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It appears Quay County will see contested races for Tucumcari municipal judge and for at least one seat each in Tucumcari, Logan, House and San Jon municipal bodies and school boards in the Nov. 2 election. Aug. 24 was the lone filing date for all candidates in 30 local races, with Tommy Snapp the first to wait in line 45 minutes before the Quay County Clerk's Office could take his candidacy paperwork for Tucumcari municipal judge. Not far behind was Willis "Jack" Hendrickson, vying for the...
A three-year warranty on asphalt work on downtown Tucumcari’s Second Street rebuilding project Thursday received the city commission’s approval. The warranty does not mean the city has closed out the contract with J&H Services of Albuquerque, the construction contractor, City Manager Mark Martinez said.. The contract will not be closed out, Martinez said, until all items on a punch list of tasks required on the project is completed and concrete work is corrected. Concrete work on a sidewalk area did not conform to design specifications, and...
A severe thunderstorm system that parked itself over the Tucumcari area on Saturday evening for several hours caused power outages, flooding and property damage that included a wind gust ripping the roof from a Mesalands Dinosaur Museum storage building. High winds peeled off a metal roof from the building on Adams Street and deposited it into a nearby alley. Loni Monahan, curator of the museum, said Saturday night some fossils were stored in the building but was unsure what else was in there....
Quay County continued to see strong growth in the spread of coronavirus with 55 confirmed cases last week, including 12 on Friday, according to the state’s Department of Health. That compared to 42 cases during the previous week and 40 the week before that. The county's overall case total rose to 725 since the pandemic began in spring 2020, with 12 deaths. Data presented Wednesday by New Mexico Health Secretary David Scrase showed Quay County had the fourth-worst case rate and third-worst test positivity rate in the state. The Covid Act Now w...
Next Monday will be Labor Day, the national holiday celebrated each first Monday in September since the late 1800s to commemorate the social and economic achievements by American workers that led to the USA’s strength, prosperity and well-being as a world power. Without setting aside the American worker’s place in our nation’s success, this article is about America’s real source of strength, prosperity and well-being — God. First, God is our source of strength, which includes the ability to accomplish whatever we decide to do that’s wi...
A Quay County woman filed a lawsuit against Lowe’s Market of Tucumcari after she said she tripped, fell and was injured while shopping in the grocery store nearly three years ago. Georgia Griego filed the complaint on Aug. 19 in Tucumcari district court against Pay and Save Inc., dba Lowe’s Market. Griego is represented by the Dathan Weems Law Firm of Albuquerque. According to online court documents, the lawsuit states Griego was shopping in the frozen-foods section of Lowe’s Market on Nov. 2, 2018, and tripped on a section of loose and uneve...
On this date ... 1971: Tucumcari police officers were called to investigate a burglary of a room at the Holiday Inn. A tenant from San Gabriel, California, left his room for about 30 minutes and returned to find these items missing: a wallet containing $15, credit cards, a watch valued at $100, two rings worth $25 each and a girls watch. • Tucumcari High School elected its class officers. These seniors won the following offices: Mike Brown, president; George Geltran, vice president; Janet Shipley, secretary; and Ann McMillan, treasurer. E...
Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Sept. 17 — Fired Up Friday. The final Fired Up Friday will feature a fiery performance by Odd Lab, a mainstay of previous Fired Up festivals. Food trucks will operate from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. or until the food runs out. Tucumcari Historic Railroad Plaza at Second and Main streets. • Oct. 23 — 44th annual Boo Bash. The Altrusa International of Tucumcari’s fundraiser will be broadcast live on Facebook at 3 p.m., with a top prize of $15,000 in cash. Ticket sales benefit Altrusa c...
The Tucumcari Senior Center and Logan Senior Center also offer grab-and-go meals to those who qualify. Those interested should call the Tucumcari facility at 461-2307 or the Logan facility at 487-2287 for more information. Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Pancake sausage on a stick, fresh strawberries, 100% apple juice, skim or 1% milk; Lunch: Hot dog, turkey and cheese hoagie, baby carrots, roasted Brussels sprouts, fresh peach, skim, 1% or chocolate skim milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Banana muffin, string cheese, fresh pear, grape jui...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Aug. 23 to Aug. 28: • Mario Baudillo Armijo, 51, Tucumcari, contempt of court. • Michael Lee Armijo, 31, Tucumcari, contempt of court. • Dylan Jackie Bennett, 22, Davenport, Florida, battery against a household member and criminal damage to property (under $1,000). • Adrian Julian Rivas, 22, Tucumcari, felony contempt of court. • Melanie Ahasteen, 37, Crownpoint, possession of a controlled substance, felony tampering with evidence, possession of marijuana (one ounce or...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Aug. 23 to Aug. 29: Monday • 1:09 a.m.: Domestic disturbance in 1900 block of South Mountain Road, Tucumcari. • 7:13 a.m.: Theft in 1100 block of East Turner Avenue, Tucumcari. • 7:34 a.m.: Arrest in 500 block of North First Street, Tucumcari. • 7:49 a.m.: Accident in 2300 block of South Second Street, Tucumcari. • 9:40 a.m.: Arrest in 300 block of South Third Street, Tucumcari. • 1:39 p.m.: Theft in 200 block of West Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari....
