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Today • City of Clovis Public Works Committee — 8:30 a.m., Clovis City Hall assembly room, 321 N. Connelly, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654   Thursday • Eastern New Mexico University Regents — 10 a.m., main conference room, Hilton Santa...

CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission will consider a few changes to the retirement plans for city employees at Thursday’s meeting. According to the agenda for the 5:15 p.m. meeting at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library, changes...

CLOVIS — A $20,000 discrepancy found during the audit of local American Veterans Post #14 has grown more than tenfold. A five-month investigation turned up over $233,000 in debts and missing funds, according to Post 14’s board of trustees and...

Wednesday • City of Clovis Public Works Committee — 8:30 a.m., Clovis City Hall assembly room, 321 N. Connelly, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654   Thursday • Eastern New Mexico University Regents — 10 a.m., main conference room, Hilton...

CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission is considering a tax cut. “It’s a rare opportunity,” said Commission Vice Chairman Seth Martin. “More times than not they end up re-allocating funds to another program or use and I think this gives us...

Today • City of Clovis Finance Committee — 2 p.m., Clovis City Hall small conference room, 321 N. Connelly, Clovis. Information: 575-763-9654   Thursday • Curry County Health Council — 12-1 p.m., Commission Room, Curry County Administration...

CLOVIS — Though the final completion date has moved back about three months from original estimates, the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority is satisfied with what’s been completed so far on its Finished Water 2 efforts. Authority...

CLOVIS — Five people will vye to replace David Lansford as Clovis’ mayor, and all five of the city’s other municipal positions on the March 3 ballot are contested. A total of 20 candidates signed up for Clovis’ municipal elections, including...

Monday • Portales Municipal Schools board — 6 p.m., Board Room, L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Information: 575-356-7000 • Clovis Astronomy Club — 7 p.m., Room 143 or 145 (look for signs), Clovis Community...

CLOVIS — In the first Clovis City Commission meeting since Mayor David Lansford said he would not run for a sixth term as mayor, and the first meeting since five people signed up to take his place, Lansford concluded the meeting by answering the...

CLOVIS — Since passing its Unified Development Ordinance last summer, the city of Clovis’ planning and zoning commission is finding out it either left out some old functions or didn’t adequately update to federal standards. The commission knock...

CLOVIS — The Clovis City Commission will consider a new policy at its Thursday meeting covering the usage and creation of social media accounts on behalf of the city. The social media policy is rooted in the city having “an overriding interest an...

Today • City of Clovis Planning and Zoning Commission — 3 p.m., Clovis City Hall assembly room, 321 N. Connelly, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828   Thursday • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m., North Annex, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 70...

Monday • Swearing-in ceremony for new members of Clovis Community College Board of Trustees — 10 a.m., Room 512, CCC, 417 Schepps Blvd., Clovis. Information: 575-769-4001   Tuesday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Room,...

CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission approved a change order to install additional camera conduits for the Detention Center renovation project during a short special meeting held Monday afternoon. The change order was for $12,148 and is the first...

CLOVIS — Picking a new property and liability insurance provider didn’t take the Clovis City Commission long. Six-and-a-half minutes, to be exact. The commission went that long, from starting gavel to adjourning gavel, voting 6-0 to go with Trave...

Tuesday • Roosevelt County Commission — 9 a.m., Commission Room, Roosevelt County Courthouse, 109 W. First St., Portales. Information: 575-356-5307 • City of Clovis Civil Aviation Board — 5:30 p.m., Clovis Municipal Airport Terminal...

The Clovis Municipal School District saw a big change this year as Renee Russ took charge as superintendent to fill the role left by the departure of Superintendent Jody Balch. Balch served five years as superintendent, first taking over in July...

CLOVIS — The city of Clovis in 2019 said hello to small brewers, goodbye to one of its commissioners and longtime civic leaders and imposed a conditional property tax aimed at long-term water supply. No issue filled meeting rooms for the Clovis Cit...

CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission will spend its last meeting of the year looking at a change order on Curry County Adult Detention Center construction in regard to additional cameras. The meeting is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Curry...

CLOVIS — The final Clovis City Commission meeting of 2019 could be its shortest. The 5:15 p.m. Monday meeting at the North Annex of the Clovis-Carver Public Library has one item on the agenda — a request to bind property and liability with...