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  • State health officials urge new COVID booster

    Staff report|Sep 20, 2023

    State health officials during a briefing last week urged residents to receive the updated COVID-19 vaccine and announced new flu and RSV shots would be available from providers in the state. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the new COVID-19 booster last week that is safe and effective against new variants of the virus. The CDC recommends everyone age six months and older to get the booster to protect against against serious illness from the disease this fall and winter. Updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna were...

  • Walmart arson suspect arrested`

    the Staff of The News|Sep 20, 2023

    CLOVIS — The man accused of starting the Sept. 3 Walmart fire was arrested Sept. 13 in Lubbock, Texas, according to Lubbock police. Public Information Officer Amber Edwards said Jimmy Guillen, 59, of California was taken into custody at 1:25 p.m. (CDT) at 34th Street and Quaker Avenue in Lubbock. Ninth Judicial District Attorney Quentin Ray said he intends to extradite Guillen to Clovis as early as possible, a process that can take 10 to 30 days to complete, he said....