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Sangre Chronicle > News > Colfax County drawn into new Senate district
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:22:28 -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 Clint Harden will no longer represent Colfax County when it is absorbed by a different state Senate district next year.

Friday morning briefing: Certified, all about trains and the day the music died
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:18:12 -0800

Good morning a welcome to the Freedom New Mexico Friday briefing. Certified Curry County’s Chief Deputy Clerk Beni Dampier has earned her certificate as a New Mexico Certified Public Supervisor. Dampier says the program is a lengthy series of...

Mexico fugtive headed to state prison
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:28:44 -0800

A suspected child killer found hiding out in Mexico after more than six years will be extradited back to New Mexico soon, but it looks like the state pen will be his new home.

New administrator named for Curry County jail
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:02:49 -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.

Infectious man missing out of Curry County
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:07:36 -0800

A man is missing out of Curry Curry County and officials say he is considered a Missing-Endangered-Caution Person.

Sangre Chronicle > Archives > News > Colfax County drawn into new Senate district
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:18:05 -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 Clint Harden will no longer represent Colfax County when it is absorbed by a different state Senate district next year.

Meetings watch: Curry County Commission
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:54:58 -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...

Curry County Cats preparing to start second season
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:40:43 -0800

The sophomore enjoys a higher standing than a freshman, not just for age-based reasons. The sophomore has, in the words of Stevie Wonder, “been through the storms, through the cold and rain.” But just some things are still the same, as the Curry...

Local schools score on low end under new grading system
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:04:00 -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...

Curry County authorities looking for TB patient
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:02:20 -0800

Eastern New Mexico authorities are searching for a man with contagious tuberculosis. The Department of Public Safety issued a news release Monday asking the public for helping in finding 45-year-old Robert J. Gutierrez. He...