Monday *Stitch Addicts stitch group – 6:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 Tuesday *Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce State of the University luncheon – noon, 311 Entertainment, 311 S. Main St., Portales. Speaker: ENMU Chancellor James Johnston. Meal catered by 311 Entertainment; tickets $15. Registration available online at http://www.portales.com.Information or to RSVP: 575-356-8541 *Memorial celebration for the late Duane Ryan, longtime director of the Bro...
Part of Clovis' Sycamore St. closed Tuesday to Thursday
The Staff of The News|Updated May 22, 2023
Part of Clovis' Sycamore Street is to be closed for utility work starting Tuesday. The closure is between Ninth and 11th streets according to a news release from the Clovis City Manager's office. That section will be closed due to gas line maintenance from Tuesday through Thursday. The project will continue through Thursday or until completion according to the release....
Meetings calendar - May 21
Updated May 20, 2023
Monday *Roosevelt County Crimestoppers — Noon, ENMU Campus Union Building, Portales. Meal may not be available. Information: Darla Reed at [emailprotected] or 575-226-5237 Tuesday *Curry County Commission – 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 *Roosevelt County Commission - 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 *Clovis Municipal Schools board — 5:30 p.m., Board Room,...
Roosevelt hospital cutting staff hours
Landry Sena, The Staff of The News|Updated May 16, 2023
Roosevelt General Hospital will be making cutbacks to staff hours due to “financial strains,” according to a news release from RGH. The changes come after a result of “staff shortages and an increase of higher wages to recruit qualified employees, mandated wage increases, skyrocketing insurance premiums, inflation, enormous upsurge in cost of supplies” and multiple other issues, according to Jeanette Orrantia, the hospital’s director of marketing and public relations. “It has been difficult to recover after the pandemic, a...
ENMU graduates cross stage
Steve Hansen, The Staff of The News|Updated May 16, 2023
A capacity crowd of friends, family and supporters cheered from the bleachers Saturday at Greyhound Arena as more than 650 capped and gowned students at Eastern New Mexico University crossed the stage to receive diplomas. Gay Su Pinnell, an ENMU alumna who has received many national awards for her work in literacy education, delivered the commencement address. In addition to her literacy education achievements, Pinnell has funded education grants for ENMU since 2017. She also...
Booked The following were booked into local jail (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Miguel Tomas-Itzep, 48, criminal solicitation to commit sexual exploitation of a child under 16 by prostitution, bribe of a witness • Jamie Tarango, 41, probation violation • Jose Flores-Cruz, 34, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Mindy Smith, 44, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Jose Sanchez, 55, driving while license suspended or revoked, no insurance, failure to register vehicle, failure to have operating tail lamps, failure t...
Pages past, May 17: Glen Campbell comes to Marshall
David Stevens, The Staff of The News|Updated May 16, 2023
On this date ... 1951: It rained. Again. Previously parched eastern New Mexico received rain for the third consecutive day, more than 2.5 inches overall in some areas. “The three days of drought-breaking rain were greatly welcomed by jubilant farmers ... The rainy spell was hailed as a ‘million-dollar rain’ because it came at a time when crops were beginning to suffer and when spring planting was being delayed because of powder-dry soil,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. 1955...
Curry County seeking business partners for internship program
the Staff of The News|Updated May 16, 2023
Young workers who are looking for business experience are being invited to participate in the 2023 Curry County Summer Internship program. The county is also seeking business partners for the program. According to a news release from the county administration, a grant has been awarded to the county for $269,572 specifically for the program. The program is described as offering a variety of professions from diverse employers throughout Curry County. The 8-week internships will begin on June 5 and end on July 28. “I e...
Mayor to hand out key to the city at next meeting
the Staff of The News|Updated May 16, 2023
Clovis Mayor Mike Morris will be passing out “Keys to the City” at Thursday’s regular meeting of the Clovis City Commission according to the meeting’s agenda. The keys will be going to Cannon Air Force Base’s Special Operations Wing Commander Colonel Terence G. Taylor and Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant Kristina Montgomery. Another item on the meeting agenda is a design presentation for the proposed new airport terminal by Clovis Regional Airport Director Amanda Brungart. The commission meeting will begin at 5:15 p.m....
