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City Project Manager Mark Martinez is expected to be named Tucumcari’s interim city manager at Thursday’s Tucumcari City Commission meeting. Thursday also marks the end of current City Manager Jared Langenegger’s tenure in that position, a job he has held since October 2014. Langenegger’s last day was “accelerated” at a special meeting of the commission on March 5. Langenegger said moving the date up from April 11 to Thursday was not his idea. The discussion that led to changing his date of leaving was held in executive session, and neither...
Tucumcari’s city business will resume with no changes in the city commission after the two incumbents who faced challengers easily kept their commission seats in the March 6 elections. In District 4, Mayor Pro Tem Robert Lumpkin retained his commission seat with 49 votes. His challenger, Keith Hayes, who organized a recall effort that ended unsuccessfully when voters retained all three commissioners by wide margins. Lumpkin retained his seat with 49 votes versus 23 for Hayes. In District 5, Commissioner Todd Duplantis retained his seat, garneri...
More than 50 artists, students and area residents took part in the 20th anniversary Iron Pour this weekend at Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari. "This is not how I envisioned it would be 20 years ago," said D'Jean Jawrunner, faculty, event founder. Jawrunner said she had no idea what was to come from the first batch of molten iron being poured all those years ago. She said since its start the iron pour has become a living breathing extension of the college, community and participants....
Applications for the Altrusa International of Tucumcari scholarship are now available. One $400 scholarship will be awarded to a graduating senior each in House, Logan, San Jon, and Tucumcari High Schools. A $400 scholarship will also be awarded to a deserving student who is currently enrolled, or plans to enroll, at Mesalands Community College. The scholarships will be awarded based on academic performance, need, the desire to attend college, and leadership as demonstrated by activities, community service, and honors. Applications are...
County Commissioners are seeking answers after residents raised concerns about the billing at Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital's Emergency Room. "It has been brought to my attention that local residents are being billed as out-of-network patients at our own ER," said Sue Dowell, District 2 Commissioner. Dowell brought the issue up to County Manager Richard Primrose following his report during Monday's regular meeting. "We need to have this issue addressed," said Mike Cherry, District 1...
Has the United States — which has generally been a champion of free trade since World War II — been the victim of unfair trading practices by other nations? Certainly. It’s neither new or particularly unusual for nations to subsidize industries to try to get footholds in world markets. By example, over the past 20 years, China has gone from being a marginal maker of steel and aluminum to producing roughly half the world’s output of both metals — undercutting companies in other nations that can’t subsidize sales. This practice led the Obama a...
I’ve been doing some reading about psychopaths. I’m not sure how that got started, but it might have been a referral in an article about working in President Donald Trump’s White House. I think he’s a psychopath, but I think Bill Clinton is one, too. Politicians and business leaders are more likely to be psychopaths than the rest of the population, and some who have studied psychopaths say some presidents are right in there. Psychopaths don’t have to be criminals. They represent about 1 percent of the population as a whole. Many end up in pri...
The Tucumcari Rattlers Relay will be held on Saturday at Rattlers Stadium with more than 18 high school track and field teams from eastern New Mexico competing in Tucumcari. “We have been working to fill spots on both the girls and boys teams to prepare for this first meet,” said Wayne Ferguson, head track coach. The Rattlers boys team won the 3A team championship last year. Ferguson said both the boys and girls teams have strong core groups. He said it is only a matter of filling a few vacant positions. Field events will begin at 9 a.m., and...
The Tucumcari Lady Rattlers basketball season ended with a loss to a district opponent in the quarterfinals of the 3A state tournament in Albuquerque. "I am proud of how the girls played," said Gary Hittson, Lady Rattlers head coach. Hittson said in their final game of the season several of the younger Rattlers showed a spark that has him excited about the future. "We had some bench players step up in a big way," Hittson said. "There is plenty of reasons to still be excited about Lady Rattler...
March 1964 • A fire on the Louis Szabo property, east of town and south of US 66, destroyed an estimated $1300 worth of feed and five acres of grass. Also damaged was a fence at the Hillcrest Club to where the fire spread. • Tucumcari’s civic organization, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, held an election for the first roster of officers. • The Tucumcari Rotary Club elected a new president, A.E. “Red” Wilkerson and vice president, Kenneth Vinyl, at a special meeting. • About 27 first- and second-place winners from Tucumcari’s seventh annual...
The following are the menus for the Tucumcari and Logan senior centers and schools in Quay County for today through March 21: Senior centers Coffee, tea and milk served daily Logan Thursday: Green chile hamburger, onion rings, ranch style beans, applesauce Friday: Corned beef, cabbage, glazed carrots, whole wheat bread, strawberries, bananas, oatmeal cookie Monday: Liver with onions, mashed potatoes, green beans, sliced cucumbers, whole wheat roll, margarine, strawberries, bananas Tuesday: Pork ribs, baked potato, margarine, salad with dressing...
The following individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center March 5-12: • Norma Apodaca, 51, warrant • Sergio Chavez, 28, warrant • Michael Roybal, 61, driving while license suspended or revoked • Buddy Townsend, 21, warrant • Emilio Casteneda, 30, warrant • Matthew Hart, 35, interference with communication • Martin Calbert, 57, warrant • Joey Trujillo, 35, criminal trespass • Alicia Gutierrez, 50, aggravated assualt • Raymond Holliday, 28, warrant • Nathan Sims, 33, battery against a household member • Heather Thomas, 36, pos...
Quay County received more than $1 million from the latest New Mexico Legislative session for improvements to multiple agencies — including the Quay County Detention Center, Tucumcari, Logan Senior Citizens Centers and Arch Hurley Conservancy District. “I consider it a great privilege to advocate for important projects throughout northeastern New Mexico,” said District 67 State Rep. Dennis Roch (R-Logan). “This is why I was proud to support this legislation, which contains funding for so many of our area’s local priorities.” According t...
Just over a year after resigning as the Village of Logan mayor, David Babb defeated TJ Smith in the mayoral race in the March 6 Municipal Election. Quay County Magistrate Judge TJ O’Quin certified the election results March 7 at the Village Office. Babb took 175 votes to Smith’s 170. “I think the election shows that we are a community that is divided,” said Smith. “I wish those that got elected well as they continue to work towards the things that are for the best for the Village of Logan.” Smith said he appreciated all the residents w...
I encounter the following objection quite a bit. It normally comes in response to my having pointed out that the Law of God found in the Bible does indeed speak to current issues. It comes from people professing faith in Jesus. The objection is this: “But, pastor! That's in the Old Testament! We're not living under that Law. We're New Covenant believers.” Before I answer this, let me agree with the premise, at least in part. We (Christians) are in the New Covenant, not the Old. Jesus Christ is...