Clovis News

Students at Woods Elementary Students at Woods Elementary celebrate the school's opening in 2005. The Clovis Independent has covered dozens of new campus openings as Clovis Unified School District has grown to include five high schools, five intermediate schools and 31 elementary schools since it unified in 1960.

Newspaper began when town had about 500 people

The first edition of The Clovis Independent -- then called The Clovis Tribune -- published March 3, 1905, from the newspaper's office in the original brick DeWitt Building on what is now Pollasky Avenue. Not yet an incorporated city, the community had a population of roughly 500.

Sierra Vista Mall adds new stores, farmers' market

The Sierra Vista Mall is a happening place these days.

Summer Break?

Clovis High School teacher Susie Kelpe doesn't plan to relax during her summer vacation.

CUSD might be first to use recycled water

Clovis Unified School District may be the first agency to use purified waste water from the treatment facility under construction near Ashlan and McCall avenues.