Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Victoria Robledo was two months pregnant last June when the only women's health clinic in Clovis closed its doors. Hers was a complicated pregnancy that demanded specialized care, and Robledo, 24, soon found herself driving long distances - 100 miles to Lubbock for her first ultrasound, 220 miles to Albuquerque for a special test that revealed the umbilical cord was in a knot. She was terrified she would lose the baby. Then, at 36 weeks she lost all prenatal care services and...
For months, Clovis dairy farmer Art Schaap has been watching his life go down the drain. Instead of selling milk, he is dumping 15,000 gallons a day - enough to provide a carton at lunch to 240,000 children. Instead of working 24/7 to keep his animals healthy, he's planning to exterminate all 4,000 of his cows, one of the best herds in Curry County's booming dairy industry. The 54-year-old second-generation dairy farmer learned in August that his water, his land, his crops -...
