Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun As a Marine, Richard Duran traveled the world to places many may never have the chance to visit, but his service didn’t end there. Duran has continued to serve other veterans and his country by volunteering to raise and lower the U.S. flag at the Veterans Affairs Clinic, located at 1301 N. Turner Street since its opening. The …

The Castillo family gathered this week to support a brother holding a ribbon-cutting for a new business and ended up leading floats in Saturday’s Veteran’s Day parade in Hobbs. They came from as far away as the Pentagon, from Dallas, from Madison, Ala., and from as close as just down the street. With three of Guadalupe and Socorro Castillo’s children …