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From winning a foot race in Portales for a vote in his first election in 2008 to advocating for rural New Mexico for the next nine years in Santa Fe, Rep. Dennis Roch says, "It's time to focus on family." Roch, R-Logan, announced Saturday that he will not seek re-election for a sixth term in the New Mexico House of Representatives. Roch's term will expire on Dec. 31, 2018 as the representative for District 67; Colfax, Curry, Harding, Roosevelt, Quay, San Miguel and Union County. "I think the...
TUCUMCARI - More than a dozen county clerks and deputy county clerks from eastern New Mexico took part in a three-day training session outlining the state's new election and voter registration system at Mesalands Community College. The training, one of three held this week in the state, was conducted by Angel Espinoza of the New Mexico Secretary of State's Office. "The purpose of the training is to give the clerks and deputy clerks a chance to become comfortable with the system," Espinoza said....
Tucumcari Police Department officials are advising residents to be vigilant and cautious after a local woman was assaulted Sunday while throwing away her trash at her residence on the 500 block of East Rankin Avenue. “At this time, we are advising residents to be observant of any suspicious activity or individuals in the alley,” said Deputy Chief Peter Rivera. Rivera said at 6:20 p.m., Sunday officers with the Tucumcari Police Department responded to a report of an aggravated assault in the 500 block of East Rankin Avenue. He said officers wer...
November 1958 • Romnie B. Mathiews Jr. was appointed as the foreman for the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. local office in Tucumcari. • Associate director of the Museum of International Folk at in Santa Fe spoke at the Tucumcari city library about being part of the scientific expedition that solved the mystery of the construction and placement of stone heads on Easter Island. • George Vourazeris found a molar and incisor teeth of a Wooly Mammoth found near San Jon. The molar was more than four inches wide and the incisor was six i...
The following individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Oct. 28 - Nov. 3: • Carl Everett, 39, warrant • Robert Ferguson, 31, shoplifting • Matthew Howell, 26, warrant • Mohamed Noury, 60, child abuse, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer • Santiago Romero, 23, perjury • Braxton Bridges, 22, possession of a controlled substance • Dino Arellano, 42, child abuse, resisting evading or obstructing an officer • Fred Chavez, 55, warrant • Tara Collins, 34, warrant • Justin Fisher, 29, warrant • Frankie Hamilton, 83,...
The following books are available from The Tucumcari Public Library. For more information please call 575-461-0295. Fiction • "Sleeping Beauties," by Stephen King and Owen King. Women who fall asleep become shrouded in mysterious cocoons while the men battle one another. • "A Column of Fire," by Ken Follett. A pair of lovers find themselves on opposite sides of a conflict while Queen Elizabeth fights to maintain her throne. • "The Girl Who Takes An Eye for An Eye," by David Lagercrantz. Stieg Larsson’s character Lisbeth Salander seeks to unco...
The following are the menus for the Tucumcari and Logan senior centers and schools in Quay County for today through Nov. 15: Senior centers Coffee, tea and milk served daily Logan Thursday: Pork chop, tomato, zucchinni, carrot, whole wheat roll, margarine, peanut butter cookie Friday: Italian chicken, broccoli salad, carrots, Italian cheesy bread, peach pound cake Monday: Hamburger, pickles, French fries, cottage cheese, peaches Tuesday: Chicken chow mein, brown rice, peas with carrots, whole wheat roll, almond cookie, cantaloupe Wednesday:...
One foundational command of the Bible is the first of 10: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3.) This is quite early, in the second book. The rest of Scripture goes on to document how hard it is for sinful folks to keep that rule. As John Calvin said, the human heart has proven to be an idol factory. We just keep pumping them out. These false gods take the form of carved statues at times. But they also show up as rival religions, lying philosophies, or anything else that com...
Presbyterian Medical Services’ Quay County Family Health Center in Tucumcari was awarded the Exemplary Improvement Award for excellence in clinical quality and patient care. Since 2004, the HealthInsight Quality Award Program has recognized nursing homes, hospitals, home health agencies and outpatient medical practices and clinics in Utah and Nevada. This year, HealthInsight New Mexico and the New Mexico Medical Society partnered to launch the inaugural outpatient medical practice awards program. The awards were presented on Oct. 24 during t...
Six Logan High School students competed Sept. 22 at the National Future Farmers of America Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Logan FFA members consisted of Mackenzie Lightfoot, Micah Lightfoot, Hannah Bruhn, Cambry Lujan, Kyle Hamilton, and Garrett Bolinger. They were accompanied by their FFA advisor Clay Lightfoot and Bonnie Lightfoot. On their way they stopped to site see the Gateway Arch, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. During their week at National Convention they attended sessions, met with colleges and interacted with members...
The old saying about a lie traveling halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes has never seemed more relevant than in this new era of propaganda-pushing Twitter trolls and fake Facebook users. But here’s a truth that we hope sinks in quickly in Silicon Valley: Without major changes to the way business is done at Facebook, Twitter and Google, the regulations that these California companies have spent years trying to avoid could become a reality. That’s a scary thought, the government regulating an industry that drive...
Did Hillary Clinton surrender 20 percent of U.S. uranium to the Russians, endangering us all, while she was the U.S. secretary of state? I don’t think so. I think what we have is yet another conspiracy theory that adds an apple, an orange and a pineapple and comes up with dubious traitors to America. Here’s the apple: As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton signed off on a deal that allowed the Russian government’s uranium mining organization to purchase control of a Canadian mining company, Uranium One. Uranium One had recently acquired a U.S...
Saturday is Veterans Day. When the flag passes you at the parade, stand and salute or place your right hand over your heart. Thank you. Here’s a thought experiment for you. Since you know a lot of the folks who live in Curry County, you need to get the newspaper from a large metropolitan era anywhere in the country and start reading the obituary column. You’ll be reading about the death of folks you don’t know and have never met. When you find some young adult who died tragically, think about ho...
The Tucumcari Rattlers and Logan Longhorns will be on the road for state tournament football action, while the Coyotes closed out their season with a semifinals loss. Friday's first-round game against the sixth-seed Tularosa Wildcats is an opportunity for the 11th-seeded Rattlers to show they are a much more capable football team than their record reflects, said Wayne Ferguson, Tucumcari head coach. "I have not given up on you, these coaches have not given up on you, we will not give up on...
The Logan Lady Longhorns will begin pool play Thursday as the 1 seed in the 2A state volleyball tournament in Rio Rancho. “The girls continue to show their heart, ability with every match they play,” said Robert Young, Logan head coach. Young said the Lady Longhorns had some issues of communication and ball control during Saturday’s District 6-2A championship in Logan. He said those issues allowed Fort Sumner/House an opportunity to steal the third and fourth set forcing a fifth set. The Lady Longhorns defeated the Vixens 3-2 for the Distr...
PORTALES — And up they climb. Eastern New Mexico University’s football team continues to play well and continues getting recognized for it. Last Thursday, the Greyhounds went on the road and pummeled West Liberty 45-24. Monday, they were honored by moving up a spot in a national poll. Regularly-ranked in the AFCA Division II Coaches Top 25 poll as of late, the Hounds remained there this week, inching up a spot from last week — from 21 to 20. It is ENMU’s highest national ranking this season, and in program history. The Greyhounds were 24th th...