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  • 9/13 Area volleyball results

    Updated Sep 14, 2023

    Thursday’s results: Grady def. Elida 25-15, 25-23, 25-22; San Jon def. Floyd 25-22, 25-11, 25-19. Vixen Classic At Fort Sumner Friday Pool play standings: 1. Melrose 13-1; 2. Fort Sumner 10-4; 3. Logan 10-4; 4. Dexter 7-7; 5. Santa Rosa 7-7; 6. Oak Grove 6-8; 7. Dora 2-12; 8. Hozho Academy 1-13. Saturday Championship bracket matches Semifinals Melrose 3, Dexter 0 Dexter 16 16 10 Melrose 25 25 25 Melrose individual statistics Kills – Kambree Draper 13, Chantzee Elliott 10, Graci Odom 9, Hally Draper 6. Blocks – K. Drape...

  • Obituary: Alvin Swann

    Updated Sep 13, 2023

    Alvin Swann, age 84, passed away on Friday, September 8, 2023. Graveside service will be held on Saturday, September 16, 2023, 10:00 am at Mission Garden of Memories, 2900 W. 7th Street, with Robert Thornton officiating. Alvin was born on October 19, 1938, to Clemons William Swann and Annie Belle Capps Swann in Wilson, Texas. Alvin moved to New Mexico at a young age where he met his love of 65 years. Thelma recently passed away on August 25, 2023, now they are reunited once...

  • Obituary: Mark Alan Sawyer

    Updated Sep 13, 2023

    Mark Alan Sawyer, 54 of House, NM passed away Saturday, September 9, 2023 in an auto accident north of Taiban. Mark was born August 31, 1969 in Santa Fe, New Mexico to the home of David and LaDonna (Mithcell) Sawyer. He attended schools in Santa Fe. Mark attended Gary Leffew's Bull Riding School. He travelled the bull riding circuit for a time until he was injured and had to leave bull riding. Mark worked in the building construction industry while living in Santa Fe, he worke...

  • Obituary: Carlos Montano

    Updated Sep 13, 2023

    Littleton - Carlos David Montaño, 69, of Littleton, Colorado died peacefully on September 3, 2023. Carlos was born in Clovis, New Mexico on August 26, 1954 to Jose E. and Sophia B. Montaño. He grew up with three brothers and three sisters and was the youngest of the seven siblings. After graduating from Clovis High School, he joined the Army and was stationed in Colorado Springs where he ultimately met the love of his life, Pam. Carlos and Pam were married in Colorado S...

  • Obituary: Billy Darrell Prater

    Updated Sep 13, 2023

    Memorial services for Billy Darrell Prater, 91, a longtime resident of Dora, will be held at a later date. Billy was born Feb. 25, 1932, at the family home in Dora. Dora remained his home until recent years when he moved to Heartland House Assisted Living in Lubbock. He passed from this life on Sept. 5, 2023. Billy graduated from the Dora High School in 1949 and continued to live in Dora farming and running a dairy along with his father. On Feb. 15, 1950, in Farwell, he was...

  • AG says he won't defend governor's gun order

    Robert Nott The Santa Fe New Mexican, Syndicated content|Updated Sep 12, 2023

    Attorney General Raúl Torrez sent a letter Tuesday to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, alerting her he will not defend her office in any lawsuit challenging her executive order temporarily suspending the right to carry firearms in Albuquerque. The governor announced the order Friday after declaring the state in a public health emergency due to a high rate of run violence. She cited a series of shootings that have killed New Mexico children. The order, in effect for at least 30 days, has led to several lawsuits challenging its...