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Sangre Chronicle > News > Colfax County drawn into new Senate district
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:14:49 -0800
Colored green, the new Senate District 8 will include all of Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding and Mora counties. Even if he is re-elected this year, New Mexico Sen. Clint Harden will no longer represent Colfax County when it is absorbed by a different state Senate district next year.
New administrator named for Curry County jail
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:52:52 -0800
Nearly a dozen inmates have escaped from the Curry County Adult Detention Center in the last three years, and county officials have decided it is time for a change.
Meetings watch: Curry County Commission
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:55:49 -0800
Curry County Commissioners have scheduled a special meeting 9 a.m. Saturday at the courthouse, 700 N. Main. Agenda items include: • An executive session for discussion of the purchase, acquisition or disposal of real property. • A request to...
Local schools score on low end under new grading system
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:00:24 -0800
Curry and Roosevelt County school districts did not fare well with the trial test results for the New Mexico Department of Education’s new A-F Grading System, which is set to replace the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) grading system. The Clovis...
Friday morning briefing: A rack, a rodeo and Happy Birthday New Mexico
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:03:02 -0800
Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Friday briefing. Rack replacement Lighthouse Mission is in need a clothing rack. During the hectic holiday season, one of the mission's clothing racks broke. Questions about size and type call...
New Mexico land grant expands Air Force training
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:24:59 -0800
WASHINGTON | The U.S. Air Force accepted a land gift offer from the State of New Mexico during a ceremony in Santa Fe Jan. 18, hosted by the New Mexico State Land Office. The 11,000-acre land gift,...
Questionable grades given to school districts
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:38:25 -0800
Curry and Roosevelt County school districts may not have done as well as they could have with trial test results for the New Mexico Department of Education's new A-F grading system.
Monday morning briefing: Meetings watch, calling kid singers and ugly mermaids
Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:13:26 -0800
Good morning and welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Monday briefing. Meetings watch The Curry County Commission meets 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Clovis-Carver Public Library north annex room. Tops on the agenda are hiring a new jail administrator and...
Press release: Lease to expand Melrose bombing range signed
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:45:24 -0800
Press release: Lease to expand Melrose bombing range signed (SANTA FE, New Mexico) – A lease signing ceremony took place today in Santa Fe, New Mexico resulting in the lease of a large parcel of state trust land – about 11,000 acres in Roosevelt...
Portales business owner caught in cocaine bust
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:06:13 -0800
Travis Ruiz is the Interactive Managing Editor and Social Media Manager for Pronews 7. PORTALES, N.M. -- The owner of a tire shop was caught on tape brokering deals to traffic cocaine into Eastern New Mexico, Portales Police said.