The Eastern New Mexico News - Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities

The New Mexico Environment Department’s Solid Waste Bureau is planning a follow-up inspection at Plains Regional Medical Center in March as part of its investigation into infectious waste found at the Clovis landfill.

The inspection will take place sometime in March, according to a SWB inspection report obtained through a Freedom of Information request filed by the Clovis News Journal.

Infectious waste — needles, blood and human waste —