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Reconnecting with locals, meeting new people and being part of the Old West makes Tucumcari feel like home, according to Shirley Brinegar. Brinegar, the widow of Paul Brinegar, was one of the returning family members of characters from the TV series 'Rawhide,' that was celebrated last weekend in Tucumcari. The second annual Rawhide Days festival was held Thursday-Saturday, drawing in more than 2,500 people throughout the weekend, said Karen Alarcon, event coordinator. Alarcon said this year,...
Because mosquitoes have built-in chemical analysis labs and a local scientist has been working in fuel cell technology, Quay County can now play a role in helping South Pacific islanders combat the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne infections. Bob Hockaday, a local independent Tucumcari scientist, has invented a device called a BugZing that can be worn like a wristwatch and puts out a scent that mosquitoes find repulsive, but the wearer cannot detect. While Hockaday's device is not yet...
While anti-borehole activists and the Quay County Commission agreed Monday they all want to stop the proposed drilling of a three-mile-deep borehole near Nara Visa, they could not agree on how to do it. The commission voted to proceed with the plan that Warren Frost, the county attorney, proposed in which the county would hire a consulting firm to help oppose the project in National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) proceedings, which may begin within the next several months. Anti-borehole...
Quay County high school track and field teams brought home two-team state championships, a state team runner up, a third place team and several individual state champions. The Tucumcari Rattler boys track and field team won the 3A state team championship on Saturday at the 1A-3A state track and field championships at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. "I am extremely proud of how boys and girls teams performed this season," said Wayne Ferguson, Tucumcari head track coach. Ferguson...
Another round of severe weather will move into Eastern New Mexico later today with the potential for damaging winds, hail up to 2 inches and the possibility of an isolated tornado, according to the National Weather Service in Albuquerque. Chuck Jones, NWS meteorologist, said there are severe weather warnings in effect for Central New Mexico; this storm system is forecast to continue to develop east into the Quay County area. He said today's severe weather could produce isolated tornadoes like...
Mesalands Community College graduates should not just shoot for the stars but shoot for a better career, a better future and better version of themselves, according to student speaker Sadie McAllister. McAllister addressed her fellow graduates during the commencement ceremony Friday at the Tucumcari High School auditorium. Mesalands had 87 graduates that received their high school equivalency diploma, occupational certificates, applied science certificates, liberal arts certificates, associate o...
The Tucumcari Rattlers baseball team season ended with a 17-7 loss to the Capitan Tigers on May 3 at Capitan. The 10-seed Rattlers drew the 7-seed Tigers in the first round of the 3A state baseball tournament. The Rattlers end the season 8-13, 2-7. The Tucumcari Lady Rattlers softball team were not seeded in the 2A-3A state softball tournament. The Lady Rattlers, 12-7, 5-5, lost their final two games of the season. On May 2, they lost 11-7 against the Estancia Lady Bears at Tucumcari and on May 3, they lost 7-6 in eight innings to the Lady...
A strong reception by local residents and attendance by visitors from across the nation has prompted the Tucumcari Columbus Club to plan a second New Mexico Music Showcase. “This is an event that can draw the following of the bands to Tucumcari,” said Jerry Lopez, event coordinator, adding that despite the inclement weather forcing them to cancel the car show and vendors not attending, the show was a success. He said even with the snow fall, one area resident, Joe Dominguez, brought out his 1955 Impala and was awarded the trophy for best ori...
Thursday • City Commission Work Shop: 5 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall • City Commission: 6 p.m., Tucumcari City Hall May 17 • Tucumcari/Quay Regional Emergency Communication Board: 10 a.m., Tucumcari City Hall May 22 • Quay County Commission: 9 a.m., Quay County Courthouse • Library Advisory Board: 5:15 p.m., Tucumcari Library May 23 • 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 May 25 • City Commissi...
The following are the menus for the Tucumcari and Logan senior centers for today through May 17: Coffee, tea and milk served daily Logan Thursday: Italian chicken, broccoli salad, carrots, cheesy Italian bread, peach pound cake Friday: Meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, salad with dressing, vanilla pudding Monday: Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, Brussels sprouts, biscuit, margarine, oatmeal cookie Tuesday: Baked pork chop, carrot, zucchini, tomato, whole wheat roll, margarine, scalloped potatoes Wednesday: Spaghetti, salad with dres...
May 1976 • Lowell Potter was honored at a retirement party at the Logan School district. Potter had been Logan’s superintendent for two years and taught for four years. • James Saltz, L.C. Brashear and Gene Haynes took to the sky and flew 160 kids from the Temple Baptist Church in Tucumcari. The kids were treated to the flight for meeting an attendance goal for Sunday school attendance. • U.S. Sen. Joe Montoya was the guest speaker at the bicentennial May Day Celebration held in San Jon. Jim Philley, San Jon’s chamber of commerce president...
The following individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from April 29 through May 5: • Jeremy Abers, 38, warrant • Michael Benavidez, 21, warrant • Linda Chacon, 43, warrant • Leon Holbrock, 41, warrant • Kaycee Langston, 18, warrant • Calvin Soloman, 61, driving under the influence of liquor • Shiela Callison, 43, probation violation • Franklin Chavez, 42, warrant • Jennifer Gutierrez, 44, aggravated battery on a household member • Allorah Moralez, 27, driving while license suspended or revoked • Pete Romero, 69, battery u...
Santa Fe voters turned out in record numbers last week and soundly defeated a proposed 2-cents-per-ounce tax on sugary soft drinks that Mayor Javier Gonzales hoped would put an extra 1,000 kids in pre-kindergarten classes for free or at cut-rate prices. While the proposal might have sounded good on its face — fight obesity and get more kids into early education — 58 percent of those who voted didn’t drink that Kool-Aid. And an impressive 37.6 percent of registered voters turned out to vote. Had the soda tax passed, Santa Fe would have match...
President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday that effectively overturns a law prohibiting tax-exempt organizations from political activities for or against individual political candidates. The chief beneficiaries of this order are conservative Christian churches whose leaders have been clamoring to repeal the tax-code measure for decades. They say this measure violates their First Amendment religious rights. I beg to differ. It is Trump’s ruling that effectively restricts religious freedom to all but those religious conservatives who apparen...
Democrats have long campaigned for public office on the divisive issue of group victimhood. There is no doubt that the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president was a historic event. Democrats believed that their next historic event would be electing Hillary Clinton as the first woman president and she campaigned by repeatedly asking, “Wouldn’t you like to see a woman in the White House?” Following the Clinton win, there would continue to be many more historic first presi...