“Starin’ at the boob tube, turnin’ on the big knob, tryin’ to find some life in the wasteland … Obnoxious Joe comes on the scene, along with his guest Selfrighteous Sam, and one more guy, who doesn’t count, his hair and clothes are far out …” —John Kay and Steppenwolf
Mayor Brumfield to deliver state of city address
February 25, 2011
Clovis Mayor Gayla Brumfield will deliver the annual state of the city address 4 p.m. Thursday at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The address is intended to inform citizens and accomplishments and activities of the last year and to answer questions about the upcoming year. The address will be broadcast on Cable Channel 6. Information: 769-7828.
Police blotter — Jan. 9
January 8, 2011
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: About noon Dec. 29 an officer responded to a report of a crash at Prince and Brady. A man told the officer he was towing farm equipment and when he drove under the utility lines, the equipment caught the lines and pulled […]
Mayor Brumfield to give state of the city address
March 14, 2009
Clovis Mayor Gayla Brumfield will give a state of the city address 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Clovis-Carver Public Library North Annex. Brumfield will speak about changes in the city during her first year as mayor and also discuss future projects for the city. The address will also be broadcast live on cable channel 6. […]
PAC opposes same-day legislation
February 18, 2009
By Steve Terrell: The New Mexican A Las Cruces political action committee is running ads on cable television warning viewers that bills allowing same-day voter registration would lead to vote fraud, including out-of-state people pouring in to cancel the vote of New Mexican citizens. The ads, which began running last week on Comcast Cable systems […]
Aug. 24, 2008 Engagements
August 22, 2008
Hinze-Anaya Rev. John and Marcia Hinze of Carlsbad announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Alyssa Hinze, to Jason Anaya, both of Clovis. He is the son of Ray and Marcy Anaya of Clovis. The couple will exchange vows at 2 p.m. Aug. 30, 2008, at Hillcrest Baptist Church, Carlsbad. A reception will […]
FCC regulation would limit cable choices
November 14, 2007
By Freedom New Mexico Perhaps it’s not all that surprising. Any government agency set up with a mission to regulate some aspect of commercial life develops an institutional imperative to regulate ever more aspects. So the Federal Communications Commission, which was barred by law in 1984 from regulating cable television — to give the industry […]
Wildcats’ game limited to satellite
October 15, 2007
By Gabriel Monte: CNJ staff writer The Clovis Wildcats will be shut out Friday night from cable television. Fans wanting to see the Clovis-Artesia high school football game broadcast nationally on ESPNU will need a satellite provider, such as DirectTV or Dish Network. Wing Street Assistant Manager Adam Baca said the Prince Street eatery will […]
Education digest: Award nominations being accepted
November 29, 2006
By Marlena Hartz: CNJ staff writer An education foundation for the cable industry is accepting nominations for its annual awards, according to a press release. Teachers, school administrators, or anyone helping to improve and transform education for children in and out of school can be nominated for the Cable’s Leaders in Learning Awards, administered by […]
Government should let Web regulate itself
June 14, 2006
Freedom Communications Inc. The cost of cable TV could get cheaper if a bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday becomes law. HR5252 would allow phone companies, such as Verizon, “to get television franchises by applying to the Federal Communications Commission rather than by negotiating them one by one with thousands of […]
Cut cable disrupts Internet
October 11, 2005
By Marlena Hartz: CNJ staff writer A cut fiber optic cable and muddy conditions left eastern New Mexico citizens with compromised Internet and long distance service for more than nine hours Monday. The buried fiber optic cable, no wider than a strand of hair, was accidentally cut in downtown Roswell around 11 a.m. by workers […]
BRAC hearing to be broadcast
June 22, 2005
CNJ staff Friday’s Base Realignment and Closure Commission hearing at Marshall Junior High will be broadcast live on TV and radio as well as streamlined over the Internet. Broadcasts will start at 8:30 a.m. on Friday. Clovis and Portales television viewers can flip to KENW’s channel 51 and cable viewers can find KENW on channel […]
Government regs don’t have place in private business
March 16, 2005
Freedom Newspapers It’s delicious. Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, media darling, reputed maverick and co-author of the restrictive McCain-Feingold campaign “reform” law that was supposed to make political campaigns free of “dirty” money, seems to have been caught with his hand in a corporate cookie jar. Seems Cablevision Systems Corp., the country’s eighth-largest cable company, […]
1/30 Wedding, Birth, Birthday
January 28, 2005
Wedding Cable Nikki Steen and Barrett Cable, both of Lubbock, were joined in marriage Dec. 11, 2004, at first Baptist Church in Littlefield, Texas. The Rev. Darren Tidwell performed the double-ring ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Don Steen of Lubbock and Debbie Steen of Littlefield. She is the granddaughter of Hilda Cummings and […]
Consider outsourcing garbage handling
December 4, 2004
Letters to the editor It appears that city employees are about to attempt a holdup of the property owners over pay increases. The prevailing thought is that the city pays hundreds of thousands of dollars to train the garbage-truck drivers only to have them threaten to go elsewhere to drive a garbage truck for higher […]
Cannon trying to save water
August 1, 2004
By David Arkin/Correspondent Southwest landscaping is helping Cannon Air Force Base conserve water. Base officials say they’re concerned about future water supplies like everyone else. Ken Cable, operations flight deputy commander at Cannon, said base officials are trying to put plans together for the outside of their main buildings that include southwest landscaping, or xeriscaping. […]
