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PORTALES — Police on Tuesday announced they had obtained arrest warrants on four people in connection to a recent ongoing Portales homicide investigation. Three were in custody that afternoon and the only one still at large was arrested that... Full story

Editor’s note: Warning to readers: The following story contains graphic accounts. CLOVIS — A Clovis man was arrested Friday on felony animal cruelty charges from an investigation that started late last year. John Davis, 63, was charged in...

Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday - Monday: Clovis • Xavier Ransom, 25, failure to pay fines • Ashley Kilmer, 35, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to appear at time and place...

TUCUMCARI — A former Tucumcari fire chief on Tuesday pleaded no contest in district court to five criminal counts — three of them felonies — from a 2017 case in which he was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a city employee and...

CLOVIS — A “person of interest” sought last week in relation to a Portales homicide investigation was arrested Sunday afternoon following a vehicle pursuit that meanwhile involved a car crash with a Clovis police officer. Officers commenced a...

CLOVIS — Clovis city commissioners are looking at changing leash laws last altered in 1993, following a review by its animal control task force in February. Changes to the laws for animals running at large would require a leash for dogs, and...

CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission declined to issue a disaster declaration as a result of the March 13 wind storm during Tuesday’s meeting. Dan Heerding, the emergency management director for the city of Clovis, said winds from the “bomb... Full story

With all the Tiger-mania going on this past weekend, it seems fitting to use a golf term with regard to the Clovis and Portales baseball seasons. Right now, they’re at the turn, ready for the back nine. This week is the first for each in district...

ROSWELL — Spring is in full bloom, and with it came the Roswell Spring Classic, held Monday and Tuesday in Roswell. Clovis’ boys and girls, Portales’ boys and Texico’s girls represented the area in the tournament, held at Spring River on...

ROSWELL — When the Portales tennis teams arrived at Roswell Monday afternoon, they found a pair of Roswell teams winless on the season. When the Rams left, that statement was still correct as both teams controlled their duals — the boys winning...

CARLSBAD — Tuesday’s District 4-5A opener for Carlsbad and Clovis seemed like three baseball games rolled into one. Carlsbad won the seven-inning game 15-5 at Clovis’ Bell Park, improving to 12-5 overall while notching its first district win....

They had become commonplace, those red-shirted Sunday charges by Tiger Woods at PGA majors. Used to be, however far back Tiger was coming into Sunday, there was a good chance he’d be at the top by day’s end. Some of the final rounds stand out....

SILVER CITY — Behind a huge hitting series from Emma Gary, the nightmare streak for Eastern New Mexico University softball is over. The Greyhounds posted a Saturday sweep of Western New Mexico, 7-5 and 7-2, to take two of three in the series and...

An informed observer could have spotted this showdown a mile away. Democrats took the New Mexico House of Representatives and the Governor’s Office, bolstering the majority they already had in the state Senate. As one mass shooting after another...

Tom Udall’s announcement that he won’t seek another term as U.S. senator really brought out the politics in New Mexico. Already, two Democrats have announced they’ll seek to replace Udall, and there’s plenty of speculation about others...

I saw him just a moment too late, coming down the path. I wasn’t expecting anyone to come down this section of the trail. No one ever did. At least I never saw anyone, which is why I was messing around with the pine cones. OK, I better start at...

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