Plan update prompts talk on city's future
Ideas for an update to the City of Tucumcari's comprehensive plan ranged from basic to fanciful, but several residents coalesced around a vision of...
Outgoing TPS chief reflects on career
In a little less than a month, Tucumcari Public Schools superintendent Aaron McKinney will leave the unit office for the final time - a closing...
Man gets lesser sentence in hammer attack
An Iowa man will serve a suspended three-year prison sentence in a plea deal after being accused of seriously injuring another man in a hammer attack in February in Logan. Prosecutors offered a plea...
Jail log - Dec. 6
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Nov. 27 to Nov. 30: — Joe Ray Montano, 48, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Camden Sandoval, 22, no address listed,...
911 board OKs deal for former pharmacy
The Tucumcari/Quay Regional Emergency Communications Board last week recommended entering into a $190,000 purchase agreement for the former Bob’s Budget Pharmacy building as a future home for its...
Recounts ordered for Logan, San Jon races
New Mexico’s State Canvass Board last week ordered recounts of close races for the Logan Village Board and San Jon school board from last month’s local elections. Quay County Clerk Ellen White...
Police blotter - Dec. 6
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Nov. 27 to Dec. 3: Monday — 1:24 a.m.: Theft in 1900 block of South Mountain Road, Tucumcari. — 7 a.m.:...
Pages past - Dec. 6
On this date ... 1973: Faced with a continuing squabble over the status of girls athletics in New Mexico schools, the State Board of Education created a special subcommittee to look into the...
Calendar - Dec. 6
• Saturday — Very Merry Tucumcari Christmas Dash. This free event by the Quay County Health Council and Tucumcari MainStreet will be from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Tucumcari Historic Railroad Plaza. It...
Menus - Dec. 6
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Pancake sausage on a stick, assorted cereal, cinnamon graham cracker, fruit cocktail, orange juice, 1%, skim or strawberry skim milk; Lunch: Macaroni and...
THS grapplers won't surprise foes this time
Last season, Tucumcari - to the surprise of many - won its first district championship in more than 30 years. A dismayed Valley coach, believing his...
Tucumcari drops to 2A, lands in new district
The New Mexico Activities Association’s board of directors last week approved a two-year classification and realignment proposal that dropped Tucumcari from Class 3A to 2A and placed most THS...
THS setter wins third all-state honor
Tucumcari junior setter Caylee Benavidez earned all-state honors for a third time in her volleyball career when the Class 3A team was announced last...
Logan girls go 2-1 at Dora tourney
After a season-opening loss, the Logan girls basketball team rebounded with two wins during the Dora Tournament, including a 51-46 victory over the host team Saturday in the consolation final. With...
Longhorns breeze to Dora tourney title
The Logan boys basketball team won the season-opening Dora Tournament in resounding fashion, including a 78-46 victory over Roy-Mosquero in the championship game Saturday. Logan raced to a 16-0 lead...
Rattlers go 1-2 at WLV tourney
For Tucumcari, it was one that got away. The Rattlers basketball team saw a double-digit lead evaporate in the second half during a 57-50 loss to Newcomb in the fifth-place game Saturday of the...
Lady Rattlers' season opener postponed
The Tucumcari girls basketball team’s season-opener Thursday night against Robertson was postponed due to snowy weather in northern New Mexico. The Cardinals decided Thursday morning to not make...
Data key to student growth
One of the best administrators I have ever worked with grounded every decision in the essential question: “Is this what’s best for kids?” To get to the answers, she skillfully used data as a...
Far right must be stopped for democracy
Donald Trump is telling us he’s a threat to democracy. We just have to listen. Earlier this month on his Truth Social website, Trump threatened to “expel” and “cast out” government workers...
Community News Act would help newspapers through tax incentives
While public confidence in journalism remains low, surveys in recent years by the Pew Research Center and Gallup, among others, suggest that local news is faring better in public opinion. Surveys...
Baking therapy connects past to present
When the world weighs on me, I pull out a tattered cookbook and thumb through the pages. Baking therapy. The old book has recipes from decades and people long past. There’s something soothing...
'Tis the season to be joyful
’Tis the season to be joyful! Having just celebrated Thanksgiving, we’re now reminded we should be most thankful and joyful because of the good news of great joy that the Savior had been born...
Neither candidate will benefit from debate
Excuse me for skipping the great debate Thursday night between the governors of Florida and California. I had better things to do than watch a meaningless political debate between Red State hero Ron...