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Quay County commissioners heard no objections Monday to a proposed subdivision on the south side of Ute Lake near Logan that combines housing and plane hangars with two airport runways for residents who fly private planes. Air Park at Ute Lake off Lake Ranch Road north of U.S. 54 will contain 59 lots for hangar homes plus 2,600-foot-long grass runway and a 3,600-foot asphalt runway that bisect the subdivision. A public hearing for the proposed subdivision was required during the commission’s regular meeting Monday. Chad Lydick of Clovis, an e...
A Tucumcari man remains at large after being accused of shooting at another man from a moving vehicle. Quay County Crime Stoppers has offered a reward for information leading to his arrest. Jacob Ramirez is charged with two counts of shooting at or from a motor vehicle (no injury) and one count of assault with intent to commit a violent felony (with intent to kill). The two counts of shooting from a vehicle are fourth-degree felonies that can lead up to 18 months in prison and a fine up to $5,000. The assault charge is a third-degree felony...
The Tucumcari City Commission on Thursday approved a preliminary budget for the next fiscal year that begins July 1 that leaves a $622,000 deficit in the general fund but a positive balance of about $91,000 overall. The commission voted 3-1, with District 1 Commissioner Ralph Moya casting a “no” vote, to approve one of three options City Manager Britt Lusk and Treasurer Rachelle Arias presented in a two-hour public work session before the regular meeting Thursday. The option the commission approved would allow the Tucumcari Police Dep...
Federal officers arrested a man with Tucumcari ties accused of trying to smuggle more than 200 pounds of marijuana across the Mexican border. Trenton Ward, 24, was identified in some news reports as living in Santa Fe. However, the Quay County Clerk’s Office confirmed last week Ward is registered to vote in the county under a rural Tucumcari address. Ward posted $20,000 bond and was released from jail in El Paso County in Texas. According to reports, a drug-sniffing dog alerted Customs and Border Protection officers about contraband in a C...
• Friday — Open mic night. Calling all singers, dancers, poets, comedians and more, show your stuff at this event scheduled for 7 p.m. at The Gallery Etc. For more information, call (575) 461-9908. 201 S. Second St., Tucumcari. • May 31-June 1 — New Mexico Music Showcase. The Tucumcari Columbus Club presents its third annual music festival. A parade welcoming all vehicles, floats and horses will go from the old Kmart building to the Tucumcari Convention Center at 9 a.m. June 1. The music lineup and ticket information will be announced at a la...
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Strawberry yogurt parfait, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, country gravy, honey wheat roll, baby carrots, fruit, milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Ultimate breakfast round, bagel with strawberry cream cheese, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Cheeseburger, French fries, romaine lettuce, fresh tomato slice, pickle slices, fruit, milk. Monday — Breakfast: Pancake sausage on a stick, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham crack...
Our locally owned restaurants have rightful claim(s) to fame. While we might debate in our household over where to eat, or not eat fast food for a while, there’s seldom, if ever, any debate about where to have a sit-down meal because they all have multiple choices of good food (we might struggle within over our own personal selection at any given time or eatery). A specialty of local Cornerstone’s is Mercy Me, a pie made with Carolina reaper, Trinidad scorpion and bhut jolokia chili peppers. These are the three hottest known peppers with 2.2...
On this date ... 1969: Two Tucumcari residents died in separate traffic accidents. A two-car collision at Choctaw and High streets killed a 6-year-old girl and injured five people. Her grandparents owned the Leatherwood and Apache motels on Route 66 in Tucumcari. A 17-year-old man died on Highway 18 when the vehicle he was driving blew a tire, lost control and rolled several times. • The body of Francisco M. Garcia Jr., who died in Vietnam on April 26, will arrive in Clovis on the Santa Fe train this evening. Garcia was born in Tucumcari and g...
Journalism students at House Municipal Schools are among the recipients of the Excellence in Student Achievement Award from the New Mexico School Boards Association. The awards, sponsored by the association, are given to those selected by local boards of education in New Mexico who have played a role in improving student achievement in their school district. A total of 64 school boards participated in this year’s program, and 115 award recipients were selected. The award will be given to the House journalism students, instructed by Emily P...
Jason Knight, a member of the FFA club in Logan, recently finished seventh of more than 600 entries in the national land-judging contest in Oklahoma City. Knight and his teammates — Robert Stringfellow, Amber Rivera and Keni McWright — in April earned first place in land-judging contest at the FFA Career Development Events state contest in Las Cruces. Logan’s horse-evaluation team also advanced to nationals at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis in October....
The investigation into Russian involvement in President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign has inevitably been compared to the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon in 1974. The same fierce battles are raging and both sides are using means both fair and foul. The presidents, however, are a stark contrast. If I had to choose between them, Nixon would win hands down. Nixon grew up poor in California towns. Trump was born rich and stayed that way in spite of huge business losses. Nixon made his own way through Whittier College a h...
I just finished doing a final read of high school seniors’ summaries. That’s something my newspaper compiles from surveys we pass out to the soon-to-be graduates and then publish on the eve of their commencement. It’s uplifting to read about these teenagers’ hope and dreams for the future — and worrisome because of what they’re going to face as adults. They may not realize what they’re facing in the world ahead. These are small-town youths, filled with the optimism that comes from supportive parents, grandparents and others who love them. Th...
