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SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office has asked New Mexico’s Supreme Court to rule on whether state government can be held liable for economic losses incurred by businesses and individuals during the coronavirus pandemic. In recent months, at least 14 lawsuits have been filed at the District Court level around the state against the Lujan Grisham administration in an attempt to recoup such losses. The plaintiffs, which include a Roswell musician, a Clovis liquor store and a Santa Fe oxygen bar, claim the Lujan Grish...
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science has been a resource for New Mexicans for more than 30 years. For nearly six months, staff has been working on taking its collections online. It has opened the door to more than 110,000 fossil and biological specimens, as the museum’s collection records are now publicly available through Arctos, a web-based database. Arctos provides research-grade data to scientists and facilitates public access to the data and images. Users of the database can find out more about plant, a...
Independent business owner Steve Jones, Republican Yvette Herrell and Democratic incumbent Xochitl Torres-Small are candidates for the Second Congressional District of the U.S. House of Representatives. Interviews were conducted by phone, with candidates asked the same questions on the spot. Multiple attempts to secure an interview with Torres-Small were unsuccessful. Yvette Herrell Q: What do you believe should be the role of the federal government? The federal government’s role should be way more limited than it is now. I...
CLOVIS — Optimism during a pandemic always hinges on the next round of testing results, and detention facilities are the rule rather than the exception. The Curry County Adult Detention Center staff was hopeful it would mostly have a COVID-19 problem eliminated in its walls by the end of this week. But Thursday results showed otherwise, with the center confirming 27 new cases. Of those cases, 26 are in the facility and one person who was since released has been notified of the positive test. On Thursday, before test r...
The following marriage licenses were recently issued at the Curry County Clerk’s office: • Diana Walker, 36, to Christie Fitzgerald, 45, both of Clovis • Harlan Moore, 60, to Sandra Kiggins, 54, both of Amarillo • Kourtland Johnson, 22, to Madison Chambers, 20, both of Clovis • Michael Sorge, 25, to Sara McCarty, 25, both of Clovis • Arthur Shields, 23, to Ashley Hosler, 23, both of Clovis • Sabastian Bullard, 23, to Stephanie Osburn, 30, both of Clovis The following marriage licenses were recently issued at the Roosevelt...
CLOVIS — A Clovis CARES Act Grant was a major topic of discussion at the Eastern Plains Council of Governments Board of Directors meeting Wednesday. Government Affairs Director Raymond Mondragon updated members on the $240,000 grant, for mortgage, rental, utility, and child care assistance that EPCOG is contracted to help distribute. “What this does is we put a limit on mortgage and rental to $700, we put a limit on utility assistance for $300 … and we put $500 child credit per child. We did receive a lot of calls, a lot o...
Parmer County in Texas accounts for 11 percent of the region’s population, but it has recorded 42 percent of the local deaths related to COVID-19. Health officials say 15 deaths have been attributed to the virus in the county that includes the communities of Farwell and Friona. Eight of those deaths have occurred since Sept. 30. By comparison, health officials in Bailey, Curry, Quay and Roosevelt counties combined have reported 21 covid-related deaths since the pandemic began. Parmer County Judge Trey Ellis said last week t...
Las Vegas attorney Teresa Leger Fernandez is the Democratic nominee for the Third Congressional District of the U.S. House of Representatives. She is running against Portales native and Santa Fe engineer Alexis Martinez Johnson, the Republican nominee. There is no incumbent, with Ben Ray Luján vacating the position to run for New Mexico’s open Senate seat. The interview with Fernandez was conducted by phone. Multiple attempts to interview Johnson were unsuccessful. Teresa Leger Fernandez Q: What do you believe should be th...
CLOVIS — A former Clovis police officer was found guilty Wednesday of embezzlement of $250 or less and tampering with evidence in connection to a December incident, according to a release from the district attorney’s office. Francisco Hernandez, 34, was sentenced by Harding County Judge Karen Mitchell to 364 days, which were suspended in favor of supervised probation. According to court documents: • In December, an evidence technician with the CPD indicated discrepancies in Hernandez’ evidence reporting. • Cash was later dis...
ROSWELL — The New Mexico Department of Transportation has scheduled a trio of virtual workshops in the upcoming weeks for public input on its Pedestrian Safety Action Plan. The PSAP will provide NMDOT with actions and strategies to improve pedestrian safety on New Mexico’s state and U.S. roads in the years ahead. Preregistration is not required for any session, which will include an overview of the process so far, interactive activities and a look to the next steps in the process. Workshops will be: • 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 28, p...
CLOVIS — Curry County is asking area businesses to take part in a drug and alcohol awareness campaign Oct. 23-31. Red Ribbon Week, County Preventionist Shelley Meeks said in a county release, gives the area the opportunity to be visible in opposition to drug usage and notes research shows children are less likely to use alcohol and drugs when role models are consistent in their opposition to drug abuse. The county and other area entities are planning multiple awareness events until Oct. 31, and businesses and individuals a...
ALBUQUERQUE — The State Bar of New Mexico Appellate Practice Section will host an online forum Oct. 28 for candidates running for the New Mexico Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of New Mexico in the general election. The forum will be livestreamed 6 p.m. on the State Bar of New Mexico’s YouTube channel. The bar, first organized in 1886, is comprised of more than 9,000 members and is dedicated to aiding the courts in administering justice and preserving the rule of law....
On this date ... 1930: A political ad published in the Portales Valley News asked, “Does a sick man call in a plumber?” The answer: “Not unless he wants to die.” The ad went on to say New Mexico needed a business executive as its next governor, not a lawyer, to help it recover from a big-spending Republican administration. The Democratic candidate was Arthur Seligman, “one of the state's ablest and most successful business men.” The Republican candidate was Clarence Botts, a l...
PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University will repeat what it did in the spring semester, and close out its fall semester with a virtual commencement ceremony on Dec. 12. The move was not surprising, given the university has been operating virtually all semester and had announced it would not hold any on-campus events during the semester. The university will again work with KENW-TV to produce a pre-recorded ceremony for a 10 a.m. broadcast statewide on KENW 3-1 and 3-2 and online at enmu.edu. The ceremony will remain archived...
