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Tucumcari bore most of the brunt in the region of an early-season winter storm that dumped nearly 6 inches of snow Sunday night into Monday morning. The snowstorm closed all schools in Quay County and classes at Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari on Monday. A Veterans Day ceremony scheduled for Monday morning by VFW Post 2528 was canceled because of the weather. Numerous other offices and businesses already were closed Monday in observance of Veterans Day. The New Mexico Department of...
Quay County’s sheriff easily won re-election, and a renewal of a gross-receipts tax for Tucumcari’s hospital breezed to victory on Election Day. The campaign for sheriff was the only Quay County contested race. According to certified results from the county clerk’s office, incumbent Sheriff Russell Shafer, a Republican, earned 1,955 votes, or nearly 64 percent, compared to the 1,102 votes for Democratic challenger Reyes Gonzales, a Tucumcari police officer. Gonzales eked out a 442-433 edge in voting at the Tucumcari Convention Center but susta...
The Tucumcari City Commission Thursday agreed without taking action the commission should appoint a new municipal judge in the wake of Municipal Judge Joe I. Dominguez's resignation Oct. 29. Dominguez resigned under terms of an order from the New Mexico Judicial Standards Commission, which reviewed his standing after Dominguez was arrested for driving while intoxicated in February. According to a news release from the commission, Dominguez resigned rather than face further disciplinary action from the commission. Dominguez was on unpaid...
The New Mexico Supreme Court recently launched a website that allows many couples to file for divorce in less time and often using less money. Marion Payton, court executive officer at the 10th Judicial District Court in Tucumcari, said the website at newmexico.tylerhost.net/srl designed for pro se, or self-represented, divorce litigants launched Oct. 29. Payton compared the website to the popular TurboTax tax-filing program. It guides users through a series of questions so they can automatically create free legal forms, including a custody...
Friday — Route 66 Women: Untold Stories of the Mother Road. Join The Gallery Etc. and the New Mexico Humanities Council for this presentation at 6 p.m. The Gallery Etc., 201 S. Second St., Tucumcari. Friday — Hospice Enchilada Dinner. Join Helping Hands Hospice for its annual dinner at the Elks Lodge from 5 to 8 p.m. Enchiladas are $8 per plate. Quilt raffle tickets are $1 a ticket or $5 for 6 tickets. Call 575-462-0099 for tickets. Elks Lodge, 2118 S. Adams St., Tucumcari. Saturday — Denim & Diamonds. Join Tucumcari MainStreet for an eveni...
Last Sunday was Nov. 11. A century ago, on Nov. 11, 1918, at 11 a.m., the armistice to cease the hostilities of World War I took effect. The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, actually formalized the peace. Nov. 11, once called Armistice Day as a celebration of that peace, now is called Veterans Day in the United States to honor all American veterans, living or dead. Some Americans think we should resume also celebrating the peace and how we can achieve peace the way it was celebrated after World War I because it was to be the war to end...
The Foundation for Rural Service announced last week it will award scholarships to qualified rural students in the late spring. One scholarship will be awarded per geographic region of the NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association and one to a student sponsored by an NTCA associate member. The awards will be distributed proportionate to the number of applications received from each region. The foundation will fund $2,000 of each scholarship, with the sponsoring organization of each winning student providing a $500 match. Plateau again is joining...
On this date ... 1968: The Logan School Board passed a resolution calling for a bond election Dec. 10 to finance a new high-school building. Chosen plans call for a high-school building continuing north from the present grade school and gymnasium, starting at the gym’s north edge. • Mystery Shopper Days arrived in Tucumcari this morning. The contest offers $5 cash prizes for customers and store clerks alike if they can pick out the mystery shopper in participating merchants’ stores. • White’s Store at 116 W. Center St. in Tucumcari, advertisi...
First, let me congratulate Democrats for taking the U.S. House of Representatives from the Republicans. Whether that is good news, however, depends on what the party whose standard bearer is not a septuagenarian pre-adolescent does with its new-found power. I would request that the Democrats do not use their new-found hammer to take revenge, even if that means putting a lid on U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, who has shown herself to be as immoderate as a leftist as the near-extremists on the right who are emboldened by President Donald...
SANTA ROSA — There may have been mixed results nationally, with the Democrats winning the House and the Republicans increasing their majority in the Senate, but here in New Mexico, an indisputably blue tidal wave overtook the midterm elections. I know it’s due at least in part to Susana Martinez’ unpopularity these days, but if I were a New Mexico Republican, I’d blame it on President Trump. He made this election all about him, and New Mexicans rejected both his agenda and his divisive tactics by taking it out on the Republicans who dared to ru...
Toxic politics have been around forever, and there certainly is no shortage today. But for the last two decades, the New Mexico judiciary has been mostly free of this scourge, thanks to a constitutional amendment that set up a system of merit selection and retention elections, and to strong rules promulgated by the Supreme Court limiting judges’ participation in political activities. Unfortunately, that amendment contained a provision that required judges appointed through the process to stand for one partisan election before the retention s...
