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The Chaves County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to join a lawsuit to overturn the state’s newly-drawn maps of New Mexico’s congressional districts.

Copyright © 2021 Roswell Daily Record A report that includes citizens’ input about what would be entailed in the possible formation of an airport authority to manage the Roswell Air Center is scheduled to be presented at a public meeting Thursday afternoon. The Airport Authority Steering Committee report has been placed on the agenda for the Roswell City Council Legal Committee meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday. The meeting will occur at the Roswell Convention Center, 912 N. Main St. Due to continu...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the address of the property sold. Office space on North Main Street that had been used by the New Mexico Energy Library Inc. for about 10 years will be sold by Chaves County. The 5,247-square-foot building has a street address of 318 N. Main St. and is located among downtown retail stores between West Third and West Fourth streets. It has been appraised at $185,000, according to County Manager Bill Williams, and the county agreed to sell i...

Copyright © 2021 Roswell Daily Record A statewide initiative to bring back state meat inspections has the support of the Chaves County Board of Commissioners. The group voted unanimously, 5-0, Thursday during its regular monthly meeting for a resolution in favor of state meat inspections as a supplement to the federal meat inspection process. Commissioner Jeff Bilberry, the vice president of a ranching corporation, said he thinks such a program could help not only beef producers but also those...

Copyright © 2021 Roswell Daily Record Chaves County will keep its local labor relations board, commissioners decided after a brief public hearing Thursday about enacting an ordinance regarding that issue. The county’s Labor Management Relations Board, formed in 2003, will continue to hear issues regarding unions, employee grievances and other personnel issues as a result of passing the ordinance, which had been prompted by a state law that took effect in July. “What this basically does is ...

Copyright © 2021 Roswell Daily Record An unusual year for Chaves County was capped off this month by the farewells of six senior officials, who have retired or come to the end of their terms of office. “It is not typical,” said Human Resources Director Susan Goldstrom about the number of retirements announced for the end of the year. “It just happened that many of our senior management have been here a long time.” Four senior employees were recognized during the past two months for the...

Copyright © 2021 Roswell Daily Record The Chaves County Board of Commissioners is considering backing an effort to restart a state meat inspection program. A resolution expressing support for the initiative is on the agenda for the commissioners’ Thursday morning meeting. Supporters of the initiative, which include the New Mexico Livestock Board and the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, have said that a state inspection program is needed to supplement the federal inspection system becaus...