Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Monday's incident in which a Curry County Sheriff’s deputy discharged his firearm began as a vehicle pursuit and ended in a foot pursuit, Sheriff Mike Reeves said Tuesday. No one was shot in the incident, which ended about 2 a.m. Monday in the 800 block of Rencher Street. Reeves said one person was taken into custody. Neither the suspect's name nor charges against the suspect were immediately released. The sheriff declined to provide additional information but said New Mexico State Police are investigating... Full story
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a tornado warning for northeastern Curry County until 7:30 p.m. Sunday. "At 6:39 p.m. ... a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 11 miles north of Ranchvale, or 15 miles north of Clovis, moving northeast at 15 mph," NWS reported. Radar indicated rotation, NWS reported, and half-dollar-size hail is expected. "Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and... Full story
Booked The following were booked into local jail (Tuesday - Friday): Clovis • Fabian Fabela, 32, failure to pay fines, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Brandon Wells, 35, battery upon a health care worker • Lawrence Kolek, 40, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, larceny, possession of burglary tools, criminal damage to property, probation violation • Vanity Garcia, 32, arson • Jose Hernandez-Rentas, 26, criminal damage to property, falsely obtaining services • Deborah Hudson, 49, failure to pay fines • Isi...
Portales is now one step closer to having speed enforcement cameras throughout town after the city council approved to enact them and begin contract negotiations at their regular meeting Tuesday. Police Chief Christopher Williams took the podium once again to answer any questions regarding the cameras: how they work, where they will be placed, and how he believes they will benefit the community. "My goal is to slow people down," Williams said to the council. "I'm not looking...
Editor's note: This is one in a continuing series of state-of-the-entity interviews with local officials. Sarah Austin is the city manager for Portales. Q: What are some issues that continue to be on the agenda every two weeks? Anything the council is currently working on that stands out? A: We have planning and zoning stuff, as always, that's a big thing on the agenda. And one of the new things the city did recently was go to a consent agenda. Curry County uses it, too, and...
