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State Rep. Dennis Roch recalls his time working with New Mexico's former six-term Republican senator Pete V. Domenici following his death on Sept. 13 at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. "Sen. Pete Domenici is legendary in New Mexico, his passing is a loss for the entire state," said Rep. Dennis Roch. Domenici, 85, passed away on after suffering setbacks from abdominal surgery. The Albuquerque Republican was the longest serving senator in New Mexico history, serving six...
Vince DiFranco is no longer serving in the role of administrator at Plains Regional Medical Center and Dr. Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital, according to a statement released last week by Presbyterian Healthcare Services officials. According to a release from Amanda Schoenberg, senior corporate communications specialist: • DiFranco has left the organization as of Aug. 31, and a search is under way for qualified candidates to replace him. • Troy Clark, vice president of regional operations for Presbyterian Healthcare Services, will serve as int...
[Listen - .MP3] CLOVIS — The calls started to come in just before 4:13 p.m. on Aug. 28. In about seven minutes, 911 dispatchers took nine reports of an active shooter at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. Clovis police on Friday released the 911 calls from the violence that left two people dead, four injured and a 16-year-old high school student in custody. The audio includes many callers who appear out of breath, outside the building and seeking safety. Other calls came from st...
Meeting slated for DRAFT plan A public meeting will be held 2 p.m. today at the Tucumcari Convention Center for the public to comment on the DRAFT Hazard Mitigation Plan for Tucumcari and Quay County. Quay County residents will be given the opportunity to comment on the draft plan at the Public Meeting. Physical copies of the plan will be available for review at the following locations: • Quay County Clerk’s office, 300 S. Third St. • Tucumcari Public Library, 602 S. Second St. • Tucumcari Community Development Department Office, 512 S. Eigh...
The following are the menus for the Tucumcari and Logan senior centers and schools in Quay County for today through Sept. 27. Senior centers Coffee, tea and milk served daily Logan Thursday: Burrito supreme, Spanish rice, salad with dressing, apricots Friday: Kraut dog, California vegetables, French fries, strawberries and bananas Monday: Spaghetti, spinach, garlic bread, salad with dressing, cherry cobbler Tuesday: Frito pie, mixed vegetables, lemon crisp cookie Wednesday: Baked pork chop, carrot, zucchini, tomato, whole wheat roll, margarine,...
The Tucumcari City Commission Thursday took the following actions in its regular session: • Decided to sign a new lease to replace a leased dozer for the Tucumcari landfill. Under the lease, the city will pay about $5,400 a month in an agreement that includes full service on a new dozer, City Manager Jared Langenegger said. District 1 Commissioner Ralph Moya voted against a new lease, saying the city should have exercised its option to purchase the machine that will be replaced. Langenegger said that if the paid $48,000 to purchase the d...
September 1949 • The Federal Bureau of Investigation aided in the search for a robbery suspect who allegedly impersonated a federal liquor Inspector. The male suspect apparently stole $1,700 from a San Jon liquor store. The suspect would later be captured in Lubbock • Quay County’s booth displayed at the New Mexico State Fair won top prize • Tucumcari was selected as the new site set to hold the trial of Dona Ana Sheriff A.L. Apodaca. Apodaca was indicted on various moral offenses and misconduct counts in his office. • New Mexico Republica...
PORTALES — A Portales man on Monday was found guilty of rape and faces up to 53 years in prison. Jurors found Roy Brown, 29, guilty of two counts of criminal sexual penetration resulting in great bodily harm, plus aggravated battery and other charges. Brown was arrested in June of 2016, accused of sexually assaulting a woman after forcibly entering her home south of Portales. “I never had a doubt in my mind that this defendant sexually assaulted (the woman). It’s a good day for Portales, and it’s a good day for victims, and a good day for our...
The following individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Sept. 9 - Sept. 15: • Maria Apodaca, 33, warrant • Seth Chavez, 29, possession of drug paraphernalia • Justin French, 26, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer • Kaycee Langston, 19, warrant • Nathaniel Lopez, 20, aggravated assault upon a peace officer • Tina Molina, 21, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer • Katherine Sena, 20, false imprisonment • Francisca Donovan, 38, warrant • Deanna Henke, 52, battery on a household member • Frank Salas, 59...
P ete Domenici was relaxed and waxing philosophical about another time.A time when the United States had won the Cold War, and the old Soviet Union was in dissolution and disarray. But that victory, a triumph for Ronald Reagan over the Kremlin and for capitalism over communism, brought with it a new set of challenges and dangers. First and foremost, the vast Soviet nuclear weapons complex was no longer subject to iron-fisted command and control. In fact, it was splintered and spread across several breakaway nations, including Ukraine and...
The United States has become more like the rest of the world these days. More Americans are marching, demonstrating, and too often threatening or using violence to make their point. It used to be that Americans would shake their heads and wonder how people in the rest of the world could riot over issues that we would watch Congress debate, saving any of our mild rancor for the ballot box. Declining prospects, however, seem to be driving more Americans to extremes. Only a diminishing number of people, whose fortunes have skyrocketed at the...
The latest Hillary Clinton 500-page study in denial, “What Happened” is out, and according to reviews she once again takes full responsibility for losing the election. Shortly after accepting culpability for the disaster, she again lists all the usual suspects who were complicit in her debacle. In addition to Trump, Comey, the New York Times, the Russians, the deplorables, the misogynists and the women who did not vote for her she added Bernie Sanders and President Barack Obama. Bernie she bla...
It's tough to find a silver lining sometimes, but Tucumcari coach Wayne Ferguson tried after Friday's 21-0 defeat to Dexter. "Games like tonight are difficult but we know they are helping us prepare for district play," Ferguson said. The visiting Demons (3-1) rolled out 418 yards, and only punted twice in the victory. "The guys have to work harder on being mentally strong to avoid committing costly errors," Ferguson said. One such error, a holding penalty, erased what would have been an 18-yard...
I was eating a half-wrapped hamburger once and felt something I couldn’t chew up. So, I picked it off the tip of my tongue, finding what turned out to be a bit of the wrapper. My very first thought was, “Hmm looks like I bit off more than I could chew.” Usually that term refers to someone who messed with someone else or their character or property and came up on the short end of the stick. It also means that someone took on more responsibility than they could handle, often just to receive the honor attached to the responsibility, but with the h...