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The attorney representing the Village of Logan has asked the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to order a halt to construction of a proposed water pipeline to Ute Lake because it would violate the Endangered Species Act. Logan attorney Warren Frost on behalf of the village wrote a letter Aug. 16 to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, with copies sent to officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority. He alleges the Bureau of Reclamation is in violation of the...
Tucumcari Public Schools has canceled Friday night’s football game against McCurdy after a TPS student died Saturday night. The district was sending five or six counselors to school to help grieving students this week, said high school Principal Nicole Bright-Lesly. District officials did not identify the student publicly, but several said he was a member of the football team. The student died at his home, they said. Whether the Tucumcari Volleyball Invitational tournament scheduled for later this week will be played also remains uncertain, A...
The Tucumcari City Commission during a special meeting last week approved its Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan for the fiscal years 2025 to 2029, with upgrades to basic services taking up the lion’s share of the lengthy list. The list over five fiscal years comprises 57 projects with a total cost of about $120 million. The prioritized plan serves as a wish list and guidance to the New Mexico Legislature in its annual awarding of capital outlay funds. The No. 1 item on the fiscal-year 2025 list was wastewater system improvements to East R...
A Tucumcari teen's 1990 GMC pickup truck doesn't look look much right now, sitting in a Tucumcari Automotive bay mostly disassembled. But within a couple of months, it will be a show truck that will be entered into the NSRA Southwest Street Rod Nationals in Oklahoma City. Truck owner David Olguin, 16, isn't bankrolling the rebuild through his part-time Pizza Hut job. Instead, Tucumcari Automotive owner Robert Moore has enlisted a growing number of local businesses and people to chip in with...
LOGAN - New Mexico's Secretary of Education paid Logan Municipal Schools a congratulatory visit after the district pulled off a rare trifecta with Spotlight Schools designations in its elementary, middle and high schools. After a three-hour tour of the schools Thursday morning, Education Secretary Arsenio Romero saluted the students, teachers, staff and parents during an assembly in the main gymnasium. "I want to take a piece of that and replicate it across New Mexico," Romero said of Logan's...
One day, the disciples asked Jesus who was the greatest in the kingdom. These were motivated dudes, after all, wanting to know how to advance, how to climb that ladder. Jesus pointed to a child and told them to become like that. Some preachers have turned this text into a “How To Be Saved” sort of story. They think the disciples were asking about entrance to the kingdom, not status within it. So, the evangelistic answer is that we must have a so-called childlike faith. They don’t consider this in light of places where Jesus recommends a lot o...
PORTALES — A 14-year-old boy recently was charged with criminal damage to the Portales Islamic Center, District Attorney Quentin Ray said recently. The boy told authorities he participated in only a small portion of the vandalism done to the building. Mosque director Ahmed Benssouda has said the mosque was vandalized five times in June but that no more damage has occurred since the end of June. Benssouda said police have told him more than one youth was involved in the destruction, but others have not been detained. He said police told him t...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Aug. 15 to Aug. 20: — Cosmoe Kareem Hurd, 39, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Fred A. Chavez, 60, Tucumcari, two counts of contempt of court. — Gabriel Wesley Jones, 32, Tucumcari, charge not listed. — Francisca Donovan, 44, Tucumcari, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer (arrest) and three counts of contempt of court. — Markevis Cooper, 18, Tucumcari, two counts of contempt of court. — Kendall James Callison, 20, Tucumcari, assault (unlawful acts, threats or...
On this date ... 1973: The Tucumcari News was told the waters of the Municipal Pool at Five Mile Park, after being in “deplorable” condition, were “crystal clear and very inviting” — the best it had been all summer. The newspaper reported previous problems at the pool with the filtering system and chlorinator. Some painting and cleanup still were needed in the building that houses dressing rooms. The newspaper estimated a new pool would take $200,000 “to even begin, and it would not be anywhere near the size of the one we have.” It estimated...
• Sept. 9 — Fired Up Festival. This year’s Tucumcari MainStreet event will feature a stop by the Platinum Hop Tour low-riders. The festival in the Tucumcari Historic Railroad Plaza will run from noon to about 9 p.m. with an event-ending fireworks show. • Oct. 7 — Quay County on the Move Fun Run/Walk. This free event will give a T-shirt to all finishers. More information will be given later. To submit items for the calendar, call 575-461-1952 or email [email protected]...
Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Soft beef tacos, chuckwagon vegetables, winter-blend vegetables, cilantro-lime brown rice, diced mango. Thursday — Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, beet and onion salad, whole-wheat roll with margarine, spiced pears. Friday — Stuffed chicken breast, baked potato, French-style green beans, whole-wheat dinner roll with margarine, pineapple. Monday — Fish sandwich, California veggies, coleslaw, sorbet with berries. Tuesday — Salisbury steak, brown gravy, baked sweet potato, roasted Brussels sprouts,...
