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New Mexico Game & Fish earlier in June warned that bears might roam from the woodlands in the northern part of the state due to drought. About that time, that apparently happened just west of Tucumcari. A rural Tucumcari man's daughter and her boyfriend shot and killed an unusually large black bear on June 18 after the animal broke into the man's chicken coop and ate one of the birds. Andrew Swapp, a department chair at Mesalands Community College's wind-energy center, lives off Quay Road AT wes...
ALBUQUERQUE - Hundreds of community members gathered to express their outrage on the evening of June 24 over the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to reverse Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, overturning the constitutional right to abortion and making it possible for states to ban abortions outright. The march was organized by grassroots groups including New Mexico Women's March, Planned Parenthood, the New Mexico Black Central Organizing Committee, Indigenous Women Rising and the New Mexico...
On this date ... 1972: Gov. Bruce King appointed several new members of the New Mexico American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, including Frances Olsen, president of the Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce. Last week, the National Bicentennial Commission announced a $45,000 grant to the state to begin setting up programs to mark the country’s 200th anniversary in 1976. One plan, which hinges on congressional funding, calls for a permanent Centennial Park to be built in each state. Proposals for such a park in New Mexico have been s...
Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • July 1 — Route 66 Car Show at Del’s Restaurant. The restaurant will hold a celebration of its 66th year with a car show and live music from 5 to 8 p.m. Call Chase at (575) 461-1740 to enter a car in the show. 1202 E. Route 66 Blvd., Tucumcari. • July 2 — Red, White and Ute Fourth of July Celebration in Logan. The event will include the annual downtown parade at 10 a.m. and fireworks over Ute Lake at dusk. Register for the parade before 9:30 a.m. behind the Old Country Inn motel. It...
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 575-461-2307 or the Logan facility at 575-487-2287 for more information. Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, whole-wheat bread with margarine, mixed fruit. Thursday — Frito pie, mixed vegetables, carrot raisin salad, tropical fruit. Friday — Green chile rellano, buttered mixed vegetables, refried beans, Spanish rice, mixed fruit. Mo...
PORTALES — About 20 people united by a mistrust in how voting machines record election results gathered last Wednesday morning in a basement hallway of the Roosevelt County Courthouse. Their mission was to scan copies of all 6,627 ballots cast by Roosevelt County voters in the 2020 election to be used for an unofficial audit of the 2020 election results. The ballots, obtained through the state’s Inspection of Public Records Act, were in plain cardboard boxes stacked to about shoulder height on one end of the hallway. Roosevelt County Clerk Man...
New COVID-19 cases in Quay County appeared to stabilize at a relatively low level for a second straight week. A total of 10 confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the county last week — a slight increase from the eight cases recorded the previous week. Earlier in June, the county saw a one-week spike of 43 cases. Save for that one outlier, Quay County’s case numbers were in the low double-digits range. The total number of coronavirus cases in the county since the pandemic began in spring 2020 rose to 2,093. The breakdown of total COVID-19 ca...
Pilot / Flying J last week presented a $10,000 donation to Tucumcari Public Schools to commemorate renovations of its Flying J store on South Mountain Road in Tucumcari. Flying J Travel Center workers presented the check Thursday to several Tucumcari school district employees. Three other school districts in Kentucky, Georgia and Indiana with Pilot or Flying J stores in their area also received donations. The remodeling of the Tucumcari Flying J was among the first of the Tennessee-based company’s three-year, $1 billion New Horizons i...
SAN JON — The board for San Jon Municipal Schools during a special meeting Wednesday approved the hiring of an interim superintendent to replace outgoing superintendent Janet Gladu. The board tapped Dane Kennon of Hanover, New Mexico, for $100 an hour, plus expenses that include boarding and gasoline. The agreement takes effect July 1, though Kennon probably won’t assume any superintendent duties until July 5, after the Independence Day holiday. Kennon’s teaching experience includes Silver City, Cobre, Cliff, Deming and Las Cruces. He also...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from June 20 to June 26: Monday — 11:34 a.m.: Found property in 300 block of West High Street, Tucumcari. — 5:07 p.m.: Accident with injuries at Route 66 and Quay Road A, Bard. — 6:26 p.m.: Attempted suicide in 1900 block of South 10th Street, Tucumcari. — 7:44 p.m.: Brush fire in 500 block of East Smith Avenue, Tucumcari. — 11:29 p.m.: Disturbance in 1100 block of South Seventh Street, Tucumcari. Tuesday — 9:47 a.m.: Trespassing in 700 block of West Sunset Ave...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from June 15 to June 25: — Pancha Rivas, 18, no address listed, charge not listed. — Bobby Garcia, 28, Tucumcari, charge not listed. — Joey J. Trujillo, 39, Tucumcari, charge not listed. — Johnathan James Martinez, 29, Tucumcari, charge not listed. — Fatima Rivas, 45, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Joseph L. Montano, 65, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Jacob Konstantin, 29, no address listed, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge. — Terry Lee Reck, 64, Tucumcari, no e...
Tucumcari resident Joe Szaloy on Monday finally got his request to help pay for speed humps on East Maple Avenue on the Quay County commission’s agenda, only for it to be rejected. Commissioners voted 3-0 to not place anything on the roadway, which has seen an upswing in traffic and speeding in the north Tucumcari neighborhood just a few feet beyond city limits. During previous county meetings, Szaloy had offered to pay for speed hump materials for the road. He said several families with children had moved to East Maple Avenue, and he feared a...
