Tucumcari News

I am thankful for three things this holiday season: Family Friends. Football. Actually, I am thankful for many things this year.

Two New Mexico Head Start programs are getting federal stimulus funds for early Head Start programs.

In an effort to keep the residents of Quay County informed, please make note of some important voter registration deadlines and election information.

Plains Regional Medical Center may have been showing a little when it set new records in 2008 for child births.

Tucumcari Public Schools Board of Education board member Carlos Romero announced the board discussed "allegations of administrative misconduct" and no action was taken Monday after a 25-minute closed door session.

As I grew up and came of age it seemed Bruce King had always been governor of New Mexico.

State legislators from Portales, Clovis and Tucumcari remember former Gov. Bruce King as a man who connected with people and served his state well.

Today across the country and in Quay County the men and women of the military are being honored for their hard work, sacrifice and service to their nation on Veterans Day.

When a farmer plants cotton, they hope to see a high yield and return on their investment.

A man accused of shooting of an Arkansas police officer is being held in Tucumcari today on a $1 million bond after police say he turned himself in at San Jon port of entry.

The U.S. Department of Energy has approved more than $250,000 in federal stimulus money for two area agencies to use in energy efficiency renovations.

The Carlsbad Horticulture Society was recognized for its many outstanding accomplishments and support of the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park.

A civil lawsuit filed by a Tucumcari woman against a former state parole and probation supervisor accuses him of sexual harassment and discrimination.

Posted by Ron in Motels , Movies , People , Road trips , Vehicles . trackback A crew for the documentary "Alfred & Jakobine" stopped Sunday on Route 66 in Tucumcari, N.M., in the early stages of production for the film, reported Richard Talley of the Motel Safari in town.

The cities of Clovis and Tucumcari and Quay County have been allotted federal stimulus money to improve energy efficiency.

Two men arrested Wednesday in Tucumcari on federal drug trafficking charges are believed to be connected to Mexican drug cartels, according to New Mexico State Police.

You might see a few more RVs than usual entering town the next few days. The New Mexico Holiday Ramblers RV Club is having its 2009 Rally in Deming.

Tucumcari Agents with the US Marshall task force received a tip that a wanted armed and dangerous federal fugitive was in the New Mexico area and had links to the Mexican Drug Cartel.

After seven hours of eyewitness and expert testimony, Quay County Magistrate Judge Joel Garnett on Wednesday found Tucumcari Mayor Antonio Apodaca innocent of an animal-cruelty charge.

State Rep. Dennis Roch, R-Tucumcari, announced today that the House Republican Caucus has established a new e-mail address where citizens can submit suggestions for how to address the estimated $650 million shortfall in the state budget.