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  • Events calendar - June 19

    Updated Jun 24, 2022

    Today *Father’s Day *Community Juneteenth Celebration – 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Potter Park, 601 Upsilon St., Clovis. Hosted by Clovis Ministerial Alliance; sponsored by Meca Therapies. Vendors, giveaways, activities for kids. Information: Alisia Johnson at 575-763-9517 or 575-693-7316 or [email protected] Monday through Friday *Code Breakers by Black Rocket – 9 a.m.-noon, Lab 108, University Computer Center, ENMU, Portales. Open to ages 8-10; cost $65; enrollment limited to 25. Students may be dropped off at 8:30 am and picked...

  • ENMU changes slogan

    Kathleen Stinson, The Staff of The News|Updated Jun 18, 2022

    Eastern New Mexico University’s slogan will change this summer to more closely reflect the school’s commitment to every student’s success. The new slogan, “Student Success! That’s What We’re About!” will appear on all published university materials and will replace the former slogan, “Explore, Experience, Excel.” A focus group of faculty, staff and student leaders reviewed the old slogan last spring and decided to change the slogan to one that more closely reflects “a core value of the university,” the ENMU release states....

  • Clovis 'unlocks' playgrounds for use

    Kathleen Stinson, The Staff of The News|Updated Jun 18, 2022

    Clovis Municipal School District announced this week that it has “unlocked” its elementary parks and playgrounds for public use for the first time since the pandemic. “We want to make sure the community knows we unlocked our playgrounds,” said Jay Brady, Superintendent of Operations Clovis Municipal School District, adding the district previously had to close the playgrounds due to the pandemic. “On Tuesday, the superintendent of schools Renee Russ met with district cabinet members and a decision was made to open our playg...

  • Cowboys for Trump leader says he still won't certify

    The Santa Fe New Mexican, Syndicated content|Updated Jun 18, 2022

    Even as Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin prepared to be sentenced for trespassing during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the outspoken Cowboys for Trump leader said he won't vote to certify his county's primary election results despite the threat of legal action by New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas. "I'm not intimidated by it," Griffin said in a Thursday telephone interview from Washington, D.C., a day before he was sentenced to 14 days in jail by a federal judge for his role in the Jan. 6...