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The Mesalands Community College board of trustees recommended during a special meeting Wednesday requesting $990,000 in state funds to improve Building A and Building E on campus. Mark Martinez, the college’s executive director of operations and procurement, said he initially was going to recommend $500,000 after noting that insurance claims from the May 2023 hailstorm would improve those buildings. However, board Chairman Richard Primrose doubted that request would be enough and recommended the ask be raised to $990,000 — the same amount req...
On this date ... 1974: Democratic state Sen. Jerry Apodaca and Republican rancher Joe Skeen captured their party’s nominations for governor during the primary election. Apodaca and Skeen, both of them experienced legislative leaders, are expected to mount spirited campaigns to succeed Democratic Gov. Bruce King in the November general election. Skeen scored a convincing win against four other GOP candidates. Apodaca won the nomination after prevailing against six other foes. In November, Apodaca narrowly defeated Skeen for the governor’s seat....
Saturday — Doc Powers Memorial Car and Motorcycle Show. This free, family-friendly event will be hosted by the Tucumcari Elks Lodge 1172 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration of cars will begin at 10 a.m. with a $25 fee per vehicle, including a free lunch. A prize raffle will occur every 30 minutes. It includes hot food, snow cones and music by the Junction 432 Band. For more information, email [email protected] or call (719) 217-8544. Saturday — Tucumcari Rotary Club Lobster Dinner & Dance. This event at the Tucumcari Elks Lodge from 6:3...
Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Hamburger steak with brown gravy, egg noodles, green beans, cauliflower, apricots. Thursday — Grilled turkey and cheese sandwich with lettuce and tomato, vegetable medley, tomato soup, pears. Friday — Beef and cheese burritos, black beans with red bell pepper, tossed salad with dressing, mandarin orange. Monday — Salisbury steak with brown gravy and mushrooms, noodles, broccoli spears, roll with margarine, apple crisp. Tuesday — Taco soup, Chateau blend vegetables, orange wedges with cinnamon. Logan Senior Ce...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from May 28 to June 3: — Danford Cross Jr., 38, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Orlando A. DeHerrera, 57, Tucumcari, criminal trespass (unposted). — Felix Maldonado, 38, Tucumcari, two counts of assault against a household member and abandonment of a child (no death or great bodily harm). — Silva Stable, 52, no address listed, receiving stolen property ($250 or less). — Danny Joe Gutierrez, 65, Tucumcari, probation violation, larceny ($250 or less), battery, battery upon a poli...
ROSWELL — The responses of New Mexico elected officials and congressional candidates to a jury’s conviction of former U.S. President Donald Trump on May 30 differed based on party affiliation, with Democrats calling it a victory for the rule of law and Republicans decrying it as a criminal prosecution motivated by politics. Following a six-week trial in Manhattan, a jury returned with a verdict of guilty on 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records against the 45th president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Pro...
SANTA ROSA — The Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools board on May 28 approved a calendar consisting of four-day weeks next school year. This was amid the confusion over a state mandate of five-day weeks. Earlier this month, a judge issued a preliminary injunction stopping Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s order for five-day weeks. More than 50 districts, many of them rural, sued the state over the mandate. In an email to The Communicator, Superintendent Martin Madrid said the district had prepared both four- and five-day week calendars. “Due to the c...
Two years ago, Kandel's Street Sips debuted its beverage business in a trailer parked off Route 66 on the city's east side. In recent weeks, Kandel's has graduated to a brick-and-mortar business on Tucumcari's Main Street corridor and has begun offering panini sandwiches, wraps and other food. The trailer still exists, parked across the street so it can be used for festivals and other events. But co-owner Rhonda Kandel said she's committed to the new space at 112 W. Main St., in a building that...
