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CLOVIS - Local panhandlers are not treated like a problem, according to stationary panhandlers and law enforcement. Local panhandler Robert Smith said he has been passively panhandling in Clovis for over six months. He said the people here are some of the nicest he has panhandled to. "Sometimes I get offered jobs, cleaning people's garages and stuff. The people here are really nice," he said. Smith said he is never chased away from his spot on North Prince by business or law enforcement. He said...
CLOVIS — The legend rolls on. But Clovis police aren’t quite sure where it went. A Harley-Davidson motorcycle displayed at Clovis’ North Plains Mall was stolen about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. Police said a man and woman took the bike away on a dolly without anyone asking any questions. “It is not abnormal for vendors to change out their products but they usually alert security when they do that sort of thing,” Clovis Police Capt. Roman Romero said on Monday afternoon. “Nothing of that sort was done.” While Romero theorized the couple posed...
TEXICO — Trucks and their drivers will have a new welcome-to-New-Mexico location in five months, if all goes as planned for the new Port of Entry. The port’s building, about a mile west of Texico, is the state’s former visitor’s center, which closed in September 2014. The project is expected to cost $2 million, which was awarded to Curry County by Gov. Susana Martinez in capital outlay. Foreman Kenneth Truelock said the project began construction in mid-June and should be complete in November. “The trucks will come in along the (east) si...
PORTALES — The final consensus of the 33rd Annual Heritage Days is that it was way too hot. Temperatures hit 100 degrees and were hurtling towards the predicted 107. But the Roosevelt County Chamber says that despite the heat, the event was a success. "It's not holding anyone back," said Chamber President-elect Noelle Bartl. "(Heritage Days) feels as good as it ever has even with the heat." Chamber employee Victoria Garrett said a lot more people showed than she expected and she would call it a...
Steve Pearce was just stepping in to take batting practice Wednesday morning when he noticed a man who seemed “a little out of place.” While everyone else at the U.S. House Republican baseball team practice was engaged in their workout or watching the players, Pearce said the man who appeared near the third-base dugout was looking around the field at nothing in particular. And then he raised a rifle and began firing. Authorities said four people were shot in the minutes that followed. The shooter, identified as James Hodgkinson, 66, of Bel...
The Curry County Chamber is expecting a full house Friday for the final event of this year’s Clovis Music Festival featuring Winger and FireHouse. The Clovis Music Festival is held annually to celebrate the artists that recorded at the Norman Petty Studio such as Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison and Ritchie Valens. The festival is generally held in September to align with Holly’s birthday but got moved to June 17-25 due to consistent conflicts with home football games. This year it is being held in conjunction with Draggin’ Main. The Clovis Music...