Mesalands Community College will request more than $3.4 million in state funding to expand its nursing, commercial driver’s license and wind-energy programs, including an upgrade to its iconic wind...

The interim president of New Mexico State University wrote to a state senator “it is not a good time” for his institution to consider a merger with financially troubled Mesalands Community...

• Saturday — Teeing Up for United Way golf tournament at 12 Shores Golf Club at Ute Lake. The first tee time is 7:30 a.m. The event benefits the United Way of Eastern New Mexico. The $125 ticket...

Tucumcari Schools Wednesday — Teriyaki chicken, brown rice, ham and egg chef salad, steamed broccoli, fresh baby carrots, buttermilk ranch dressing, mandarin oranges, 1%, strawberry skim, chocolate...

On this date … 1973: Dan Barks, the city’s parks and recreation director, will attempt to walk for 50 consecutive hours starting on Oct. 1 in and between Tucumcari’s parks. Barks’ endeavor wil...

Two out-of-state men were arrested and briefly jailed in Tucumcari on felony child enticement charges after a sting operation earlier this month. Lawrence Loy, 54, of Denver, and Arif Tanai, 26, of...

Several members of the Arch Hurley Conservancy District board of directors expressed reluctance last week to allocate more water into its irrigation canals until spring. The board in July allocated...

These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Sept. 12 to Sept. 17: — Adrianna Noel Apodaca, 35, Tucumcari, criminal damage to property (under $1,000). — Bernice...

The Logan School Board last week unanimously approved a senior class trip to Alaska in June, but not without some reservations and some stipulations for those graduates. The Class of 2024’s journey...

A cattle company based near the northeastern Quay County village of Nara Visa was honored by the New Mexico State Fair and New Mexico Department of Agriculture as the New Mexico Ranch Family of the...

Volunteers and members of the New Mexico Route 66 Association last week reinstalled neon tubing for businesses along Tucumcari’s Route 66 corridor to replace those broken by a May hailstorm. Fast...

New Mexico Gas Co., which serves Tucumcari, requested from state regulators a rate increase of 11% that would take effect next fall. The proposed rate hike was submitted to the New Mexico Public Regul...

These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Sept. 11 to Sept. 17: Monday — 2:30 a.m.: Prowler in 1100 block of South Fourth Street, Tucumcari. — 7:13...

Teach Plus, a national teacher leadership organization, chose a San Jon educator as one of 15 “demonstrably effective teachers and school leaders from around New Mexico” for its first Alumni...

State health officials during a briefing last week urged residents to receive the updated COVID-19 vaccine and announced new flu and RSV shots would be available from providers in the state. The U.S....

CLOVIS — The man accused of starting the Sept. 3 Walmart fire was arrested Sept. 13 in Lubbock, Texas, according to Lubbock police. Public Information Officer Amber Edwards said Jimmy Guillen, 59,...

Federal officials recently turned down Quay County’s application for disaster relief in the wake of hail damage and flash flooding that occurred in the wake of late May’s severe storms. County...

Christopher Arias, a District 4 representative for the Tucumcari City Commission, turned in his resignation today, citing personal reasons. Arias posted on Facebook his resignation letter, dated today...

SAN JON — The superintendent for San Jon Municipal Schools received a one-year extension on his contract and a state-mandated 6% pay raise from the district’s board Wednesday. Alan Umholtz’s...

Quay County On the Move is inviting residents to spend Saturday afternoon exploring Tucumcari’s four museums for free from noon to 3 p.m. Participating museums are the New Mexico Route 66 Museum at...