Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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link David Stevens Editor The first time I heard the question, I didn’t know the answer. After I started learning the answer, the answer started changing. And it’s still changing. What is news? My college journalism instructors 35 years ago generally defined news as unusual events that impacted the lives of most of our audience. It wasn’t news if a dog bit a man, they said. Everyone already knew to watch out for that sort of thing. But if a man were running around town bitin...
Staff report A Clovis teacher accused of slapping a Gattis Middle School student in April has been issued a summons by the Clovis Police Department. Brandi Thomas is scheduled for an Aug. 15 arraignment in magistrate court on a criminal complaint of battery. The misdemeanor charge would be punishable by up to six months in jail, six months probation and a $500 fine. Thomas, who has since resigned her softball coaching position at Clovis High, was accused of slapping a 13-year-old boy. According to a redacted Clovis police...
We don’t always agree with Curry County Manager Lance Pyle. … But when we do, it’s for a good cause. Pyle is leading efforts to bring Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to Curry County. The country singer’s project places books in the hands and homes of preschoolers at no charge to their parents or guardians. The program won’t cost taxpayers much either, except for $3,000 in seed money if county commissioners approve the final step at their meeting on Tuesday. And Pyle said it’s his goal to continually fund the project entir... Full story
