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LOGAN — Senior forward Harlie Roach scored 25 points to lead the Lady Longhorns to a solid 60-49 victory Saturday over U.S. 54 rival Tucumcari in a matchup of area girls basketball powers. Roach, with teammate Karli Webb’s 14 points, dominated the inside game and went 5-for-5 in 3-point shooting. Logan (11-1) won its ninth in a row and has climbed to No. 1 in the Class 1A rankings by MaxPreps.com. The Lady Rattlers (7-4), ranked fourth in Class 3A, have lost three of four. Jasmine Jones led Tuc...
The Tucumcari wrestling team finished sixth at the 15-team Al Salazar Invitational at St. Michael's in Santa Fe over the weekend in a tournament that featured many schools whose programs are much larger than the Rattlers'. Perennial Class 6A power Cleveland won the team title with 230.5 points. Next in the totals were Santa Fe (187 points), Taos (139), Cobre (134.5), Los Alamos (93.5) and Tucumcari (81). Tucumcari's district opponent, West Las Vegas, finished eighth with 61.5 points. Tucumcari's...
A winter storm Friday left hundreds of post-Christmas travelers stranded for hours — many of them overnight — in Tucumcari after authorities closed Interstate 40 west of town. Police shut down a snow-packed I-40 west of Tucumcari just before noon Friday and kept the highway closed until early evening. By then, westbound travelers with nowhere to go had filled the remainder of Tucumcari’s estimated 1,200 motel rooms. For those without a motel room, the First Baptist Church of Tucumcari set up about 200 cots, all of which where filled by Frida...
Next week, Quay County voters in the Tucumcari school district will receive in their mailboxes the ballots for the county's first-ever mail-in election. An estimated 4,400 registered voters will receive ballots in the mail about Jan. 8. From there, they can decide whether to renew the school district's two-mill tax for capital improvements. Ballots must be returned by mail or to the Quay County clerk's office at 300 S. Third St. in Tucumcari by Feb. 5. The school district, which will cover the...
The Loretta's Burrito Hut restaurant recently moved from a tiny trailer to another site that's bigger, is open longer, offers more dining options and prompted the hiring of more employees. Just before Christmas, owner Loretta Muller opened at the former Rubee's Diner building at 605 W. Route 66 Blvd. after being tucked in a street corner at 624 S. Third St. for five years. The Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce will commemorate the move with a ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. Saturday. Muller...
The Quay County Courthouse soon will offer free legal consultations with an attorney by videoconference for anyone who needs it. The videoconference legal clinic will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 11 in a private room of the second floor of the district courthouse at 303 S. Third St. in Tucumcari, said Marion Payton, court executive officer for the 10th Judicial Circuit Court in Tucumcari. The free legal clinic will be offered on the second Friday of each month. Attorneys from Albuquerque and Santa Fe will answer legal questions and...
How much do you know about Tucumcari Mountain? The uniquely shaped mesa just south of Tucumcari remains the most recognizable natural landmark in Quay County and a symbol of the city itself. Tucumcari Mountain is shown on the city's and county's websites and has sold countless postcards over the past century. Native Americans knew about the mesa for several millennia before white settlers arrived. Traiblazers wrote about it during the 18th and 19th centuries. Spanish conquistador Francisco...
ALBUQUERQUE - With a request for an injunction still pending in a courtroom, the New Mexico Racing Commission on Friday refrained, as expected, from awarding a coveted sixth horse-racing license to applicants in Clovis, Tucumcari or Lordsburg. Commissioners, however, passed a resolution by a 3-1 vote Friday that stated the commission is "committed" to awarding a sixth license "once we get the attorney general's office approval or the judge grants or denies the petition," Commission Chairman Ray...
