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New Mexico Bank & Trust won’t back off from its plan to close its branch in Logan, but its CEO signaled he was open to delay it from its scheduled shuttering in June. That was the impressions conveyed by two of three people — including a state legislator — who attended a meeting Thursday in Albuquerque with New Mexico Bank & Trust CEO and president Greg Leyendecker. New Mexico Bank & Trust announced earlier this month it would close its Logan branch on June 9, less than 18 months after the entity acquired it and several other banks in the regio...
The executive director of the Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce advocated to city commissioners reprising his office’s former role as the city’s events coordinator. City commissioners during a work session Thursday seemed amenable to the idea and asked City Manager Mark Martinez to draw up a contract for the post by its next meeting March 24. Martinez advocated acting quickly because he wanted to have a placeholder event – a possible small-scale revival of Tucumcari’s long-dormant Pinata Festival — to replace the New Mexico Music Sho...
Voters for the Republican primary election for Quay County Commission's District 3 will face a crowded field, with five candidates filing for the position last week. Local GOP and Democratic candidates for sheriff, magistrate judge, probate judge and assessor also filed at the county clerk's office on March 8. The primary election will be June 7. Republicans filing for District 3 in the county are Justin G. Knapp, a Tucumcari firefighter and business owner; Kent Terry, a Logan business owner; Fr...
It’s been a few days since we confused our internal clocks with the change to daylight saving time. While I’ll eventually get used to the time change, I’ve revisited some previous experiences related to waking up an hour earlier in a dark room. I had deluded myself into thinking I knew where everything was in the room until it became pitch black. I lost my bearings and began running into things not in my normally traveled path. Regaining my bearings was impossible until I saw a glimmer of light. While the old saying “familiarity breeds contempt...
Confirmed COVID-19 case numbers settled into a low level in Quay County last week as it was one of about a dozen counties in New Mexico that were upgraded by the state health department from red to the orange level of risk — the first time that had happened in months. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Quay County last week was eight, including five on Friday. That compares to four cases the previous week. That low level roughly compares to the county’s turquoise levels of community spread seen last spring and early summer. The...
On this date ... 1972: E.C. “Mac” Muckelroy, a longtime printer for several newspapers in the region, died at age 89. He moved to Tucumcari in 1907 from Ardmore, Oklahoma, and became a Linotype operator and printer for the Tucumcari Sun, Tucumcari American and Tucumcari Daily News newspapers until he retired at 81. He also worked at Tucumcari Office Supply for many years. • Tucumcari Police recovered from Graham’s Chevrolet on West Tucumcari Boulevard a stolen 1970 car that had been driven by two juveniles from Illinois. The car’s license p...
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: Buffalo chicken wrap, chicken fajita meat, 6-inch whole-grain tortilla, pinto beans, fresh tomatoes, picante sauce, fresh strawberries, skim, 1% or chocolate skim milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Luc...
Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Friday — San Jon School Carnival. This annual event helps the San Jon Student council and individual classes for expenses throughout the year. The junior class will host bingo games. Donations are tax-deductible. Prospective merchants are asked to call Tyra Moore at (806) 369-9138 or Stormi Sena at (575) 576-2466. • April 16 — Easter Egg Hunt. The Tucumcari Disc Golf Club will host this event at Five Mile Park, with the hunt starting at 11 a.m. • April 22-23 — 21st annual Chuc...
Prospects dimmed for the Arch Hurley Conservation District to allocate water to area farmers this spring as Conchas Lake’s levels continued to stagnate due to drought. During the district’s regular board meeting last week, district manager Franklin McCasland reported the lake’s level was 4,160 feet — slightly lower than the 4,160.4 feet reported the previous month. Conchas Lake received 354 acre-feet of inflow in February, with 1,073 acre-feet of evaporation or other losses, he said. The Arch Hurley district typically does not allocate water u...
A Tucumcari motel owner said skyrocketing fuel prices primarily due to the war in Ukraine had lowered same-day reservations but not yet affected reservations of Route 66 travelers. David Brenner, owner of the Roadrunner Lodge Motel and a former chairman of the city’s lodgers tax advisory board, said last week he’s seeing fewer spring-break travelers than expected, which he attributes to higher gas prices. “The people who have made reservations have showed up,” he said. “The people who do same-day reservations have kind of fallen off a bit. I...
The $50 million “junior” spending bill Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vetoed last week provided a current-events lesson in just one of the dysfunctional aspects of our state’s legislative structure. The bill provided supplemental spending for a host of purposes picked by individual lawmakers. The $50 million would come from the state’s general fund, even though about half of it was earmarked for capital projects, usually funded through general obligation bonds. In vetoing the legislation, the governor noted some of the projects wouldn’t get enoug...
The U.S. government is probably relieved it can now blame the results of some of its past crimes and bungling -- such as inflation and other economic disasters -- on the Russian military invasion of Ukraine and most people will believe it. In fact, the same is likely true of every government in the world. The fact is, this train pulled out of the station years before the Ukrainian invasion was considered. The inflation was caused by the Federal Reserve’s destruction of the dollar followed by a century of governmental meddling in the economy. T...