Clovis High School graduation Saturday
Grant McGee, The Staff of The News|Updated May 16, 2023
Their high school principal believes in them. “The Class of 2023 will push the status quo in all that they do. Their potential will be fully realized when they look back and can appreciate the changes they have made,” Clovis High School Principal David Fredericks said of the class that will graduate Saturday at the Curry County Events Center. Fredericks said 424 graduates are set to be in the ceremony that begins at 2 p.m. Saturday. “This includes 68 graduates from the Early College High School (ECHS) and 13 seniors from...
Roosevelt courthouse parking lot getting work on Saturday
the Staff of The News|Updated May 16, 2023
The Roosevelt County courthouse parking lot is going to be closed off for resealing and repainting Saturday and Sunday. Roosevelt County Manager Amber Hamilton reports in a news release the County Commission budgeted to reseal and repaint the parking lot this fiscal year. The contractor notified the county this work is scheduled to begin on Saturday and should be done Sunday, weather permitting, Hamilton wrote. Customers for businesses around the square will need to plan accordingly as the County has notified those entities...
ENMU hosting art camp in June
the Staff of The News|Updated May 16, 2023
Students from third grade to seniors in high school are invited to participate in Eastern New Mexico University’s (ENMU) inclusive art camp, “Summer by Design.” The camp will run June 12 through June 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at the ENMU Art and Anthropology Building (AAB) in Portales. According to a news release from ENMU and Clovis Municipal Schools, Participating elementary and middle school students receive instruction from advanced university art students and public school art educators. The participating high...
Grant McGee and Landry Sena, The Staff of The News|Updated May 16, 2023
The federal government on March 27 listed the lesser prairie chicken as an endangered species. More than seven weeks later, area farmers and agriculture officials still aren’t sure exactly what that means. “Nobody gives me a square answer on this,” Roosevelt County Ag Agent Patrick Kircher said last week. Kircher said he’s been trying to learn what the listing means to landowners and producers because he’d like to teach a seminar on the matter. “I haven’t gotten very far on it. What I want is to find someone who can speak...
Portales High School graduation Saturday
the Staff of The News|Updated May 16, 2023
About 150 graduates are expected to receive diplomas Saturday at Portales High School’s graduation ceremony. Portales High’s commencement exercise is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Greyhound Arena on the Eastern New Mexico University campus and continue until about noon. Nathan Dodge, who has been principal at Portales High since May 1, said he could not give a definite number because a few seniors still have not completed graduation requirements but could before the graduation ceremony....
Fallen deputy honored
Steve Hansen|Updated May 16, 2023
Charles "Bryan" Vannatta knew he wanted to be a law enforcement officer like his father and grandfather since he was a little boy, growing up in Texico. "He would get the keys to his dad's squad car and get on the radio. He knew all the call signals," Curry County Sheriff Mike Reeves said. Vannatta realized his boyhood dream and ultimately served alongside his father as a Curry County sheriff's deputy. But two years ago, he contracted COVID-19. The disease ended his life on...
Man gets 66 years in child sex case
The Staff of The News|Updated May 16, 2023
A Portales man was sentenced Monday to 66 years in prison after he was convicted of sexual exploitation of a child, according to a news release from District Attorney Quentin Ray. Anthony West, 53, was found guilty by a Roosevelt County jury on March 29 of nine counts of causing or permitting a child to engage in sexual exploitation. Court records show that on April 23, 2020, officers with the New Mexico State Police were contacted about a possible child p*rnography case, acco...
Landry Sena, The Staff of The News|Updated May 16, 2023
Editor's note: This is one in a continuing series of state-of-the-entity interviews with local officials. Amber Hamilton has been the Roosevelt County manager since 2014. Q: What are some of the main topics of discussion right now during County Commission meetings? A: The Commission is in the final stages of adopting a preliminary budget. So that's something the commission and county leadership, all the department heads, elected officials and such have been working on for the...