The Tucumcari school board during its regular meeting Dec. 17 honored three schoolteachers who earned “exemplary” evaluations. Board members and administrators applauded and presented plaques to Teri Dunlap, a middle-school math teacher; Sharon LaTouf, a high-school math teacher; and Danica Arguello, a middle-school language-arts teacher. Schools superintendent Aaron McKinney said the exemplary grade came from tests, student evaluations, principal evaluations, teacher attendance and more. Math and science teachers who receive the exemplary rat...
Ken's Ice Cream and More, a fixture along Tucumcari's Route 66 for decades, abruptly closed last week. The Facebook page for the restaurant at 1804 E. Route 66 Blvd. posted this message Thursday: "We have closed Ken's. Want to say thank you to everyone who has supported us. We will miss the great customers and wonderful friend(s) we have made in Tucumcari. You will be greatly missed." A check of the restaurant at lunchtime Thursday showed the building was locked with stools stacked on the...
With the myriad problems wracking the Tucumcari boys basketball team, it was a wonder it kept the game close at all during a 42-36 loss against Robertson on Dec. 18 at the Snake Pit. The Rattlers found themselves hampered by poor free-throw shooting, dry spells on offense and the benching of one of their top scorers after a technical foul. In spite of those things, Tucumcari briefly took a lead midway through the fourth quarter before the Cardinals (3-4) rallied. Jesus Ramos led the Rattlers...
A Tucumcari native recently held a crucial role in ensuring George H.W. Bush's funeral train departed from suburban Houston smoothly and safely before the former U.S. president was buried later that day in College Station, Texas. Leo Marquez, senior special agent for the Union Pacific Railroad, oversaw security for a four-day period from when the railroad's specially painted blue-and-gray 4141 George Bush Locomotive (designed in Air Force One colors in tribute to the 41st president) was being...
Mesalands Community College may receive a donation of a partial wind turbine that would beef up at least one wind-energy course. Jim Morgan, director of the college's North American Wind Research Training Center, told the board of trustees Dec. 10 a former instructor told him about the possible donation of partial 1.7-megawatt turbine to the college. In an email, Morgan stated it is the nacelle — or outer housing — of the turbine. He said it measures 12-by-12-by-28 feet and weighs 135,000 pounds. Morgan also stated the college also might acq...
A discussion about billboards prompted statements of concerns what content should be on them during the Tucumcari Lodgers' Tax Board meeting Wednesday. During a teleconference with Dezaree Vega-Garcia of the city-hired Griffin & Associates marketing firm of Albuquerque, board members talked about new designs of what soon will be displayed on four billboards along Interstate 40 — the dinosaur museum, disc golf course, recreation on nearby lakes and the longstanding Tucumcari Tonite slogan. Board members Larry Smith, owner of Motel Safari, and Ga...
Two members of the Tucumcari wrestling team won championships and a third finished runner-up during the 18-team Rattler Invitational on Saturday at the Snake Pit. Rod Dunlap, wrestling at 145 pounds, defeated Edgar Sanchez of Espanola Valley in a 7-2 decision in the title match. Teammate Joe Martinez, competing at 152 pounds, dominated Emilio Lopez of West Las Vegas by a 14-1 score in his championship bout. Tucumcari coach Eddie Encinias said he wasn't surprised by Dunlap and Martinez winning...
The state-ranked Texico boys basketball team owned a size advantage against Tucumcari and used it during a 64-45 victory Thursday at the Snake Pit. The Wolverines' varsity roster listed players at 6-foot-4, 6-foot-3, 6-foot-3 and 6-foot-2, while the Rattlers don't have one player that tall. Still, Tucumcari coach John Span said his squad could have done a few things to counter Texico's height advantage. "I think their size bothered us a little bit," he said. "But when you play a team like that,...
The Tucumcari girls basketball team made a few difficult shots but also missed a few easy ones, and that proved crucial during its first loss of the season, 50-48, on Thursday to Class 2A-ranked Texico. Ashley Shipley led the Lady Rattlers, ranked No. 1 in Class 3A by MaxPreps.com, with 17 points, and Jasmine Jones added 12 as they fell to 5-1 overall. Texico, ranked third in Class 2A, improved to 7-2 overall, with both of its losses to a Farwell team ranked in the top 10 in Texas Class 2A....
