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New Mexico State Police arrested recently retired Tucumcari Police Chief Jason Braziel on Tuesday, charging him with resisting and evading arrest and tampering with evidence. Braziel was released on a $3,000 cash bond later that day. He was also charged with reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident involving damage to a vehicle and failure to give immediate notice of accident. According to an arrest affidavit filed in the Quay County Magistrate Court: • On Monday at 8:25 p.m., a NMSP officer was notified by dispatch to respond to t...
Over the past five years, Rockabilly on the Route has been a successful, one-of-a-kind music festival, drawing more than 5,000 people to Tucumcari each year. But this year's event - scheduled June 1-4 - will be the last as co-founders Simon Cantlon and Ungie Davila pursue other projects. "It was not an easy decision to make as we love this festival and are proud of its success," both Cantlon and Davila said. "Tucumcari is our second home, and the people here have embraced us, along with the...
Plains Regional Medical Center Administrator Vince DiFranco, who is now administrator for the Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari, will focus his efforts on "tying two communities together." DiFranco said Presbyterian Health Services has combined two administrations into one in order to streamline the process of unifying the two operations and pave the way for more sharing of physicians and other medical specialists between the two hospitals. Trigg Administrator Don Weidemann was dismissed from his position as of Feb. 10 and spent his...
Tucumcari city commissioners agreed among themselves Thursday to consider reducing fines in the city’s 11-month-old “nuisance ordinance” designed to improve the city’s appearance by addressing neglected properties and deteriorated abandoned buildings. The nuisance ordinance is a key issue in a recall petition started by Tucumcari resident and business owner Keith Hayes, who has been fined $645 for violations of the nuisance ordinance on four properties he owns in the city that are strewn with unused semi-trucks, trailers, cement trucks and oth...
Thursday • Housing Authority Board: 5 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall • City Commission: 6 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall Monday • Quay County Commission: 9 a.m., Quay County Courthouse • Library Advisory Board: 5:15 p.m., Tucumcari Public Library Tuesday • Economic Development Corporation: Noon, economic development corporation • Planning and Zoning Advisory Board: 5:15 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall Service clubs • Altrusa Club of Tucumcari: Noon, first and third Wednesday of each month, Pow Wow Restaurant, 801 W. Route 66. Call 575-461-1377. Support group...
The following are the menus for the Tucumcari and Logan senior centers for today through Feb. 28: Coffee, tea and milk served daily Tucumcari Thursday: Chicken and dumplings, asparagus, carrots, sugar cookie, pears Friday: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, spinach, whole wheat roll, margarine, tropical fruit Monday: Pueblo red chili stew, tangy carrots coins, salad with dressing, cornbread, margarine, pears Tuesday: Barbecue pork ribs, broccoli, carrot and raisin salad, whole wheat bread, margarine, devil’s food cake Logan Thursday: Italian c...
The following are the menus for the schools in Quay County for today through Feb. 28: House Thursday Breakfast: Scrambled egg, sausage, yogurt, variety of juice and milk Lunch: Pizza, fruit, milk Monday Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with cheese, cereal, variety of juice and milk Lunch: Stromboli, fruit, milk Tuesday Breakfast: Breakfast bar, cereal, yogurt, variety of juice and milk Lunch: Chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, fruit, milk Logan Thursday Breakfast: Apple sticks, cereal, milk, juice Lunch: Chicken nuggets or strips, mashed potatoes,...
The following individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center Feb. 13 through Feb. 17: • Bonita Aughtman, 27, warrant • Albert Garcia, 29, probation violation • Larry Miller, 43, warrant • Herman Pulliam, 23, warrant • Richard Worrell, 26, warrant • Jalen Sewell, 23, warrant • Bonnett Rivera, 22, warrant The following individuals were released from the Quay County Detention Center Feb. 13 through Feb. 17: • Donald Burhn, 44, transferred to the department of corrections • Joseph Burgess, 25, bond • Lamar French, 29, transfe...
February 1955 • The Yucca yearbook staff took a field trip to the Princess Theater. The projection room of the theater was the object of a field trip taken by the staff in order to see how the movie programs were operated. E.F. Ayers and D.B. Majors, projector operators, explained to the students how the projectors work. Ray Paulson, sponsor, treated all the staff members to a malt at the Crescent Creamery before returning to school. • William Gaskins was named president of the Citizens Bank by the bank's directors, replacing the late J. Her...
A Tucumcari man was struck and killed by a vehicle Sunday on Interstate 40 near Montoya while attempting to tow a commercial vehicle. On Sunday at 4:20 p.m., state police officers were dispatched to mile marker 318 on I-40 in reference to a fatal motor vehicle crash. According to a New Mexico State Police press release, Robert Unruh, 37, sustained fatal injuries when he stepped into the roadway and was struck by a vehicle. Unruh as pronounced deceased at the scene. The preliminary investigation revealed that a vehicle was traveling west on...
Applications for the 2017 Plateau Education Foundation Scholarship Program are due March 6 and are available at area high school guidance offices at local Plateau retail stores — Clayton, Clovis, Farwell, Fort Sumner, Logan, Santa Rosa and Vaughn — or on the Cooperative's website at http://www.plateautel.com/company/scholarships/. The following are the requirements for applying: n Applicants must be a legal dependent of an active cooperative member who is currently receiving landline telephone service in one of the Cooperative's 26 service exc...
Just 24 days into his presidency, President Donald Trump’s embattled national security adviser was forced to resign — a glaring misstep by the fledgling administration. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn didn’t leave because he had multiple contacts with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak prior to Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration: He resigned because he had “misled” Vice President Mike Pence and other White House officials about those contacts, which contributed to an “evolving and eroding level of trus...
Based on opposition from Nara Visa residents, the Quay County Commission has withdrawn support for a proposed borehole to be drilled through three miles of granite near Nara Visa. The companies bidding for the borehole contract, however, have apparently not given up. Nara Visa residents based their opposition on unfounded suspicions they might bury nuclear waste there. Nara Visa, however, is an absolutely lousy place to put nuclear waste, though it’s a great place to find out if you can drill straight through three miles of granite. Here are 1...
The conflict between President Trump and the media once again came into public view during a press conference last week. Whether you agree with the president or not, you have to admit he has a valid objection as to how media presents news about the Trump administration. David French, writing in National Review On-Line notes that both the New York Times and CNN had major stories about Trump’s campaign team having repeated contacts or constant communications with senior Russian officials during t...
San Jon, Logan and Tucumcari prepare for district tournament home and away games. The Tucumcari Lady Rattlers will be in District 5-3A tournament action today against the Santa Rosa Lady Lions. The Lady Rattlers (18-6, 4-2) beat the Lady Lions (10-14, 1-5) 74-44 Saturday at the Snake Pit. The Lady Lions beat the Lady Yellowjackets (8-14, 1-5) 48-46 Monday night to earn the match-up in Tucumcari. Leading the Rattlers against the Lady Lions was post Kalani French with 20 points, guard Alyssa...
The Tucumcari Rattlers wrestling team finished fifth overall with four placers at the 4A state tournament last weekend at Rio Rancho. "The team peaked at the right time," said Eddie Encinias, head coach. "I could not have asked for a better group of athletes." On Monday, Encinias was marking off the equipment as the Rattler wrestlers turned it in marking the end of their season. "It would have been better if I could have finished first," said Antonio Norton Jr., a 220-pound senior. Norton was...