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Freedom New Mexico: Thomas Garcia Nicholas Brown of Tucumcari sits in the cockpit of a A-7 corsair II. TUCUMCARI — The light rain and heavy overcast clouds gave way to blue skies and the aircraft performing Wednesday during the Tucumcari Rotary Club/Chamber of Commerce Air Show. “I think we did all right, the airshow turned out pretty good,” said Bob McClelland Jr., airshow coordinator. As the crowd began to enter the gates, the clouds began to fill the skies above the Tucumcari Municipal Airport. “I was kind of worri...
A bill introduced by House Democrats Friday during the a special session of Legislature proposes splitting Quay County into four legislative districts. “This bill will remove me from representing Quay, Union and Harding County,” said Rep. Dennis Roch. Roch said HB 39 was introduced by Rep. Mary Helen Garcia and would split Tucumcari’s representation into four districts — 63, 67, 68 and 70. “They would place portions of Tucumcari and Quay County into districts which have no intentions of moving their home bases,...
Courtesy photo Donna Scott stand next to the unmarked grave of her great-great grandfather Alfred Shelby at the Tucumcari Memorial Park Cemetery. The grave of Civil War veteran Alfred Shelby has been without a headstone 97 years. His great-great granddaughter Donna Scott decided that was long enough. Scott said she recently gained approval for the headstone from the Department of Veterans Affairs. No date has been set to place the headstone. Scott said she knew in the past the VA had provided headstones for veterans, though...
A 20-year-old Tucumcari man was bound over to district court Wednesday and will face a murder charge in connection with the homicide of Shirley Pacheco, 33. Quay County Magistrate Court Judge Joel Garnett’s order sending Randall Jones to trial followed a five-hour preliminary hearing. No date was set for trial. “We were able to meet the burden of proof to continue with this case,” said Tim Rose, senior trial attorney for the 10th Judicial District Attorney. Rose said his line of questioning for state’s witness Orlando...
Courtesy photo Caesar, lost during an automobile crash, was recently found in Tucumcari and is being returned to his family in Clio, Mich. Welcome posters and open arms are what await “Ceasar,” a Maltese dog who will be reunited with his owners in Michigan more than a year after he disappeared following a vehicle accident on Interstate 40 that resulted in the death of two family members. Ceasar left Tucumcari on Tuesday morning en route to Amarillo, where he will be flown to Oklahoma City, Okla. From there he will travel by...
Residents, business owners and public officials are using the social network Facebook to organize a protest against the start of Phase 1 of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System’s Ute Pipeline Project. The groundbreaking for the ENMRWS project is set for 11:30 a.m. Aug. 11 along the south side shore a Ute Lake Reservoir. A grassroots movement has been started calling local residents to picket the site on the day of the groundbreaking. “Our main concern is the economy and livelihood of Logan and Quay County,” said local...
Residents, business owners and public officials are using the social network Facebook to organize a protest against the start of Phase 1 of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System’s Ute Pipeline Project. The groundbreaking for the ENMRWS project is set for 11:30 a.m. Aug. 11 along the south side shore a Ute Lake Reservoir. A grassroots movement has been started calling local residents to picket the site on the day of the groundbreaking. “Our main concern is the economy and livelihood of Logan and Quay County,” said local...
An application for the state’s last racing license is ready to be submitted, said Warren Frost, executive director of the Quay County Gaming Authority. Frost said Don Chalmers and Coronado Partners, LLC, will submit their license application to the New Mexico Racing Commission on Wednesday with the intent of developing a racetrack and casino in Tucumcari. “I am a longtime supporter of rural economic development in New Mexico,” said Don Chalmers. “We believe that Coronado Park will bring much needed employment and economi...
Cannon Connections: Thomas Garcia The Crossroads Cafe is a favorite restaurant in Logan with homemade pies and cinnamon rolls. Around 1900, Logan was established by Eugene Logan, an ex-Texas ranger, as a tent town for the incoming railroad bridge. The more than mile-long Ute Dam, which created the popular Ute Lake, was built in 1963 at 5,750 feet in length. Longtime resident and Logan Village Administrator Larry Wallin said the lake was built at 150,000 acres but the size was later slightly decreased due to the lake running...
Cannon Connections: Thomas Garcia The Crossroads Cafe is a favorite restaurant in Logan with homemade pies and cinnamon rolls. Around 1900, Logan was established by Eugene Logan, an ex-Texas ranger, as a tent town for the incoming railroad bridge. The more than mile-long Ute Dam, which created the popular Ute Lake, was built in 1963 at 5,750 feet in length. Longtime resident and Logan Village Administrator Larry Wallin said the lake was built at 150,000 acres but the size was later slightly decreased due to the lake running...
Last Sunday was an awfully strange day. It started for me at 10 a.m. with the phone waking me up. My editor called and asked me if I had electricity. With my eyes still hazy and without my wits about me, I replied, “Um ... I don’t know.” Turns out I didn’t. I threw on my boots and jeans and drove to the office to grab my camera, hoping to get to the source of the outage. I was headed to Forrest to take pictures. Or was I? I pulled into the Circle K on the south side of Tucumcari to get some gas. Alas, gas stations are pow...
