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Whether or not U.S. Rep. Chris Collins engaged in insider trading, as federal prosecutors allege, his indictment last week exposes what a poor job Congress has done to guard against such transgressions. Collins, a New York Republican, is accused of sharing insider information about the value of a publicly traded Australian biotech company. Collins didn’t gather the inside information in Congress — that would violate the 2012 Stock Act, which made it illegal for members and their staff to trade on privileged knowledge hav...
Last week, some of the biggest social media corporations colluded to silence a voice they didn’t like. No matter how you feel about Alex Jones and his Infowars media brand, this wasn’t good for free speech. It was the escalation of a war that has been building for some time, where voices running counter to the political biases of the dominant social media empires are being silenced. If your argument is so weak you feel the need to silence the other side rather than res... Full story
CLOVIS — It's not every day you get the chance to see someone engulfed in flames dive 30 feet into a pool filled with 9 1/2 feet of water. But Curry County Fair attendees will have 16 chances this week to witness just that during the Great American High Dive Show. "Kids, do not try this at home. You've seen it on television, you've seen it in the movies, but you're going to see it here at the fair live, that's how we sell it," Clark Kocourek said. Kocourek is one of five a... Full story
PORTALES — New Eastern New Mexico University Softball coach Kira Zeiter will conduct a pair of camps later this fall, according to a school release. Zeiter and her staff will host a team camp on Sept. 9 and an individual camp on Oct. 20. The team camp is restricted to grades 9-12, while the individual camp is for grades 9-12 for the morning session and grades K--8 for the afternoon session. Team camp fees are $60 per player, while individual camp fees are $40 per player. A...
On this date ... 1953: A Clovis man was back in the United States after being held prisoner more than two years by communists in Korea. Lt. Col. Thomas D. Harrison was greeted by his family when he arrived in San Francisco from Japan. "In a long-distance call home Saturday afternoon to her mother, Mrs. Byrle Johnson, Mrs. Harrison said her husband looked 'just fine,'" the Clovis News-Journal reported. Clovis had declared Aug. 17 "Tommy Harrison Day" and had planned a full day...
CLOVIS — Darryl Turner’s jury trial next month on a homicide charge from September has been rescheduled to sometime next year. Turner, 30, appeared in court on Tuesday with his public defender Ibukun Adepoju, who on Monday filed a motion to continue his Sept 10-14 trial dates due to additional discovery needs. Turner was indicted in May on a second-degree murder charge for the Sept. 5, 2017, killing of David McDonald in Clovis. He was arrested early this year in Sacramento, California, and has been held at the Curry Cou...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Monday: Clovis • Francine Estrada, 43, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to appear • Felix Acuna, 35, driving while license suspended or revoked • Alejandro Delgado, 31, failure to appear • Gabriel Velasquez, 37, probation violation, failure to pay fines • Sabrina Martinez, 37, possession of a controlled substance Portales • Javier Holguin-Gomez, 21, bench warrant, battery • Raytonio Moore, 41, battery, criminal damage to pro...
CLOVIS — Water and roads once again figure prominently in the city of Clovis’ Five-Year Infrastructure and Capital Improvement Plan, the subject of a brief and sparsely attended public meeting Tuesday afternoon. Grant Coordinator Garry Johnson led the meeting, which was held in the Clovis-Carver Public Library’s Ingram Room and drew two citizens curious as to the involved proceedings of public projects. The final packet of ICIP projects for fiscal years 2020-2024 will go before the City Commission on Sept. 6 and be submi...
Today • Clovis Chamber Board — 11:30 a.m. at the chamber. Information: 575-769-7828 Thursday • ENM Water Utility Authority — 1 p.m. at Sitterly Professional Center, 801 Pile St., Clovis. Information: 575-935-4262 • Curry County DWI Task Force — 4 p.m. in commission chambers at county administration complex, 417 Gidding St. Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. in north annex at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. at in commissi...
Today • Tiny Tots Storytime — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Curry County Fair — 5 p.m.-midnight carnival. Dollar ride night ($1 per ride, per person). Information: 575-935-7000 • Star Party — 8:30 p.m.-10 p.m. by Clovis Astronomy Club at Oasis State Park. Bring your binoculars, telescopes, red lense flashlights, etc. if you have them. Entrance fees apply. Information: 575-356-5331 Thursday • Clovis-Carver Public Library closed — 9 a.m.-11 a.m. for staff training. Information: 57...
