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Residents may have heard the testing of three new warning sirens Tuesday morning as crews work to bring the system online before storm season. "The plan is to have the system up and operational later this month," said Ralph Lopez, project manager. Work first began on replacing the city's aged warning sirens in Dec. 2015, the Tucumcari City Commission approved a $37,400 grant agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to help with the purchase of the sirens. The commission...
A federal resources road show headed by U.S. Sen. Tom Udall brought together several state, federal agencies with officials of Eastern New Mexico communities to discuss available resources. "The purpose of this event is to bring these agencies to an area where the officials of rural communities can meet with them," Udall said. "If these meetings were to be held in Albuquerque only, there would be a great many officials who would not be able to attend." The event, held Wednesday at Mesalands...
Learning on the go is how the new director of the Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce, Carmen Runyan, describes her first three weeks on the job. "I am getting up to speed on the current planned events for our community while working on new ideas for promotion," Runyan said. Runyan said she is getting adjusted to the day-to-day duties as director and becoming familiar with the many groups, organizations and entities she will be working with to promote the area. "I look forward to the...
Homework helps you grow Regarding Dylan Reed’s letter about the stress of homework published March 28: Dylan, as we grow older stress does not go away after graduation from high school or college — it increases to another level that you haven’t reached yet. Homework is one of many tools to sharpen critical thinking and skill to help you as you walk through the days that you have ahead of you. Homework is also a discipline that builds good character as it creates good habits. Homework is nothing more than a class/course assignment that is worke...
April 1934 • Guy Wood, O.S. Greaser, J.O. Jordan, Roy Stoner, Lee Watkins, W.C. Lee and R.C. Mundell were appointed as a conciliation board by Gov. A.W. Hockenhull. Following the plan of President Roosevelt to have boards in every county to look into the foreclosure of mortgages on homes and farms and attempt to save them for the owners. • J.W. Bullington was re-elected Mayor over Arch Hurley by 106 votes in the city election. • An emergency crop loan office was opened at the Quay County Court...
Today • Lodger’s Tax Advisory Board: 10 a.m., Tucumcari City Hall Saturday • Quay County Wellness Fair: 7:30 a.m.- 1 p.m., Tucumcari Convention Center • Great American Clean up: 9 a.m., - 2 p.m., Tucumcari Monday • Quay County Commission: 9 a.m., Quay County Courthouse • Cemetery Advisory Board: 5:30 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall Tuesday • Senior Advisory Board: 9 a.m., Tucumcari Senior Center • Logan Village Council, 4:30 p.m., Logan Village Hall April 12 • City Commission Work Session: 5 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall • City Commission: 6 p.m.,...
The following individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center March 27-April 2: • Angelina Montano, 26, breaking and entering • Brandi Nathansen, 34, assault • Jospeh Lisabelle, 37, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon • Mary Espino, 40, probation violation • Jess Garcia, 60, warrant • Sean Vest, 32, driving while license suspended or revoked • Stephen Smith, 26, aggravated driving under the influence • Robert Bain, 36, warrant • Rodney Gutierrez, 57, warrant • Todd May, 30, warrant • Gene Vargas, 33, warrant The following...
The following are the menus for the Tucumcari and Logan senior centers and schools in Quay County for today through April 11: Senior centers Coffee, tea and milk served daily Tucumcari Thursday: Beef enchilada, salad with dressing, pinto beans, Spanish rice, salsa, orange Friday: Pork ribs, broccoli, glazed carrots, whole wheat bread, applesauce cake Monday: Green chile hamburger, ranch style beans, onion rings, applesauce Tuesday: Sausage, wild rice, steamed broccoli, margarine, whole wheat roll, apricots Wednesday: Lasagna, spinach, salad...
It’s easy to forget how young the Silicon Valley companies that dominate so much of our lives really are. One need be only a freshman in high school to have been born in a time before Facebook existed. And a baby delivered on the day Google was incorporated would turn 20 only this September. In just the single lifespan of a teenager, those two firms — along with many other competitors and allies — have generated riches and international clout to rival the nation’s grandest commercial enterprises. Ad sales made Google’s parent company the fifth...
Gas prices mystify me. I have been traveling regularly from Tucumcari to Santa Rosa. It used to be that Santa Rosa’s gasoline prices at its three truck stops (I’m sorry, travel centers) was reliably 10 cents higher per gallon, but that’s not true any more. If I travel back and forth regularly, every third leg, either from Tucumcari to Santa Rosa or vice versa, as I have been, I try to arrange it so I’ll buy gas in the cheaper location. The price differential is no longer reliable, nor does it favor one community over the other. For a few wee...
Rattlers will look to carry the momentum of Monday's seventh inning rally win over Dora into their upcoming double header at Laguna Acoma. Two outs, a 3-2 count and Lady Rattlers right fielder, Tianna Peterson, said all she could think about was making contact with ball. Peterson's final swing was a line drive down the first base line, the Lady Coyotes first baseman could not field the ball in time allowing the winning run to cross home plate. "We keep telling the girls to believe in their...
Residents will be able to take advantage of 20 health screenings and information from more than 60 health related booths during the Community Wellness Fair on Saturday at the Tucumcari Convention Center. The fair, that will be held from 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m., has been organized by the Quay County Health Council and Quay County Extension Office and is being supported by many other organizations, said Brenda Bishop, Quay County Extension Service. Health screenings including blood pressure, depression, oximetry, cholesterol, blood sugar, skin cancer,...