Soil health is the ability of the soil to produce safe and nutritious crops sustainably without degrading or affecting the environment negatively. An example of a negative effect of an unhealthy soil is water erosion, which removes the fertile surface soil from the farm and deposits it in places where it is unwanted, such as […]
Education feature: Students operating credit union

CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo From left, Gunar Hawkins, Henry Martin, Maddi Turbeville, Joseph Callahan, Andrew Anaya and Cutter Burnett are six of the students who work at the student-run bank branch at Clovis High School. By Liliana Castillo: CNJ staff writer Freshman Academy students are learning firsthand how to run a bank. The Wildcat […]
July 4, 2008 Police Blotter
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: About 9 a.m. June 25 an officer responded to a business in the 2000 block of Main Street for an embezzlement report. A manager said it had discovered an employee responsible for making daily bank deposits had taken more than $6,000. The […]