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The Tucumcari City Commission approved an amended pact with the county’s regional 911 system that the city manager anticipates will save money. The commission unanimously voted during its regular meeting Thursday for the three-year joint powers agreement with the Tucumcari/Quay County Regional Emergency Communications Center that rejiggers the city’s share of the cost of the emergency dispatch phone service. City commissioner Christopher Arias was absent. City manager Mark Martinez said the previous agreement contained a 45% split each bet...
The Tucumcari boys and girls basketball teams will travel for their first-round games in the Class 3A tournament this week, while the high-seeded Logan girls will host their Class 1A tourney opener at home. The New Mexico Activities Association announced the postseason pairings on Sunday afternoon. Seeds were bared on win-loss record, district record, MaxPreps.com ratings, victories versus district champions, member-school input and head-to-head competition. The Tucumcari boys (8-16), which won its district tournament to earn a berth, was the 1...
Extended an invitation, the miles-long People's Convoy accepted it and made a one-hour stop Friday afternoon in Tucumcari as the cross-country protest against coronavirus restrictions rolled to Washington, D.C. Big trucks and conventional vehicles, numbering in at least the hundreds, stretched down two miles of Route 66 in two lanes as dozens of residents waved an assortment of American and other flags to greet them as they rolled off Interstate 40. The co-organizer said the convoy stretched 16...
A couple from Texas recently was granted the first cannabis business license in Tucumcari. According to the New Mexico Cannabis Control Division website, Jill and Kenneth Gregory of Whitesboro, Texas, were granted a retail cannabis license on Feb. 16 for Route 66 Buds LLC at 1808 S. First St. in Tucumcari. That is the old Comcast building they are leasing from Tucumcari resident Steve Whittington, Jill Gregory said last week in a phone interview. The Quay County Assessor’s Office reports the building is owned by Whittco Inc., based in C...
LOGAN - New Mexico's top education chief said many teachers in the state likely will see a pay raise as soon as April. New Mexico Education Secretary Kurt Steinhaus provided details about forthcoming pay increases for teachers and school staff during a so-called "listening tour" Friday in the boardroom of Logan Municipal Schools. Steinhaus held similar sessions last week in Bloomfield, Taos and Roswell, and was scheduled to hold more this week in Truth or Consequences, Los Lunas and Rio Rancho....
The Lenten season, which is celebrated by many, begins today, March 2. Lent is based on Jesus’ 40-day and night wilderness fast when he was tempted by the cravings of the flesh (food – Philippians 3:18-19), lust of the eyes (materialism – Ecclesiastes 5:10) and pride of life (thinking too highly of oneself – Romans 12:3; Isaiah 14:12-15). These represent the temptations everyone faces (Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13; 1 John 2:15-17; Genesis 2:15; 3:6; Romans 3:23). To overcome Satan’s temptations, Jesus used God’s word (Deuteronomy 8:1-3; 6:13...
Local candidates for the June 7 primary election have only one day to officially file — Tuesday — at Quay County Clerk’s Office. The filing day will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 8 at the office at 300 S. Third St. in Tucumcari. Candidate forms are available at the New Mexico Secretary of State website at sos.state.nm.us, Quay County government site at quaycounty-nm.gov/elected-officals/county-clerk or at the clerk’s office. This year, candidates must complete a candidate campaign committee registration form before becoming a candida...
An eastern New Mexico public television station on Saturday will begin airing a three-part series, “Route 66: The Untold Story of Women on the Mother Road,” that includes an interview with a longtime Glenrio resident. The documentary will begin airing at 10 a.m. Mountain time Saturday on KENW-TV in Portales. The second episode will air 10 a.m. March 13. The film has been picked up by 17 PBS stations as part of Women’s History Month. The second The director, Katrina Parks, interviewed several Texas Panhandle women for the program, inclu...
On this date ... 1972: Tucumcari High School students stood outside the building and awaited permission from police officers to go back inside after another bomb threat was phoned to the school. Principal Bill Litchfield said the school received a call from someone telling him a bomb was going to go off in 30 minutes. Officers checked the building and found no bomb. • New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Samuel Montoya and Joe W. Wood, chief judge on the state’s Court of Appeals, met with local attorneys, judicial officials and residents at a lunch...
Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Thursday — San Jon FFA potluck dinner. This event at the San Jon Municipal Schools cafeteria is open to school staff, FFA families and the San Jon community. The dinner will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. • March 11-13 — Southwest Beef Symposium. This annual event, hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service, gives beef producers to catch up on the latest issues and innovations and keep up to date on informa...
The Tucumcari Senior Center and Logan Senior Center also offer grab-and-go meals to those who qualify. Those interested should call the Tucumcari facility at 575-461-2307 or the Logan facility at 575-487-2287 for more information. Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Pancake sausage on a stick, fresh pear, orange juice, skim or 1% milk; Lunch: Turkey and cheese sandwich, fish sticks, sweet potato fries, mixed vegetables, fresh strawberries, skim, 1% or chocolate skim milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Blueberry muffin, string cheese, fresh app...
The Quay County Commission on Monday approved a $27,920 professional services contract with an Illinois company to improve the accuracy of certain property assessments in the county and provide training to the assessor’s office. County manager Daniel Zamora recommended the contact with The Sidwell Co. of St. Charles, Illinois, to provide geographic information services for “problem areas” in about 1,000 tracts in Logan and in the Ute Lake area. The company also will train county assessor employees on such data for future assessments. Zamor...