A former Tucumcari resident is trying to help her alma mater get inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame next year. Glenda Miller, who lived in Tucumcari with her husband, Bob Miller, when he pastored the First Baptist Church from 1980 to 1998, played guard for the Wayland Baptist University women's basketball team after graduating from the Texas institution in 1965. The Flying Queens hold the record for the most wins by a women's collegiate team. During the past 70 years, the Queens sport a winning percentage of .743. From...
ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Racing Commission has scheduled a special meeting for Friday morning, but the commission is unlikely to award a sixth horse-racing license during the meeting. Three applicants in Clovis, one in Tucumcari and one in Lordsburg are vying for a license that would lead to a racetrack/casino. The commission sent out an email Tuesday morning about the meeting, set for 9 a.m. Friday in its boardroom at 4900 Alameda Blvd. in Albuquerque. The agenda for Friday’s meeting includes a closed executive session regarding pen...
ALBUQUERQUE - The New Mexico Racing Commission said it still wants to award a sixth horse-racing license, but that process unexpectedly was placed on hold Thursday afternoon after one of the applicants in Lordsburg requested a preliminary injunction to stop it. Commissioners were expected to vote Thursday on which applicant in Tucumcari, Clovis or Lordsburg would receive the coveted license that would lead to a racetrack, a casino and hundreds of jobs. Instead, New Mexico chief deputy attorney g...
Several concerns aired – including gun-control legislation, preservation of four-day school weeks and a possible hike in the minimum wage - during the Quay County Legislative Forum in Tucumcari illustrated New Mexico's rural-vs.-urban divide. One current and two future state officials attended the forum Saturday at the Tucumcari Convention Center. State Sen. Pat Woods (R-Broadview), a lawmaker since 2012, presided over much of the talk. Also attending were Jack Chatfield, a Republican from M...
The "Welcome Home Veterans/Pearl Harbor Day" event Saturday at VFW Post 2528 in Tucumcari was meant for all area veterans, but organizers made sure it became extra special to one Pearl Harbor survivor in their midst. U.S. Navy sailor Edward Yost and his refueling ship, USS Kaskaskia, were supposed to be stationed at Pearl Harbor during Japan's surprise attack Dec. 7, 1941, that catapulted the United States into World War II. Instead, he and his crewmates were hundreds of miles away as the...
The Tucumcari wrestling team racked up solid dual-meet victories at the Snake Pit on Thursday night over Moriarty and district foe West Las Vegas. The Rattlers, who improved to 5-2 in dual competition, edged Moriarty 42-33 in team points, and toppled West Las Vegas by a 55-30 score. Not counting forfeits, three Tucumcari wrestlers notched victories in both of the matches. Julian Vargas, wrestling at 138 pounds, earned a pin and an 11-3 decision. Dyson Clark, at 195 pounds, earned a pin and an...
The Mescalero Apache tribe told the New Mexico Racing Commission a horse-racing track and casino in Clovis would create a multimillion-dollar effect on its casino near Ruidoso and asked the commission to award a racing license to Tucumcari instead. The commission’s special meeting Nov. 28 in the Albuquerque Convention Center allowed horse-racing license applicants from Tucumcari, Clovis and Lordsburg to give their final arguments and answer questions from commissioners. The commission also asked Native American tribes in New Mexico with gaming...
Though sailor Edward Yost and his ship, the USS Kaskaskia, technically were stationed in Pearl Harbor, he and the vessel weren't there when Japanese planes attacked the port Dec. 7, 1941, throwing the United States into World War II. Not being there was by design. The USS Kaskaskia served as a refueling ship, making it especially vulnerable to any sort of attack. As a result, Yost said he and the rest of his U.S. Navy mates always were on the move and never stayed overnight ashore in one place....