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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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PORTALES — A Roosevelt County Grand Jury has returned a no-bill in connection with the July 27 shooting death of Derek Garcia. According to a news release from District Attorney Andrea Reeb: The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office was called to a residence in Roosevelt County on reports of a large fight ending in a shooting. Upon arrival, they found Garcia deceased. The shooter voluntarily came to law enforcement and admitted he was involved. The shooter described the event and indicated that he acted in self defense after Gar... Full story
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Friday-Tuesday): Clovis ∞ Leroy Jaramillo, 56, criminal sexual penetration in the first degree, criminal sexual contact of a minor in the second degree ∞ David Torres-Castillo, 38, failure to pay fines, burglary of a vehicle ∞ Juan Garza, 38, failure to appear on a felony charge ∞ Charles Fargua, 29, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge ∞ Tiffany Martinez, 24, shoplifting, failure to appear on a felony charge ∞ Casey Counts, 31, theft of identity ∞ Marcos Echeverria, 3...
Today • Clovis Chamber Ambassador Bake Sale — 9 a.m., Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce, 105 E. Grand Ave., Clovis. Hosted by the Chamber Ambassadors; all proceeds will go to the Special Hearts Prom. Information; 575-763-3435 • Blood drive — 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Bloodmobile, Floyd Schools, 1564 NM 267, Floyd. Register online at http://www.bloodhero.com. Information: 877-258-4825 • Tiny Tots — 10 a.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-7840 • Preschool storytime “Hip-Hip-Hoor...
Last week’s arrival of SpaceShipTwo at New Mexico’s Spaceport America signaled a big step forward in the “Space Valley” the governor is touting and the “Space Trail” we’ve had all along. With the spacecraft’s move from the Mojave Desert in California to New Mexico’s spaceport between Truth or Consequences and Las Cruces, Virgin Galactic is positioning itself for one final round of test flights before launching commercial passenger flights into space — and placing New Mexico, once again, on the cutting edge of space explo...
PORTALES — Around 40 people packed into the Roosevelt County Commission Room on Tuesday morning to see Roosevelt County Sheriff Malin Parker bring a resolution to oppose the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act — the red-flag gun bill. But he never had the opportunity. The meeting ended immediately after it started since three of the five commissioners were not in attendance. With no quorum, Vice Chair Tina Dixon said she would be unable to take action or even hear the resolution and so the meeting was adjourned. Dixon and Shane...
Whether or not you vote or otherwise pay attention to politicians, do you wish you had a way to see inside their minds to know what they think of you? Libertarian science fiction and nonfiction author L. Neil Smith has pointed out that you can know what a politician thinks of you and your rights by examining his or her opinions on gun rights. Smith says it’s as good as an X-ray into politicians’ minds. It works whether the politician is a Republican, a Democrat, a Lib...