Most rational people could quickly stipulate Alex Jones is a conspiracy nut, Milo Yianopolous is a provocateur who solicited neo-Nazi and white supremacist figures for feedback and story ideas and Louis Farrakhan has a history of anti-Semitism as a minister who heads the religious group Nation of Islam. And rational people could also quickly agree banning them on social media sites really doesn’t damage public discourse one bit. As private entities, Facebook and Twitter can make the case they have the right to decide who can and can’t be on...
ALBUQUERQUE - The Logan girls track team continued its season-long dominance, easily winning the Class 1A team title Saturday during the NMAA Track and Field Championships at the UNM Track-Soccer Complex. The Lady Longhorns scored 89 points over the two-day event, almost double over runner-up Fort Sumner's 48 points. Two of its winning relay teams were among those that broke 20 state records over the weekend, despite cold and rainy weather Friday and two lightning delays Saturday. The Logan...
ALBUQUERQUE - Tucumcari senior Seth Martinez added two more first-place medals in the hurdles races Saturday at the NMAA Track and Field Championships at the UNM Track-Soccer Complex, capping his Rattler career with five wins in those events. However, the Rattlers finished a somewhat disappointing fifth place with 39 points in the Class 3A team standings and just a few points away from the runner-up spot. Coach Wayne Ferguson attributed that to a hamstring injury Josh Chavez suffered during the...
The Tucumcari softball team made a comeback bid from a double-digit deficit but fell 17-14 to Hatch Valley in its first-round Class 3A playoff game played over a two-day period at Rattler Field because of rain. On Wednesday, the ninth-seeded Bears (13-10) blasted six home runs to take a 13-2 lead over the eighth-seeded Lady Rattlers (17-5) when umpires suspended the game after four innings because of lightning and heavy rain. When the game resumed Thursday, the Lady Rattlers scored four runs in...
The Logan baseball closed the regular season last week with three straight wins, against Melrose and Elida. On May 6, Logan trailed the bottom of the seventh inning 12-10 but rallied for three runs to win the game, 13-12. The Buffaloes issuing 14 walks during the game aided the Longhorns’ cause. Logan also ran wild on the basepaths with 28 steals. Grant Bollinger, Skyler DeLuca and Park Strong each had RBI for Logan. Logan ended the year with an 8-12 record overall and 6-12 in Class 1A, District 2, finishing fifth. Melrose ended the week at 5...
A Quay County 4-H rifle shooting team is eligible to participate in national shooting competition after scoring third overall in state competition, according to New Mexico 4-H sources. The Quay 4-H pistol team also scored third overall in state competition, records show. Gares Lopez, a member of that team scored the second-highest overall score among all participants in both rifle and pistol shooting, records show. The teams competed with 4-Hers from other New Mexico counties May 3-5 at the National Rifle Association’s Whittington Center n...
Tucumcari senior Jaxon Arguello finished in a tie for fifth during the Class 1A-3A state golf championship Friday and Saturday at Rockwind Community Links in Hobbs. Arguello shot an 87 during a cold, rainy and blustery day Friday, then improved to a 77 on Saturday for a total of 20-over-par 164. He tied with James Woods of Socorro for fifth. “Playing in extreme conditions yesterday and great conditions today were reflected in the scores,” Tucumcari coach Marty Garcia said Saturday. “Jaxon was able to take advantage; he hit some nice recovery sh...
The Logan softball team earned a No. 9 seed for the Class 1A/2A state softball championships and will play against No. 8-seeded McCurdy on Wednesday at a neutral site. Logan (10-10) will see the first pitch against McCurdy (9-6) at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho. The winner faces the winner of No. 1-seeded Eunice (20-5) against 16th-seeded Pecos (3-17) later that day at 2:30 p.m. at Cleveland. The semifinal rounds will be Thursday in Rio Rancho. The championship will be Friday at UNM Softball Complex. Logan finished...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from May 6 to May 12: Monday • 9:18 a.m.: Fight with no weapon in 1100 block of South Seventh Street, Tucumcari. • 11:21 a.m.: Traffic accident with damage in 1100 block of South Seventh Street, Tucumcari. • 1:09 p.m.: Fire at milepost 314, Interstate 40, Tucumcari. • 1:32 p.m.: Domestic disturbance in 600 block of West High Street, Tucumcari. • 1:34 p.m.: Disturbance in 400 block of East McGee Avenue, Tucumcari. • 4:05 p.m.: Fight with no weapon in 1700 blo...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from May 6 to May 10: • Hilda W. Villalovos, 38, Amarillo, Texas, felony possession of a controlled substance (narcotic drug), possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of liquor (impaired, first offense) and speeding (over 16-20 mph). • Crystal Marie Vodinelich, 31, Inner Grove Heights, Minnesota, abandonment of a child (no death or great bodily harm). • Melissa A. Cordova, 42, Tucumcari, municipal charge (not listed), theft of a credit card, two count...
Two occupants of a crashed vehicle were taken into custody without further injury after a two-hour standoff Tuesday afternoon in the wake of a high-speed chase where one of the subjects shot at officers in a north Tucumcari neighborhood. Officers from the Tucumcari Police Department, Quay County Sheriff's Office and New Mexico State Police still were investigating the crash scene Tuesday afternoon after arresting a man and a pregnant woman and taking them to Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari...