Portales - a trunk that she, her siblings, and their cousins were taught to never touch or talk about. The trunk contained the belongings left behind when Homer Mitchell left Portales in 1943 to join the United States Army. Mitchell - who was Acuff's uncle and the son of Gussie and Roy Mitchell of Portales - was killed in action in Pachten Forest near...
Portales City Council members on Monday voted 4-3 to ease water restrictions for residents. The change means residents living at odd-numbered addresses may water their lawns for 30 minutes between 9 p.m. Mondays and 7 a.m. Tuesdays. Those living at even-numbered addresses may water their lawns for 30 minutes between 9 p.m. Thursdays and 7 a.m. Fridays, officials said. The Council had previously prohibited all lawn watering under what it called Stage 3 restrictions. The Stage 2 restrictions adopted Monday still mean no one...
