Articles from the October 11, 2023 edition
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County to get $9.8M for new bridge
Quay County commissioners on Monday approved agreements to receive a total of $9.8 million in federal funds over two fiscal years to build a new bridge on Old Route 66 between San Jon and Endee. The...
Voters to decide on hospital tax renewal
Quay County voters will decide in the Nov. 7 election whether to continue a longstanding sales-tax subsidy for Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari. The ballot issue would renew a one-eighth-cent...
TPS board hears pitch on superintendent search
The Tucumcari school board heard a sales pitch last week from representatives of the New Mexico School Boards Association to help the board search for a replacement for its retiring superintendent....
Bond votes on tap for four schools
All four public schools in Quay County have bond questions for voters on the Nov. 7 election ballot, including what could be a highly consequential one for San Jon. For voters in the district for San...
Menus - Oct. 11
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Chicken patty sandwich, chef salad, buffalo chicken wrap, ranch potato wedges, seasoned peas, fresh broccoli, fruit cocktail, 1%, skim, chocolate skim or strawberry...
Calendar - Oct. 11
• Friday-Saturday — 15th annual Mesalands Community College Grand Canyon Region Intercollegiate Rodeos. The Quay County Rodeo Arena will host two successive rodeos each day. Gates open at 5 p.m.,...
Pages past - Oct. 11
On this date … 1973: U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after accepting a plea deal in a Baltimore courtroom in exchange for a lighter sentence. Agnew also said he resigned to spare anguish...
Higher education needs a revolution
When the revolution in higher education finally arrives, how will we know? I have a simple metric: When universities change how they measure faculty work time. Using this yardstick, the U.S. system...
McCarthy's ouster of his own making
Oct. 3 will go down in American history as the first time a speaker of the House was expelled from Congress by his own peers. Kevin McCarthy, a man consumed of blind personal ambition and...
What's the plan with Speaker gone?
OK, my fellow Republicans, you got rid of Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Eight of you joined with every Democrat in the House of Representatives – the only part of the federal government we control – to...
THS spikers win sixth in a row
Tucumcari’s volleyball team extended its winning streak to six with a resounding 25-16, 25-17, 25-11 non-district victory over visiting Pecos on Saturday. Cambree Benavidez made a team-high 12...
Logan rallies over No. 2 Ft. Sumner
Logan came back from a three-touchdown deficit in the third quarter to nab a 38-34 district victory over No. 2-ranked and defending state champion Fort Sumner in eight-man football action on Friday. L...
Logan spikers edge No. 2 Legacy
LOGAN - Logan's gymnasium wasn't close to being full Saturday, but the crowd noise and especially the play on the volleyball court resembled a...
THS football finds itself in playoff contention
Tucumcari's football team finds itself in an unfamiliar spot - in the running for a berth for the Class 3A playoffs. After a 12-7 victory over...
Faith columnist writes book about rule of Moses
Don't expect light reading from a local pastor's new book about Moses. Gordan Runyan, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Tucumcari for the past 13 y...
MCC hosting a business boot camp
Mesalands Community College is hosting a free “Business 101: Boot Camp” from 10 a.m. to noon on Oct. 25. The training will teach entrepreneurs key components of starting or owning their own...
New Mexico to experience solar eclipse Saturday
A sizable chunk of New Mexico will experience a near-total solar eclipse on Saturday morning, though the phenomenon will be a little less pronounced...
Remembrances are made of these
Besides specific holidays, October is designated as the month of remembrance for many things. Likely, we all have special memories in October; some glad, some sad. For me, the month includes several...
Police blotter - Oct. 11
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Oct. 2 to Oct. 8: Monday — 2:30 a.m.: Noise complaint at East High and South Lake streets, Tucumcari. ...
