Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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The following is a sampling of calls received by dispatchers for Portales police, fire and sheriff: Friday • 12:28 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 1300 block South Avenue D • 8:13 am.: Ambulance requested, 1900 block South Roosevelt road 4 • 9:42 a.m.: Narcotics, 200 block South Knoxville Street, report taken • 10:34 a.m.: Trespass report, 200 block South Knoxville Street, report taken • 11:20 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident without injuries, New Mexico 236/Roosevelt Road S • 11:44 a.m.: Ambulance requested, 100 block North Avenu... Full story
On this date ... 1971: Clovis Postmaster Charles Stanfield learned Clovis would be included in a new program aimed at increasing the speed of mail delivery. Clovis and seven other New Mexico cities were to be included on three air flights that operated daily between Albuquerque and Dallas. “Stanfield indicated the Clovis mail received at the post office by 8 p.m. has a chance to be delivered the next day any place in the state,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. Postmaster Gen. Wilton Blount told reporters in Washington: “Th...
Jason Ford, left, and Anthony Ortega Managing Editor [email protected] A Portales police officer, shot while apprehending a criminal suspect, was being treated for a non-life threatening injury at a Lubbock hospital on Monday afternoon, officials said. Police said two individuals involved in the incident were being held on unrelated charges in the Roosevelt County jail. No charges had been filed in connection with the shooting as of 5 p.m. Monday. The officer’s name was n... Full story
