Winter Snow Strands Cars As I 40 Block Clears
January 11 1973 Tucumcari and nearby areas thaw from a winter storm that dumped about three inches of snow. State police removed a westbound roadblock onto Interstate 40. Forty to fifty vehicles sheltered at the National Guard Armory as roads reopened in the afternoon. Some stayed an extra night due to motel shortages. Construction in Tucumcari during 1972 reached $1.59 million, the third highest total in history per city engineer Bill Curry.
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Tourism Center in Tucumcari Declared a Success
The Tourism Information Center opened in Tucumcari in March and drew over 20 700 visitors from all fifty states and thirty one countries. Texas residents led the visitor list followed by California Illinois Oklahoma and New Mexico. A Topeka Kansas couple died in a U S 54 crash five miles northeast of Tucumcari when their car hit the rear of a large truck partially parked on the roadway.
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Illinois
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Tucumcari and Logan School Meal Service Overview
Summary of weekly school breakfast and lunch offerings across Tucumcari Logan San Jon and House districts. Menus include milk chocolate skim 1% strawberry, entrees like sausage breakfast pizza chicken nuggets pepperoni pizza ham and cheese sandwiches beef enchiladas meatloaf chicken tetrazzini and taco varieties with fruits vegetables and whole grains.
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Tucumcari
Logan
San Jon
Psalmist in Panic Calls Out to God for Deliverance
In Psalm 2 3 David cries to God when enemies surround him and threaten his life The article urges recognizing fear as a normal part of faith noting David wrote multiple imprecatory psalms and showing courage amid panic with pastoral insight from Gordon Runyan of Immanuel Baptist Church Tucumcari.
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Gordon Runyan
Immanuel Baptist Church
Tucumcari
Reformrm
Yahoo.com
Quay County Approves Regional Health Facility Plan and Budget Adjustments
The commission approved an amended memorandum to build a regional psychiatric hospital with Clovis Portales Fort Sumner and Curry De Baca Union Roosevelt counties, Initium Health to receive 190000 for campaign and services, Quay County share 886.16. Public comments urged delaying lesser prairie chicken protections. other actions include EMS fund grant, a decommissioned Durango donation, and a new wildland firetruck purchase.
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Bill Humphries
Tom Sidwell
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Humphries
Quay County
Lopez
Zamora
Clovis
Portales
Fort Sumner
Curry
de Baca
Union
Roosevelt
Union County
Initium Health
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Officials certified as staff grows for new sheriff tenure
Shafer confirms full staffing and mentorship plan with Garcia as undersheriff. Garcia sworn in Dec 30 and takes effect Jan 1. District 3 Commissioner Fortner, Assessor Hoffman, Probate Judge Wilson, and sheriff’s staff also sworn in, signaling a broad turnover and continuity of leadership.
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Shafer
Garcia
White
District 3
Brian Fortner
Fortner
Tucumcari
Franklin McCasland
Janie Hoffman
Chris Wilson
Sheriff’s Office
Amarillo COVID toll and weekly case rise reported
The Amarillo metro area shows 1,692 active COVID-19 cases last week, up from 1,678. Total deaths in the region reach 1,318 since the pandemic began. Nationwide totals exceed 101 million cases and 1.1 million deaths. Free at home tests available via covid.gov and Project Act at accesscovidtests.org. New Mexico DOH provides a vaccination helpline and DOH urges early treatment with available antiviral drugs FindATreatmentNM.com.
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