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All Quay County offices will switch to a four-day work schedule after New Year’s as part of a trial program after county commissioners unanimously approved the proposal Monday. Current hours at the courthouse in Tucumcari are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with offices closed during lunch. After Jan. 1, courthouse hours will be from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, with offices staying open during lunchtime due to employees’ staggered schedules. If the four-day work week doesn’t work, the county has the option after one y...
A Tucumcari man faces eight felony counts after he was accused of shooting at city police officers Thursday after an attempted traffic stop. No one was hurt during the confrontation and arrest. According to a news release Friday afternoon from New Mexico State Police, Lawrence Rivas, 26, faces these felony charges: – First-degree kidnapping; – Abuse of a child not resulting in death or great bodily harm; – Two counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer with a deadly weapon; – Aggrava...
Quay County saw a small decrease in confirmed coronavirus cases last week while cases continued to surge statewide past the 1,000 mark for three days in a row. Twenty cases were reported in the county last week, including two on Friday, by the New Mexico Department of Health. That compares to 24 in the previous week. The total number in the county since the pandemic began rose to 1,056. No confirmed COVID-19 deaths were reported in the county for a second straight week, keeping the total at 23 since the pandemic began last spring. Thirteen...
Christopher Maestas, a retired educator, prevailed in a three-way race for the City of Tucumcari's municipal judge position in last Tuesday's local elections. In a Tucumcari school board race, Robert Lucero prevailed over Cassie Huffman for District 3. Tom Humble, a longtime member of the Logan school board, was ousted by challenger Toby Jon Willis for Position 5. Meanwhile, two races in the Village of House remain up in the air after vote totals there resulted in ties. The New Mexico Secretary...
Local vote totals from the Nov. 2 election. An asterisk (*) indicates the winner. CITY OF TUCUMCARI District 4 *Christopher Wallace Arias 50 District 5 *Michael W. Cherry 120 Municipal judge Tommy L. Snapp 59 Willis J. Hendrickson Jr. 94 *Christopher Maestas 244 TUCUMCARI SCHOOLS District 2 *Jerry Joe Lopez 65 District 3 *Robert L. Lucero 86 Cassie R. Huffman 30 VILLAGE OF LOGAN Position 1 councilor *Jai Courtney 159 Brian Michael Cox 68 Position 2 councilor *David Shivers 201 LOGAN SCHOOLS Position 4 *William Scott Osborn 241 Position 5 Tom S....
The Quay County Health Council will give a presentation next week on how to reduce the stress of dealing with diabetes. Dr. Lisa Taylor of the University of New Mexico’s College of Nursing will talk about what the numbers mean and how to make small changes with big impacts for those with the disease. The presentation will be at noon Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the Liberty Room of the Tucumcari Convention Center. Her presentation will focus on how to manage blood sugar with fewer medications. The workshop will be of interest to those newly d...
On this date ... 1971: The L.E. Perry family of Albuquerque, who previously owned the Cactus Club in Tucumcari, donated to the Tucumcari Historical Museum a mahogany and maple roulette table that was in the club. City Manager Bill Gordon drove to Albuquerque in his pickup to transport the relic. The donation included the roulette wheel, poker chips, a leather money bag and wooden cash box that locks. The roulette table remains in the museum’s annex. The family of former governor John E. Miles also donated his photos to the museum, including one...
Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Wednesday — Native American Heritage Month at Mesalands Community College. This free event at noon in the college’s Building A will feature dancers Ryedale Largo and The Dine Dance Group giving a performance. 910 S. 10th St., Tucumcari. • Thursday — Veterans Day ceremony. The VFW Post 2528 in Tucumcari will host a Veterans Day remembrance at 11 a.m. at Veterans Park downtown, with a meal at the post afterward. • Nov. 25 — Thanksgiving Day Drive-Through Dinner. The First Baptist...
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: Mini blueberry pancakes, fruit cocktail, apple juice, skim or 1% milk; Lunch: Ham and cheese chef salad, hamburger steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, biscuit, baby carrots, diced peaches, skim, 1% or chocolate skim milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Apple cinnamon muffin, string cheese, fre...
The Tucumcari Police Department issued an alert last week asking residents to be on the lookout for a white person who inexplicably is using what is believed to be bear spray on passersby and passing vehicles. “We have taken numerous reports regarding this subject,” the department stated Friday on social media. “Please be aware of your surroundings, especially after dark and keep your vehicles secured. If you or anyone you know recognizes the subject please contact Central Dispatch” at 911. The post included several blurry nighttime images...
There are more than 10 million job openings in America right now. The worker shortage is contributing to goods shortages, rising prices and supply network problems. One solution often proposed now is to raise the minimum wage, but that wouldn’t work. Instead, policymakers should loosen never-needed regulatory barriers to job creation, rein in excessive occupational licensing, lower trade barriers, relax zoning and land-use regulations, and work to keep inflation in check. Minimum-wage advocates argue, correctly, that higher pay will persuade mo...
