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Clovis mayor expresses concern about recent crimes
Grant McGee, The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 9, 2022
Clovis mayor Mike Morris knows recent criminal activity in the city such as shots fired incidents, shooting deaths and more are "alarming" and have the community "concerned and upset." Morris addressed the problem in the opening minutes of Thursday's regular meeting of the Clovis City Commission. Morris said it was "very concerning" that teenagers seem to be involved in the incidents. Morris noted the most recent victim, the fourth in Clovis this year, was Schammiel Kirven,...
Lujan Grisham campaign accuses Ronchetti of wanting to 'defund' police
Albuquerque Journal, Syndicated content|Updated Aug 6, 2022
SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's reelection campaign is hitting GOP rival Mark Ronchetti with an unexpected attack with just over three months until Election Day — that he supports "defunding the police." The assertion is based largely on comments Ronchetti made during a May primary election debate, but the comments appear to have been taken out of context and Ronchetti's campaign called the claim a "flat-out lie." During the KOAT-TV debate, Ronchetti accused the Democratic governor of making it more difficult for...
COVID-19 surge plateaus in NM
The Santa Fe New Mexican, Syndicated content|Updated Aug 6, 2022
The surge in COVID-19 cases spurred by the more infectious BA.5 variant has hit a plateau in New Mexico, while hospitalizations hover at less than a quarter of where they were in January, when the deadlier delta strain raged across the country. Those trends are good news overall in a 2 1/2 -year pandemic that has felt at times as though it might never abate for more than a brief spell. The most encouraging development is the 164 people hospitalized with COVID-19 compared to 709 patients seven months ago, acting state Health...
Pages past, Aug. 7: County fair welcomes kids' pets
David Stevens, The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 6, 2022
On this date ... 1982: The Curry County Fair was planning a new event – a youth pet show. Organizers said the show would be open to children of all ages and everyone would receive a blue ribbon. “(T)he children can bring any kind of pet – even goldfish,” said organizer Elizabeth Teel. Blue ribbons would also go to the pet with the biggest eyes or ears, and to pets with other distinguishing marks. The annual county fair was scheduled Sept. 6-11. Pages Past is compiled by Davi...
Jail log - Aug. 7
Updated Aug 6, 2022
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis * Joan Ramirez, 22, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge * Melissa Martinez, 35, failure to obey traffic control devices, display of unauthorized signs, signals or markings * Carlos Torres, 37, driving while license suspended or revoked, denying rights of election challenger/alternate challenger, no proof of insurance * Damien Lopez, 31, possession of a controlled substance, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, concealing identity * Zyon...
Events calendar - Aug. 7
Updated Aug 6, 2022
Tuesday *Free preschool screening clinic — 9 a.m.-3 p.m., by appointment only, Fort Sumner Municipal Schools, 1001 Sumner Ave., Fort Sumner. Sponsored by Regional Education Cooperative #6 and open to children ages birth to 5 in the Fort Sumner school district. Information or to make appointment: Robin Drake at Fort Sumner Municipal Schools at 575-355-7766 *Quilters’ Tuesday – 5:30 p.m., Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Pre-registration required to assure adequate workspaces. Quilters must suppl...
Meetings calendar - Aug. 7
Updated Aug 6, 2022
Monday *Clovis Community College Board of Trustees special meeting – 8 a.m., CCC, 417 Schepps Blvd., Room 512, Clovis. Information: http://www.clovis.edu/about/administration.aspx or 575-769-4001 *Portales Municipal Schools board - 6 p.m., Board Room, L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Information: 575-356-7000 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...
City manager explains Portales water rate plan
Kathleen Stinson, The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 6, 2022
Portales City Manager Sarah Austin in an interview Wednesday said the city plans to raise its water rates in all categories and explained why. “With the water situation not improving, it is in the best interest of the city to implement rate structures and penalties that assist with the water situation as well as implementing stricter water restrictions,” Austin said. She said the city plans an across-the-board rate increase sometime this year. “The water rates have not been raised in over ten years,” Austin said. “We ant...
