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Area to get $1.8 million in capital outlay
Quay County entities are in line to receive $1.84 million in capital-outlay allocations from the just-completed session of the New Mexico Legislature, including more than $1 million to the City of...
Mesalands president Busch resigns
Embattled Mesalands Community College President Gregory Busch last week submitted a formal resignation letter, effective March 10. Busch’s three-page resignation letter, which stated it was sent...
MCC approves Moss as interim president
The Mesalands Community College board of trustees on Thursday approved making Allen Moss the college's interim president, effective immediately,...
Quay County's mapper hired as assessor
Quay County commissioners apparently couldn’t resist the prospect of a 2-for-1 situation in hiring an assessor. Commissioners on March 13 unanimously chose the county’s geographic information...
Earlier start set for next school year at Logan
The Logan Municipal School board approved a calendar for the 2023-2024 school year that’s largely the same as in previous years but complies with an expanded-instruction bill expected to become...
Pages past - March 22
On this date ... 1972: Firefighters were called to extinguish a blaze in the east wing of the Sheraton Inn motel in Tucumcari. The fire, believed to be electrical in origin, started in a utility room...
Calendar - March 22
• Saturday — Fish fry for Tucumcari STEM Club. This 6:30 p.m. event at the Tucumcari Elks Lodge will help defray the team’s travel expenses for the MIT robotics competition in Boston. The $14 pl...
Menus - March 22
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Closed for spring break. Thursday — Closed for spring break. Monday — Breakfast: Cinni mini, assorted cereal, graham crackers, fresh apple, orange juice, skim, 1%...
House superintendent put on paid leave
HOUSE - House Muncipal Schools Superintendent Bonnie Lightfoot was placed on paid administrative leave last Tuesday by the school board. Parents said...
Arch Hurley board votes to not allocate water
The Arch Hurley Conservancy District board of directors voted last week to not allocate water into its irrigation canals for now but remained hopeful they might do so after rainier weather this...
State grant will help TPS write facilities master plan
The Tucumcari Public Schools board last week accepted a state grant of up to $34,303.96 to help the district form a five-year facilities master plan. The district’s share of the plan would be...
Tucumcari man files suit over body-slam arrest
A Tucumcari man filed a lawsuit against the city, police department and two officers over his being body-slammed during a 2021 arrest that was captured by a bystander’s video. Pete Apodaca filed a...
County's new COVID-19 cases total one
Just one confirmed case of coronavirus was reported in Quay County last week, down from three during the previous week. Last week’s sole case brought the total number of coronavirus cases in Quay...
Dog-attack suspect arrested on unrelated case
One of the suspects in a fatal dog-attack case in Tucumcari landed back in jail last week on an unrelated case in Curry County. Kristopher Jaquarias Morris, 27, of Tucumcari, was booked into the Quay...
Police blotter - March 22
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from March 13 to March 19: Monday — 6:14 a.m.: Trespassing at U.S. 54 and Quay Road K, Logan. — 8:22 a.m.:...
Jail log - March 22
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from March 13 to March 15: — Daniel Edward Lott, 57, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Edwin Rodriguez, 58, Phoenix, felony...
Senior center multipurpose site proposed
Tucumcari city commissioners during a work session Thursday seemed receptive to a long-range proposal by the city’s senior center director to plan for a multipurpose building that would include a...
Busch submits resignation to MCC
Embattled and absent Mesalands Community College President Gregory Busch submitted a formal resignation letter, effective March 10, according to a news release this afternoon from the college....
MCC chief clarifies possible future of college
The acting president of Mesalands Community College clarified to Tucumcari city commissioners on Thursday what he hoped to see in the near future for the financially distressed college. Allen Moss,...
County opposes listing of LPC as endangered
Quay County commissioners on Monday approved a resolution opposing a federal listing of the lesser prairie chicken as an endangered species, fearing the economic impact. County manager Daniel Zamora s...
Tucumcari ranks No. 1 in state for home affordability
Tucumcari ranked No. 1 in New Mexico for being the most affordable place to buy a home, according to a recent analysis by SmartAsset.com. Tucumcari scored an affordability index of 76.31,...
Mesalands hosts KidWind competition
Three schools, including one from Tucumcari, participated recently in the KidWind Challenge at the North American Wind Research and Training Center at...
COVID-19 cases drop by half in county
Three COVID-19 cases were reported by state officials in Quay county last week, dropping the number by half from the previous week. Quay County has reported weekly single-digit numbers of COVID-19 for...
Pages past - March 15
On this date ... 1973: Winds gusting to 60 mph caused the cinderblock walls of Cooper’s Cleaners on Second Street near downtown Tucumcari to collapse. City police also said Jerry Gardner reported a...
Menus - March 15
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Pork sausage biscuit sandwich, assorted cereal, graham crackers, red grapes, orange juice, skim or 1% milk; Lunch: Ham and egg chef salad, bean and cheese...