Last Sunday was an awfully strange day. It started for me at 10 a.m. with the phone waking me up. My editor called and asked me if I had electricity. With my eyes still hazy and without my wits about me, I replied, “Um ... I don’t know.” Turns out I didn’t. I threw on my boots and jeans and drove to the office to grab my camera, hoping to get to the source of the outage. I was headed to Forrest to take pictures. Or was I? I pulled into the Circle K on the south side of Tucumcari to get some gas. Alas, gas stations are pow...
La Mesa Racetrack and Casino at Raton filed for an injunction to halt the application process for the state’s last racing license, a move that Quay County Gaming Authority officials are calling frivolous. “This is their last desperate effort to stop the application process,” said Warren Frost, executive director of the Quay County Gaming Authority. La Mesa filed for an injunction on June 1 in Colfax County District Court. The injunction asks the court to stop the New Mexico Racing Commission from giving away its licen...
The smell of smoke and the light haze reported in several areas in Quay County Tuesday was from the Wallow wildfire in eastern Arizona, according to Tucumcari Fire Chief Mike Cherry. Cherry said he was in Albuquerque, where he said the smoke conditions were strong. The Wallow fire has burned more than 300,000 acres and has been labeled as the second largest fire in Arizona history, according to the Associated Press. The fire began on May 29 and has burned 486 square miles. Smoke has been carried as far as central Iowa,...
Former Clovis resident Paul Young is recovering from his sixth surgery on Friday after losing his legs and left arm in a train accident, said his father, Mike Young. “He is in good spirits and has a good attitude,” Mike Young said. Mike said his 28-year-old son will have to undergo several more surgeries at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, to remove an infection that prevents doctors from closing the wounds. “They are working hard to eliminate the infection,” Mike said. “All we can do is pray and wait for...
Former Clovis resident Paul Young is recovering from his sixth surgery on Friday after losing his legs and left arm in a train accident, said his father, Mike Young. “He is in good spirits and has a good attitude,” Mike Young said. Mike said his 28-year-old son will have to undergo several more surgeries at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, to remove an infection that prevents doctors from closing the wounds. “They are working hard to eliminate the infection,” Mike said. “All we can do is pray and wait for...
Concerns over the size of an intake structure at Ute Lake for an eastern New Mexico pipeline project dominated discussion Thursday at an Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority meeting in Logan. Members of the ENMWUA met there to discuss details of the $500 million pipeline project that will pump water from the Ute Reservoir to member communities in Curry and Roosevelt counties. The intake structure is a pumping station for the water, and is the authority’s ideal project for groundbreaking purposes later this year. But L...
Concerns over the size of an intake structure at Ute Lake for an eastern New Mexico pipeline project dominated discussion Thursday at an Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority meeting in Logan. Members of the ENMWUA met there to discuss details of the $500 million pipeline project that will pump water from the Ute Reservoir to member communities in Curry and Roosevelt counties. The intake structure is a pumping station for the water, and is the authority’s ideal project for groundbreaking purposes later this year. But L...
Thomas Garcia, a reporter for Freedom New Mexico, shares his memories of Eastern New Mexico University’s commencement ceremony....
Freedom New Mexico: Thomas Garcia Dennis Roch addresses a crowd Sunday at Tucumcari City Hall. Freedom New Mexico State Rep. Dennis Roch, a Republican from Texico, met with 50 Tucumcari residents on Sunday to answer questions about the 90-day legislative session, which ended on Saturday. Roch said the budget, which passed on a 35-34 vote in the house, was not popular. Roch voted against it. “The state is expecting $5.4 billion in revenue this year,” Roch said. “The state’s budget spends every penny of it, though that is usua...
Well, I guess it’s that time again. The coming weeks will bring NCAA March Madness action to our local homes, offices and bars. For the past 21 years of my life, this event has had about as much significance to my world as my morning nose-blowing ritual. But year 22 is different. Freedom New Mexico is participating in an inter-departmental tournament bracket, pitting the editorial department against the advertising department to see who has the best picks. Naturally, I have watched a grand total of zero college basketball g...
Courtesy photo Roy Benton, left, was the founder and first pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Clovis. He is pictured here in 1910 with his wife Margaret. The 100th anniversary of a local church is viewed as a historical and spiritual milestone said church parishioners. “This is very important to the members of our church,” said Seventh Day Adventist Church of Clovis pastor Nehemias Basit. The Seventh Day Adventist Church was founded March 22, 1911. At the time, Clovis’ population was 3,255, which made it one of 10...
Xcel Energy is seeking a 6.9 percent increase in New Mexico electricity rates. Xcel spokesman Wes Reeves said the proposed increase was filed Monday at the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission meeting in Santa Fe. He said the increase is needed to pay for new infrastructure that will improve reliability. Riley Hill, president and CEO of Southwestern Public Service, an Xcel Energy company, said in a press release the increase in rates is needed because the regional economy is changing and growing, and requires greater...
Xcel Energy is seeking a 6.9 percent overall increase in New Mexico base rates. Xcel spokesman Wes Reeves said the proposed increase was filed Monday at the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) meeting in Santa Fe....
A six-hour standoff with police ended with the death of a Tucumcari man Monday night. Officers initially responded to a domestic dispute report that ended when Daniel Gonzales, 56, prompted the use of deadly force, according to a press release from New Mexico State Police Lt. Eric Garcia. No other injuries were reported. Officers established a perimeter outside Gonzales’ 702 E. Laughlin Ave. home sometime after 4 p.m. Monday after receiving the report of a domestic disturbance. Within hours, tactical resources were on s...
