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Breaking with usual city commission business Thursday, Tucumcari City Manager Jared Langenegger read a 12-page response to criticisms leveled at the city by those sponsoring a recall of three city commissioners. A recall special election will be held June 13. Instead of his usual report on events and developments, Langenegger read a statement describing actions designed to help reverse the city’s economic decline that commissioners and city administration have taken since he became city manager two and a half years ago. The statement also a...
The Tucumcari Rattlers have a short week to get over two weekend losses to the Wolverines before facing them again Friday at Texico. The Rattlers, 6-8, 0-3, fell in double header action to the Wolverines, 17-1, 6-0, who are currently first in the District 5-3A standings. "We had to make some adjustments in the roster due to losing two players," said Dwayne Roberts, Rattlers head coach. Roberts said the shifts to fill the gaps placed a few players in positions they don't have a lot of experience...
The Tucumcari Rattlers boys track team placed third at the Fox-Vixens Relay's Saturday at Fort Sumner. There were several teams, including the Rattlers and Lady Rattlers, that qualified for state at the Fox-Vixens Relays, said Wayne Ferguson, Tucumcari track and field coach. Ferguson said many of the Rattlers and Lady Rattlers used Saturday's relays as an opportunity to qualify individually for state in field and running events. "There was a lot of great competition at the event," Ferguson...
The New Mexico State Parks Division and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be holding a public meeting next month to inform the public about the upcoming closure of the North Dock Marina concession at Conchas Lake State Park. The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. May 1 at the Tucumcari Convention Center. Conchas Lake State Park is located 34 miles north of Tucumcari. For more information, call 575-868-2270....
Last Sunday many congregations, including ours, sang the much-loved song written in 1874 by Robert Lowry, “Christ Arose,” also known as “Low in the Grave He Lay.” This song tells of the greatest historical event of all time — historical because it has a large number of eyewitnesses whose testimony is still on record (Acts 1:1-26; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; 1 Peter 1:17-25). Some were glad about the event while others tried to conceal it, although, they knew it actually happened (Matthew 28:1-17; Mark 16:1-14; Luke 24:1-48; John 20:1-31; Acts 4:1-...
Breaking with usual city commission business Thursday, Tucumcari City Manager Jared Langenegger read a 12-page response to criticisms leveled at the city by those sponsoring a recall of three city commissioners. A recall special election will be held June 13. Instead of his usual report on events and developments, Langenegger read a statement describing actions designed to help reverse the city’s economic decline that commissioners and city administration have taken since he became city manager two and a half years ago. The statement also a...
A class action lawsuit has been filed by a Logan School teacher against the New Mexico Public Education Department regarding the law that punishes teachers for using sick and personal leave. Hanna Skandera, New Mexico secretary of education, confirmed Monday that her department has received the suit and is reviewing it but offered no further comment. The class action suit was filed on March 30 in the First District Court in Santa Fe on behalf of Angela Medrow and all teachers in the state, said Logan attorney Warren Frost, who is representing M...
The recent passing of “Bobby’s Law” will help to protect the lives of tow truck operators like Bobby Unruh. Unruh, 37, of Tucumcari was killed on Feb. 19, at mile marker 318 on I-40 near Montoya while attempting to tow a commercial vehicle. Senate Bill 76 was signed into law on April 6 by Gov. Susana Martinez. “The governor signed it, because it will keep our families safer on our highways,” said Michael Lonergan with the governor’s office. “With this bill, it’s now crystal clear that motorists cannot drive in a lane adjacent to a vehicle on...
The Eastern Plains Council of Governments board of directors met Wednesday morning at the EPCOG office at 418 Main Street in Clovis. The board met for two hours. The following took place during the meeting: • Clyde Hudson of USDA Rural Development spoke on the administration’s rural development funding programs and gave everybody at the meeting a cheat sheet of grants, loans and assistance programs offered in the areas of housing, community and business. “We have a program for just about anything you want to do,” Hudson said. He said the cha...
