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  • Publisher's Notebook: New Clovis police chief leans personable

    David Stevens, Publisher|Updated Mar 1, 2022

    The finalists for Clovis' police chief job could not have contrasted more, at least on paper. Dirk Ronald Budd's seven-page resume contained probably 3,000 words recounting his storied law-enforcement career that included his current job – overseeing detectives for a Denver-area sheriff's department that employs more than 420 sworn officers. He wrote that he was a "Respected law enforcement Division Chief and Commander offering 26 years of public service expertise with an u...

  • Election roundup

    Updated Feb 28, 2022

    Area municipal elections are Tuesday. Here are the people who are on the ballots in municipalities in Curry and Roosevelt Counties. In Clovis four City Commission seats and a Municipal Judgeship are to be decided. District 1 (two year term) George Talmadge Jones James A. Burns District 1 (four year term) Juan F. Garza District 2 Ronald E. Porter District 3 David W. Bryant Paul A. Nelson District 4 Megan A. Palla Municipal Judge (at large) Vicki D. Kelley Polling is happening at these locations from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Colonial...

  • Meetings calendar - Feb. 27

    Updated Feb 26, 2022

    Monday *City of Clovis Parks, Recreation, and Beautification Committee – 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654 Tuesday *Clovis municipal election – 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Voting available at five Clovis locations: Colonial Park Golf Course, 1300 Colonial Parkway; Youth Recreation Building, 1504 E. Seventh St.; Roy Walker Community Center, 316 W. Second St.; Trinity United Methodist Church, 1320 W. 21st St.; and City of Clovis Substation #5, 220 W. Brady Ave. Information: M...

  • Events calendar - Feb. 27

    Updated Feb 26, 2022

    Today *Blood drive — 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Legacy Church chapel 2, 3401 N. Norris, Clovis. Register online at www.bloodhero.com. Advance appointments strongly recommended; all donors must arrive wearing masks. Information: 877-258-4825 *ENMU Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony in concert – 3 p.m., Buchanan Hall, ENMU Music Building, Portales. Featuring Dustin Seifert and Sidney Shuler, conductors, and David Waybright, University of Florida, guest conductor. Information: 575-562-2373 Monday-March 25 *Kindergarten-ENMU 13th ann...

  • Jail logs - Feb. 27

    Updated Feb 26, 2022

    Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis * Jesus Vargas, 19, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, failure to appear on a felony charge * Gilbert Mares, 23, forgery * Kevin Garcia, 19, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge * Victoria Gonzalez, 21, battery * Rogelio Maya, 24, probation violation * Brad Ramos, 23, failure to pay fines * Joshua Moralez, 19, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge, aggravated assault upon a school employee, unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon on school pr...

  • Pages past, Feb. 27: AG: Treatment, not jail, for drug addicts

    David Stevens, The Staff of The News|Updated Feb 26, 2022

    On this date ... 1972: Dave Norvell, New Mexico’s attorney general, told students at Eastern New Mexico University that he favored a new look at drug laws, with emphasis on treatment rather than punishment. Norvell told about 60 students that he opposed lawmakers’ recent decision to increase the penalty for marijuana use. He predicted marijuana would eventually be legalized “if we find that the use of marijuana does not lead to the use of hard drugs.” Hard drugs, he said, w...

  • Professor: Russia invasion has local ramifications

    Grant McGee, The Staff of The News|Updated Feb 26, 2022

    After weeks of military buildup, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week was not a surprise. But a Clovis Community College history professor who’s been following the issues closely said he is surprised by the strategy Russian President Vladimir Putin has employed. “I’m surprised Putin was willing to launch a full-scale invasion,” Aaron Anderson said. “I thought he’d have a more incremental approach.” The CCC instructor said last week that it’s well known Putin wants to reassemble the territory of the former Soviet Union. “He...

  • Official says ENMU will continue to seek more fairness in funding

    the Staff of The News|Updated Feb 26, 2022

    While a funding increase for Eastern New Mexico University represents progress in correcting funding inequity, ENMU’s Chief Financial Officer Scott Smart said Friday that ENMU will continue to seek more fairness in state college funding formulas. A more generous New Mexico State Legislature improved Eastern New Mexico University’s per-full-time-equivalent-student funding by $452, or 5.6%, in its 2022 session, a total increase of $1.7 million more per year. The legislature’s 2022 supplemental allocation is in addition to ap...