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  • CCC's Rowley heading to Santa Fe

    Updated Mar 28, 2019

    SANTA FE - Clovis Community College President Becky Rowley is headed west. On Wednesdsay she was selected by the Santa Fe Community College governing board to serve as the school's next president, Rowley confirmed on Thursday. "I'm really excited about the position," Rowley said. "I feel like it's a good fit for me and hopefully I'm a good fit for them and it's a good time for me to, I think, try to make a change," Rowley said. Rowley said she has been considering the...

  • Between Issues: Loverboy to headline Clovis Music Festival

    The Staff of The News|Updated Mar 27, 2019

    The musical lineup is nearly complete for the Clovis Music Festival, with performances June 26-28 at the Marshall Auditorium. The June 28 headliner is Loverboy, with an opening act still to be determined. Loverboy, a Canadian rock band, is best known for its 1980s hits “Working for the Weekend,” “Turn Me Loose” and “Lovin’ Every Minute of It.” The music festival will again coincide with the Draggin’ Main festivities during the week. “The thing I’m most excited about this year — although I’m excited about Loverboy — is Wed...

  • McManigal: Awareness often first step towards liberty

    Kent McManigal|Updated Mar 27, 2019

    People are often their own worst enemies. They listen to those they should ignore or laugh at while they ignore (or laugh at) those they should listen to. It’s always been the same. Harriet Tubman, the 19th Century abolitionist, is quoted as saying, “I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed more if only they knew they were slaves.” It’s the libertarian’s dilemma. People don’t like to notice their chains even when that’s about all it would take to break them. It’s to...

  • Green-Silver game upon Greyhounds

    Peter Stein|Updated Mar 26, 2019

    PORTALES — Football season flies by like the wind. And the offseason goes pretty fast, too. So football coaches need to make good use of that fast-flying offseason, take advantage of as much evaluation time as possible. For Eastern New Mexico’s football team, a big part of that is the Silver vs. Green spring football game, this year’s installment of which kicks off 6 p.m. Friday at Greyhound Stadium. Teammates go at each other, in a friendly but competitive sort of way. They...

  • Clovis track teams take fourth in Amarillo

    The Staff of The News|Updated Mar 26, 2019

    AMARILLO — The Clovis boys track and field team was on a tear, seeming like it couldn’t be beaten. But tough competition is tough competition, and there was even more of it for the Wildcats in this past weekend’s Amarillo Relays at Dick Bivins Stadium. As a result, the Clovis boys placed fourth with 54 points, behind Tascosa (176), host Amarillo (156.50) and Randall (56). Clovis’ girls also took fourth, ringing up 48 points. The Lady Wildcats were behind Amarillo (174), Canyon (145) and Tascosa (83). Clovis did get two indivi...