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link Staff photo: Tony Bullocks Flooded intersections such as this one at Prince and Seventh Streets during a rain storm early this month were a common sight this summer. Staff writer [email protected] Stan Furry believes he will be able to harvest a dryland winter wheat crop this spring on his Broadview farm for the first time since 2010. Even with less rainfall than their counterparts to the south, Furry said farmers in northern Curry County are grateful and...
Staff and wire reports It just might be the biggest dinosaur skeleton ever unearthed, according to a report released Thursday by the journal Scientific Reports. That’s why the discovery of a mostly complete Dreadnoughtus in Argentina is making headlines around the world. But that’s not why the curator at Mesalands Community College’s Dinosaur Museum in Tucumcari is so excited. “If you ask me, I could not care less if it was the largest dinosaur ever born,” said Paleontologist Axel Hungerbuehler. “What has me excited about thi...
link Charles Fox: Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, a paleontologist at Drexel University, talks about the humerus of Dreadnoughtus schrani and its many muscle scans. Dreadnoughtus, which means "fears nothing," was discovered in Argentina by Lacovara. Staff and wire reports It just might be the biggest dinosaur skeleton ever unearthed, according to a report released Thursday by the journal Scientific Reports. That’s why the discovery of a mostly complete D...
Staff writer [email protected] Labor Day weekend attendance was up at Sumner and Conchas lakes compared to last year’s Labor Day period. Attendance was down at Ute Lake and Oasis State Park this past weekend, though. Sumner Lake State Park in Fort Sumner recorded 1,200 visitors over the weekend, 100 more than the previous year. Visitation at Oasis State Park near Portales was down 285 compared to last year, according to Amanda Calderon, administrative support, New Mexico State Parks Department. Conchas Lake saw an incre...
Staff writer [email protected] Labor Day weekend attendance was up at Sumner and Conchas lakes compared to last year’s Labor Day period. Attendance was down at Ute Lake and Oasis State Park this past weekend, though. Sumner Lake State Park in Fort Sumner recorded 1,200 visitors over the weekend, 100 more than the previous year. Visitation at Oasis State Park near Portales was down 285 compared to last year, according to Amanda Calderon, administrative support, New Mexico State Parks Department. Conchas Lake saw an incre...
Projects editor [email protected] A federal court of appeals in Denver has refused to reverse a decision giving the green light to construction of an intake at Ute Lake Reservoir, part of the Ute Lake Project plan to pipe drinking water to communities in Curry and Roosevelt counties. The decision made Monday rejects the Village of Logan’s argument that allowing the intake would cause it and others in Quay County irreparable harm. In their ruling, appeals court justices said stopping construction of the intake would, in f... Full story
Projects Editor [email protected] A federal court of appeals in Denver has refused to reverse a decision giving the green light to construction of an intake at Ute Lake Reservoir, part of the Ute Lake Project plan to pipe drinking water to communities in Curry and Roosevelt counties. The decision made Monday rejects the Village of Logan’s argument that allowing the intake would cause it and others in Quay County irreparable harm. In their ruling, appeals court justices said stopping construction of the intake would, in f...
link Thomas Garcia: Staff photo These boys know it’s all about horse power as they compete Saturday in the stick horse race at the Roosevelt County Fair. Staff writer [email protected] Future cowboys and cowgirls had their day in the center of the Pavilion on Saturday at the Roosevelt County Fair, racing stick horses, chasing down a goat and even rooting for turtles in a race. “These events are designed to give the younger children their time in the spotlight at the fai... Full story
link Courtesy photo Portales firefighters raised $280 for a Roswell girl battling leukemia. Staff writer [email protected] Fifteen members of the Portales Fire Department endured a different version of the ice bucket challenge Saturday morning, this one to raise money for a fellow firefighter’s daughter who is battling leukemia. “It was cold but well worth it to help out one of our own,” said Lance Hill, Portales battalion chief, after the soaking. Hill said two weeks ag...
Quay County Sun Tucumcari police on Thursday arrested a New Mexico State Police officer on felony child abuse charges and a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, officials confirmed Friday. link Vigil Isaac Vigil, a state police officer for a year and a half, was arrested after Tucumcari officers responded to a report of domestic violence about 8:40 p.m. at a residence in the 700 block of Escuela Avenue, said Pete Rivera, Tucumcari deputy police chief. Rivera said officers...
link ... Staff writer [email protected] Area lakes continue to benefit from increased summer rainfall, which has raised some water levels to their highest point in a decade. Currently, Conchas Lake is at 4,180 feet above sea level, four feet higher than the 4,176-foot elevation recorded on July 26, according to Michael Vollmer, natural resource specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Vollmer said the increased elevation has presented an ironic problem: Two boat...
link ... Staff writer [email protected] Plentiful rains have lowered the daily water usage in Clovis the past 2 1/2 months, according data from the city’s water provider. Lower than average temperatures have also helped the city conserve water, according to Brian Daly, EPCOR Water District Manager. Statistics provided by EPCOR show that Clovis used an average of 6.3 million gallons of water per day in June 2014, compared to 7.9 million gallons per day in June 2013, a decrease of 17 percent. In June, 4.65 inches of rain w...
link ... STAFF WRITER [email protected] Three people died Thursday morning when a Tristate Care Flight helicopter crashed into the side of a mesa and erupted in flames en route from Santa Fe to Tucumcari to pick up a patient. At 2:50 a.m., New Mexico State Police Dispatch in Tucumcari received a call from Tristate Care. State police were told Tristate Care had lost contact with a medical helicopter that was en route from Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in...
