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CLOVIS — Curry County is on the cusp of letting its voters decide if it wants the county to remain dry or to have alcohol sales. A resolution is up for debate during Tuesday’s special county commission meeting. The 1:30 p.m. meeting includes...

PORTALES — A man facing a homicide trial next year was found dead in his cell at the Roosevelt County Detention Center on Friday afternoon. County officials said they believe Manuel Silva committed suicide. Silva, 23, was found unresponsive in...

Booked The following were booked into local jails Tuesday - Thursday: Clovis • Mathew Martinez, 23, driving while license suspended or revoked, failure to display registration plate • Garen Fragua, 28, resisting, evading or obstructing an...

The following marriage licenses were filed through Thursday at the Curry County Clerk’s Office: • Eric Brandon Apodaca, 25, and Heather Marie Graves, 19, both of Clovis • Miguel Angel Torres Reyes III, 27, and Megan Diane Martinez, 35, both...

CLOVIS — Most residents of Clovis, assuming they go on with their daily routine, are not going to notice the city is hosting the annual New Mexico Association of Counties Conference this week. It might, however, be a different story if they...

CLOVIS — Installation of a reuse water main will require the closure of roads at the intersection of 21st and Thornton streets for three weeks, according to a release from the city of Clovis. Work will begin Monday on the water main installation,...

• Clovis High’s football program will hold its “Beast From the East” camp for grades 1-8 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday at Leon Williams Stadium. Registration, which is available prior to the Tuesday session, is $50 per camper...

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, 5 p.m. installation, 5:30 p.m. Mexican pile-up, 6 p.m. social night Tuesday: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. exercise equipment, 8 a.m....

Foreman Charles and Elaine Foreman of Clovis will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary Wednesday. The couple was married June 19, 1964, in Carlsbad in a small ceremony with their parents, Kenneth and Ona B. Foreman and Eldon and Marguerite...

The following books are now available for checkout: Clovis-Carver Public Library “Homes” by Abu Bakr Al Rabeeah delivers an intimate view of the Syrian civil war through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy who struggles to play, pray, and survive as...

Jacobo/Urioste Portales High graduates Daire Jacobo and Vanessa Urioste were two of seven high school graduates in the state to receive 2019-20 scholarships from First Financial Credit Union. The scholarships are $1,500 annually, or $750 per...

TIJERAS — Last month, my husband and I drove from New Mexico to Louisiana. We left our house in a freak snowstorm — crazy weather for mid-May — and drove through every kind of weather known to humankind over the next few days. On a weather...

Joe Biden says and does a lot of smart things. It’s part of the reason he got himself elected to the Senate, and it’s part of the reason Barack Obama decided, “This guy’s going to be my running mate.” Joe Biden says a lot of other things...

The more the climate debate changes, the more it stays the same. Polls show that the public is worried about climate change, but that doesn’t mean it is any more ready to bear any burden or pay any price to combat it. If President Donald Trump...

I traveled recently to central Illinois to speak at a memorial service at Eureka College, my dad’s alma mater, on the 15th anniversary of his death. As I flew halfway across the country and talked to many of the good people in the heart of...

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