CLOVIS — The man accused of killing two Texico women on May 3 at Ned Houk Park now is also facing federal charges for kidnapping an infant and taking her across state lines. A federal grand jury on May 29 indicted Alek Collins, 26, on charges of kidnapping a minor and using a gun during a crime of violence. Court records show Collins waived reading of the indictment against him and entered a plea of not guilty. Officials also allege Collins shot and killed Harley Cisneros and Taryn Allen, both 23, for reasons unknown. Police say Collins may h...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from May 20 to June 1: May 20 — 9:28 a.m.: Harassment in 3600 block of Quay Road 63, Tucumcari. — 12:39 p.m.: Breaking and entering in 1100 block of South Third Street, Tucumcari. — 4:10 p.m.: Theft in 200 block of East Center Street, Tucumcari. — 5:10 p.m.: Theft in 200 block of West Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 6:34 p.m.: Theft in 700 block of South Monroe Street, Tucumcari. — 6:38 p.m.: Reckless driving at milepost 347, Interstate 40, San Jon. — 7:05...
The Tucumcari City Commission on Thursday greenlighted an initiative to create a Hometown Heroes Park at the Sand Dorsey site at Second and Main streets. Anthony Kent and Tucumcari MainStreet director Connie Loveland presented the idea for a memorial to recognize noteworthy Tucumcari residents. The idea for a park to honor local heroes sprung from Kent, who two years ago proposed a downtown memorial for deceased New Mexico civil rights activist Alice Faye Kent Hoppes, a Tucumcari native. Kent was Hoppes’ nephew. Loveland said New Mexico M...
A hiccup Friday during the Mesalands Community College Iron Pour may have led to an inadvertent twist for future events - the prospect of working more with the molten metal during nighttime hours. A balky electrical generator kept the 24th Iron Pour from using one of its kilns at midday as planned. A phone call from Mark Martinez, the college's executive director of operations, to an electrician resolved the situation hours later, but the pouring of iron lasted well into the nighttime hours....
A year after a severe hailstorm, Mesalands Community College still is trying to repair buildings damaged by it. Mark Martinez, the college’s executive director of operations and procurement, during the board of trustees meeting last Tuesday detailed his ongoing efforts to repair campus buildings. Martinez said he is working to have repairs completed to four Mesalands buildings. He said repairs would begin on Building E in August. He said the former armory building, Building A and Building. D would require $61,900, $142,890 and $74,000 in r...
The Tucumcari Public Schools board approved a revamped salary schedule for the 2024-2025 school year that brings more retention and performance incentives and more equity in pay - especially for supervisors who might be earning less money than their workers. The board's approval last Monday of the salary schedule was a key component for eventually approving a budget for the next school year - due to be submitted to the state by June 4. A special meeting to approve the budget likely will be sched...
A Tucumcari business owner was one of 10 recent grant recipients from the Route 66 Extraordinary Women Micro-grants Program facilitated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Flora May Cordova of the Route 66 Welcome Center and Gift Shop will receive a $2,000 grant. Cordova said the money will be used to restore a longstanding neon arrow atop her business. The arrow went dark after a severe hailstorm in May 2023 damaged it. In a telephone interview, Cordova indicated recent neon-sign restoration efforts by the Route 66 Association of...
A house fire at midday Friday in Tucumcari rendered a couple homeless and killed three of their dogs. One of the occupants, Sandra McLain, said she briefly was hospitalized for burns to her arms, shoulders, back and feet. The blaze apparently started shortly after noon when McLain said she was in the shower. Surrounded by flames, she barely had time to leave the house. "My shirt was melting on me," she said in front of the destroyed home on Sunday afternoon. "I didn't have time to put on any...
A former Logan Municipal School instructor recently was inducted into the New Mexico Agriculture Teacher Hall of Fame. Jack Wiley, now the dean of instruction and an agriculture professor at Trinidad State College in Alamosa, Colorado, was inducted into the hall's Class of 2024. Wiley taught agriculture at Logan and guided its FFA chapter from 1986 to 1989. Before that, he taught ag and FFA at Moriarty. He became an administrator at Clayton Municipal Schools, first as a principal and then as...
