Kevin Wilson Nobody expects much hardship from tonight’s predicted snowfall, but a little touch of prevention never hurts. After a hot and dry summer, the area’s first snowfall is predicted for late tonight and early Thursday, with a low of 33 degrees and an 80-percent chance of precipitation, according to weather.com. The site calls for […]
ENMU men’s soccer team expects challenges
August 30, 2011
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks ENMU freshman Carlos Viveros works his way upfield during Tuesday’s practice session at the ENMU practice field. Dave Wagner PORTALES — Fourth-year Eastern New Mexico University men’s soccer coach Harold Munoz thinks he has his best team this season. The problem is that the other squads in the four-team Lone […]
LATN environmental assessment results expected within month
August 13, 2011
Kevin Wilson Cannon Air Force Base expects to know within a month results of an environmental assessment on its proposal for a Low Altitude Tactical Navigation (LATN) area over Colorado and New Mexico. According to an email from the public affairs office for the 27th Special Operations Wing at Cannon, the base expects to release […]
ENMU’s Ribaudo expects big signing haul
February 1, 2011
CNJ staff PORTALES — Eastern New Mexico University football coach Mark Ribaudo is looking forward to a big haul today on college football signing day. Ribaudo said the Greyhounds are hoping to sign up to 26 high school players. Five of them are from New Mexico, but he said the quality is high. “I think […]
ENMU president says he expects spring enrollment record to be broken
January 20, 2011
Argen Duncan Eastern New Mexico University will almost certainly break last year’s spring enrollment record, the university president has said. President Steven Gamble said census day is in two weeks, so enrollment numbers aren’t official yet. “It looks very good, though,” he said. Compared to last spring, Gamble expects head counts to be up between […]
Job fair organizer expects high attendance
May 11, 2010
CNJ staff When unemployment goes up, so does the attendance at a job fair. That’s the hope for this year’s New Mexico Workforce Connection career expo Thursday at the National Guard Armory in Clovis. “The last few times, we hit anywhere between 300 and 400,” said Matt Barela, a manager at Clovis’ Workforce Connection branch […]
Wind company expects first turbine to go up near end of June
May 3, 2010
CNJ staff photo: Sharna Johnson The first turbine in a windfarm planned about a half mile south of the city’s landfill is expected to be erected by the end of June. By Sharna Johnson: CNJ staff writer A wind turbine manufacturing facility coming to Clovis is pushing projections by about a month but is still […]
Clovis hospital warns of security breach
October 3, 2009
Cannon Connections photo: Liliana Castillo A server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, exposing Social Security numbers and other private data. Although a server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North […]
PRMC learns of computer breach
October 3, 2009
CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo A server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina. Freedom New Mexico Although a server containing information for about 7,600 Plains Regional Medical Center mammography patients was hacked two years ago in North Carolina, the hospital administrator expects […]
Cotton harvest coming to close
December 2, 2008
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Juan Cruz, left, and Ulises Vazquez pack a bale of cotton Tuesday at the Parmer County Cotton Grower’s Co-op in Farwell. By Gabriel Monte: CNJ staff writer Cotton production rose slightly this year as farmers finish up harvesting cotton crops stunted by bad weather. Craig Rohrbach, general manager of the […]
5/7 Local roundup
May 7, 2006
Police Chief says he’s doing well Clovis Police Chief Bill Carey is recovering after suffering a minor heart April 20 and expects to return to work soon. “I’m doing very well. I will be back to work very quickly,” Carey said Saturday by telephone. “It was a minor procedure, and I’m recovering very well,” Carey […]
First day brings excitement
August 16, 2005
CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth Cameo Elementary fourth-grade teacher Laci Standifer takes a look at a game her student Israel Garcia is playing during an open house Tuesday at the school. This is Standifer’s first year teaching fourth grade here. Tonya Garner: CNJ Staff Writer Lacy Standifer has spent the better part of the last […]
Police plan road blocks
December 30, 2004
By CNJ staff Local law enforcement will increase drunken driving patrols through new year’s celebration, law officials said. Clovis Police Chief Bill Carey said his force will have increased patrols and DWI checkpoints in the city beginning about 10 p.m. He expects one checkpoint to be on South Prince Street. At checkpoints, police will funnel […]