The following are the menus for schools in Quay County for today through April 26: House Thursday Breakfast: Cinnamon toast, sausage, variety of juice and milk Lunch: Ravioli, green beans, fruit, milk Monday Breakfast: Ham croissant, variety of juice and milk Lunch: Hot dog or chili dogs, fruit, milk Tuesday Breakfast: Breakfast bar, cereal, yogurt, variety of juice and milk Lunch: Spaghetti, green beans, French bread, fruit, milk Wednesday Breakfast: Pancake on a stick, variety of juice and milk Lunch: Bean burrito, corn, fruit, milk Logan...
The following are the menus for the Tucumcari and Logan senior centers for today through April 26: Coffee, tea and milk served daily Logan Thursday: Chicken tacos, calabacitas, pinto beans, vanilla pudding Friday: Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, whole wheat roll, margarine, cherry cobbler Monday: Green chili hamburger, onion rings, ranch style beans, applesauce Tuesday: Baked chicken, parmesan pasta, beets, salad, crackers, orange Wednesday: Hot ham sandwich, lima beans, California vegetables, chocolate chip...
Today • Tucumcari/Quay Regional Emergency Communication Board: 10 a.m., Tucumcari City Hall Monday • Quay County Commission: 9 a.m., Quay County Courthouse • Library Advisory Board: 5:15 p.m., Tucumcari Library Tuesday • City Finance Board: 10 a.m., Tucumcari City Hall • Economic Development Corporation: Noon, economic development corporation • Planning and Zoning Advisory Board: 5:15 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall April 27 • Housing Authority Board: 5 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall • City Commission: 6 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall Service clubs • Altrusa...
An election to determine whether to recall three of Tucumcari’s five commissioners will be held June 13, according to Tucumcari City Clerk Angelica Gray. Election day voting will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Tucumcari Convention Center, 1500 W. Route 66 Blvd. The commissioners facing recall are Ralph Moya, District 1; Amy Gutierrez, District 2; and Mayor Ruth Ann Litchfield, District 3. A petition to recall Mayor Pro Tem Robert Lumpkin, District 4, failed to receive enough valid signatures to qualify for a recall vote. Commissioner T...
The following individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from April 8 through April 14: • Ernest Arguello, 25, child abuse • Ronald Arterbury, 59, driving under the influence of liquor • Samuel Braziel, 28, probation violation • Darius Martinez, 27, warrant • David Royce Shivers, 31, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Richardo Chavez, 39, warrant • Albert Gutierrez, 37, aggravated assault upon a peace officer • Joshua Hyslop, 32, warrant • Melissa Martinez, 26, warrant • Jaime Rivas, 18, possession of marijuana ...
April 1975 • Two fires destroyed two buildings in Tucumcari within two and a half hours. The first building claimed by the fire was Gamble’s Store. The school auditorium was the last building to be claimed by the fire and as a result, Trojan Junior High School was closed. The State Fire Marshall’s Office and Kenny Moore of the General Adjustment Bureau suspected arson in both fires. • Members of the Tucumcari Fair Board held a groundbreaking ceremony for their new fairground facility. • New Mexico State Police arrested a Texas man 11 miles eas...
On Easter Sunday, the world was holding its breath as tensions between the U.S. and North Korea and the Syrian conflict stood to blow up. Congress may be again be careening toward a government shutdown, and key policy conflicts loom on health care and tax policy. The big fight to Democrats in the street, however, is President Donald Trump’s tax returns. They are demanding stridently, belligerently that he release them. Presidents since Nixon have done so voluntarily. It’s a show of transparency. But it has always been their option. Pre...
One of the reasons I dislike Twitter is that one is limited to 140 characters per tweet. This caused President Trump to tweet, “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!” That came just after the New York Times published stories that indicated the FBI, NSA, CIA and Treasury Department were investigating Trump and his campaign staff. The Times topped off its stories with the headline, “Wireta...