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A Tucumcari man died in a two-vehicle accident last week near Midland, Texas. Zachary Rogers, 31, was a passenger in a Ford F-150 pickup hit by a dump truck at the intersection of Highway 158 and County Road 1150 in Midland County, Texas, at 8:12 a.m. Feb. 26, according to a report from the Texas Department of Public Safety. After the collision, the pickup left the roadway and hit a utility pole. Rogers was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the pickup, Cheyenne Lattin, 36, also of Tucumcari, was taken to Midland Memorial Hospital and...
Three Quay County athletes received word last week they had received scholarships from the New Mexico Activities Association Foundation. Camryn Cantrell of Logan received a Mario Martinez Memorial NMAA Extraordinary Participation Scholarship worth $2,000. Hailee Robertson, also of Logan, received a Together We Rise scholarship worth $1,000. Marvin Reese of San Jon received a trade / technical school scholarship from the foundation worth $1,000. About 450 students submitted applications, with a total of $76,000 distributed through 68...
Robert Moore Jr. admits he and his brother's efforts to fix up and eventually reopen four long-closed properties along Route 66 in Tucumcari have been a work in progress. That progress must have been impressive enough for the New Mexico Route 66 Association. On Thursday, Moore and William Cooke received the organization's annual Route 66 Heritage Award. The award recognized their acquisition and cleanup of the Circle S Ranch Court motel (formerly the Relax Inn) at 1010 E. Route 66 (aka...
The New Mexico Department of Health is urging people age 65 and older to receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine dose for enhanced protection against severe effects from the virus. The agency made the recommendation last week after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged such booster shots. “Most COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations last year were among people 65 years and older,” Dr. Miranda Durham, chief medical officer for NMDOH, said. “An additional vaccine dose can provide added protection that may have decreased over time...
Two days after conquering Ruidoso for the district title, the Tucumcari girls basketball team learned Sunday it will play the Warriors again in an opening-round Class 3A home playoff game on Friday. The Logan girls and boys basketball teams earned third and fifth seeds respectively in their Class 1A playoffs. Both will play home games this weekend. Class 3A girls The Lady Rattlers (22-3), winners of 10 in a row, earned the fifth seed in Class 3A tournament pairings announced Sunday by the New Mexico Activities Association. Tucumcari will play...
The third-seeded Logan boys basketball team fell into a 17-point deficit in the third quarter and never could climb back out of it during a 73-66 loss Thursday at second-seeded Melrose in the semifinals of the district tournament. The Longhorns (23-5) trailed 35-28 at intermission, and that gap grew to 54-37 midway through the third period. Logan several times rallied to within six points in the fourth quarter but drew no closer. “We dug ourselves in a hole in the beginning of the third quarter,” Logan coach Kyle Griffiths said. “De...
The top-seeded Logan girls basketball team used a second-half surge Friday to conquer second-seeded Fort Sumner 58-44 and capture the district tournament title at the Lady Longhorns' gym. The Lady Longhorns (20-7), ranked fourth in Class 1A by MaxPreps.com coming into the game, won their eighth in a row and already had won the regular-season district championship the previous week. Camryn Cantrell scored 17 points and Desta Rose 16 to lead Logan, which outscored the Vixens 32-22 in the second...
The third-seeded Tucumcari boys basketball team struggled to get anything going offensively and were ousted from the district tournament in a 62-37 loss Thursday at second-seeded New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. The Rattlers trailed 14-7 after the first quarter and 32-17 at intermission. "I'm not sure what happened," THS coach Gary Hittson said. "It was not the same team that played Dexter on Wednesday night. They just got in our face, played good defense and out-physicaled us." Luis...
The Logan FFA parliamentary procedure team recently won the state competition in Portales and will advance to the national competition in October in Indianapolis. The Logan team members were President Braeden Lightfoot, Secretary Kyleigh Philips, Charmaynn Hall, Trinity Grant, Javida Roberts, April Landsdell and alternate member Elizabeth Kanapilly. According to adviser Clay Lightfoot, each team at the state competition took a 25-question multiple-choice written test. The advanced to...
Due to a technicality, an appellate court denied Coronado Partners’ appeal of a case where it hoped to force the New Mexico Racing Commission to issue a horse-racing and casino license in Tucumcari. The New Mexico Court of Appeals on Jan. 31 filed a mandate to the Bernalillo District Court clerk, stating it denied Coronado Partners’ appeal and closed the case. Warren Frost, a Logan attorney and a principal for Coronado Partners, said Saturday he would pursue other avenues for a sixth and final racing license to build a more than $50 mil...
The enthusiasm for a plan to have one director to run the Greater Tucumcari Economic Development Corp. and the Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce appears to have cooled down somewhat. The chamber board is set to vote this week on a proposed memorandum of understanding for one director for both organizations to save costs and due to overlapping responsibilities. Both entities saw their leaders depart last summer. The EDC board meeting last Tuesday lacked a quorum to take any official action. Instead, interim director Kristine Olsen...
The filing day for candidates in New Mexico’s June primary election is scheduled for Tuesday, March 12. The Quay County Clerk’s Office in Tucumcari recently issued a new release, reminding prospective local candidates what they must do to properly file. Each candidate must bring this information: — Declaration of candidacy that’s completed and notarized; — Copy of the candidate campaign committee registration form that’s been completed online; — Nominating petitions (if required); — Filing fee or pauper’s statement (for county candidates...
The Logan girls basketball team captured the District 6 regular-season title and the top seed and home court for this week’s district tourney title game with a 73-50 home victory Thursday. Camryn Cantrell scored 26 points to lead the Lady Longhorns, and Desta Rose added 25 points. The Lady Longhorns (19-7) won their seventh in a row. They finished 5-1 in district play to top the standings and earned two byes and a home game in the finals in this week’s district tournament. “I’m very proud of the girls’ hard work and the toughness they’ve s...
