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Earlier this spring, a sign went up behind the sales counter at Tucumcari Ranch Supply that stated: "THIS BUSINESS IS FOR SALE." That effort to put the more than 40-year-old Tucumcari business - best known for its Watson's BBQ restaurant - on the market gained momentum when a Clovis real estate agent recently completed an appraisal on the property. Longtime owners Jimmy and Stella Watson anticipate the online listing will go live shortly in January. The Watsons said during a recent interview...
In the first half of 2022, much of the talk and business activity in Tucumcari centered around legal pot coming to New Mexico. First, the Tucumcari City Commission wrangled for weeks and finally settled on a $300 fee for a cannabis business license. On April 1, recreational marijuana sales began in New Mexico. Only one business in Tucumcari was ready for that opening day, but others quickly opened in the weeks after that. By late summer, the city repeatedly was beating its own record-sales...
GRADY – A schoolteacher who allegedly told students they would burn in "the embers of hell" for various behaviors remains on the job, Superintendent Keith Durham said last week. Durham declined to say whether any disciplinary action was taken against the teacher, but he assured concerned parents the matter was "not swept under the rug," which he repeated several times. "I wish I could tell you what we did, but I can't," he said during the Dec. 19 school board meeting in the board's meeting r...
As we stare another new year right in its face, it’s helpful to gaze back for a moment. I mean all the way back, before the beginning. The Scripture says that a few things happened even before the events of Genesis 1:1 and following. Before God said, “Let there be light,” other things were decided. Those things then paved the way for “the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13 and 17, for instance, refer to something called the Lamb’s book of life. If you are in Christ, your name is written in it. The individual names of his people were...
The total number of new COVID-19 cases in Quay County last week rose to 16 by Friday, compared to 10 in the previous week, while case rates in New Mexico continued to decline. According to the COVID Act Now website, Quay County’s rate of new cases rose to 193.9 cases per 100,000 people last week, compared to 121.1 the previous week. However, the website kept the county at “low” risk of community spread of the disease, as it did with neighboring counties. The only “medium” risk counties were in the northwest and south-central parts of the state...
On this date ... 1972: Former U.S. president Harry S. Truman was scheduled to be buried today in a secluded courtyard behind his office at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. President Richard Nixon, who led thousands, including former president Lyndon Johnson, in a silent salute to Truman, declared it a day of national mourning. Federal offices, including the postal service, were closed for the observation. Bess Truman, who had undergone the ordeal of her 88-year-old husband’s fatal illness of three weeks, attended neither t...
Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Green chile enchilada casserole, pinto beans, crackers, pears and cottage cheese. Thursday — Chicken with mushroom gravy, rice pilaf, green beans, roll with margarine, mandarin oranges with Jell-O. Friday — Sloppy joe, mixed vegetables, cucumber salad, sliced peaches. Monday — Closed. Tuesday — Sweet and sour pork, Oriental vegetables, steamed rice, fortune cookie, peaches and tapioca pudding. Logan Senior Center Wednesday — Beef stroganoff, tossed salad, broccoli and cauliflower, biscuit, tropical fr...
Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Jan. 7 — Basic dog obedience lessons. Tucumcari MainStreet is hosting a six-week course on how to train a dog. Classes will meet each Saturday at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. from Jan. 7 to Feb. 11 at the Tucumcari Railroad Museum. You can learn how to troubleshoot common behavior issues, teach basic commands, get exercise and improve your relationship with your dog. Cost is $50 for the full six-week course, with proceeds going to Paws & Claws Animal Rescue and the railroad museum. Enr...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Dec. 19 to Dec. 25: Monday — 8:53 a.m.: Disturbance in 400 block of Fifth Street, Nara Visa. — 9:25 a.m.: Utility problem in 200 block of Quail street, Logan. — 11:42 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 200 block of West High Street, Tucumcari. — 12:03 p.m.: Theft in 2300 block of South First Street, Tucumcari. — 1:10 p.m.: Juvenile problem in 900 block of South Fifth Street, Tucumcari. — 1:24 p.m.: Theft in 600 block of South Second Street, Tucumcari. — 2:53 p.m....
You don’t have to be an animal lover to appreciate why a recent federal court order involving the future of more than 30 chimpanzees at an Alamogordo research facility is a big deal. The case is as much about the rule of law, reining in a rogue federal agency, and wise use of tax dollars as it is about the moral aspects of denying mankind’s closest living relatives the space and freedom they deserve to live out their lives the way nature intended. The ruling paves the way for the National Institutes of Health to relocate the chimps to a san...
As seems to happen more and more frequently, the curtain is dropping on yet another year. Rather than looking back at the year as it winds down, I want to look ahead without trying to predict anything. I don’t know if the past year was a good one for you, but I hope it was. Either way, you’ve about made it through. This is no finish line; only a checkpoint. The good news is, you’re still here and you’re still going forward. If you want this next year to be an even better year, you’ve got to make it better yourself. Don’t ask politicians...
Wow. Another “existential” year. It seems they all are these days. COVID hit in 2020 and we, as a nation, argued over masks. Then 2021 brought vaccines and deeper divisions after an attempted insurrection. And this year is ending with a “tripledemic” and a stage set for a divided Congress and, probably, a more deeply divided nation. It must have been a couple of years ago when “existential crisis” became staple mainstream media language. Now it’s almost cliché, even if it is justified in its use — between a changing climate, threats to democ...
The Logan boys basketball team put on an offensive clinic during its 77-55 non-district victory over Tucumcari last week before Christmas break. The Longhorns (9-2) saw five players score in double figures. They sank six 3-point shots, posted up for strong inside buckets and even scored on a slamdunk. The scoring diversity enabled Logan to storm to a 12-point lead at intermission and fatten it to nearly 30 midway through the fourth quarter. Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said the offensive outburst...
A tough loss the previous night to Santa Rosa built the foundation for the Logan girls basketball team gutting out a 44-35 non-district victory last week over area rival Tucumcari. First-year coach Dustin Robertson gave his team a challenge before it took the floor at the Snake Pit. "Last night, we weren't very poised. We just let (Santa Rosa's) press eat us up," he said. "We talked about bringing toughness tonight, and I thought they did that. Everybody on the floor showed more poise." Lady...
Over $500,000 in funding is available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, and the New Mexico Department of Agriculture is holding virtual workshops in January in preparation for the Feb. 14 grant proposal deadline. Outreach workshops for potential applicants to learn more and to gain a better understanding of the program will be held as follows: — Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 1 p.m. Register for this meeting at: https://nmsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkf-CoqDMrHNaBbrAQH830wtPHdyb9UMfT — Friday, Jan. 13, a...
The FBI in New Mexico is warning parents and children about a significant increase in the number of sextortion reports during the past year. From Jan. 1 to Dec. 19, the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center received 168 e-tips or calls about possible sextortion cases in New Mexico. During the same period in 2021, NTOC received 38 e-tips or calls for New Mexico. Though some tips might reference the same incidents, the increase is serious enough the FBI stated in a news release it wants to bring this crime to the public’s attention as sch...
A Texas man who said he was injured when an air pump hose exploded in his hand at the Flying J Travel Center in Tucumcari has settled his lawsuit against the company. Mikhail Franklin of El Paso initially filed the suit on Nov. 7 in Tucumcari district court against Pilot Travel Centers LLC, which owns and operates the Flying J on South Mountain Road in Tucumcari. According to online court documents, the suit on Dec. 9 was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled at a later date, because of a settlement. “Pilot Travel Centers is n...