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CLOVIS — Jose Olivas didn’t always make the right choices growing up, but he made sure the people he loved did. And whatever was going on in his day, friends and family said, he’d find a way to bring cheer to yours. Olivas, who was born in... Full story

Multiple vehicles were involved in a Chaves County crash Saturday morning, but the Chaves County News Network reported none of the injuries were life-threatening. One vehicle involved carried Roswell-area residents from the Absolutely You provider... Full story

A Clovis man was killed early Thursday morning in a two-vehicle crash east of Fort Sumner. David Lucio, 50, died at the scene, according to the New Mexico State Police. According to an NMSP release: • The department was called to mile post 334 of...

CLOVIS — A 26-year-old Clovis man is in custody, charged with an open count of murder following a Thursday night shooting at a home on North Lea Street. Johnny Rae Vigil is accused of killing Jahmall Burge with a handgun owned by Burge. The...

PORTALES — Due to busy court schedules, and a witness list that’s likely to tax that schedule, a trial for a Roosevelt County rancher accused of embezzlement isn’t set to begin until July. A pre-trial hearing was held Thursday morning at the...

Clovis The following marriage licenses were recently filed at the Curry County court clerk’s office: • Bobby Belane Williams, 64, and Zina Stonelake, 64, both of Clovis • Zachary Tyler Kerce, 20, of Clovis, and Daycie Danae Dozhier, 19, of...

Booked The following were booked into local jails (Wednesday - Friday): Clovis • Tracy Silguero, 29, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Brandon Brophy, 35, driving while license suspended or revoked • Vernon Burch, 52,...

DURANGO, Colo. — The Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team is off to a solid start. Sophomore post Alivia Lewis scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds on Saturday as the Greyhounds beat host Fort Lewis 69-62 in the LSC/RMAC...

PORTALES — It was another tough weekend for the Eastern New Mexico University volleyball team. The Greyhounds dropped a pair of Lone Star Conference matches, including a 25-21, 25-16, 23-25, 25-13 decision on Saturday to Texas A&M-Commerce. On...

PORTALES — Top o’ the mornin’ to Treyanna Clay. The 2018 D2CCA South Central second-team honoree and former Eastern New Mexico women’s basketball player has taken her talents to the professional level after signing a contract with Singleton...

Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — No school Tuesday: Breakfast — Mini donut. Lunch — turkey & cheese croissant, veggie dippers, ranch dressing, fresh apple, veggie bar. Wednesday: Breakfast — Orange muffin top. Lunch — Chicken...

Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Sunday: 2 p.m. gospel singing Monday: Closed for Veterans Day Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 8-ball pool, 8 a.m. quilting, 11 a.m. line dance, 1 p.m. pinochle, 6 p.m....

The following books are available for checkout: Portales Public Library “Rebel” by Marie Lu. In this continuation of Marie Lu's bestselling Legend series, Eden Wing is tired of living in his older brother's shadow. Ten years earlier, Eden's...

Joe Biden is going to win the Democratic nomination for president. I wouldn’t run to your bookie with this information. My track record is spotty, at best. But I’ll be shocked if I’m wrong and I’ll have plenty of company, including many...

Of course you can fight City Hall. Clovis residents proved last week you can even win, sometimes. OK, let’s call it a moral victory. City commissioners, no doubt alarmed at the community outrage over another tax increase, came up with a plan...

I wouldn’t consider myself a pottery collector. I’ll more likely be in an actual barn than a Pottery Barn, and I’m never in barns. But when I do get pottery, it tends to make a mark. When my friend Adrian screwed up in art class, he gave me...

If you’re a young child trapped in our infamous foster care system, your future is bleak. It’s likely that you’ll bounce around to more than a dozen foster homes until you “age out” at 18 and are allowed to live on your own. Then, within...

President Donald Trump’s response to the massacre in Sonora, Mexico, of three women and six children at the hands of suspected drug cartel thugs was all too typical. He took to Twitter — and offered to send U.S. troops across the border to set...

If there’s one thing that elite opinion tends to agree about on the left and the right, it’s that nationalism is a very bad thing. If anything, this view has become even more entrenched as nationalism has demonstrated its potency in recent...

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