Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Today Roosevelt County Commission meeting — 9 a.m., L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices, School Board Meeting Room. Information: 575-356-5307 Books ‘n’ babies — 10:30 a.m., storytime for children ages 0-3, Portales Public Library. Today’s selection: “Hoppin’ Frogs.” Information: 575-356-3940 Portales City Council meeting — 6:30 p.m., Memorial Building. Information: 575-356-6662 Wednesday Preschool storytime — 10:30 a.m., Portales Public Library. Today’s selection: “New Friends.” Information: 575-356-3940 Tween program — 4:30...
Portales City Council The Portales City Council will meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Memorial Building. Agenda items include: • A presentation to Hugh Frank of the Portales Fire Department for the city’s employee of the quarter award. • Proclamations for Constitution Week and Good Neighbor Day. • A presentation from the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico. • Authorizations for the mayor pro-tem on a litter control grant and execution of a runway lighting project. • A resolution authorizing submission for a state maintenance...
America’s population of living veterans fell by almost 5 million, or 17 percent, from 2000 to 2013. So why did the number of veterans drawing disability compensation climb by 55 percent over that period? And why has yearly Veterans Affairs disability payments tripled since 2000 to reach $60 billion in 2014? The Congressional Budget Office explains why in a new report, and the primary reason is not found among veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. That source of claims is significant but not yet near its peak. A g...
Curry County Commissioners have 11 items on the action agenda to consider for a vote when they meet 9 a.m. today at the Clovis-Carver library’s north annex. The agenda: • Appointment of a county representative and alternate to the regional water planning committee. • A resolution in support of amendments to a dairy rule. • A request to approve audit procedures for the county Events Center and fairgrounds. • A request to approve a contract with Correctional Health Companies to provide inmate health care at the jail. • A reque...
On this date … 1964: Mike Sims, a Republican candidate for U.S. Representative, told a Young Republican gathering in Portales that he’s concerned with morality in America, and in the government. He claimed Democrats in 1962 promised no increases in sales taxes and then abandoned the plan after the election. “I make no rash promises,” Sims said, “but a return to the free enterprise system that has made our country the greatest nation on the face of the earth.” Democrat Tom Morris, a Quay County farmer, won the election. 1960:...
