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ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Racing Commission held a special meeting Friday to discuss the state’s potential sixth racetrack license, but did not move any closer to issuing that license. “At this point in time, we’re basically in the same spot as we were previously,” said Izzy Trejo, the commission’s executive director. Friday’s meeting lasted about an hour and 45 minutes; almost all of it in closed session. None of the five groups vying to bring a racetrack to Clovis, Tucumcari or Lordsburg was awarded the license Friday, though Trejo...
CLOVIS — More jobs, more revenue, prioritizing racing and “the nicest casino in New Mexico” were some of the projections of Full House Resorts’ pitch to Clovis Industrial Corporation members, Vision 2020 representatives and Clovis city officials during a presentation Wednesday at the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce. Officials from Full House, one of three groups looking to bring a racino to Clovis and one of five proposals statewide, answered questions from the community about a month before the state’s racing commission comes to...
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Yes, that was a familiar name announced last month as the new commander/leader of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds. Lt. Col. John Caldwell was stationed at Cannon Air Force Base from 2005 to 2007. He was selected to head up the group of 12 Thunderbird pilots who perform awe-inspiring aerial demonstrations all over the country. "It's a very unique opportunity, I'm very excited about it," Caldwell said in a telephone interview last week. "I'm also honored and...
TEXICO — The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority unanimously approved its final budget for fiscal year 2019 at Thursday’s meeting. ENMWUA Administrator Orlando Ortega said the authority receives funding primarily from three sources: the local communities’ membership contributions, state funding in the form of grants/loans from the Water Trust Board and federal funding in the form of grants from the Bureau of Reclamation. The ENMWUA budgeted $21,053,187 in revenues for fiscal year 2019. Members Jim Lucero and Josh Scioli were not prese...
CLOVIS — Do you need to sign up for health insurance but you don’t know where to go? Do you want to know if your premiums are increasing next year? Do you have no idea how the health care system works? All of those questions and more will be answered when the state’s third annual Health Insurance Road Show comes to Clovis on Oct. 19. Put on by the Office of Superintendent of Insurance (OSI) and beWellnm, the state’s health insurance marketplace, the event will provide information to health care providers and consumers about changes to the mar...
PORTALES - A 20-yard run by Eastern New Mexico University quarterback Wyatt Strand on fourth-and-12 set up a game-winning 41-yard field goal by Bailey Hale with just seven seconds remaining to complete the Greyhounds 23-21 victory over No. 18 Southwest Baptist in their season opener. ENMU (1-0) looked down-and-out when the Bearcats stopped a fourth-and-2 run by running back Kamal Cass and took over at the Greyhounds 19-yard line with three minutes left to play. That was before ENMU's defense...