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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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New Mexico's education community was stunned Thursday to learn about the death of Las Cruces Public Schools Superintendent Karen Trujillo. Trujillo, 50, died Thursday evening after being struck by a vehicle while walking her dogs. Trujillo had been LCPS superintendent since September of 2019, moving into the position after a long career as a New Mexico educator and researcher who served briefly as the state's public education secretary. "Dr. Trujillo was a revered educational...
CLOVIS — Curry County officials provided identification for two of the three victims in Tuesday’s fatal fire on Wheaton Street. County Sheriff Wesley Waller said the Office of the Medical Investigator identified Johnie Lee Brewer, 77, and Leona Drake, 95. Both resided at the residence at 420 S. Wheaton. Officials said the third victim is believed to be Alva Nelson, who lived in the home with Brewer and Drake, but had not received medical confirmation on Friday. So far in the investigation, Waller said, nothing points to cri...
Positive identifications for three people who died in a Tuesday house fire in Clovis are expected to be known by Friday. Curry County Sheriff Wesley Waller said Thursday that the positive IDs and official causes of death were delayed "due to the conditions of the remains caused by the extensive fire." "We are also awaiting toxicology findings and evidence analysis by the State Fire Marshal. Hopefully we will receive this information in the near future," Waller wrote in an email to The News. Officials said Tuesday that three...
Say what you will about state Rep. Phelps Anderson of Roswell, but he's no publicity hound. Anderson, who recently quit the Republican Party, voted with Democrats to repeal New Mexico's 1969 anti-abortion law. The decision marked a turnabout for Anderson. In 2019, he voted to retain the old, poorly written and unenforceable law criminalizing abortion. Not this time. Anderson, now an independent, sided with 39 Democrats in voting to do away with the anti-abortion law. The repeal measure, Senate Bill 10, cleared the House of Re...