Tucumcari boasted an individual champion in its first-ever powerlifting competition last week during a seven-team meet at Logan. Nolan Ryen, a senior at THS, lifted a total of 1,095 pounds in the 275-pound boys weight class for the Rattlers’ lone individual title. He lifted 440 pounds in the squat, 215 pounds in the bench press and 440 pounds in the dead lift. “He did fantastic,” Tucumcari coach Matt Benavidez said, noting Ryen had lifted 350 pounds in the squat and 185 pounds in the bench press just weeks ago. “Compared to what he did at the...
The Logan boys basketball team closed its regular season with a 90-50 victory Thursday over visiting Grady in a preview of this week’s district-tourney opener. Mason Wallin scored 32 points to lead the Longhorns, and Hayden Bruhn added 26. The Longhorns (22-4) finished third in District 6 with a 3-3 mark and was seeded third in this week’s district tournament, with the title game hosted by top-seeded Fort Sumner. The Foxes lost at Melrose 60-49 on Thursday but still earned the No. 1 seed in the tournament with a 5-1 mark in district play. Log...
After more than a year without one, the Village of Logan has a bank again. Plateau Telecommunications announced last week it purchased the former New Mexico Bank & Trust building along U.S. 54 in Logan and opened The Bank of Logan and a Plateau store there on Feb. 20. The Bank of Logan is a division of The Bank of Clovis. According to its website, The Bank of Clovis was founded as a state-chartered bank in 2000 and is insured by the FDIC. Rodney Paris, administrator for the village, said the...
The chairman of the local emergency communications board advocated using cash reserves to pay for a building for the 911 center, freeing up money for the center’s moving expenses. Rodney Paris, chairman of the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Board, said during the board’s Feb. 21 meeting he didn’t like the payoff terms of a proposed New Mexico Finance Authority loan for the 911 center’s move into a former pharmacy building on South Second Street. He advocated using the county’s cash on hand to pay about $190,000 for the forme...
A $10 million allocation to help build a new Tucumcari hospital made it through the New Mexico Legislature as it concluded its 30-day session Thursday, plus more than $2 million in capital outlay projects throughout Quay County. All projects are subject to a possible line-item veto from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham through March 6. Kimberly Legant, a principal with Hull Consulting of Albuquerque, which is Quay County government’s lobbyist, said the $10 million in funding “for the construction of a hospital in Tucumcari-Quay County” was inser...
The Tucumcari Senior Center will hold a meeting on Feb. 27 to let people enroll in the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program. The senior center will hold its enrollment from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. that day. The program gives participants fresh, locally grown fruits, vegetables, herbs and honey from local farmers markets, farm stores or farm roadside stands. Participants can also receive healthful recipes and receive food-health awareness tips. People who are non-native Americans age 60 and over, Native Americans age 55 and older and senior...
Three Tucumcari High School boy wrestlers earned medals at the at the Region 2 championships Saturday at Belen, all advancing to this weekend's state meet at Rio Rancho. Antonio Gonzales (27-5), a senior in the 172-pound weight class, advanced to the finals at the 19-team meet, losing only to Highland's Amiri Mumba by a 8-0 major decision. Josh Pacheco (34-9), a junior, finished third in the 145-pound division. He lost an 8-4 decision in the semifinals to Academy's Zac Fernandez but prevailed...
Tucumcari High School’s head football coach has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation. Tucumcari Public Schools interim superintendent Dave Johnson said that coach Tarik Emback was placed on leave after being notified of an allegation in January that Johnson would not specify. Johnson said the investigation should be wrapped up “in a few weeks.” He did not give specifics on the allegation because it is a personnel matter, though he said he might give more information later. Quay County Sheri...
The Logan girls basketball team vaulted into sole possession of first place in the district with a 52-46 comeback victory Saturday over visiting Fort Sumner, the previous frontrunner. The Lady Longhorns twice trailed the Vixens early in the fourth quarter, then put together an 11-3 scoring run to take a decisive 49-42 lead with less than two minutes left. Desta Rose, who led Logan with 23 points, and Hailee Robertson each made late free throws to preserve the victory. With its sixth straight win, Logan improved to 18-7 overall and 4-1 in...
The Fort Sumner boys basketball team captured a regular-season district title Saturday with a 79-76 comeback victory at Logan in a clash of two highly ranked squads. With the Foxes trailing 76-75 with less than a minute left, senior guard Joaquin Segura scored a driving bucket with 20 seconds left, then made two free throws with four seconds remaining. A final play set up by the Longhorns gave senior guard Brock Burns a good look at what would have been a game-tying 3-pointer just before the buzzer, but his shot bounced off the rim. Logan...
Contrary to rumors, the Arch Hurley Conservancy District board last week did not allocate water for the upcoming spring season. A water allocation wasn’t even on the board’s agenda for its regular Feb. 13 meeting. Board member Larry Perkins said he’d received three phone calls from people hearing the board would allocate water during the meeting. He surmised it was a misunderstanding regarding a photo on social media of the district replacing a radial gate. Last summer, the district allocated water to farmers through its canals for the first...
A Harding County man filed a complaint for damages against a truck driver, a trucking firm and its insurer over injuries he suffered in an accident near Logan in 2021, alleging the trucker was incompetent. The plaintiff, Nathan Eggart, asserts that Iowa-based CRST International shouldn’t have employed driver William Llewellyn of North Carolina, citing his previous traffic violations. Eggart filed the lawsuit in district court in Tucumcari on Feb. 9 against Llewellyn, CRST and Ace American Insurance. The Roybal-Mack & Cordova law film in A...
