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CLOVIS – A Curry County Sheriff’s deputy on Wednesday was formally charged with shoplifting following a Sept. 9 incident at Clovis’ Walmart. Riley Loomis, 47, is accused of failing to scan 24 items into the self-checkout register. The items are valued at $126.95, court records show. Loomis has been ordered to appear in Clovis Magistrate Court at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 30. Police initially issued a non-traffic complaint against Loomis, but “At the request of the city attorney (Jared Morris) on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, I was r...
Ninth Judicial District Attorney Brian Stover on Thursday filed a lawsuit in district court asking his name appear on the November ballot, though he admits he failed to meet the filing deadline. “We did everything we were supposed to do. I was just waiting on paperwork to come back in so I could file it, but then we got busy with a bunch of homicides and other things and the deadline was missed,” Stover said Thursday. After realizing he’d missed the Aug. 30 filing deadline, Stover said he petitioned the Secretary of State’s O...
Fort Worth-based rail freight carrier BNSF said Thursday that avoiding a national strike of railroad workers spared the region from significant supply chain disruptions. The company’s Alliance facility is critical to the regional and national supply chain. In the wee hours of Thursday morning, President Joe Biden announced a tentative deal had been reached that could end the protracted labor dispute between railroad carriers and 12 unions that represent the nation’s 115,000 unionized rail workers. In anticipation of a str...
PORTALES -- An investigation is underway in the death of Arnold Candelaria at the Roosevelt County Detention Center. Roosevelt County Manager Amber Hamilton said in a news release Candelaria was found unresponsive at the center after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Emergency services were called for and they arrived on the scene. Before emergency services arrived detention personnel and an on-site medical provider attempted life-saving measures with no success. Deputies with the Roosevelt County Sheriff's Department arrived at the detention...
The City of Clovis, High Plains Humane Society and Best Friends Animal Society, are teaming up for another adoption campaign to encourage people to choose to adopt, not buy, their next pet through Saturday. Clovis mayor Mike Morris said, “The City is excited to partner with Best Friends Animal Society and the High Plains Humane Society during National Adoption Weekend.” Morris said the goal this weekend is to encourage area residents to come to the shelter and to provide a forever home for the animals there. The Clovis Ani...
