Articles from the March 20, 2019 edition
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Winds howl across area
How windy was it last Wednesday? How about so windy, it blew over a freight train. It sounds like a tall tale, but it was no joke when severe winds...
Iron pour begins
With the pouring of the first batch of red-hot molten iron into molds about 4:30 p.m. Friday, the 21st annual Iron Pour at Mesalands Community...
Quay County to receive $1.6 million plus for capital outlay
Quay County will receive more than $1.6 million worth of capital-outlay projects from the New Mexico Legislature, barring any line-item vetoes from the governor. State Rep. Randy Crowder (R-Clovis)... Full story
City reaches shrine consensus
The Tucumcari City Commission reached a consensus in a public work session Thursday that shrines should not be allowed in the future at the Tucumcari Memorial Park cemetery, but existing shrines will...
No damage reported from tornado
The report of a tornado in Quay County the evening of March 12 prompted Tucumcari officials to activate the city’s tornado sirens, but no reports of damage came in the wake of the storm. Daniel...
Community Health Forum to be held
The Quay County Health Council and Presbyterian Healthcare Services invite everyone for a Community Health Forum on Tuesday. It will be at the Quay County Fair Exhibit Center from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m....
Pages past - March 20
On this date ... 1969: Tucumcari’s Class of 1970 is presenting the comical play “The Campbells Are Coming” in the junior-high auditorium. The plot is of an Ozark family and the incidents that...
Calendar - March 20
• Friday-Saturday — March Mud Madness. The second annual event will begin with a meet-and-greet at Dynotraxx Motorsports at 1101 E. Tucumcari Blvd. on March 22 and the Mud Bog event at 3001 E....
Menus - March 20
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Yogurt and granola, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Diced chicken and gravy with honey wheat roll, peanut...
Tucumcari man arrested on assault, drug charges
A Tucumcari man was jailed after being accused of breaking into a garage, assaulting a family member and possessing marijuana during an incident March 11. Joshua Neal, 29, was accused in complaints...
Racino license once more on commission's agenda
The New Mexico Racing Commission again has placed awarding a sixth license on its tentative agenda for its regular meeting Thursday in Albuquerque. But with a lawsuit due in an Albuquerque courtroom...
Time to applaud those oft-forgotten first responders
“I am a lineman for the county “And I drive the main road “Searchin’ in the sun for another overload …” — Jimmy Webb’s “Wichita Lineman” They gather annually to compete for fun,...
Sometimes I question full objectivity
We who work in literary forms, even journalism, often become enamored with scientific principles that we systematically misapply to our own work. Two of these are the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle...
No point in legislating morality
Today’s topic is sin. I’ll try not to get preachy about it. There’s a long list of habit-forming vices that Americans have enjoyed, condemned, regulated and even outlawed over time, but today...
Answer God for bright future
As for every month on the Roman calendar, March 15, was called the Ides of March, which was last Friday. On the Ides of March in 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated by as many as 60 conspirators,...
Mesalands student selected for team
Mesalands Community College announced Brandon Smith, a member of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) National Honor Society, was selected to the 2019 PTK New Mexico All-State Academic Team. Smith was recently...
Track season kicks off
Tucumcari track and field coach Wayne Ferguson will get his first good look at his boys and girls teams in competition Saturday during the...
Tularosa defeats Tucumcari
The sixth-seeded Tularosa girls basketball dashed Tucumcari’s dreams of a state-final berth by stunning the third-seeded Lady Rattlers 38-35 in the Class 3A quarterfinals March 12 at the Santa Ana...
Rodeo team takes two titles
The Mesalands Community College rodeo team took home two championship titles in bull riding during a recent season-opening competition at Central Arizona College in Casa Grande, Arizona. Levi Gray of...
Lady Longhorns out in semifinals
The Logan girls basketball team’s 29 turnovers proved fatal during a 60-42 loss Thursday to Tatum in the Class 1A semifinals at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. The third-seeded Lady...
Logan boys fall to Melrose
The Logan boys basketball team couldn’t overcome a fast start by district rival Melrose and fell 77-69 during the Class 1A quarterfinals Wednesday at Bernalillo High School. The fifth-seeded...
Gymnast wins state championship
An 11-year-old Tucumcari girl recently won an individual state championship during a gymnastics event in Albuquerque. Aliyah Marez, who takes attends school in Tucumcari but takes classes at KATZ...
Police blotter - March 20
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from March 11 to March 17: Monday • 7:47 a.m.: Burglary from motor vehicle in 2000 block of South Third Street,...
Jail log - March 20
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from March 11 to March 15: • Deanna Kay Henke, 54, Tucumcari, charge not listed. • Matthew Howell, 28, Tucumcari, five counts...
