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City of Portales faces staffing issue

The building inspector can no longer oversee multiple fields, according to state law.

PORTALES — A state law could potentially be keeping the city of Portales from hiring a new building inspector, City Manager Sammy Standefer told the city council Tuesday.

Standefer said that in late 2017, one of the city’s inspectors resigned....