The Eastern New Mexico News

12/03/2025

The season’s first snowfall is expected to drop in on eastern New Mexico late Wednesday and early Thursday. The National Weather Service is predicting a 70% chance of snow for the Clovis-Portales area with a 90% chance of snow around Tucumcari. NWS forecasts up to 1.5 inches of snow for Quay Count...

12/02/2025

A recount for the Texico Municipal School District’s board member race showed no changes after completion on Tuesday, county clerks said. Recount Election Boards in Curry and Roosevelt counties recounted results of the school’s at-large position, which had three candidates vying for two spots in...

12/02/2025

A Texas couple missing since Thanksgiving Day were found dead Tuesday in Quay County, according to the Carson County Sheriff’s Department. The agency made the announcement on its page, but provided no details. The post reads: “At this time Linda and Gary Lightfoot along w/ their vehicle...

11/29/2025

11/26/2025

A recount for the Texico Municipal School District’s board member race is scheduled Tuesday in Clovis and Portales. Recount Election Boards in Curry and Roosevelt counties will be recounting results of the school’s at-large position, which had three candidates vying for two spots in the Nov 4 el...

11/26/2025

The city of Portales will pay its former manager $95,000 to settle a whistleblower lawsuit she filed against it last year. Sarah Austin was fired in April 2024, claiming in the lawsuit it was because she repeatedly warned the city could run out of water if it didn’t limit use. The city admitted no...

11/25/2025

Art Briles, one of college football's most successful coaches until a players' sexual assault scandal at Baylor pushed him out in 2016, on Monday was named head coach at Eastern New Mexico University. He was greeted by applause and "roo-roo" Hound barks by about 100 players, fans and university staf...

11/22/2025

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11/22/2025

Update from Clovis Police Department:

On Friday, November 21, 2025, at about 10:06 p.m., Clovis Police Department Dispatch received a 911 call regarding a gunshot victim. The caller told Dispatch there was a male subject with a gunshot wound, in their yard. Clovis Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services were dispatched to the scene, where they located a male gunshot victim. The victim, identified as Raynaldo Joshua Enriquez (37 years of age), was transported to Plains Regional Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries at approximately 11:08 p.m.
Search warrants were executed on the residence to recover the shotgun involved in this incident. No weapons were recovered from the home. Video surveillance in the area showed a subject walking from the scene shortly after the shooting. Investigators believe the weapon may have been taken by that subject.
The Clovis Police Department Special Operations Unit is looking for the public’s assistance in locating Richard Gonzales (39 years of age) in reference to this investigation.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the non-emergency line at 575-769-1921. The Clovis Police Department would like to remind you that information can also be provided anonymously by using the Clovis Police Department’s tip411 program, accessed by going to www.police.cityofclovis.org. Anonymous tips can be provided to the Curry County Crime Stoppers at 575-763-7000.

Anonymous Text-to-Tip line Text “ClovisPD” and your message to 847-411. It is the mission of the Clovis Police Department to enhance the quality of life in Clovis by workingin partnership with our community to enforce the law, preserve peace, protect life and property,reduce fear and maintain pu...

11/22/2025

From Clovis Police Department:

Clovis, NM – November 22, 2025 – On Friday, November 21, 2025, at about 10:06 p.m., Clovis Police Department Dispatch received a 911 call regarding a gunshot victim. The caller told Dispatch there was a male subject with a gunshot wound, in their yard. Clovis Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services were dispatched to the scene, where they located a male gunshot victim. The victim, identified as Raynaldo Joshua Enriquez (37 years of age), was transported to Plains Regional Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries at approximately 11:08 p.m.
The Major Crimes Unit was activated to investigate this shooting.
Information was developed through interviews which corroborated that Raynaldo Joshua Enriquez, was in possession of a shotgun. After inadvertently shooting himself, Enriquez directed the witnesses to recover his firearm. Enriquez was prohibited from possessing a firearm due to a felony conviction.
A search warrant was executed on the residence where the shooting occurred, no firearm was recovered. Video surveillance in the area showed a subject walking from the scene shortly after the shooting. Investigators believe the weapon may have been taken by that subject.
Detectives of the Clovis Police Department will proceed with this investigation and the recovery of the shotgun.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the non-emergency line at 575-769-1921. The Clovis Police Department would like to remind you that information can also be provided anonymously by using the Clovis Police Department’s tip411 program, accessed by going to www.police.cityofclovis.org. Anonymous tips can be provided to the Curry County Crime Stoppers at 575-763-7000.

Anonymous Text-to-Tip line Text “ClovisPD” and your message to 847-411. It is the mission of the Clovis Police Department to enhance the quality of life in Clovis by workingin partnership with our community to enforce the law, preserve peace, protect life and property,reduce fear and maintain pu...

11/22/2025

High school football scores:

Fort Sumner/House 28, Melrose 14
Ropes 67, Farwell 0
Bovina 24, Seagraves 16