Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Freedom Communications has agreed to sell the Clovis News Journal, Portales News-Tribune, Quay County Sun and their affiliated publications to Clovis Media Inc., Publisher Ray Sullivan told newspaper employees Tuesday afternoon. All 60 full-time and two part-time associates will retain their jobs in ownership transition, expected to take place before the end of February, Sullivan said, and their base pay would remain the same. Freedom Communications' Chief Executive Officer Mitch Stern said, "This transaction furthers our...
Freedom Communications has agreed to sell the Clovis News Journal, Portales News-Tribune, Quay County Sun and their affiliated publications to Clovis Media Inc., Publisher Ray Sullivan told newspaper employees Tuesday afternoon. All 60 full-time and two part-time associates will retain their jobs in ownership transition, expected to take place before the end of February, Sullivan said, and their base pay would remain the same. Freedom Communications' Chief Executive Officer Mitch Stern said, "This transaction furthers our...
Noe Torres was arrested last Wednesday in Mexico, according to 9th Judicial District Attorney Matt Chandler. Torres has been on the run since 2005, following the shooting of 10-year-old Carlos Perez. Noe Torres, one of Clovis' and the nation's most wanted fugitives since a 2005 shooting killed a sleeping 10-year-old boy, is in police custody. Clovis District Attorney Matt Chandler confirmed Torres was arrested at 2 p.m. on Jan. 25 near a religious compound in Chihuahua, Mexico. A man claiming to be Torres telephoned the... Full story
Noe Torres is a son who found God in Mexico but refused advice to face his problems, his father Lucio Torres said Tuesday. The elder Torres, a truck driver living in Dimmitt, Texas, said he and his son kept in touch via text messages almost from the time Noe Torres fled Clovis six years ago. He said his son sent him a text two days before his capture in Mexico saying that he was involved with the church. "In the last four or five years," said Lucio Torres, "he's been involved with the church. His texts are always about Jesus... Full story
Two key state officials spent most of Thursday accusing each other of incompetence over an audit that charges the scandal-ridden Public Regulation Commission is corrupt from top to bottom. State Auditor Hector Balderas, a Democrat, set it off in the morning, calling on PRC chairman and Clovis native Patrick Lyons, a Republican, to resign over personal use of a truck in the PRC fleet. "Chairman Lyons is part of the problem, and he should reimburse the taxpayers and resign his position," Balderas said in a press release. A few...
It was back to the drawing board Saturday for Curry County Commissioners, who said they were told by state legislators to trim their wish list or face possibly getting no money from the state. Commissioners had submitted a $21 million capital outlay request to the state in September. The request was trimmed to $2.4 million during a special meeting Saturday at the request of County Manager Lance Pyle after meetings with local legislators. Commissioner Caleb Chandler said during meetings earlier in the week in Santa Fe, local l... Full story
Gerry Billy Retired Ohio sheriff Gerry Billy doesn't officially take over as administrator until Feb. 1, but he met with Curry County jail staff for about an hour Wednesday morning to get one thing straight. "I just wanted to reassure them it's going to be OK," Billy said afterward. "I worry most about staff. After all, they're the ones doing a life sentence in that building." Billy, 61, isn't unaware of the challenges he and the staff face when he returns to Clovis to run a jail that's made national headlines for escapes...
Confusion over whether County Manager Lance Pyle was included in a recent 2 percent cost of living raise granted all county employees had tempers flaring Tuesday among Curry County commissioners. The question was raised by Commissioner Dan Stoddard regarding a Dec. 20 vote to grant the raise to all employees. Stoddard said it wasn't clear if Pyle was included in that raise, noting that Pyle's contract with the county specifically excludes his being included in any cost of living adjustment or COLA granted other county...
Retired Ohio sheriff Gerry Billy was hired Tuesday as the new Curry County jail administrator among rave reviews from all five commissioners. Commissioner Bobby Sandoval, however, questioned how a new arrangement that has Billy reporting directly to commissioners instead of County Manager Lance Pyle was going to work. "I am very impressed with his credentials," said newly elected Chairman Wendell Bostwick. "There is no doubt in my mind that Mr. Billy knows what he is doing." Billy was granted a one-year contract at an annual...
Curry County commissioners started the new year Tuesday electing Wendell Bostwick as their new chairman and approving a special election for a $9.3 million bond issue to expand and improve the troubled jail. Bostwick replaces former chairman Caleb Chandler. The April 3 election was approved on a unanimous vote, despite Bostwick's misgivings over having no specific plan for improvements at the jail. Commissioners have heard proposals for jail improvements but not settled on any one plan. Bond consultant Kevin Powers said the...
