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Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday-Thursday: Clovis • Mary Gutierrez, 51, probation violation • Jonathan Gutierrez, 32, use of telephone to terrify, threaten, harass, annoy or offend • Isaiah Johnson, 21, failure to...

CLOVIS — A Clovis home was damaged by a fire caused by a space heater early Thursday morning, sending two teenagers to the hospital. Clovis Fire Battalion Chief Joel Gershon said a blaze inside a home in the 3200 block of Vinton Street around 4...

CLOVIS — A panel of three district attorneys from other parts of the state are still reviewing the case of the Oct. 8 officer-involved deadly force incident in Clovis. Officials said last week there’s still no telling when they might make a...

CLOVIS — A land purchase under consideration Thursday by the Clovis City Commission was tabled pending additional review by the city’s Economic Incentive Board for potential water issues. The recommended purchase of 633 acres west of Cannon Air...

Twelve local schools were among the 41 public elementary schools statewide to earn a HealthierUS Challenge Award from the USDA, according to a press release from the New Mexico Department of Health. Silver and gold award-wining schools were given...

The 2018 Farm Bill was approved by the Senate and House of Representatives last week in Washington D.C., adding increased protection for dairies and prioritizing conservation practices. “In New Mexico, our farmers, dairy producers, and ranchers...

PORTALES — At Tuesday’s meeting the Roosevelt County Commission is expected to vote on two ordinances that went before the board last month. At the Nov. 20 meeting, County Attorney Randy Knudson said the ordinance promoting ethical conduct came...

CLOVIS — The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education on Tuesday plans to discuss an alternative education proposal for students focusing on science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. Called the CMS iAcademy, the approach would...

ALBUQUERQUE — Both the Clovis boys and girls basketball teams didn’t fare as well as they would’ve liked in their weekend tournaments. But each ended their northwest visits with victories to salvage their trips and hopefully bring some...

BY THE STAFF OF THE NEWS LAS VEGAS, N.M. — This past week, Portales’ girls basketball team forged ahead without its best player, and in the two games played, the Lady Rams were 1-1. They’ll take it. Taylee Rippee separated her shoulder...

The Tucumcari girls basketball team made a few difficult shots but also missed a few easy ones, and that proved crucial during its first loss of the season, 50-48, on Thursday to Class 2A-ranked Texico. Ashley Shipley led the Lady Rattlers, ranked...

PORTALES — The Eastern New Mexico women's basketball team is preparing to travel to Oklahoma City for a 12 p.m. non-conference battle against Oklahoma Christian on Monday. Last time out The last time the Greyhounds were in action was back on Dec....

NEW ORLEANS — The Eastern New Mexico men's indoor track and field team will enter the 2019 indoor track and field season as the 18th-ranked team in NCAA Division II according to the USTFCCCA Indoor Track and Field Preseason Poll released this...

At the first Christmas in Portales, Santa Claus showed up in cowboy boots, riding a grey donkey. That’s right, he didn’t exactly fit the description that Clement Clarke Moore had portrayed 76 years earlier in his poem “The Night Before...

Clovis Elementary Monday: Breakfast — Bagel w/cream cheese. Lunch — Hot dog in a serape w/cheese, baked fries, steamed broccoli and carrots, fruit cup. Tuesday: Breakfast — Pancake sausage on a stick. Lunch — French bread pizza, veggie cup...

The following are available for checkout at: Clovis-Carver Public Library The Complete James Herriot eight-volume set, donated in memory of Tristan Nigel Hays, presents ageless tales drawn from the veterinary practice and country life of English...

Baxter Curren Senior Center 908 Hickory St., Clovis Monday: 8:30 a.m. exercise class, 10 a.m. jewelry pals, 1 p.m. line dance Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m. quilting, 9 a.m. pinochle class, 10 a.m. beginning line dance, 1 p.m....

Information on new tools available for scrapbooking and other paper crafts, making homemade soap and doing contemporary open embroidery will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday and at noon on Thursday. Diane...

Portales Woman’s Club President Amber Hamilton called the meeting to order at 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 13th at the club building. Ronnie Birdsong introduced Melanie Patrick who spoke on “Life at Cannon.” Patrick selected a book for the club to...

The most telling thing about the sharp swings in gasoline prices is that the United States is still beholden to Saudi Arabia despite the shale boom. That reflects the fundamental risk of continuing to rely on gasoline cars. However many of us...

Wouldn’t it be great, now that the state Motor Vehicle Division has eased up on the requirements for a driver authorization card (DAC), if all New Mexicans showed up at the neighborhood MVD office with the documents they need, and all state and...

Geraldine Barber came by the Santa Rosa newspaper office recently to register a grievance — too many people are letting their dogs “do their business,” as they say, in other people’s yards. She was particularly disturbed by a big pile of...

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