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Officials of Rockabilly on the Route, a Route 66 music festival, announced on Monday that this year’s fifth annual event will be the last in Tucumcari. Officials cited in a press release that they have decided to take a break from the festival for now to pursue "other exciting ventures, events and opportunities." Rockabilly on the Route first came to Tucumcari as the creation of co-founders Simon Cantlon and Ungie Davila. For the past five years, the duo has coordinated, planned and organized the event into a successful annual event. Since the...
December 1962 • Congressman Tom Morris spoke with members of the Tucumcari Kiwanis Club on issues such as mutual cooperation and understanding needed between the federal government and business during the international crisis at the time. • The Tucumcari State Police were put onto the state police teletype net connecting Tucumcari with dozens of other state police agencies located in other cities instantly. Put into operation by a Western Union plant maintainer, state police secretary Mary Ann Bartow transmitted the first message from Tuc...
The Quay County Commission set its 2017 meeting schedule Monday. The commission decided to continue its schedule of meetings on the second and fourth Monday of every month. The meetings begin at 9 a.m. Most meetings are held in the commission’s meeting room in the Quay County Courthouse, but some are held at other locations. The locations for each meeting have not been determined. The following is the schedule by month: • Jan. 9 and Jan. 23 • Feb. 13 and Feb. 27 • March 13 and March 27 • April 10 and April 24 • May 8 and May 22 • June 12 and J...
Tucumcari's annual Parade of Lights made its way down a new route Saturday night as it traveled from the Kmart parking lot down Historic Route 66 Boulevard to the Tucumcari Convention Center. The convention center then hosted hundreds of participants and viewers for post-parade cookies and hot chocolate provided by Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital, a little shopping at booths of the Christmas Expo and visits with Santa Claus. As usual, Santa rode in the basket of a ladder truck provided by the...
The Tucumcari Rattler girls scored two victories and a loss in basketball play last week. On Thursday the Lady Rattlers came out on the short end of a 47-44 heartbreaker against the Tularosa Lady Wildcats. At the Santa Rosa Invitational, the Lady Rattlers scored decisive victories Saturday against the Estancia Lady Bears (51-18) and the Dulce Hawks (59-38). The Tucumcari Rattler boys’ team played in Mora on Saturday, but the score was not available Sunday. Logan Longhorns The Logan Longhorn boys lost two and won one at the Menaul Tournament i...
STAFF REPORT New Mexico's game hunting rules and regulations are complex and hunters have to get lucky to score a game license, but basic gun safety rules are relatively simple, according to New Mexico Game and Fish officials. There are four basic rules to firearms safety, said Karl Moffatt, spokesperson for the New Mexico Game and Fish Department, based on the initials TABK. They are as follows: n Treat all firearms as if they are loaded. Assume all firearms are loaded. This, Moffatt said, is...
The Quay County Commission on Nov. 28 authorized purchases of more than $877,000 in firefighting vehicles for the county’s fire districts. The commission approved budgeting for two tanker trucks at about $240,000 each and two brush trucks for the Quay, Porter, Fire I and Jordan fire districts, using loans through the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration, said County Manager Richard Primrose. • The commission also approved arrangements to make up for state budget shortfalls for the county’s anti-driving while intoxicated progr...
Expo held at convention center Tucumcari residents could shop for hand-crafted gift items while their kids visited with Santa at Saturday's Christmas Expo at the Tucumcari Convention Center. Stormi Sena, along with Josie Apodaca, organized this year's event. She said this year's event is their fifth annual. The expo, she said, was "just something we decided to do" five years ago. According to Sena, proceeds this year from vendors' fees and food donations will go again to the Ministry of Hope, a...
Staff Report Tucumcari — On Nov. 14, Quay County became the second county in New Mexico to earn a Work Ready Community designation from ACT, a non-profit testing company. “Our Work Read Community status will encourage businesses to expand or locate operations in the county,” Patrick Vanderpool, executive director of the Tucumcari Economic Development Corporation, said. “It is a nationally-recognized demonstration that the county's workforce is ready to help employers succeed in Quay County.” Vanderpool said Quay and San Juan counties are the o...