June 8 — Doc Powers Memorial Car and Motorcycle Show. This free, family-friendly event will be hosted by the Tucumcari Elks Lodge 1172 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration of cars will begin at 10 a.m. with a $25 fee per vehicle, which comes with a free lunch. A prize raffle will be held every 30 minutes. It includes hot food, snow cones and music by the Junction 432 Band. For more information, email [email protected] or call (719) 217-8544. June 8 — Tucumcari Rotary Club Lobster Dinner & Dance. This event at the Tucumcari Elks Lodge fro...
On this date ... 1974: Tucumcari’s satellite campus of Eastern New Mexico University-High Plains Area Vocational-Technical School became a reality when 13 students began their Business Office Occupations (Secretarial) courses at the former Coronado Elementary School. Students were set to attend classes six hours a day, five days a week, over a period of 44 weeks. Carolyn Leak was the instructor. Students who enrolled were Gloria Gutierrez, Bertha Garcia, Martha Mendez, Gloria Salas, Karla Lopez, Debbie White, Katie Gutierrez, Dorothy Holmes, Po...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from May 21 to May 23: — Mark Vernon Lawrence, 41, Logan, battery against a household member. — Adrianna M. Apodaca, 33, Tucumcari, burglary of a vehicle, possession of burglary tools and larceny (over $250). — Nathan J. Lucero, 28, Tucumcari, parole violation. — Justin Ewel Gorham, 37, Logan, burglary of a vehicle, conspiracy to commit possession of burglary tools and larceny (over $250). — Neil Vanwyck, 46, Tucumcari, probation violation. — Michael Roger Lucero, 30, Tucumcari...
LOGAN - Described as an open house, Saturday's event at the Shollenbarger Building was as much as a celebration of the saving of one of the village's oldest structures. John and Jo Brown of Amarillo purchased the long-vacant red sandstone building, formerly known as Shollenbarger Mercantile, at 818 Martinez St. about a year ago from a grandson of the family that owned it. John, an attorney at the Mullin Hoard & Brown law firm in Amarillo, and Jo, a teacher, own a lakeside cabin in Logan and...
Paul John Zacarias November 5, 1940 - May 16, 2024 Paul John Zacarias, age 83, passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Graveside service to be held on Saturday, May 25, 2024, 1:00 pm at Tucumcari Memorial Park, 4161 Cemetery Rd, Tucumcari, NM, 88401. His family and military friends will serve as honorary pallbearers. Paul was born on November 5, 1940, to Juan Zacarias and Susie Garcia in Tucumcari, NM. He enjoyed bowling, shopping, and he loved to spoil his grandchildren. Survivors include his sp...
Mary A. Cordova November 20, 1944 - May 19, 2024 Mary A. Cordova “Little Mary”, 79 of Tucumcari, NM passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 19, 2024. Mary was born on November 20, 1944, in Mosquero, NM to Emilio Lucero and Estella (Apodaca) Lucero. Mary was raised in Tucumcari, NM, where she attended school. On January 6, 1962, Mary married Isabel Espicio Cordova at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Tucumcari. Aside from raising her family, Mary worked in hospitality as a waitress, retiring in 2017. Mary is remembered as a Christian mother and a par...
Quay County's sheriff fatally shot a rural Tucumcari man who was brandishing a firearm at healthcare personnel and law enforcement officers on May 14. Sheriff Dennis Garcia volunteered the information about his involvement during a phone interview two days after the shooting of Aubrey James Osteen, 77, at Osteen's home on Quay Road 49 about a dozen miles south of Tucumcari. "Because I was involved, I feel the I need to be transparent about it," Garcia said in a phone interview with the Quay...
ROSWELL — A district court judge last Monday granted an injunction prohibiting the New Mexico Public Education Department from implementing its 180-day school calendar. District Judge Dustin K. Hunter of Roswell stated in his ruling that the injunction will remain in effect “pending final determination of the merits of this cause.” More than 50 school districts, including all in Quay County, joined the lawsuit challenging the rule. They argue the mandate would result in budget shortfalls, essentially eliminate four-day school weeks that have...