Ask the editors - May 14
Grant McGee and Landry Sena, The Staff of The News|Updated May 13, 2023
Was there ever an underpass under the tracks on south Prince Street where the bridge is now? And when was the bridge built? The Prince Street underpass was replaced by the current overpass in 1989. The overpass officially opened to traffic on Aug. 26 that year, according to the Clovis News-Journal. “Motorists excited about the opening were seen crossing the bridge and turning around to go over again throughout the day,” the newspaper reported. Construction began in August 1988. It cost a little over $5.1 million to com...
Zia Powersports moving to Traci's Greenhouse building
Steve Hansen|Updated May 13, 2023
Sometime either late this year or early next year, the 64,000 square foot building that now houses Traci's Greenhouse at 2600 Mabry Drive, Clovis, is expected to become the new home of Zia Powersports, the motor sports business's owner Tanner Gearn said on Thursday. He said the building's area and its surrounding 3.5 acres will allow his business to more readily accommodate customers and his inventory of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and other back-country-recreation...
Museum planned for Curry fairgrounds
Grant McGee, The Staff of The News|Updated May 13, 2023
While the county extension service will be moving into a new building at the Curry County Fairgrounds by county fair time, the old fairgrounds 4-H extension building is slated to become “The High Plains Historical Museum.” Tuesday during their regular meeting, the Curry County Commission went over the numbers for the building project. While part of the project was set to be implemented, a $200,000 grant to refurbish the building, Commissioner Seth Martin made a motion that work on the building be put out to bid and once tha...
Showers, hail fall across region
the Staff of The News|Updated May 13, 2023
Water from the sky, rain, fell on the Clovis area Wednesday night bringing cool, wet relief. Showers with small pea-sized hail fell in the southern part of Clovis a little after 6 p.m. Wednesday. Heavier rain with lightning and thunder moved across the area from about 9 p.m. until 11 p.m. A total of .66 of an inch of rain fell at the National Weather Service’s (NWS) weather station at Clovis Regional Airport. The Cannon Air Force Base NWS station received one-one-hundredth of an inch of rain around 11:56 p.m. Wednesday. W...
Landry Sena, The Staff of The News|Updated May 13, 2023
Two local, soon-to-be college graduates were scheduled to participate in West Texas A&M University’s (WTAMU) Donning of the Stoles ceremony Friday. The pre-commencement ceremony honors students and their cultures. African American, Native American, Hispanic, and international students were scheduled to take part in the tradition. Out of ninety-one, Alexandria Sanchez is the only one to be native to Clovis. Sanchez, 23, said she spent a lot of her time growing up in Clovis because of her stepdad being a Clovis resident. She s...
Four to be recognized at Hall of Honor luncheon
Landry Sena, The Staff of The News|Updated May 13, 2023
Four individuals are set to be recognized at this year’s Hall of Honor luncheon for Clovis Municipal Schools (CMS). This year, all four recipients are Wildcat alumni. To be inducted into the Hall of Fame, an individual must be nominated for excelling greatly after their time at Clovis High School (CHS) or be a large supporter of CMS. The four categories for this year are Government and Science, Business and Industry, Sports and Entertainment, and the Top Cat Award. “The Hall of Honor is really for those who’ve gone above...
Eastern New Mexico: Birders paradise
Autumn Scott, Correspondent|Updated May 13, 2023
Many people enjoy watching exotic birds in nature documentaries on television. But residents in eastern New Mexico might try glancing out of their back door to witness something just as spectacular. Eastern New Mexico is under the Central Flyway, one of four flyways that span across the continental United States and parts of Canada, which help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manage migratory birds and their habitats, according to the USFWS website. Grant Beauprez, a...
Portales veteran headed home
Autumn Scott, Correspondent|Updated May 13, 2023
Vernon Long died in a Japanese prison camp during World War II in 1942, records show. On Oct. 9, 1949, a sealed casket the military assigned to Long was buried in the Portales Cemetery. The Portales Daily News reported it was a "reburial" service. Long's family believed his remains were finally home. The local American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars provided full military honors. Now fast forward almost 75 years to a time when DNA testing allows the Department of Defense...
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