Freedom Newspapers Clovis officials said an airplane manufacturing company has expressed some interest in operating in the region. Though he would not name the company, Clovis Industrial Development Corporation Executive Director Chase Gentry said Thursday he has met with an airplane manufacturing company on “numerous occasions,” beginning four or five months ago. City Manager Joe […]
New chairman’s first job taming threat of inflation
October 26, 2005
Freedom Newspapers With the threat of inflation returning, keeping it tame would be the first job of Ben Bernanke, whom President Bush on Monday appointed to be chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. On Oct. 14, the U.S. Labor Department reported that consumer prices rose 1.2 percent in September, the highest level since March 1980, […]
Rowley pick solid, abstention puzzling
August 20, 2005
Freedom Newspapers Clovis Community College’s Board of Trustees made a sound decision last week when they appointed Becky Rowley as interim president. She knows the programs, faculty and direction in which the school is headed, which should make the transition to the next presidency a seamless experience. Recommended by Beverlee McClure, who leaves next month […]
Local youth fast-pitch league in works
July 12, 2005
By Eric Butler: CNJ correspondent Developing a youth fast-pitch softball organization in a slow-pitch softball town is no easy task. Just ask Yolanda Aguilar. But Aguilar, and other like-minded proponents of fast-pitch softball, may be on the verge of turning the corner. An informational meeting for parents interest in organizing an area fast-pitch league is […]
City celebrated in style for 50th anniversary
April 9, 2005
By Don McAlavy Here’s how the Chamber of Commerce announced plans for the 50th birthday celebration of Clovis: “Three nights and two days will be jam-packed with action for the thousands of visitors and old-timers expected to throng the streets of Clovis, June 6, 7, 8, 1957.” This is how the action stacked up: June […]
Conflicts of interest
January 9, 2005
By Mike Linn: CNJ news editor Curry County Sheriff Roger Hatcher spent six to eight weeks in the fall managing a construction project about two miles outside the Curry County line. His employer was Tim Ashley, one of five county commissioners responsible for setting the sheriff’s annual budget. Was the arrangement between the two elected […]
Diggin’ for dinosaur bones
September 2, 2004
Michael Wood, left, of Clovis and son Parker, 14, right, work under the supervision of museum curator Axel Hungerbuehler as the group encases a fossil specimen with plaster prior to moving it to the museum laboratory. (Courtesy photo) Ryan Lengerich: CNJ staff writer It didn’t look like much. Michael Wood dug and scraped at the […]
Local bank wins school bonds bid
April 13, 2004
By Ryan Lengerich: CNJ staff writer A local bank won the bidding war for $5 million worth of Clovis Municipal School bonds, the school board voted at Tuesday night’s meeting. James Baker and Associates and the Bank of Clovis out-bid seven other companies for the right to buy the bonds voters approved in a March […]
