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  • Area avoids major wind damage

    Steve Hansen - Staff Writer|Updated Dec 7, 2021

    Except for tumbleweeds amassing on rural roads in Curry and Roosevelt counties, high winds Sunday night did little damage in either county. In Clovis, a lightpole over a softball field at Hillcrest Park collapsed in winds that the U.S. Weather Service reported as reaching as high as 43 mph, with gusts up to 52 mph, but city officials reported little other damage to city properties. In Portales, city officials said the wind may have knocked out some light bulbs at the city...