The most conspicuous victims of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine are the people who will lose their lives in defending their country against a brutal (and nuclear-armed) neighbor. But Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch a many-pronged attack — an audacious operation the United States predicted but was unable to prevent — is also a devastating assault on international norms and potentially a harbinger of a wider war in Europe. Last week’s attack fully justifies the significant sanctions the U.S. and its allies are moving to impose on...
Whenever a government wants to go to war, you can be sure it is lying -- to its population and to anyone who listens to its justifications. If anyone supports a war, they have been hoodwinked by the lies. Without lies, no ethical person would ever support war. The aggressor has to lie and present itself as the victim. Otherwise, its cannon fodder would be less enthusiastic to die for the government’s agenda. Unfortunately, the victim populations’ government will lie, too. It’s just what governments do. The exact nature of the lies will vary...
Who would’ve thought that the Soviet Union would rise from the ashes and re-establish itself in Eastern Europe once again? It’s now clear that is exactly what Russia President Vladimir Putin wants to do. He has reportedly said the Soviet Union’s fall was “the biggest geopolitical catastrophe of the (20th) century” and his actions are speaking louder than his words. So far, he has invaded the former Soviet “possessions” of Georgia in 2008, Crimea in 2014, and Ukraine in 2022. It’s an opportune time for his ambitious expansion; the U.S. is in...
The superintendent of Tucumcari Public Schools said he would present proposed revisions to the school board’s public comment policy — including possibly allowing constituents submit written comments — by the board’s next meeting in March. The board during its Feb. 21 meeting discussed options for the policy, but it was not an action item on its agenda. Board member Jerry Lopez had requested a discussion on the policy during the January meeting, saying it was too restrictive, and “we have constituents who want to be heard.” The board in No...
Confirmed COVID-19 cases numbers last week continued their slide in the state and region and were approaching the lower levels seen before the Delta and Omicron variants arrived last year. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Quay County last week was eight, including one on Friday. That compares to 18 cases the previous week and 21 the week before that. The total number of cases in the county rose to 1,969 since the pandemic began in spring 2020. According to epidemiology reports, Quay County’s COVID-19 case rate fell to 24.7 new c...
A Grady woman died early Friday in a wrong-way collision on Interstate 40 east of Tucumcari. According to a news release Monday from New Mexico State Police, the accident at 12:38 a.m. killed Kayla Corrales, 27, of Grady. She was driving a Chevrolet pickup west in the eastbound lanes of I-40 when it collided with a Honda Pilot sport-utility vehicle going east near mile marker 340. Corrales was airlifted to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, where she died of her injuries. The Pilot’s driver, a 25-year-old woman, was taken b...
The Tucumcari boys basketball team captured its first postseason berth since 2016 by overcoming a double-digit deficit to defeat host Dexter 64-55 in the title game of the District 4 tournament Friday. Andrew Henderson-Clark scored 23 points to lead the Rattlers, and Curtis Gonzales added 15. The two combined for 10 points in the game’s final minute. Santiago Montano added eight points for the Rattlers. Tucumcari, a third seed in Class 3A’s District 4, improved to 8-15. The Rattlers, a No. 16 seed in the Class 3A tournament, travels top-seeded...
It took three tries, but the Tucumcari girls basketball team finally got the best of Dexter. And it couldn't have come at a better time - in the championship game of the district tournament on the Lady Demons' home floor. A 14-0 scoring run in the first half gave the Lady Rattlers a double-digit lead they fattened to a 20-point advantage by the third quarter. Dexter made a late run, but Tucumcari repelled it during a 45-29 win Friday. The Lady Rattlers (13-10) almost were assured of earning an a...
LOGAN - The Melrose girls basketball team continued its hot streak at the 3-point line, hitting seven shots behind the arc during a 48-46 victory Wednesday to oust the second-seeded Lady Longhorns from the district tournament. Logan (21-6) totaled just two 3-pointers in the tournament semifinal. The Lady Buffaloes (18-7) also held an edge at the free throw line, making 11 of 16 shots. Logan went 12-of-22 at the foul line. Though Logan held a higher seed in the tournament over third-seeded...
Fort Sumner-House ended the Logan boys basketball team’s run in the district tournament with a resounding 75-39 victory Thursday in the semifinals. The Foxes, which improved to 16-4, ended Logan’s season with a 10-18 record. Logan defeated Grady and upset Melrose in the District 6 tournament to set up the clash with host Fort Sumner. Brock Burns led the Longhorns with 10 points. “We never were able to get anything going offensively,” Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said, “and they came out and really shot it well. Was a tough overall night for...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Feb. 21 to Feb. 28: — Jose Tiznado, 54, Avondale, Arizona, disorderly conduct. — Paul James Mead, 53, Tucumcari, violation of restraining order prohibiting domestic violence. — Dominick Michael Ortiz, 27, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Markus Baca, 36, Anton Chico, charge not listed. — Mike Runquist, 71, Amarillo, Texas, charge not listed. — Rickie George, 36, Alamogordo, contempt of court. — Erica Haywood, 40, Oceanside, California, assault (battery), aggravated battery...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Feb. 21 to Feb. 27: Monday — 3:04 a.m.: Domestic disturbance in 4100 block of Quay Road 62.9, Tucumcari. — 9:27 a.m.: Domestic disturbance in 800 block of North Rock Island Street, Tucumcari. — 9:51 a.m.: Threat in 200 block of East Center Street, Tucumcari. — 10:10 a.m.: Threat in 800 block of West Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 10:26 a.m.: Civil dispute in 100 block of South Ash Street, House. — 11:09 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 300 block of South Third S...