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Local officials met with a member of the Professional Disc Golf Association Friday to discuss the possibility of building a course at the Five Mile Park to attract tournaments to the area. "While at a conference at the Sipapu resort, I encountered 200 people that attended a disc golf tournament there," said Robert Lumpkin, District 4 city commissioner. Officials met with Jeff Lewis, PDGA member, disc golf player, Friday to gain perspective on what kind of disc golf course would appeal to pros....
Quay County commissioners authorized routine tax fund allocations of $500,000 to fund operations for Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in 2017. Vince DiFranco, who has added the Trigg administrator role to his administrator duties at Plains Regional Medical Center (PRMC) in Clovis, formally requested the allocations from the commission on Monday during the commission meeting. Commissioners approved allocations of $250,000 each in February and May. DiFranco also addressed concerns of commissioners about the impact of sharing an administrator with...
Four Quay County high school basketball teams will compete in the 1A-3A state basketball tournaments, starting Friday with two home games. The Logan Lady Longhorns and Tucumcari Lady Rattlers will play a home game in the first round of the girls 2A and 3A state basketball tournament. The six-seed Lady Rattlers (20-6) will host the 11-seed Newcomb Lady Skyhawks (16-13) at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Snake Pit. The Lady Rattlers won the District 5-3A tournament championship 58-45 on Friday at Texico....
After a week on the job as the city of Tucumcari's chief of police, David Lathrom is still getting acclimated to his many duties and responsibilities. Lathrom answered some questions about his first days as chief and the short term and long term goals he has as the head of the Tucumcari Police Department. Why apply to become the chief of police for the city of Tucumcari? I have been looking for some time for a job that was in the Arizona/New Mexico area. I have vacationed through the area and...
Believing borehole story naive Are we that naive to believe these boreholes are just a science project? I would like to rebuke Steve Hansen’s last two opinion columns on the proposed “scientific boreholes” sited near Nara Visa. I will agree, the current wording in the contract states there will be no nuclear waste involved in this particular project or at this particular site. However, if you took the time to attend the meetings regarding this project, you would know that ENERCON reps refuse to give us that same guarantee for the future. In fa...
CLOVIS — The film “Hell or High Water,” filmed in Clovis, Portales and Tucumcari, may have walked away empty-handed during the Oscars on Sunday. But its award season prominence brings a promising future for films shot in eastern New Mexico, according to Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce Film Liaison Nick Mondragon. “I went into the Oscars thinking that we didn’t have a good chance of winning,” said Mondragon. “Especially the way things went with the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) awards and the Golden Globes.” The film, directed by Dav...
In a troubling case of “we’re from the government and we’re here to help,” Sen. Jacob Candelaria, D-Albuquerque, wants to shield significant portions of police reports for six serious crimes from public view. Considering how too many of New Mexico’s law enforcement, prosecutorial and court systems are struggling to take predators of all kinds off the street — and how concerned residents are with crime — how can eliminating the sunshine of public oversight be a remotely good idea? Especially when it comes to cases of sexual assault and rape, whi...
Jenelle Hansen remembers spinning out on an icy bridge near Edgewood, about eight or nine years ago. When the excitement was over, she found herself facing the wrong way, just off a busy highway, with cars and trucks whizzing past “way too fast.” Stuck on the shoulder, unable to get back on the road, she called for a tow truck. When the man arrived, he pulled her 200-300 feet to where her Ford Ranger could regain traction. Moments later, she noted the tow-truck driver was on his way to another call. Hansen has gained a deeper respect for the...
Last Saturday, the Democratic National Committee’s 447 members gathered in Atlanta to elect a new national chairman from a field of seven candidates. It was the first time since 1985 that there was a contested election for the position. Although seven candidates had their names on the ballot, only two of them had any chance of winning. Tom Perez, secretary of labor under President Obama, also has ties to the Clinton organization and had the backing of such political luminaries as Joe Biden a...
On Feb. 17, I was declared an enemy of the American people. That used to be a favorite Communist epithet, substitute “Russian” or “Chinese.” On Feb. 17, however, it was the president of the United States who gave me this title. I earned my apparent “enemy” status by committing the unpardonable crime of journalism. I gather facts about recent developments and present them as news. Sometimes what I report makes elected officials look good, sometimes not. Facts are funny that way. President Donald Trump seems only to recognize as facts the b...
March 1972 • Emmit Jennings of Tucumcari celebrated his 91st birthday. Jennings had been a booster for the city since he moved to Tucumcari in 1907. Also known as “Mr. Baseball,” Jennings had not missed a World Series game in 50 years and the American League would issue him a complimentary pass every year. He would also receive a birthday card from the American League. • Arthur L. White began working as the newest police officer for the Tucumcari Police Department. White had worked for several years with his father in San Jon, operati...
The following individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Feb. 20 through Feb. 24: • Betty Beckwith, 56, driving under the influence of liquor • Virginia Clark, 56, aggravated battery • Gregory Dull, 56, warrant • Patricia Fuentes, 50, driving under the influence of liquor • Michael Gulbranson, 35, aggravated driving under the influence of liquor • Gabriel Jones, 25, probation violation • Kevin Qualls, 29, possession of controlled substance • Christopher Sandoval, 23, warrant • Lorenzo Salinas, 36, resisting, evadin...
Thursday • Special City Commission: 5 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall • City Commission Workshop: 5:30 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall March 9 • City Commission Workshop: 5:30 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall • City Commission: 6 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall March 13 • Quay County Commission: 9 a.m., Quay County Courthouse March 23 • City Commission: 6 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall March 27 • Quay County Commission: 9 a.m., Quay County Courthouse Service clubs • Altrusa Club of Tucumcari: Noon, First and third Wednesday of each month, Pow Wow Restaurant, 801...
A $1 million renovation of downtown Tucumcari’s Princess Theater is one of the key elements to the final stage of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (MRA) plan, according to Sites Southwest planners. Josh Johnson and James Foty, planners for Sites Southwest, the Albuquerque design and planning firm that has guided the MRA process, summarized the plan for the Tucumcari City Commission on Thursday. The plan also includes improvements to storefronts facing on downtown streets and demolition of some buildings. Johnson said public commentary w...
Tucumcari City Commission The following was action taken at the Tucumcari City Commission on Thursday: • Commissioners honored the Tucumcari High School wrestling team and coach Eddie Encinias with a proclamation recognizing its record of state titles this season, including three district champions, Michael Shelton, Zavier Garcia and Isaiah Valverde. All three also achieved top-three placement in state competition. In addition, Antonio Norton was the state runner-up in his weight class in state competition. • Commissioners recognized the Kni...