Tucumcari Election Brings Two New Commissioners
Unofficial totals show Tucumcari voters elected two new city commissioners, kept a third incumbent, and retained Municipal Judge Joe Dominguez 471 to 85 and 72 for challengers. Incumbent Ernest Dominguez lost in District 3, and John Mihm won in District 5 with 172 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumcari
Joe Dominguez
Gary Southern
Danford Cross
District 3
Ernest Dominguez
Dominguez
Ruth Ann Litchfield
Edward Perea
Litchfield
Perea
Amiel Curnutt
Gutierrez Named Tucumcari District 2 Commissioner in Unanimous Vote
Amy Gutierrez, 41, an operations supervisor at First National Bank of New Mexico, was appointed Thursday to fill the remainder of recalled Commissioner Jimmy Sandoval’s term, ending 2016. Jonathan Brito, 22, also sought the seat. both were interviewed before the Feb. 13 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Gutierrez
Tucumcari
Gutierrez
Jimmy Sandoval
First National Bank of New Mexico
Sandoval
Commission
Jonathan Brito
Turquoise Health and Wellness
Robert Lumpkin
Brito
Dora Salinas-McTigue
MainStreet director tours Tucumcari in New Mexico
Rich Williams director of New Mexico MainStreet programs visits Tucumcari on February 26 as part of a statewide tour. He oversees about 1.25 million in economic development funds and cites Tucumcari as a showcase project with the Train Depot renovation now in phase three, adding a railroad oriented museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Rich Williams
Department of Economic Development
Williams
Tucumcari
Tucumccari
Mark Lake
Local sports schedule and online poll update
Friday 7 p.m. Lady Longhorns host Mountainair at Logan. Saturday 2 p.m. Logan Longhorns play To'hamilee at Logan. Mesalands hosts 16th Iron Pour. Web poll shows cake question with 34 votes and flavors poll at gcsunonline.com.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Longhorns
Mountainair
Logan
Logan Longhorns
To’hamilee
Mesalands
Elks Scholarship, Portales Talent Day Awards Noted
The 1967 Elks program offered a $1200 scholarship to a local graduate with $300 yearly for four years. Eastern New Mexico University Portales held a talent day awarding Tucumcari High School students $120 each. Al Unser, 27, visiting Tucumcari, veteran Indy 500 racer, spoke on safe driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Eastern New Mexico University At
Portales
Tucumcari
al Unser
Tucumcan
The
National Safety Council
Unser
Also Mentioned on This Page
San Jon
QCS Managing
John Mihm
Mihm
Lorenzo Emillio
Nitin Bhakta
Wilfredo Gonzalez
Thomas Even
Quay County
Billie Jo Barnes
Darrell Musick
Therese Schleizer
Cynthia Lee
David Babb
Apolonio Ramirez
Rosemary Lower
Angelina Cordova
Judy Morrow
Hilous Hargrove
Anita Allen
Vic
Addie Lafferty
Chelsea Benally
Kaden Shaw
Karigan Thurman
Mainstreet
Gcsunonline.com
Richard Edward Brown Donald L. Webb
Legacy
Ffedera
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!