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On this date ... 1961: Ella Conn hadn't planned to go to Cuba. She left Miami intent on flying to eastern New Mexico so she could spend time with her daughter, Sug Conn, a student at Eastern New Mexico University. Instead, Ella and 37 other Eastern Air Lines passengers found themselves hijacked and in Havana. “I was never scared, only anxious to get to Clovis,” Ella Conn told a Clovis News-Journal reporter when the ordeal ended. She said she had no idea there was a problem until the plane prepared for landing on July 24. “We...
CLOVIS — The Clovis-Curry Chamber of Commerce has launched a Clovis Summer Challenge to encourage residents to explore Clovis by completing activities at various locations and businesses, according to a news release from the chamber. The challenge competition began Friday and continues through Sept. 15. The challenge specifies activities at selected locations throughout the city, which are called “adventures.” Participants can document completion of an activity by taking a photo, the news release stated. The contest's offic...
WASHINGTON — The Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Project will be fully funded if an infrastructure bill is passed through Congress, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., announced last week. In a phone message to Gayla Brumfield, former mayor of Clovis who has been active in eastern New Mexico water supply issues, Heinrich said a provision in the Senate’s version of a bipartisan infrastructure package authorizes “about $1 billion for rural water projects,” including enough to pay the eastern New Mexico water project “in ful...
PORTALES — The Roosevelt County Fair this year will include several new events, including seven new carnival rides, said fair board president Sheila Hays. The fair runs from August 17th through the 22nd at the fairgrounds in Portales. This is the first time the fair will be held since 2019 before COVID and “we’re super excited about this,” Hays said. “We’re so glad to have this to offer to the community again. It will be great to have everyone in the community come and enjoy themselves at the fair.” Coach J’s BBQ and RC-Q pr...
