David Stevens

5 days ago | rdrnews.com | David Stevens

Officials: Damage limited to utility poles, dairy pensCLOVIS — Eastern New Mexico saw its first tornado of the season Sunday evening, May 25, but officials said damage was largely limited to utility poles along rural highways and pens at a Roosevelt County dairy. Tornado warning sirens were activated in Portales and Clovis, but no touchdowns were reported anywhere outside rural Roosevelt County near Floyd. Witnesses said Mathews Dairy on South Roosevelt Road 2 sustained the most damage.

Dec 3, 2024 | rdrnews.com | David Stevens

CLOVIS — Clovis Municipal Schools Superintendent Renee Russ has told lawmakers she has “grave concern” regarding practical implications of changes the state Legislature made in 2023 to the New Mexico Human Rights Act.

Sep 24, 2024 | rdrnews.com | David Stevens

CLOVIS — Clovis native Bud Kingston first had the idea 25 years ago, but his work as a cowboy got in the way and he had to put it off. Recently, he completed his dream of traveling horseback across New Mexico, raising money for abandoned and abused horses at the same time. Kingston, 65, and his 4-year-old mare Roja began their journey Aug. 31 at the New Mexico border outside Springerville, Ariz. They wrapped up on Sept. 14 in Texico after 15 days and 432 miles.

May 14, 2024 | thesubtext.online | David Stevens

Arming hungry young activists with a powerful new voice. ‍In 2019, 12 youth activists hungry for change began petitioning the UK government and schools to stop global food companies from overly promoting junk food. The movement — Bite Back — has since grown exponentially. But it still felt like a whole global food system was against it. In a world where 15 billion online ads bombard us with junk food every year in the UK alone, Bite Back needed to find its voice and cut through the noise.

Apr 2, 2024 | rdrnews.com | David Stevens

CLOVIS — Americans’ concerns about marijuana use can be traced to the early 20th century. Government officials in 1917 claimed that Mexican immigrants smoked cannabis — another name for marijuana — for pleasure and expressed concern they could assault women under its influence.