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Hail, flooding cause widespread damage
Daylight on Friday showed the widespread damage from a severe hailstorm and heavy rain that caused flooding late Thursday. The Tucumcari Convention Center, and the Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce buildi...
Power begins to return in Tucumcari
Xcel work crews began restoring power in Tucumcari in phases about 2 p.m. today using a big generator in the city, and a spokesman said all homes in the city should have electricity within two hours...
San Jon school board OKs budget
The San Jon Municipal Schools board of trustees last week approved a 2023-2024 budget that reflects state-mandated 6% raises for its teachers and staff. The district’s operating budget in the next f...
Three area players picked for all-star baseball
Logan senior catcher Park Strong, Logan senior third baseman Skyler DeLuca and Tucumcari senior outfielder Billy Otero recently were selected to the annual Class 1A-3A Red vs. Green All-Star baseball...
Altrusa announces area scholarship winners
Altrusa International of Tucumcari announced its annual scholarship winners for most Quay County’s school districts and its one college. Each of those students received $600 to the college or trade...
Storm causes Tucumcari outage
Wednesday’s severe storm impacted a transmission line supplying electricity to Tucumcari, causing the outage that has affected all city customers. “It’s unclear at the moment how long power...
Former employees sue MCC
Four former employees of Mesalands Community College filed lawsuits last week against the college’s board of trustees after they said they were fired from their positions. Natalie Gillard, former...
Second dog-attack suspect bound over for trial
The second suspect charged in a fatal dog attack in Tucumcari recently waived his right to a preliminary hearing last week and was bound over for trial. Kristopher Jaquaris Morris, 27, of Tucumcari,...
Man files malpractice suit against Trigg, PRMC
A Tucumcari man filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Clovis hospital and Dr. Daniel C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari after he suffered two hip injuries. Mario Barreras filed the suit o...
Tucumcari MainStreet earns national accreditation
Tucumcari MainStreet recently was designated as an accredited Main Street America program for meeting rigorous performance standards. Tucumcari MainStreet Executive Director Connie Loveland also laid...
Logan board OKs priorities in facility master plan
The Logan school board approved lightly modified list of priorities for the district’s five-year facility master plan, with security upgrades as the most important. According to the document...
4-H hunting team finishes runner-up in state
Quay County 4-H teams finished second in hunting and fourth in archery at the New Mexico Shooting Sports Championship in Raton earlier this month....
Police step up presence after social media threat
Tucumcari’s police chief requested more law-enforcement presence last week in the wake of a social-media threat that targeted numerous schools in New Mexico, including Tucumcari’s. Chief Patti...
Lady Dons oust Lady Rattlers from 3A playoffs
RIO RANCHO — West Las Vegas made the Tucumcari softball team’s postseason a short one during the Lady Ratters’ 15-0 loss on Wednesday. The ninth-seeded Lady Rattlers faced the eighth-seeded...
Three Lady Rattlers earn all-district
Three members of Tucumcari's softball team earned all-district honors during voting results announced after the state tournament this past weekend....
Logan's Stoner voted district Player of Year
Logan's Class 1A runner-up baseball team boasted six all-district players this season, including the Player of the Year. Longhorns junior pitcher and...
THS senior 30th at state golf tourney
Jade Duplantis was the lone Tucumcari representative at last week's Class A-3A girls state golf championships. Duplantis, a senior, shot a total of...
Mesalands holds in-person graduation
About 60 students participated in Mesalands Community College's spring graduation ceremony Friday at Tucumcari High School's Rattler Gymnasium....
Texas man dies in I-40 crash near Tucumcari
A Texas man died in a crash last week on Interstate 40 east of Tucumcari. Diego Ignacio Castro Serrito, 18, of Fort Worth was declared dead at the scene by the Office of Medical Examiner. According...
Woman charged with three felonies
Local police detained a Tucumcari woman on felony charges after she was accused of letting three young girls roam on a roadway unsupervised. Judy K. Cochran, 74, was charged with three counts of...
Las Chaparritas goes from food truck to sit-down cafe
The opening last week of Las Chaparritas Mexican Restaurant in downtown Tucumcari represents sizable growth from its food-truck origins just a few...
Tucumcari softball plays WLV in playoffs
The Tucumcari softball team earned a No. 9 seed in the Class 3A tournament and will take on West Las Vegas in a single-elimination play-in game on Wednesday. The Lady Rattlers (10-13) will play the...
Logan softball team ends season with loss at Clayton
The Logan softball team ended its season last Monday with a 17-10 district loss at Clayton. Logan’s Marilyn Moreno went 2-for-4 at the plate, including a triple, with two RBI and two runs scored....
Logan faces Mesilla Valley Christian in semifinals
Logan’s No. 1-ranked and unbeaten baseball team will face Mesilla Valley Christian in the Class 1A semifinals at 10 a.m. Friday in Albuquerque. That game and other Class 1A tournament matchups will...
Reactivated Legion post to occupy Hardee's building
A former Tucumcari resident is reactivating the city's American Legion post after more than a quarter-century hiatus and will house it in the...
