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The New Mexico Racing Commission’s ratification Thursday of a proposed settlement clears the way for it possibly awarding a sixth racetrack license during a special meeting on Tuesday — provided the governor doesn’t fire the commission first....

FORT SUMNER — Billy the Kid lives on in a new film scheduled to begin shooting Saturday in Fort Sumner. Filmmaker Michael Giudicissi seeks to address unanswered questions about the Kid by turning to the man himself. Giudicissi said “In Their...

MULESHOE — Police in Muleshoe are investigating a car accident Sunday night that left one man dead and another seriously injured. Officers responded around 9:45 p.m. (CDT) to a report of a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Ninth and... Full story

Booked The following were booked into local jails Friday - Monday: Clovis • Mercedes Molinar, 23, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, failure to maintain traffic lane, speeding • Sarah Akren, 32,...

PORTALES — Two men charged in a shooting death this month in Portales will remain in custody pending trial, while two other people charged in connection to the incident have hearings on the matter scheduled in the coming days. All four remained...

The New Mexico Department of Health last week reported a case of plague in a ranch dog in Quay County — the first case of plague in the state this year. The dog has recovered from its illness with treatment from a veterinarian. Plague is an...

New sushi restaurant open CLOVIS — A new sushi restaurant called Oishii opened in Clovis earlier this month by the corner of Prince and First streets. Manager Lucky Phixaysavath said owner Steve Phixaysavath has over 30 years of sushi experience...

SANTA FE — All 13 field offices of the New Mexico Department of Veterans Services (DVS) are closed this week. A New Mexico Department of Veterans Services news release reports: Each office’s veterans service officer is attending mandatory...

CANYON, Texas — Though the NCAA track and field season continues to wind down, Eastern New Mexico’s team continues to heat up. At the West Texas A&M Invitational on Saturday, Eastern’s track and field team set three NCAA Division II...

ALBUQUERQUE — Monday’s Marilyn Sepulveda Meet of Champions was kind of like the track and field version of a black-tie, expensive-plate affair. Invitations go only to select athletes. Clovis’ boys track and field team had nine athletes...

HOBBS — Portales, Clovis and Texico all got in some golf to open the week at Hobbs’ Buck Brandon Classic. They might not have seen each other much, however. The Portales boys were the only local team that competed in each day of the two-day...

ARTESIA — The Portales Rams got off to a great start in their District 4-4A opener, plating two quick runs against Bulldog starter JR Bustamante. After that, the three-game series went downhill. The Rams didn’t score again, falling 11-2 in the...

Any parent whose child competes at anything knows the feeling: the stomach-clenching anxiety, the blood-boiling righteous indignation when you feel your kid was robbed — likely outstripping the level of emotion of the actual competitor. They...

If Donald Trump wants to convince the public that the Mueller report vindicates him, he needs to keep us from reading the report ourselves. Or even part of it. Just a couple of hours of reading its summaries and conclusions (which I did over the...

I originally joined Facebook when a long-lost cousin sent me an invitation. No one had heard from this cousin in ages when I got a note out of the blue. Facebook was relatively new then and I hadn’t considered joining. But I figured if I could...

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