Recently, I read an obscure little book I think is worth writing about. It suggests Billy the Kid lives on — genealogically. The book is titled “Billy the Kid’s Kid — The Hispanic Connection” and was written by Elbert A. Garcia, who claimed to be the descendent of Billy the Kid. Garcia, who died a couple of years ago, wrote it mostly for his family. It lacks the proof needed for a decisive contribution to the real history of the Kid, but it does offer up a perspective worth considering. Much has been written about Billy the Kid, some as fact-b...
A woman from Santa Fe County warned Quay County commissioners the U.S. Department of Energy’s changes in nuclear waste transportation put “communities at risk” along the Interstate 40 corridor and other highways in the state. Citing U.S. government documents that include the Federal Register, Cindy Weehler said during a PowerPoint presentation Monday the disposal of nuclear-warhead waste at an underground facility in southeast New Mexico was going far beyond its original scope and was violating state and federal laws. Weehler said the Waste...
Avery Cavett is the only player from the southern Quay County school district of House as part of its sports cooperative with the Fort Sumner girls basketball team. Yet it's hard to imagine the Vixens winning a Class 1A championship last weekend without her. Cavett, a senior, totaled a team-high 15 points and 10 rebounds during a 37-30 victory over Logan in Friday's semifinal at Bernalillo. She went 6-for-6 from the free throw line against the Lady Longhorns during a pressure-packed fourth...
BERNALILLO - Fouls and foul shots spelled doom for the Lady Longhorns in the semis. Fort Sumner-House made 11 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter as three Logan starters rode the bench due to foul trouble during a 37-30 comeback victory Friday for the Vixens in the Class 1A girls basketball semifinals at Spartan Gym. Second-seeded Fort Sumner-House (21-4) went on to capture the state title by soundly defeating district rival and fourth-seeded Melrose 56-30 on Saturday at The Pit in...
The Tucumcari boys baseball team managed just one hit during a 17-0 season-opening loss Saturday at Raton. The game was shortened to 4 1/2 innings by the mercy rule. The Tigers scored seven runs in the first inning and eight in the second to seize control. Raton pounded 14 hits and drew six walks. Eighth-grader Luis Archuleta’s infield single was the only hit for the Rattlers. Tucumcari coach George Montano said his starting pitcher, Johnathan Blea, had trouble getting control of his pitches “and when they hit it, we made errors.” “They...
Tucumcari High School's track coach expressed optimism about his boys team and especially the girls squad as their seasons begin Saturday. The Rattler Relays at Tucumcari's Rattler Stadium kicks off with field events at 9 a.m. Saturday, then with the running events at 11 a.m. Logan, a traditional Class 1A power with their boys and girls teams, will be among the participants at the meet. Tucumcari coach Wayne Ferguson said he has only 15 girls going out for track, but he's impressed with that...
The Tucumcari girls softball team came out on the losing end of a 15-13 slugfest during its season opener Saturday at Raton. The Tigers seized control with a seven-run fifth inning, then allowed just one run by the Lady Rattlers in the final two innings. Raton also scored seven runs in the second inning. Tucumcari coach CJ Oglesby said fielding errors proved critical during the loss. Harley McKinney, who switched to left-handed batting during the offseason, went 4-for-5 at the plate with four stolen bases for the Lady Rattlers. Alexus Lafferty...
Certified family medicine nurse practitioner Joyce Feerer recently joined the care team at the Presbyterian Medical Group Family Medicine clinic in Logan. “Joyce has an incredible amount of experience in different clinical settings and has cared for patients with a broad range of needs, from urgent to chronic and preventive care,” Vickie Gutierrez, hospital chief executive at Dr. Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari, stated in a news release. Feerer will practice in Logan from Monday through Friday, offering a range of primary care servi...
The Tucumcari chapter of the Altrusa International is accepting applications for scholarships it is offering out this year. A scholarship of $600 will be awarded to one graduating senior each from high schools in Quay County — Tucumcari, Logan, San Jon and House. Those applications may be obtained from each school’s guidance counselor or by calling Altrusa scholarship chairwoman Jeannette Maddaford at (575) 403-7499 to have them mailed. Altrusa also will award a $600 scholarship to a student attending Mesalands Community College. The app...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from March 8 to March 10: — Ricardo Chavez, 44, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Aaron Rodriguez, 41, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Mateo Romero, 25, Tucumcari, fraud (over $20,000). — Eugene A. Gonzales, 57, Tucumcari, public nuisance. These individuals were released from the Quay County Detention Center from March 8 to March 10: — Eugene A. Gonzales, 57, Tucumcari, court ordered. — Lorise Cecil Madrid, 60, Santa Rosa, transfer to Department of Corrections. — Aaron Rodriguez,...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from March 7 to March 13: Monday — 7:37 a.m.: Utility problem at West Evans Avenue and South Ninth Street, Tucumcari. — 9:48 a.m.: Property damage in 1700 block of South Second Street, Tucumcari. — 1:33 p.m.: Juvenile problem at Seventh and Elm streets, San Jon. — 2:14 p.m.: Shoplifting in 200 block of West Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 4:06 p.m.: Illegal dumping at unlisted block of Quay Road U, San Jon. — 4:57 p.m.: Vehicle fire at milepost 305, U.S. 5...
Somewhere in the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration between "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" in 1933 and "Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy," came the Works Progress Administration. Somewhere in the late years of the Great Depression, the WPA left its stamp on Tucumcari, quite literally, and not once but hundreds of times. Just about everywhere in town, pieces of sidewalk have the letters "WPA" and the date they were made engraved into the concrete. Nobody...