Person of interest named in Tucumcari homicide
Freedom New Mexico TUCUMCARI — New Mexico State Police late Sunday named a person of interest in the homicide of a 33-year-old Tucumcari woman. Officers responded to a residence at 11:30 p.m. Saturday...
View Article73rd Wombat Wives winners of Big Give
Courtesy photo Tina Blessing, left, and Gretchen Brown, of the 73rd Wombat Wives team, paint a bench at the Hillcrest Zoo in Clovis in mid-April as part of their Big Give project for Cannon Air Force...
View ArticlePortales family named farm family of year
Freedom New Mexico A Portales family has been named “Farm Family of the Year” by the New Mexico Department of Agriculture. Rick and Evelyn Ledbetter produced chile, cotton, alfalfa and corn silage,...
View ArticleWednesday morning briefing: Military friendly, secret tour and Chief Joseph
Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Wednesday briefing. Military friendly Eastern New Mexico University in Portales has been named a “Military Friendly School” by G.I Jobs, a magazine...
View ArticleBieker named Clovis airport manager
Gene Bieker, retired executive director of operations for Clovis schools, is the new manager at Clovis Municipal Airport, city officials announced Wednesday. “Mr. Bieker will be a great addition to...
View ArticleFour finalists named for top jail job
Freedom New Mexico Four finalists including Interim Administrator Tori Sandoval were named Friday for the position of jail administrator, according to Curry County Manager Lance Pyle. Pyle identified...
View ArticleHonors —
The following students have been named to the Fall 2011 dean’s List at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.: • Jessica Hall of Muleshoe. • Martha Chace of Clovis. • Rachel Thyrion of Fort Sumner. The...
View ArticleClovis native selected as San Angelo interim city manager
Freedom New Mexico Clovis native Michael Dane was named Tuesday as interim city manager of San Angelo, Texas. Dane became San Angelo’s director of finance in August 1998. Located southeast of Lubbock,...
View ArticleSweet Home New Mexico: Pet considered part of our family
My column this week is written with a heavy heart. Our family dog, a medium-sized black-lab mutt named Pepper, who wore a blue collar, escaped from our home last week and has yet to turn up. I have...
View ArticleBaby giraffe named Jerrica
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks Rebecca Holt of Clovis, winner of the Hillcrest park Zoo’s giraffe naming contest, puckers up Wedneday to give Jerrica a kiss. Holt said she suggested Jerrica for the...
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