Cannon Air Force Base News

Good morning. Welcome to Freedom New Mexico's Friday morning briefing. Airmen raise big bucks Cannon Air Force Base surpassed its goal of $90,000 for this year's Combined Federal Campaign.

It's time for the seventh annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the Memorial Building.

About half a dozen people gathered at the Clovis-Carver Library Monday, waiting for a turn to speak with U.S. Rep.

Pro-Tech Fire Protection Systems Corp. and Conesco Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of Sacramento-based Pro-Tech Industries, said they have received new contracts totaling about $1.6 million for their fire protection, electrical and flooring business units.

On an otherwise light agenda for Thursday's Clovis City Commission meeting, heavy praise was reserved for Selmus Price.

WASHINGTON U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall reported that the Senate has approved legislation to fund key construction projects at New Mexico's military installations.

Portales has very few vacancies among residential rental properties, which underlines the need for more housing to sustain population growth, the local economic development director says.

The staff at Lincoln-Jackson Family Center has found another way to help families in need.

Those who recognize freedom comes with responsibility and sacrifice, those who raised their right hands and offered themselves fully for what needed to be done - these are the people recognized and honored on Veterans Day, the Cannon Air Force Base wing commander said.

Reassignment to Clovis' Kingswood United Methodist Church was a good fit for Rev.

It's pretty common for a commander planning a mission in Afghanistan to conduct video surveillance beforehand using an unmanned aerial vehicle.

New housing permits last month nearly doubled from the previous month in Clovis.

A welcoming mural calls Holloman Air Force Base 'The Friendliest Place on Earth,' but the mood beyond the gates Thursday reflected the loss of a popular airman gunned down in Mexico.

"...The land of the free and the home of the brave." The 63rd annual Portales Veterans Day ceremony next Wednesday features a speech by Cannon Air Force Base wing commander Col.

A wide-open bombing range was a big reason the Air Force spared Cannon Air Force Base from closing in 2005.

The $5 million for expansion at the Melrose Bombing Range has escaped cuts in the Legislature.

Next time you work out in your PT uniform, be sure tuck in your shirt, zip your jacket and pants and ditch those hot-pink sneakers and fluorescent cap.

A press release from the governor's office late Monday had local entities scrambling Tuesday, trying to find out which of their own state-funded projects might be delayed due to a freeze called by Gov.

The Clovis Municipal Schools board has taken the first step for the district and Public School Facilities Authority to move forward on plans to build a new middle school to absorb growth from Cannon Air Force Base.

For years, the expansive building at Prince and Seventh streets known as the Prince Street Lounge served a veteran crowd of alcohol-imbibing customers.