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  • Events calendar - Aug. 20

    Updated Aug 19, 2023

    Today and Monday *ENMU Dawg Days – on-campus events welcoming new students to Portales Monday *Stitch Addicts stitch group – 6:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 Tuesday *Blood drive — 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Bloodmobile, ENMRSH, Inc., 2700 E. Seventh St., Clovis. Register online at www.bloodhero.com. Advance appointments strongly recommended; all donors must arrive wearing masks. All donors through Aug. 31 will be automatically entered for a chance to win 1 of 5 $5,000 prepa...

  • Meetings calendar - Aug. 20

    Updated Aug 19, 2023

    Monday *City of Clovis Parks, Recreation, and Beautification Committee – 5:30 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. Prior to the meeting, the board will meet at 4 p.m. Bob Spencer Field to tour that area and Hillcrest Park. Information: 575-763-9654 *City of Portales Planning and Zoning meeting – 5:30 p.m., Memorial Building, 200 E. 7th St., Portales. Information: 575-356-6662 Tuesday *Curry County Commission – 1:30 p.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Giddi...

  • COVID-19 infections increasing in NM

    The Santa Fe New Mexican, Syndicated content|Updated Aug 19, 2023

    New Mexico's COVID-19 fortunes — which seemed so promising only a few weeks ago — are beginning to darken, state health officials said Wednesday. Just as health care experts and hospital leaders exhaled in relief in July with a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases, an official with the state Department of Health said New Mexico is now following a national trend of increasing infections. "The trends will be the same with cases rising and hospitalizations ticking up slowly as well," Health Department spokesman David Bar...

  • Pages past, Aug. 20: Curry County votes to stay dry

    David Stevens, The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 19, 2023

    On this date ... 1908: John V. Farwell, one of the primary investors of the XIT Ranch that financed the Texas state capitol building, died at age 82. The Texas Panhandle ranch covered 3 million acres and took 36 days to survey, according to the Texas State Historical Association. Farwell, whose business career focused on wholesale dry goods in Chicago, spent some time on the XIT as its managing director. The town of Farwell on the Texas-New Mexico border is named in his...

  • Court upholds Clovis officer's questioning

    Madison Willis, The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 19, 2023

    The Supreme Court of New Mexico has unanimously upheld a Clovis police officer’s questioning of a non-driver passenger in a vehicle pulled over on a traffic stop, according to a news release from the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts. The Supreme Court upheld Clovis Police Officer Brice Stacy’s questioning of the passenger, Hugo Vasquez-Salas, ruling that Stacy had “reasonable suspicion” of criminal activity to authorize further questioning, the news release stated. Vasques-Salas had asked the court to throw o...

  • Commish hears numbers on public service negotiations

    Landry Sena, The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 19, 2023

    The Roosevelt County Commission discussed dollar amounts and other numbers involved with services the county provides to the city and vice versa. On Tuesday, county commissioners Tina Dixon and Roy Lee Criswell presented recent discussions they had with city councilors Veronica Cordova and Chad Heflin about the ongoing negotiations. “What they're offering is $200 for anybody arrested, whether they're municipal, whether they’re state charges, whatever it is. $200 a day, up until arraignment” for Roosevelt County Deten...

  • Senior calendar - Aug. 20

    Updated Aug 19, 2023

    Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Chicken fettuccini Alfredo, broccoli, garlic toast, cookie Tuesday: Frito pie, salad, spiced apples. Wednesday: Pork riblet on a bun, Cole slaw, French fries, cookie Thursday: Green chile cheeseburger, baked beans, potato wedges, diced pears. Friday: Grilled chicken sandwich, French fries, cookie, Baxter-Curren Activity Center 908 Hickory, Clovis 575-762-3631 Monday: 8:30 a.m. Exercise, 10 a.m. Line dance, Jewelry Pals, 1 p.m. Line dance, Canasta, Quiddle...

  • School menus - Aug. 20

    Updated Aug 19, 2023

    Clovis Monday: Breakfast: Blueberry dunker. Lunch: Chicken smackers, au-gratin potatoes, seasoned corn, cinnamon applesauce, whole wheat roll or (grades 6-12) pizza or Stuffwich and fries, or chef salad. Tuesday: Breakfast: Fruit filled churro. Lunch: Corn dog, baked French fries, mini carrots and dressing, chilled mixed fruit or (grades 6-12) pizza or spicy chicken sandwich or chef salad. Wednesday: Breakfast: Mini bagel and cream cheese. Lunch: Oriental chicken, egg roll and fried rice, oriental veggies, chilled pears or...