Andrea Reeb named special prosecutor
Staff and wire reports|Updated Aug 6, 2022
Andrea Reeb, who headed the Clovis-area District Attorney’s Office for eight years, has been named a special prosecutor in the investigation into last year’s fatal shooting on the Rust movie set south of Santa Fe. Reeb, who retired from the 9th Judicial District earlier this year after about 25 years as a prosecutor, was added to the team to expedite the review process, District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altweis said in a statement. Authorities say a prop revolver wielded by Hollywood star and Rust producer Alec Baldwin dis...
Bomb threat forces evacuation in Portales
The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 6, 2022
Portales police evacuated a section of downtown Friday afternoon in response to a bomb threat. The incident happened around 2 p.m. Friday as officers formed a perimeter around the threatened area in the vicinity of South Avenue C and West Third Street. Officers went to homes and businesses to advise people to evacuate according to a press release from the Portales Police Department. Police located a suspect in the incident and advised people it was okay to return to homes and businesses around 4 p.m....
Portales sets punitive water rates
Kathleen Stinson, The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 2, 2022
PORTALES -- The city of Portales has set punitive water rates for commercial and industrial users who consume above a base allocation in an effort to conserve the city’s water resources. The change came to light at the July 26 meeting when the council addressed a request by a cannabis producer to get a manufacturing/industrial resource service permit to operate a business in Portales. The applicant requested an average of 15,000 gallons a month as his usage. According to the new city water rate structure for new commercial a...
Tax free holiday begins Friday
the Staff of The News|Updated Aug 2, 2022
New Mexicans statewide may be able to save as much as 9% on many purchases this weekend during the annual back-to-school gross receipts tax holiday. According to a news release from the state department of taxation and revenue, businesses can deduct the sales of a wide variety of merchandise made between 12:01 a.m. on Friday and midnight on Sunday. During the weekend, the state suspends collection of gross receipts tax on sales of qualifying items. Many merchants also absorb the tax on a number of non-qualifying items. The...
Pages past, Aug. 3: Straw hats on sale at Levine's
David Stevens, The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 2, 2022
On this date … 1957: Levine’s department store on Clovis’ Main Street was holding a Super Value Dollar Day sale. Specials included: -- Cotton dresses $3 -- 180 thread count bed sheets $1.99 -- Feather pillows 88 cents -- Ladies wool and cashmere fall coats $19 -- Two dozen diapers $1.77 -- Men’s straw hats $1.59 -- 4-foot by 6-foot rugs $4 Pages Past is compiled by David Stevens. Contact: [emailprotected]...
Clovis man pleads guilty, sentenced to five years
the Staff of The News|Updated Aug 2, 2022
CLOVIS – A Clovis man who fought with police officers and led them on a chase in which a police dog was seriously injured has been sentenced to five years in prison after a guilty plea made under a plea agreement. Ninth Judicial District Judge Drew Tatum sentenced Efrain Moreno, 26, of Clovis, to three years in prison a charge of aggravated assault on a police officer, 18 months on a felony count of fleeing law enforcement, and six months in prison for injuring the police dog, sentencing documents show. Tatum handed down the...
Jail log - Aug. 3
Updated Aug 2, 2022
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday - Tuesday): Clovis * Jon Jones, 40, parole violation * Michael Sena, 18, aggravated battery * Heather Apodaca, 22, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge * Christopher Hanks, 43, violation of restraining order prohibiting domestic violence * Anita Rubio, 38, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, open container, following too closely * Armando Lucero, 37, aggravated driving while...
Opinion: Hoping we'll survive beyond 2100
Tom McDonald, Syndicated content|Updated Aug 2, 2022
Downsizing for an old-school media junkie involves lots of newspapers and magazines, the hardcopy kind, where the first draft of history was laid out for all the world to consume through linear reading. I’ve got an intimidating number of newspapers laying around my house; almost as many as I’ve got laying around my newspaper office. So I opted for an easier path, though still daunting, by jumping into the boxes of magazines I’ve kept in storage all these years. I suppose I was waiting for the day when historians, or at least...
Candidate stopping in area cities
the Staff of The News|Updated Aug 2, 2022
Alexis Martinez Johnson, Republican candidate for U.S. Representative for New Mexico’s Third Congressional District, will make a campaign swing through Clovis and Portales on Thursday and Friday, according to campaign information. On Thursday, Johnson will make stops in Portales at: • 7 a.m. at the Do Drop Inn, 123 S. Main St. • 11:30 a.m. at Juanito’s restaurant, 813 Ave. C. • 5:30 p.m. at El Rancho restaurant, 813 Ave. C. On Friday, Johnson has scheduled two stops in Clovis: • 8 a.m. at Mamacita’s restaurant, 1501 N. Pince...