Doctors and nurses have cajoled and pleaded, talking about how they are watching patients struggle to breathe before they ultimately go on a ventilator and die. The governor has offered cash incentives and a lottery and alluded to the possibility of going back to lockdown-style measures much more restrictive than masking up indoors as the highly contagious delta variant takes hold and hospital intensive care units fill up. Despite these efforts and many others, an estimated 500,000 New Mexicans who are eligible to get vaccinated against...
Henry David Thoreau, one of America’s literary giants, once proposed that people should work one day a week and rest on the other six, instead of the work-six, rest-one arrangement commanded in the Holy Bible. Maybe Thoreau did not consider his prodigious reading and 2 million words of printed literature to be work, but his was not the output of a lazy man. A young former National Public Radio news producer named Cassady Rosenblum wrote an essay for the New York Times, however, which describes a world-wide movement called “lie flat,” in which...
Those who know me well will tell you that I have defended to a fault, the leadership of the United States military. I have always maintained that, “You can’t be really stupid, and become a general or an admiral.” Further, I always believed that senior military leadership was smarter than me, better educated than me and had access to better information than me. After Aug. 15, I find myself doubting all these assumptions. Forty odd years ago on Dec. 24, 1979, the Soviet Army crossed the borde...
Albuquerque Academy’s passing game shredded Tucumcari’s defense during a 51-0 Chargers victory Saturday afternoon in a game that ended at halftime due to the mercy rule. Chargers quarterback A.J. Rivera threw for four touchdown passes and ran for another score. Academy, coming off a blowout of Tohatchi the previous week that also ended at halftime, has outscored its opponents 101-0 so far this season. Tucumcari coach Wayne Ferguson said his Rattlers (0-2) had trouble handling Academy’s air personnel. “We were dominated both athleti...
The San Jon volleyball squad earned its first victory in years with a marathon 21-25, 25-15, 23-25, 25-17, 15-13 victory Aug. 24 over visiting Elida. The Coyotes went 0-10 in its abbreviated previous season, and San Jon hadn’t won as a standalone program since defeating Clovis Christian on Oct. 19, 2017, in a district match before spending two seasons in a cooperative with Grady. San Jon coach Jaree Elliott credited Bailey McEwen’s court game, Dakota Fisher’s passing and front-row play and Addie Lafferty’s serving in the win. She said Karlee...
LOGAN - The Lady Longhorns steamrolled through their season-opening, eight-team Logan Invitational volleyball tournament, including a 25-20, 25-11, 25-9 victory over Springer in the championship match Saturday. Tucumcari, in a gritty performance, finished third with a 2-1 record despite losing a key player to an injury during the opening round Thursday. The Lady Rattlers, losing only to Springer in the semifinals, secured a trophy with 25-23, 25-12, 17-25, 25-23 win over Grady in the...
LOGAN - The host Longhorns in their home opener Friday so dominated Dulce, they took a two-touchdown lead before running an offensive play from the line of scrimmage. Logan's Izaiah Kneitz scored three touchdowns - two on offense and one on defense - during his team's 60-0 victory in an eight-man football game that stopped at halftime due to the mercy rule. Christian Kotara scored two rushing touchdowns, and Park Strong scored a rushing touchdown and forced a key fumble that led to another TD...
Dozens of concerned residents have joined a Facebook group to brainstorm ways to secure and preserve one of Tucumcari's oldest houses that has sat vacant for two years. The group, called Save Hospitality House, wants to preserve the stone-sided house at 307 E. High St. that also is known as Gaudin House or Thaxton House, the latter who was a physician. Newspaper archives and other records indicate the structure dates to 1907. Don Reilman, a Tucumcari native who returned to his hometown last...
The Cannabis Control Division of the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department on Wednesday announced it is accepting applications for cannabis producer licenses via an online system. “We are open for business,” Regulation and Licensing Department Superintendent Linda M. Trujillo stated in a news release. “Effective today, businesses and entrepreneurs can use our streamlined online system to submit their application to become a producer in New Mexico’s growing cannabis industry.” Previously, under the medical cannabis program, producers...
New Mexico’s governor on Wednesday signed an executive order to conserve at least 30% of all lands in in the state by 2030, despite opposition from from at least two entities in Quay County and other counties against similar federal initiatives. New Mexico’s “30 x 30” framework complements a federal nationwide effort to protect the nation’s lands and waters but is tailored to honor New Mexico’s traditional land uses while promoting biodiversity, encouraging recreation opportunities and protecting watersheds, according to a news release fro...
PORTALES — A Floyd school board member suspended for bucking Public Education Department mandates for COVID-19 mitigation is reporting on social media that he has contracted the virus. Board Vice President Jeff Essary, in a series of public Facebook posts, said he would continue to be against vaccination and mask mandates. “Even though I have COVID you can keep your vaccine, keep your mask mandates and keep all your liberal COVID fear,” he wrote Aug. 20 on his Facebook page. “Just don’t believe in your drama politics!!” He has also posted publi...