Next Tuesday, Aug. 29, will be filing day at the Quay County Courthouse for those running in the November election for local seats. The Quay County Clerk’s Office at 300 S. Third St. in Tucumcari will accept filings from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day. Quay County Clerk Ellen White said a declaration of candidacy is required for run for office. Those forms are available at her office or on the New Mexico Secretary of State’s website at sos.nm.gov before Tuesday and during the filing day itself. Those with questions should call the clerk’s offic...
You’ve probably heard the story by now. A small-town Kansas newspaper on Aug. 11 was raided by police who seized the paper’s computers and other electronic equipment. Newspaper officials claim the raid occurred because they had been looking into the background of the local police chief and other leaders in the county of about 12,000 people. Police claimed they had information that the newspaper was gathering information illegally and invading individuals’ privacy. Ironically, the newspaper reported little of the information it gathered in its p...
Voracious popular culture connoisseur that I am, I have been avidly following the drama surrounding pop icon Lizzo. As an academic who teaches race, gender and sexuality studies, the story has all the intersectional elements that make for a riveting story. Over the past couple of weeks, the Grammy award winning artist known for her hits “Truth Hurts,” “Jerome,” and “Exactly How Feel” has been embroiled in controversy and legal drama. Three of Lizzo’s tour dancers – Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez – have accused the singe...
Another week, another lame Trump indictment. Another week, another slimy Hunter Biden report. Another week, another smash-and-grab at a California mall. You can’t get away from this crummy stuff unless you turn off the TV, take the alerts off your phone and sleep all day on the beach for a week like Joe Biden. But I’m totally worn out by the never-ending troubles and crimes of Trump and Hunter. Nothing that happens to either of them in a courtroom months or years from now will hurt me, cut high gas prices or make my family safer. What con...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Aug. 14 to Aug. 20: Monday — 4:20 a.m.: Theft in 600 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 6:17 a.m.: Trespassing in 1400 block of South Third Street, Tucumcari. — 6:43 a.m.: Suicidal subject in 1800 block of South Fourth Street, Tucumcari. — 7:05 a.m.: Breaking and entering in 200 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 7:47 a.m.: Juvenile problem in 1300 block of South Jackson Street, Tucumcari. — 8:05 a.m.: Sex assault in 300 block o...
Junior Market Goat Class 1 1. Peyton Merrill; 2. Kaitlyn Hall ; 3. Hunter Moore; 4. Stetson Cates; 5. Kree Cates; 6. Connor Moore; 7. Macee Stone; 8. Hunter Moore; 9. Kylee Black; 10. Liam Evens. Class 2 1. Avery Cavett; 2. Kaitlyn Hall; 3. Kaitlyn Hall; 4. Peyton Merrill ; 5. Liam Kandel; 6. Guinevere Kandel; 7. Kylee Black. Class 3 1. Peyton Merrill; 2. Peyton Merrill; 3. Elizabeth Downey; 4. Elizabeth Downey; 5. Connor Moore; 6. Connor Moore; 7. Gentry Hilton; 8. Braelynn Hilton. Class 4 1. Peyton Merrill; 2. Avery Cavett; 3. Preslie...
The Tucumcari football team and its fans did a lot of celebrating late Friday at Rattler Stadium. Then again, if you'd won your first game in almost two years, you'd do a lot of celebrating, too. The Rattlers, anchored by a stout defense that forced six turnovers, scored five unanswered touchdowns in the second half to roll to a season-opening 32-6 victory over Mescalero Apache. It marked a successful debut for new Tucumcari head coach Tarik Embrack. Tucumcari sophomore back Daymion Urioste...
Tucumcari's volleyball team overcame a 2-0 match deficit and a bad case of jitters by rallying to defeat Fort Sumner 23-25, 18-25, 25-15, 25-21, 15-12 on Saturday in both teams' season-opener. Sisters Caylee and Cambree Benavidez led the Lady Rattlers with nine kills each. Haisley Huffman added six kills. July Lafferty added four blocks, and Kirksey Smith totaled three service aces. Tucumcari coach Dana Benavidez said it was only the second time her team has defeated perennially tough Fort Sumne...
LOGAN - Logan grabbed a two-touchdown lead before Alamo Navajo even touched the ball during a 50-0 Longhorns victory in nine-man football action on Saturday. Here's how it happened: The Longhorns, after securing the opening kickoff, ran nine plays for 58 yards. Quarterback Brock Burns finished the drive by connecting on a 9-yard touchdown pass to Devin Kotara for a 6-0 lead. On the ensuing kickoff, the Cougars' returner let the bouncing ball get behind him, then slipped trying to pick it up near...
San Jon’s volleyball team dropped its match 11-25, 15-25, 25-22, 15-25 on Saturday to a taller Roy-Mosquero squad, but the Lady Coyotes’ coach saw encouraging signs with his team. Sarah Archuleta — San Jon’s only senior — led the team with four kills, and teammate Addie Lafferty added three. Dakota Fisher made six assists and served 12 points during the match. The non-district matchup at San Jon was the season opener for both teams. San Jon only has eight varsity players on its roster, and only six suited up Saturday. Meanwhile, first-yea...