Our state is on the verge of a long overdue update to our schools’ social studies standards, and it has some New Mexicans needlessly worried. The proposed new standards are posted on the Public Education Department website for public comment through Friday, and more than 500 people have already had their say. One theme comes through loud and clear: Fear. Fear of change is a normal human reaction, but in the case of New Mexico social studies standards, a noisy minority with a deep stake in maintaining the status quo has seized upon those f...
The port city of Glasgow in southern Scotland is a happening place right now. So much so that even the governor of a small state feels she must be there. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham went to Glasgow for the first week of the United Nations’ conference on climate change to represent New Mexico’s interests on the world stage. She hails from a state that’s part of the problem and part of the solution. We’re part of the problem in that we’re a big producer of oil and gas, major emitters of carbon into the atmosphere, and we can’t quite wean oursel...
Sirens heard in Tucumcari late Tuesday weren’t because of a fire or a wreck on the interstate. Those sounds from first-responder vehicles served as a welcome-home celebration and an escort for a bus of a Tucumcari volleyball team that won its first district title in more than 40 years. The Lady Rattlers earned a District 4-3A championship earlier in the evening by defeating New Mexico Military Institute 25-20, 25-19, 25-22 at Roswell. Though Tucumcari (9-11 overall, 3-1 in district) qualified for an at-large berth in the state tournment two y...
Top-seeded host Tatum decisively ended Logan’s season Friday during the eight-man football semifinals with a 52-0 victory that was halted in the fourth quarter by the mercy rule. Logan, a fourth seed, ended its year with an 8-4 record. The Longhorns also lost 34-8 to Tatum during a district matchup on Oct. 15. In addition to Logan losing top running back Hayden Judd to a broken collarbone during the previous week’s victory over Magdalena, coach Dwayne Roberts said his team also lost receiver and defensive back Kaeden Stoner to an injury ear...
LOGAN - The No. 1-ranked Melrose volleyball team won't have an undefeated season. Logan made sure of that Saturday with a 25-23, 25-20, 12-25, 25-23 district victory in the regular-season finale for both teams. Reece Goldston pounded home a match-high 17 kills, including the last three to secure the win for the Lady Longhorns (16-6 overall, 7-3 in district). Rilee Nials, rounding back in shape after a groin injury sidelined her for weeks, added 13 kills for Logan and helped set up more as a...
Tucumcari went on the road this week for its play-in match at the Class 3A state volleyball tournament, while Logan hosted its first-round contest in the Class 1A tourney. The Lady Rattlers (9-11), who captured an automatic berth due to winning its first district title in more than 40 years, earned the No. 12 seed and played at fifth-seed Hot Springs (16-7) at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Truth or Consequences. Shortly after the pairings were announced Sunday afternoon, Tucumcari coach Dana Benavidez said she was hopeful about her team’s chances on the r...
Tucumcari senior Manny Hernandez finished 47th overall during the Class 3A boys cross-country state championships Saturday morning at Albuquerque Academy. Hernandez, who finished third at the previous week’s district meet at Roswell, completed the five-kilometer course Saturday in 19 minutes, 39.95 seconds. “Manny started out too fast,” coach Gary Hittson said. “After the first mile, Manny was in 27th, at the two-mile mark he had dropped to 37th place. … This is the best finish for Manny at state.” Hernandez was Tucumcari’s lone contestant at...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Nov. 1 to Nov. 6: • Terry A. McKnight, 33, Fort Sumner, three felony counts of contempt of court. • James Dean Cordova, 42, Tucumcari, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery (great bodily harm). • Joshua Paul Hyslop, 37, Tucumcari, criminal damage to property (over $1,000). • Samuel Dean Stanton, 60, Hobbs, contempt of court. • Danny Martinez, 58, Tucumcari, false evidence of title and registration (alter or falsify assignment), driving while lic...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Nov. 1 to Nov. 7: Monday • 8:09 a.m.: Theft in 2600 block of South First Street, Tucumcari. • 9:02 a.m.: Juvenile problem in 1700 block of South Ninth Street, Tucumcari. • 9:09 a.m.: Property damage in 300 block of West High Street, Tucumcari. • 10:18 a.m.: Fraud in 200 block of East Center Street, Tucumcari. • 1:24 p.m.: Theft in 200 block of South U.S. 54, Logan. • 3:17 p.m.: Trespassing in 700 block of West Sunset Avenue, Tucumcari. • 6:57 p.m.: Th...
I occasionally reuse themes or phrases from my previous articles without reusing articles in their entirety. To commemorate Veterans Day over the past three years, I’ve written about the increasing political and other strife in our country, and it hasn’t slowed down any. So what follows is much of what I wrote in 2018. Because I wrote about national strife/peace also in 2019 and 2020, I’m reminded of a preacher who continued presenting the same sermon. When asked why, he replied when people started doing what he preached about from the Bible, h...
The Tucumcari Lodgers Tax Advisory Board on Wednesday formally recommended a new pricing structure for use of the Tucumcari Convention Center, along with a few additions that included a rental fee for use of the parking lot only. That recommendation and others will be heard by the Tucumcari City Commission during its next meeting Nov. 18, which can accept, modify or reject them. The commission also can decide whether to have the new rates go into effect Jan. 1 or when new fiscal year begins July 1. During previous meetings and a work session...