To hear Michael Carlson tell it, it was the building itself that inspired him and his wife to open Carlson Coffee Company on Saturday near the historic Tucumcari railroad depot. The nearly century-old structure at 115 E. Smith Ave., with its Streamline Moderne curves and flat roof, once housed Lena's Cafe, the Tri-Angle Cafe and Danford Dan's Music Shop. Carlson said he also heard from former Tucumcari Daily News photographer James Crocker the building was a house of prostitution for railroad...
Construction on a long-delayed ballfields redevelopment project will begin in earnest no later than late July after surveyors reportedly have finally completed their work. During the Tucumcari Public Schools board meeting June 20, assistant superintendent Dave Johnson said tracts for the baseball and softball fields have been plotted, and the Tucumcari city commission will pass a resolution donating those fields to the school district by late June or late July. City Manager Mark Martinez also mentioned during a June 16 city commission meeting...
CLOVIS - For Jay Fisher, cobbling together an analog recording studio is a labor of love, his own technical skills and nostalgia for the time when he could lay claim to being an extended member of the Norman and Vi Petty family, whose legendary studio became one of the birthplaces of rock 'n' roll. The Pettys had no children of their own, but since they were good friends with Jerry Fisher, Jay Fisher's dad, Jay Fisher, and his twin sisters Lynne and Lynda were often entertained as kids at the Pe...
The Tucumcari City Commission authorized the use of about $9,600 in lodgers tax executive funds to help pay for the annual Fourth of July fireworks display at the Elks Lodge, but it didn’t pass a ban on some types of fireworks as anticipated. City Manager Mark Martinez said during the meeting Thursday the $9,629.29 cost for fireworks shipped from the El Paso area will be partly reimbursed by a $1,000 contribution from Quay County and $4,000 from Elks Lodge 1172. That would make the city’s share about $4,500. Martinez said he was told this yea...
The Quay County Health Council last week was awarded an $85,000 grant from the New Mexico Department of Health’s Better Together program to help area young people combat misinformation on social media about coronavirus vaccines. According to a news release from the DOH, the health council’s grant will be “focused on engaging high school youth and young families in discerning misinformation and disinformation through social media.” Brenda Bishop, coordinator of the county health council, declined to comment in an email except to say “once we rec...
The Quay County Treasurer's Office last week held its biggest auction in at least a decade for tax-delinquent properties, selling more than one-third of those tracts. What also was notable were two that didn't sell - both commercial properties that have deteriorated into eyesores in Tucumcari. County treasurer Patsy Gresham said Thursday said 20 tax-delinquent properties of the 58 on the block were sold during the June 14 auction. She said that netted slightly more than $5,000 for the county,...
Quay County’s new cases of COVID-19 plunged last week as much as they skyrocketed the previous week. A total of eight confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in Quay County last week — a big decrease from the big jump of the 43 cases recorded the previous week. In recent weeks, the number of cases had been about a dozen per week. The total number of coronavirus cases in the county since the pandemic began in spring 2020 rose to 2,083. The breakdown of total COVID-19 cases by ZIP code in Quay County through Friday was 1,607 in Tucumcari, 290 in...
Aries, a retired Belgian Malinois dog that worked for the Tucumcari Police Department for more than six years, died on June 12 at the age of 8. Logan Police senior officer Shaun Slate, who previously worked with Aries in Tucumcari and was his owner, announced Aries' death in an email last week. "You were the best damn four-legged friend I could ever ask for and will forever be in my heart," Slate wrote. "Rest easy, Aries. I love you, buddy!" Slate said Aries began his service with the Tucumcari...
The Arch Hurley Conservancy District board again voted last week to not allocate water to its irrigation canals as Conchas Lake continued to shrink due to summer heat and a prolonged drought. District manager Franklin McCasland reported during the board’s June 14 meeting the lake’s elevation was 4,158.8 feet that morning, which was nearly a foot lower than the previous month’s 4,159.7 feet. Conchas Lake received just 896 acre-feet of inflow during the month of May, with 3,706 acre-feet in evaporation and other losses. The board’s vote was lar...
On this date ... 1972: Tucumcari school officials opened bids to build a new high school cafeteria to replace one destroyed by fire. Among the seven bidders, Forrest Currell Co. of Tucumcari submitted the low bid of $226,134, which was accepted. Officials hope the new cafeteria will be completed by late December. • Donations were being accepted by First National Bank for the Robert Curtiss family who lost their home and belongings in a fire. Nine-year-old Donna Curtiss was released from the hospital after being treated for burns, and another f...
Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Saturday — Down at the Depot. This event will feature live music, food trucks and arts and crafts booths in the Tucumcari Historic Railroad Depot near Second and Main streets. Festivities begin at 4 p.m. • July 4 — Tucumcari Elks Lodge fireworks display. Elks Lodge 1172 on the city’s south side again will host a free fireworks show about dusk, or about 8:45 p.m. • July 4 — Red, White and Ute Fourth of July Celebration in Logan. The event will include the annual downtown para...
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 575-461-2307 or the Logan facility at 575-487-2287 for more information. Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Barbecue sandwich, potato salad, cucumber, onion and tomato salad, diced watermelon. Thursday — Orange chicken, white rice, spinach salad, whole-wheat roll, cherry cobbler. Friday — Chicken fried steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli, whole-wheat roll, orange and pinea...
The New Mexico Racing Commission apparently will decide later whether to approve or reject Coronado Partners’ application for a sixth license that would allow it to build a horse-racing track and casino in Tucumcari. The commission discussed the application and two other items during a closed executive session during its regular meeting Thursday, but it took no action when open session resumed. Albuquerque judge Nancy Franchini on June 3, granting Coronado’s writ of mandamus request to compel the commission to perform its official duties, sub...