The Eastern New Mexico News

10/11/2025

High school football scores:

Clovis 30, Organ Mountain 23 (final)
Raton 21, Tucumcari 18 (final)
St. Pius 45, Portales 7 (final)
Roy/Mosquero 80, Floyd 56 (final)
Farwell 28, Bovina 14 (final)
Muleshoe 55, Roosevelt 49 (final)
Grady 54, Elida 0 (final)
Texico 51, Loving 7 (final)
NM School for Deaf 60, Dora 19 (final)

10/10/2025

Update: Cannon has issued 'all clear' notice.

Cannon Air Force Base has entered into "active shooter protocol," Maj. Jackie Pienkowski confirmed at 12:40 p.m. Friday. An alert to Cannon personnel reads, "Lockdown Lockdown Lockdown ... Active Shooter ... Cannon AFB and Chavez Housing Are On Lockdown. Seek Shelter Immediately." Pienkowski said sh...

10/09/2025

An eastbound lane of U.S. 70, about a mile west of Texico, has been closed because of a vehicle fire. Sheriff Michael Brockett said the fire was "most likely caused by a mechanical malfunction." No injuries have been reported.

10/09/2025

SANTA FE — New Mexico lawmakers took bipartisan action during a special session last week to pass a bill aimed at shielding some state residents from hefty health insurance cost hikes. With that fix now in law after being signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, the state's top House Republican rece...

10/08/2025

Rainfall totals as of 10 a.m., according to New Mexico State University ag science centers:

Clovis: 1.89 inches
Dora: 0.38
Grady: 0.98
House: 1.66
Logan: 0
Elida: .18
Portales: 1.67
St. Vrain: 1.91
Tucumcari: 0.16

10/08/2025

Heck, our government knows better’n we do It’s amazing how intuitive our local government is. The other morning I woke up and had this feeling, a compulsion really, that I needed to spend more money in taxes. It was a bit overwhelming having this need to give more money to the folks that brought...

10/07/2025

Loni Monahan has been director of the Mesalands Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari for the past seven years. A two-week trip to Tucumcari to visit her sisters turned into two months, prompting her to seek a job in town that landed her current position. Axel Hungerbuehler runs the museum's paleontology pro...

10/07/2025

We lost movie great Robert Redford last month. With him passes a generation’s big screen heartthrob and hero. Redford was a huge part of three of my all-time favorite movies, acting in “Jeremiah Johnson” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and brilliantly directing “A River Runs Thr...

10/07/2025

Anu Ogunleye is a woman on a mission, and if you want to catch up with her to learn more, you'd better come prepared with mud boots and an empty tote bag or two. Ogunleye is an assistant professor of agriculture at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, but it's her side hustle that caught my ey...

10/05/2025

A teenager suffered multiple gunshot wounds early Sunday and another teen is suspected in the shooting. Police said an arrest warrant has been issued for J'Sieh Lewis, 19, who is charged with aggravated battery and assault with intent to commit a violent felony with intent to kill. The victim identi...

10/04/2025

High school football scores:

Logan 50, Lazbuddie 0 (final)
Estancia 38, Tucumcari 14 (final)
Melrose 48, Gateway 6 (final)
Floyd 59, Carrizo 6 (final)
Portales 19, Silver 8 (final)
Farwell 49, Friona 28 (final)
Dalhart 59, Muleshoe 0 (final)
Texico 49, Jal 0 (final)
Las Cruces 56, Clovis 6 (final)
Grady 70, Dora 7 (final)
Centennial 42, Alamogordo 32 (final)
Grady JV 66, Clovis Christian 19 (final)

10/03/2025

Murder trial set for February:

A murder suspect has been sentenced to eight years in prison on an unrelated charge, District Attorney Quentin Ray announced in a news release. Alex Zapata, 27, on Monday pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence, a charge stemming from a 2024 incident in which he swallowed a small bag of methamphet...