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The Clovis Municipal Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to extended the contract of Superintendent Terry Myers. The board added an additional year on to Myers contract which had two years remaining, and agreed to continue his annual salary of $151,000 through June 30, 2015. "We just feel like he's doing a good job particularly under trying circumstances with the budget environment that we're in in New Mexico and the changing environment as far as testing," said Max Best, Clovis Municipal School board vice...
Groundbreaking for the Tres Amigas superstation that will serve as the nation's first renewable energy market hub is expected in July, according to Tres Amigas officials. The new power facility to be built on 14,400 acres will be located northeast of Clovis, near the intersection of Hwy 209 and Curry County Rd. 31. According to David C. Stidham, senior vice president and chief operating officer for Tres Amigas, 200 to 600 construction jobs will become available once the project takes off. These include personnel to build...
Groundbreaking for the Tres Amigas superstation that will serve as the nation's first renewable energy market hub is expected in July, according to Tres Amigas officials. The new power facility to be built on 14,400 acres will be located northeast of Clovis, near the intersection of Hwy 209 and Curry County Rd. 31. According to David C. Stidham, senior vice president and chief operating officer for Tres Amigas, 200 to 600 construction jobs will become available once the project takes off. These include personnel to build...
Clovis Mayor Gayla Brumfield, right, makes a brief acceptance speech after receiving the 2011 Citizen of the Year award at the Clovis Curry County Chamber of Commerce's annual awards banquet on Friday. The Clovis Curry County Chamber of Commerce's annual awards banquet on Friday brought some of the city's movers and shakers together to celebrate the city's accomplishments in 2011. The highlight of the evening was the 2011 chamber awards. The following individuals and businesses received awards from the chamber for their...
Clovis Mayor Gayla Brumfield, right, makes a brief acceptance speech after receiving the 2011 Citizen of the Year award at the Clovis Curry County Chamber of Commerce's annual awards banquet on Friday. The Clovis Curry County Chamber of Commerce's annual awards banquet on Friday brought some of the city's movers and shakers together to celebrate the city's accomplishments in 2011. The highlight of the evening was the 2011 chamber awards. The following individuals and businesses received awards from the chamber for their...
Morgan Earles, Clovis Curry County Chamber of Commerce office coordinator, left, Mimi Garza, chamber volunteer, middle, and Rhonda Bargman, 2012 banquet committee chairperson, prepare decorations for Friday's chamber banquet at the Clovis Civic Center. This year's banquet will have a fiesta theme. About 300 people are expected to attend the Clovis Curry County Chamber of Commerce's annual awards banquet at the Clovis Civic Center on Friday. Themed the "Una a Grand Fiesta," the affair offers a fiesta steak dinner, music from...
City Engineer Justin Howalt, left, and Danton Bean, senior structural engineer for HDR Engineering Inc., right, look over portions of Mabry Drive up for repair in 2012. Mabry will be repaired between South Prince and Norris street Improvements will include stripping the old pavement and repaving the road and installing turbine gutters and sidewalks. Clovis is planning major road improvements this year that infrastructure experts say will make streets more urban and provide a smoother ride. City Engineer Justin Howalt said...
Clovis-Carver Public Library Director Margaret Hinchee, left, and Friends of Clovis-Carver Public Library President Carolyn Shipley, right, discuss sifting through early Curry County photos to select for the library's upcoming Clovis history display. The photos will be organized in categories such as the evolution of Clovis' Main Street, the history of farming in Curry County and early Curry County residents. Friends of Clovis-Carver Public Library President Carolyn Shipley, top, and Clovis-Carver Public Library Director Marg...
Curry County Commissioner Frank Blackburn, who farms 6,000 acres five miles west of Clovis in the Ranchvale community, checks on his beef cattle. He purchased these calves in September 2011. Curry County Commissioner and farmer Frank Blackburn on his main tractor used for plowing milo fields. Blackburn is preparing for the next milo crop, which will be planted in May and harvested in October if rain levels are sufficient. Local farmers say recent precipitation in the area has helped their crops a little but much more is...
Curry County Commissioner Frank Blackburn, who farms 6,000 acres five miles west of Clovis in the Ranchvale community, checks on his beef cattle. He purchased these calves in September 2011. Curry County Commissioner and farmer Frank Blackburn on his main tractor used for plowing milo fields. Blackburn is preparing for the next milo crop, which will be planted in May and harvested in October if rain levels are sufficient. Local farmers say recent precipitation in the area has helped their crops a little but much more is...
Jada Grace Pacheco, Clovis' 2012 New Year baby, was born Sunday at Plains Regional Medical Center. Jada was the first child born in Clovis this year. Jada quietly sleeps in the arms of her mother Kristen Pacheco. Jada sleeps in the arms of her mother Kristen Pacheco. Jada's father, Johnny Pacheco, left, works as a full-time pastor at Portales Church of the Nazarene. Jada Grace Pacheco slept quietly in the arms of her mother Monday morning in a room at the Plains Regional Medical Center. When she was born on Sunday at 5:30...
Jada quietly sleeps in the arms of her mother, Kristen Pacheco. Jada sleeps in the arms of her mother Kristen Pacheco. Jada's father, Johnny Pacheco, left, works as a full-time pastor at Portales Church of the Nazarene. Jada Grace Pacheco, Clovis' 2012 New Year baby, was born Sunday at Plains Regional Medical Center. Jada was the first child born in Clovis this year. Jada Grace Pacheco slept quietly in the arms of her mother Monday morning in a room at the Plains Regional Medical Center. When she was born on Sunday at 5:30...
