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CLOVIS — The Clovis police officer who discharged a weapon during a July 6 standoff has not been identified by either the department or the New Mexico State Police, but he was returned to full duty four days after the standoff. The weapon was disch...

CLOVIS — President Trump has produced a laundry list of justifications in his threat to veto the National Defense Authorization Act, including border wall funding. New Mexico’s congressional delegation has chosen to focus in on one particular...

PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University regents on Thursday took one more step toward a new president’s residence at the college. Now the challenge is taking long enough to do the project right and getting the project started before the year clo...

A little more than a year ago, I decided to look up the streaming package for the Women’s National Basketball Association. I had already planned to purchase NBA League Pass later in the year, and thought there might be a group discount. I knew NBA...

CLOVIS — When one private entity gets three times as much taxpayer disbursement as another private entity, supporters of the latter are sometimes inclined to disagree. That took place during the Thursday Clovis City Commission meeting, with a back-...

PORTALES — In a discussion about as lengthy as the rest of the meeting combined, Portales city councilors expressed frustration about alleyways overloaded with trash. Portales City Manager Sammy Standefer conceded issues with large items left next...

CLOVIS — The city’s senior services division is hoping to hear from the people it serves. The Clovis Senior Citizens Service Committee gave approval during its Thursday meeting for Senior Services Director Barbara Riggan to release a survey that...

CLOVIS — There was discussion aplenty Tuesday night regarding Clovis’ parks, particularly the future shooting range at Ned Houk Park. But no actions were taken, partially by circumstance and partially by design. The city’s parks, recreation...

CLOVIS — Sharing a stage is not for every musician. Sharing a piano is for even fewer. An exception to the rule is set for First United Methodist Church, as visiting musicians Denise Parr-Scanlin and Maria Garzon will perform a piano duet recital 7...

A former coworker of mine moved to the east coast, and found a great life for herself. That included a boyfriend, who later became a fiancee, who later became a husband. It was more difficult than it should have been, because she’s white and...

CLOVIS — Tuesday night’s board meeting welcomed Renee Russ as new superintendent for Clovis Municipal Schools. By the end of it, Russ had her leadership team in place. Russ said the district had two cabinet openings due to the departure of Kerry...

I can easily lose an hour or five binge-watching old episodes of “The Office,” and it’s safe to say I have at least five friendships where the majority of our conversations somehow reference the Steve Carell comedy. Some of those friends are...

CLOVIS — There were changes aplenty in technology and the law when it came to the medical industry during the 15 years between Dick Smith’s runs as the Plains Regional Medical Center administrator. But he said the job never changed. “It’s...

CLOVIS — With his mind on an upcoming vacancy in the Clovis City Commission, Mayor David Lansford asked somebody he trusted about his desire to one day be a commissioner. David Robinson responded that he never wanted to run for an office, and that...

CLOVIS — Election reimbursements and workman’s compensation claim investigations probably aren’t that riveting to the people tasked to handle them. They’re even less interesting to John and Jane Q. Public. They are, however, discussions that...

CLOVIS — As Dave Richards prepares to bid farewell to a job that has taken him through more than 30 years, nine city managers and countless city commissioners and department heads, many of them bid a fond and laughter-filled farewell to him. Prior...

Seeing O.J. Simpson start a Twitter account is pretty much seeing every color in the spectrums of emotion and rational thought. Why does he have a Twitter account? Shouldn’t he be in jail instead? Shouldn’t seeing 1,000 O.J.s walk free be better...

CLOVIS — June 10 marked the start of the fifth week for the 12th annual U.S. Dairy Education and Training Consortium — or the dairy consortium, as it’s usually called to save a few seconds. The News spoke with a trio of students in the...