Clovis custodial manager selected
the Staff of The News|Updated Aug 2, 2022
David A. Marquez, a long-time Clovis Municipal Schools staff member and U.S. Navy veteran, has been selected as the district’s Custodial Manager. Marquez has served the district as a technology specialist for more than 10 years. Before he was in the Technology Department, Marquez was an educational assistant assigned to school computer labs starting in 2008, when he was hired by the district. Marquez joined the U.S. Navy in 1981, serving until his retirement in 2004. Marquez returned to his hometown of Clovis upon r...
Saturday SWAT incident ends with no injuries
The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 2, 2022
Clovis Police Department’s Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT) was called to an incident in the 500 block of Hull Street Saturday. The incident ended with no injuries after about four hours. The SWAT team breached the door of 502 N. Hull and confronted occupant Jesse Gomez, 46, according to a news release from Clovis police. Gomez was arrested on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery, felon in possession of a firearm, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, conspiracy to commit armed r...
Portales man sentenced to more than four years in prison
the Staff of The News|Updated Aug 2, 2022
PORTALES – A Portales man convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a machete, was sentenced on July 27 to more than four years in prison, most of which was enhancements under habitual offender statutes due to two prior felony convictions. Ninth Judicial District Judge Donna Mowrer sentenced Christopher West, 33, of Portales, to four years, two months and 11 days in prison. Normally, the sentencing document stated, West’s sentence for aggravated assault, a fourth-degree felony, would have been only one year, six...
Portales council votes against agreement with Elida
Kathleen Stinson, The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 2, 2022
Portales City Council voted 4-3 against a motion July 26 to approve an intergovernmental agreement with the village of Elida to allow its off-duty police officers to patrol traffic in Elida for 12 hours a week. At its July 5 meeting, the council had instructed City Manager Sarah Austin to draw up an agreement for possible approval to bring before council at the next meeting, which she did. However, at the start of the discussion at the July 26 meeting, council member Daniel Boan said he contacted the state police and several...
Clovis Economic Development hires new director
Steve Hansen, The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 1, 2022
Tina Dziuk knows she has some big shoes to fill. She has taken on the job of executive director of Clovis Economic Development (CED) that became vacant with the untimely death of Chase Gentry, who was nearly revered by those who worked with him on matters of economic development. Gentry died on Aug 31, 2021, after serving as executive director of the Clovis Industrial Development Corporation since 2002. The CIDC changed its name to Clovis Economic Development in January. "I...
Police release details in shooting
Grant McGee, The Staff of The News|Updated Jul 30, 2022
A trail of bullet casings down Connelly Street suggests Victor Davila was being chased by someone shooting at him and that he may have been returning fire before his GMC truck rammed into a house after a bullet hit him in the head. Details of circ*mstances around the July 9 early morning shooting death of Friona’s Davila, 22, are recorded in arrest affidavits connected to the case that were made public last week. The court records help tell the story of what happened between Davila and the juvenile suspect arrested for the s...
David Stevens, The Staff of The News|Updated Jul 30, 2022
Longtime Clovis Mayor David Lansford and longtime Clovis-Portales District Attorney Andrea Reeb are seeking the New Mexico House District 64 seat open with Randal Crowder’s retirement. Lansford is running as an Independent, Reeb as a Republican. This is the first in a series of Q&As with both. Candidates were asked to limit answers to 150 words. Absentee and early in-person voting for the general election is set to begin Oct. 11. Election Day is Nov. 8. David Lansford Q: T...
Fort Sumner woman pleads guilty
Steve Hansen, The Staff of The News|Updated Jul 30, 2022
CLOVIS - A Fort Sumner woman accused of killing her grandfather and hiding his remains in a toolbox in August 2020 pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Wednesday before Judge Benjamin Cross in a Clovis courtroom. Candy Jo Webb, 28, also pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges of tampering with evidence and fraud. Cross accepted the plea agreement and called for a sentencing hearing in 30 days. Cross said the second-degree murder sentence could be as long 21 years in prison,...
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