Tucumcari hosts hearing on plan for wayfinding signs
City Hall heard Groundwork Studio and Leighton Moon present a wayfinding plan to improve Tucumcari signs. It may include maps head signs and a Route 66 neon trail with a second meeting set for June 17. Officials aim to install phase one by early 2026 and seek online input via bit.ly/tucumcariwayfindingsurvey.
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Tucumcari
City Hall
Groundwork Studio
Albuquerque
Leighton Moon
Alamogordo
New Mexico Main Street
Amy Bell
Groundworks
Santa Rosa
Raton
Lovington
Taos
Truth Or Consequences
Corrales
Ruidoso
Bell
U.S. 54
Cam Wilde
New Mexico
Mesalands Dinosaur Museum
Five Mile Park
Main Street
Tucumcari Main Street
Bit.ly
Gas leak vandalism disrupts Tucumcari Elementary classes
Tucumcari Elementary canceled classes at least one day this week after a vandal rammed an outdoor gas regulator, causing a leak. Veronica Hernandez of the school district said the motorist used a stolen car and may have damaged residential meters as city police investigated. Officials expect repair this week and advised extra clothing if students return before gas service is restored. building temperature had been in the mid 60s prior to the outage.
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Tucumcari
Veronica Hernandez
Hernandez
Turmoil leads to removal of museum from Tucumcari project
Leadership turmoil in the New Mexico Route 66 Association prompts the removal of a museum from the Fast TV Network plan in Tucumcari. The project, announced in 2022, included an $8 million production facility and a Route 66 museum at the former Kmart, with delays and resignations affecting progress and funding.
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New Mexico Route 66 Association
Tucumcari
Fast TV Network
Fast TV
Albuquerque
Kmart
Mike Lee
Melissa Beasley-Lee
Quay County
Matthew Villalobos
Rio Rancho
Johnnie Meier
Association
Beasley-Lee
Lee
Meier
Classical Gas Museum
Embudo
Vickie Ashcraft
Beasley- Lee
Ashcraft
Blair Dunn
Lees
Multiple March Emergencies Reported Across Tucumcari
A week of calls to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center includes prowling at 1100 South Fourth Street, accidents on West Tucumcari Boulevard and Interstate 40, trespassing on multiple blocks, thefts on East Tucumcari Boulevard and South Eighth Street, disturbances, arrests, and a brush fire at milepost 31 on Highway 278, with incidents also recorded in Logan and Bard.
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Tucumcari-Quay
South Fourth Street
Tucumcari
Tucumcari Boulevard
South Second Street
South Eighth Street
East High Street
Miel de Luna Avenue
South Mountain Road
South Sixth Street
West McGee Avenue
North Dawson Street
West Campbell Avenue
South Third Street
Logan
South Rock Island Street
North First Street
South Elder Street
East Tucumcari Boulevard
East Rankin Avenue
Highway 392
Bard
East Aber Street
Interstate 40
U.S. 54
North College Street
East Center Street
West High Street
West Aber Street
Highway 209
South Ninth Street
East Heman Avenue
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Ron Warnick
TES
Georgia
Alexis Miller
Tucumcari Visitors Center
Melissa Lee
Route 66
Melissa Beasley Lee
Route 66 Association of
National Trust For Historic Preservation
South First Street
South Monroe Street
South Fifth Street
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