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CLOVIS - Former six-term Clovis City Commissioner Isidro Garcia died Tuesday in his home at age 87. Colleagues and friends remembered him as an exemplary public servant, known for his integrity, his passion for the community and his accomplishments while in city leadership. "Isidro was, in my opinion, one of the greatest city commissioners that the city's had in the last 40 years," said former City Manager Joe Thomas. "His ethics and morals and honor are impeccable. His total...
CLOVIS - The Curry County Courthouse will have a new law enforcement officer enabled by a competitive federal grant from the Department of Justice, County Manager Lance Pyle announced in the commission meeting Tuesday morning. An award of $116,597 from the DoJ's office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) will fund the first three years on duty for a fourth officer for the courthouse, assigned to "address threats and possible threats made against the structure and...
TUCUMCARI - A former Tucumcari fire chief, charged with eight felonies including sexual penetration, offered no plea as his case was bound over Monday to district court. Shane Warner, 41, appeared before Quay County Magistrate Judge TJ O'Quinn. He was represented by attorney Dan Lindsey of Clovis, who was not available for comment on Tuesday. In addition to the assault, Warner is charged with intent to distribute controlled substances, tampering with evidence, extortion and...
There are 17 different intelligence agencies that compose the Intelligence Community. This statement presupposes that the director of National Intelligence has notified the U.S. Congress and the American public of all of the agencies involved in the IC. It is possible there are other agencies that remain so secret that only a handful of individuals outside of the un-named agency know of its existence. As an example of this, the National Reconnaissance Office, whose primary...
When something has been around a long time, it’s easy to take it for granted and stop seeing it. Sometimes you need to look at familiar things in a new way; from a different perspective. If you don’t like what you see, you can always go back to overlooking it again. Maybe it’s time to change your perspective on the day called Thanksgiving. The word “thanksgiving” has come to mean — to most people — turkey, big meals, and football, with any actual thanks being given as almo...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Monday: Clovis • Jack Robinson, 42, probation violation • Raymond Riley, 25, embezzlement, receiving stolen property, parole violation, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Albert Daye, 30, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation • Christopher Chavez, 26, possession of a controlled substance • Kevin Robinson, 43, forgery • Anthony Aguiniga, 53, receiving stolen property, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle Released The following were released fr...
For years, the argument in New Mexico has been that parents alone should decide whether their child needs to repeat a grade in school. Now it turns out barely half of the parents who need solid academic information to make that decision are even getting it. State lawmakers have believed it is so important adults know when their first-, second- and third-graders are behind in reading that there’s a state law requiring school districts to notify them of that by mid-schoolyear — so there is time for parents, grandparents or guar...
Thursday • Community Thanksgiving dinner — 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Memorial Building, Seventh and Abilene streets, Portales. Free. Deliveries available for homebound. Information: 575-356-4241 • Thanksgiving dinner — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lighthouse Mission, 407 L. Casillas Blvd., Clovis. Free. Information: 575-762-1933 • Thanksgiving festival — 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at St. Phillip Neri Parish Hall, Pep. $12 adults, $6 kids. Information: 806-933-4696 Tuesday • Books and babies — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Story: Kitty Ca...
On this date ... 1987: The Yucca Junior High School band twirlers, under the direction of Judy Hart, had won first division ensemble at the Southeast District Marching Festival in Artesia. The prize-winning twirlers, who posed for a photo published in the Clovis News-Journal, included Melinda Encinias, Michelle Jacob, Christine Kennedy, Julie McDaniel, Jessica Mitchell, Denise Lopez and Angie Lyons. 1972: The second alumni game of the Eastern New Mexico University Greyhound...
Property tax due date looming Curry County taxpayers have until Dec. 10 to pay the first half of their taxes before interest and penalties set in, according to a county news release. “Taxes include property, mobile homes, personal property and livestock,” said the release. “Taxpayers also have the option of paying the full amount.” Payment can be mailed to the office of Treasurer Debbie Spriggs at 417 Gidding St., Suite 150, Clovis or delivered there in person during business hours. Credit card payments are accepted on the...
