Norvil Howell, who for decades inspired students in Clovis Municipal Schools through music, died Saturday at the age of 94. Here is my feature obit on him for the Eastern New Mexico News. www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2026/0...
"...of the roughly 200 bills targeting legal and undocumented immigrants in state legislatures this year, fewer than two dozen have made it into law so far, according to a Washington Post analysis of data from the American Immigration Council." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Mike Taylor, a candidate for Chaves County sheriff, unleashed a series of criticisms aimed at his GOP primary opponent Undersheriff Charles Yslas when speaking at Wednesday's meeting of the Chaves County Federated Republican Women. Story in an upcoming edition of the Roswell Daily Record. #nmpol
Campaign finance reports filed with the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office released Monday, covering Oct. 7, 2025, to April 6, 2026, put Haaland’s total fundraising since launching her campaign at $11 million. #nmpol www.rdrnews.com/news/politic...
Katelyn Turner was elected the new chair of the Democratic Party of Chaves County on Saturday during the party's monthly meeting. #NMpol www.rdrnews.com/news/local/c...
Otd in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died after being shot the night before.
In 1956, Samuel Seymour, the last living witness to the assasination appeared on "I've Got a Secret."
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State Rep. Mark Murphy, R-Roswell ends his campaign to hold onto his #HD59 seat. #nmpol www.rdrnews.com/news/local/r...
A judge has ordered the New Mexico Racing Commission to review its vote in February approving an application to allow a racino to move from its current location in Farmington to a new site in Clovis www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2026/0...
The speaker of the House in Texas has instructed the Legislature to study the implications of annexing parts of eastern New Mexico, but commissioners in Roosevelt County say they were caught off-guard by the.proposal www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2026/0...
President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan into law which provides billions of dollars in aid to European nations #otd in 1948. youtu.be/UBQKtYECRIE?...
Bruno Hauptmann, the man convicted in the abduction and death of the son of Charles Lindbergh, was executed #otd in 1936 in New Jersey. youtu.be/QyqV06BEiJE?...
#Otd in 1968, in a televised address from the Oval office about the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Baines Johnson declared "I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president."
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The Civilian Conservation Corps was established #otd in 1933 with the aim of addressing rampant unemployment. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaks about the program.
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U.S. President Ronald Reagan was wounded during an assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr in Washington D.C. #otd in 1981 youtu.be/PRTFyWb9fQU?...
Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev is elected Soviet
Premier #otd in 1958.
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“Viola is one of the most abused and exploited elephants still on the road”
Viola was born in Asia, brought to the U.S. after being captured in the 1970s. Since then, she has been made to perform in circuses.
200 shows annually, despite … arthritis, swollen feet and other health issues.
U.S-led coalition forces fire the first missiles on Baghdad in a campaign of "Shock and Awe" marking the start of the Iraq War #otd in 2003.
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U.S. House of Representatives opens its sessions to live cameras via CSPAN #otd in 1979. m.youtube.com/watch?v=RuqP...
The Academy Awards ceremony is first televised #Otd in 1953. youtu.be/iOtp4dli7-4?...
Following the deadline for @govmlg.bsky.social to sign or veto bills passed in the recent legislative session, local lawmakers weigh in on what was accomplished and what was blocked. www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2026/0...
President Dwight Eisenhower signs into law a proclamation granting statehood to Hawaii #otd in 1959 making it the 50th in the union. youtu.be/ryugBN0tCO4?...
A circus and the controversy surrounding one of its elephants came to Roswell on March 6. www.rdrnews.com/news/local/c...
Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev is elected the first and only ever President of the Soviet Union #otd in 1990 youtu.be/4J60B8ImpC4?...
#Otd in 1965, President Lyndon Johnson, in a joint address to Congress, urges lawmakers to pass the Voting Rights Act and shows solidarity with demonstrators in Selma by saying "we shall overcome." youtu.be/VbFmicUTb_k?...
Legislation nationalizing the Iranian oil industry passes the Iranian Parliment #otd in 1951 youtu.be/DJo9pj1I2Sg?...
The 304-year rule of the Romanov Dynasty comes to an end #otd in 1917, when Czar Nicholas II abdicated his throne
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“I'm still shoveling manure. Now I'm just doing it in Santa Fe. We just move it from one place to another,” Sen. Steve Lanier, R-Aztec and GOP primary candidate for governor said to an audience in Roswell this past Monday. #nmpol www.rdrnews.com/news/local/l...