LOGAN - Advancing to the state volleyball tournament wasn't supposed to be this easy. Logan's three previous matches against Melrose, ranked No. 1 in Class 1A in the MaxPreps.com all season, took at least four sets to determine an outcome, and two required five-set marathons. But on Saturday, Logan defeated the Lady Buffaloes in three sets - 25-21, 28-26, 25-10 - to capture the Class 6-1A district title and advance to this week's state tourney in Rio Rancho. Another local team, Grady/San Jon,...
Tucumcari's volleyball season came to an end Saturday in the championship match of the District 4-3A tournament with a 17-25, 18-25, 25-21, 14-25 loss at state-ranked Tularosa. Tucumcari coach Dena Benavidez said the Wildcats, which improved to 19-4 overall and ranked seventh in Class 3A, simply played better. "We had a lot of hustle plays, great blocking and good hitting," she said. "But they just got us. Their passing was really accurate, and they were able to get good hits. But I'm proud of m...
Logan's eight-man football season came to an end Friday with a 60-12 loss to Mountainair in the state quarterfinals. The Longhorns ended their year at 5-7 overall. The Mustangs, seeded third in the state tournament, improved to 9-1 overall and will face second-seeded Tatum (8-2) on Friday. The Mustangs stifled the Longhorns' rushing offense for much of the game, including scoring 28 unanswered points in the third quarter. Logan coach Chase Disney said several of his players had battled nagging...
Both of Tucumcari's teams finished out of the running Saturday in Class 3A during the New Mexico Cross-Country Championship in Rio Rancho. Tucumcari coach Gary Hittson said he was “very pleased with the way the teams ran on Saturday” and that he’ll “look forward to next year.” The Tucumcari boys team finished 11th with 338 points. Zuni won the Class 3A state title with 40 points, with four runners finishing in the top 10. Santa Fe Indian finished runner-up with 49 points, and Cottonwood Classical was third with 118. Josh Chavez was the top f...
Health and safety actions dominated the agenda Thursday at a regular meeting of the Tucumcari City Commission. Tucumcari Fire Chief Doug Hogan got the go-ahead from the commission Thursday to apply for about $43,500 to purchase three portable, automated cardio-pulmonary resuscitation devices — one for each of the city’s ambulances — through a grant from the New Mexico Department of Health. The devices deliver automated chest compressions even in difficult situations for sudden heart-attack victims, he said “They will improve our overall...
Quay County commissioners spent much of their meeting Friday certifying the results of the Nov. 6 general election, including the tallying of 12 provisional ballots. Commissioners moved their regular meeting from the usual Monday to Friday to comply with state law on submitting election results. County Clerk Ellen White said 15 provisional ballots were submitted on Election Day. Her office rejected three because they were people who hadn’t registered to vote. She said the rest of the provisional ballots were Quay County residents who’d vot...
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Granola with yogurt, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Thanksgiving meal for fourth and fifth grades; sack lunch for all other grades; fruit, milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Pancake sausage on a stick, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Cheeseburger, French fries, Romaine lettuce, fresh tomato slice, pickle slices, fruit, milk. Friday — Breakfast: Ultimate breakfast round, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graha...
The following are calls made the Tucumcari-Quay County Regional Emergency Communications Center Nov. 5-11: Monday • 6:37 p.m: Fire at Oak Avenue and College Street, Tucumcari. • 7:51 a.m..: Breaking and entering in 700 block of West Sunset Avenue, Tucumcari. • 11:03 a.m.: Traffic accident with damage in 100 block of West Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. • 12:40 p.m.: Trespassing in 1400 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. • 2:35 p.m.: Harassment in 1600 block of South Fourth Street, Tucumcari. • 3:07 p.m.: Fight with no weapon in 1...
The following individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Nov. 5-9: • Darrell Bitbui, 35, Farmington, charge not listed. • Steve Urioste, 49, Tucumcari, harassment. • Sergio Guadalupe Chavez, 28, Tucumcari, no driver’s license. • Willie Marvin Thomas, 32, Tucumcari, contempt of court. • Eddie Eugene Ulibarri, 38, Tucumcari, battery. • Paul A. Adcock, 51, San Francisco, contempt of court. • Marc Angelo Calbert, 31, Tucumcari, larceny (over $250 but not more than $500). • Joshua Paul Hyslop, 34, Tucumcari, probat...
The Logan FFA quiz team recently finished fifth nationally at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. The team was required to take a 100-question test against 35 other teams from across the nation. The Logan team consisted of Karlee Cantrell, Kambry Burns, Garrett Bollinger and Micah Lightfoot. Clay Lightfoot is the adviser....
RIO RANCHO — Harlie Roach of Logan went up high and smashed a shot into the Melrose line Saturday in the Class 1A Volleyball State Championship Match, then got a confused look on her face. She looked across the net looked behind her. “We were battling it out back and forth, back and forth,” she said. “It could have been anybody’s. I was kind of shocked. I didn’t know what side the ball came on. I turned around and I was all, ‘What happened,’ then everybody started screaming. Best moment of my life. It was amazing.” What happened was Roach’s sho...