Articles from the February 15, 2023 edition
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Two charged in fatal dog attack
Two Tucumcari people made their first appearances in magistrate court Friday after they were criminally charged in the death of another resident who was attacked and killed last week by a pack of...
MCC board appoints interim acting president
The Mesalands Community College board of trustees appointed an acting interim president Tuesday night, but not without testy opposition from the executive staff who labeled the move as...
Attack in Logan leaves victim in critical condition
New Mexico State Police is investigating an aggravated battery in Logan that has left the victim in critical condition. Early Tuesday, a victim was found with severe injuries consistent with an...
Solvency plan by MCC cuts pay, programs
The Mesalands Community College board of trustees, acting without its embattled president, approved a solvency plan that imposes progressively deeper pay cuts for higher-earning employees and cuts...
City accepts state grant to fix pool
The Tucumcari City Commission on Thursday accepted a $216,803 state grant to repair the city’s municipal swimming pool that the city manager said she hopes to reopen by summer. The city last month r...
County assessor resigning later this year
Quay County Assessor Janie Hoffman is stepping down later this year after a total of 14 years in the position. Hoffman announced during a closed executive session with Quay County commissioners on...
Pages past - Feb. 15
On this date ... 1973: Construction began this week on the main security vault for the new First National Bank building on First Street in Tucumcari, across from the post office. The walls of the...
Menus - Feb. 15
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Bacon and cheese frittata wrap, toast, assorted cereal, graham crackers, fresh banana, orange juice, skim or 1% milk; Lunch: Turkey BLT wrap, barbecued pork...
Calendar - Feb. 15
• Monday, March 5 — Little League field cleanup day. Show your support for Quay County Little League players by lending a hand and helping clean up the field to get it ready for the upcoming...
Valentine's Day honors multiple saints
Feb. 14 is Valentine’s Day, which I love as a celebration of love. But there’s a lot about its origin I didn’t previously know. First, there are more than one Saint Valentine and the Feb. 14 hol...
County's COVID-19 risk drops back to 'low'
Quay County’s risk of community spread of COVID-19 dropped back to the “low” level after a two-week spike. The COVID Act Now website that tracks the disease on Friday dropped Quay County’s...
Shots-fired reports lead to gym lockdown
Four reports of shots-fired incidents in Tucumcari last Tuesday night led to a brief lockdown of Rattler Gymnasium after a boys basketball game. Interim Tucumcari Police Chief Patricia Lopez said...
Employees blast MCC president
Executive staff for financially troubled Mesalands Community College and representatives from its faculty and staff senates during a special board of trustees meeting Thursday issued scathing...
Unpopular president tells Americans that all is well
President Joe Biden, his approval ratings underwater for most of the past two years, made his case for a second term last week. It’s doubtful he changed many minds. The 80-year-old Democrat droned o...
State must begin transition now
Term limits can be incredibly liberating, as former Republican Gov. Gary Johnson demonstrated when he professed his love for marijuana shortly after winning reelection in 1998. Gov. Michelle Lujan...
Transgender policies hurt women
The problem with young people today is no one teaches them history. If they knew what the East German government did to their Olympic women athletes in the 1970s and 1980s, for instance, they might...
Eight qualify for state wrestling tourney
Eight members of the Tucumcari High School boys wrestling team qualified for this weekend's state tournament. Five Rattlers initially made the cut...
Rattlers split two district games
The Ruidoso boys basketball team overcame a double-digit deficit and foul trouble during a 50-45 district victory over Tucumcari last Tuesday at the S...
Lady Rattlers take lead in district
The Tucumcari girls basketball team vaulted into first place in the District 4 standings with victories last week over Ruidoso and Dexter. Last...
No. 1 Foxes surge past Longhorns
The Logan boys basketball team led much of the first half, but state-ranked Fort Sumner outscored the Longhorns 45-21 in the second half to prevail 70-47 in a district matchup Saturday. The Longhorns...
Fort Sumner rallies by Logan girls
The Logan girls basketball team saw an early lead wither away during a 54-41 district loss Saturday at Fort Sumner. The Lady Longhorns took a 15-11 lead in the first quarter and 21-19 in the second....
Police report reveals details of fatal crash
A Tucumcari teen who died in a Jeep accident last month at Five Mile Park was hanging out the vehicle’s window and wasn’t belted into his passenger-side seat when the crash occurred. The driver...
Pieces of wire found in TPS school lunches
Pieces of wire brush found in mashed potatoes during lunch Wednesday at Tucumcari Public Schools prompted the district to pull the product off its shelves and alert the manufacturer. Superintendent...
Police blotter - Feb. 15
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Feb. 6 to Feb. 12: Monday — 6:05 a.m.: Theft in 700 block of South Monroe Street, Tucumcari. — 6:42 a.m.:...
Jail log - Feb. 15
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Feb. 3 to Feb. 13: — Lucrecia Kimberly Ulibarri, 21, Tucumcari, two counts of contempt of court. — Fred A. Chavez, 60,...