CMI staff writer [email protected] In an ironic twist, a capital outlay request that included $100,000 for the Ute Pipeline would also fund a new study of the feasibility of the project. Some Quay County officials are opposed to the federally authorized $500 million project that would pump water from the Ute Reservoir near Logan to communities in the Clovis-Portales area. If signed by the governor, a capital outlay would give the Tucumcari/Quay County Regional Water Authority $50,000 to conduct a new firm yield study....
CMI Staff Writer [email protected] For many Christmas time is a busy time of year, with gift shopping and family gatherings. Additionally, many area organizations and entities are working on a variety of Christmas benefit programs in order to provide those in need some holiday assistance and cheer both locally and world wide. “We hold programs like this to show the children that we can and appreciate them especially around the holidays,” said Richard Gomez, executive director of the Lighthouse Mission in Clovis. Gom...
CMI staff writer [email protected] Poaching is a greater threat to future deer population in Curry or Roosevelt counties and across the state than any effects caused by drought, according to New Mexico Game and Fish officials. Game and Fish officials are investigating 22 cases across the state involving elk, deer and antelope carcasses found headless and left to rot, however, none of them are in Roosevelt or Curry counties, according to Game Warden Clay Moyers. Department officers are running road blocks across the... Full story
CMI staff The Clovis News Journal captured the top prize, the General Excellence Award, Saturday at the annual New Mexico Press Association/Associated Press Managing Editors Better Newspaper Contest in Albuquerque. Clovis Media Inc. staff also captured multiple individual awards. The contest saw 1,777 entries, the largest number of entries in its history and judging was completed by the Wyoming Press Association. CMI Media Inc. includes the Clovis News Journal (CNJ), Portales News-Tribune (PNT) and Quay County Sun (QCS). The...
Clovis Media Inc. [email protected] Tucumcari second-year coach Wayne Ferguson said he will have a young team this fall. Ferguson said the team graduated several starters from last year’s 8-4 team that finished third in the district and lost to Hatch Valley in the second round of of the Class 2A playoffs The Rattlers have five offensive and seven defensive starters returning, with sophomores filling in many key spots. “The team is going to have to grow up fast,” Ferguson said. Ferguson said he is looking for big thing...
8-man District 1 • 2012 record: 8-4 • Coach: Kene Terry (third year, 10-13). • Last playoff appearance: 2012, lost to Tatum in semifinals 28-24. • Returning starters (offense): 4 • Returning starters (defense): 4 • Top returning players: Wesley Gudgell, Jr. , WR/CB/LB; Tyler Mehl, Sr., DB/RB; Wyatt Strand, Jr., QB/WR/S; Christopher Roberts, Sr., C/DE. • Top newcomers: Larramy Roberts, Jr., RB/CB; Trey Daniels, Jr., G/DE/TE; Brinton Roach, So., LB/RB/QB. • Possible breakout player: Daniels; Terry believes that Daniels is goin...
A second scheduled controlled explosion is planned Thursday at the construction site of the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority's Ute Water Project at Ute Lake near Logan. The crews have begun drilling and blasting for the intake structure's initial shaft, said Gayla Brumfield, authority chair. Brumfield said the authority has been moving equipment and supplies into place to begin the foundation work of the intake structure, which is the first phase of its Ute Water Project. While the first phase is under...
It took a jury about 45 minutes to find Robert Wynashe of Tucumcari guilty of murder Friday in a trial delayed four years over competency issues. Wynashe 70, was sentenced to life in prison for the 2009 shooting death of Howard Russell King in Tucumcari. "The family is ready for closure," said Tom Blakney, lead prosecutor for the 10th Judicial District Attorney's office. Wynashe was arrested in June 2009, accused of shooting 45-year-old King in the back of the neck at the...
The race is on again in Quay County's bid for the state's last racetrack and casino license. A spokesman said Quay County will ask the New Mexico Racing Commission next week to once again open applications. The request follows a state Court of Appeals decision on Thursday that upheld nullification of the license once held by La Mesa racino in Raton. "What it all means is there are no more holdups as far as Raton is concerned. Their licenses are gone," said Warren Frost, executive director of the Quay County Gaming Authority....
A presidential sequestration order will reduce payments to Quay and Roosevelt counties under the U.S. Department of Interior's Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program. Failure to reach a deal on the national budget and avoid sequestration has resulted in a 5.1 percent reduction in the PILT program, which compensates counties for property taxes not collected on federal land. Quay, Roosevelt and De Baca counties use PILT money for general operations, including fire departments and other local services. Curry County has no...
The Tucumcari-Quay County Regional Water Authority armed itself Thursday for a long legal battle to pull the plug on the Ute Water Project. The authority hired a Santa Fe legal firm to represent it with plans to ask for a new federal appeals court review. It also created a committee to lobby state and federal lawmakers against the Ute project. The moves are the latest ripple in a wave of attempts by various Quay County entities to stop the project before it can begin siphoning water from Ute Lake to boost dwindling supplies t... Full story
An extended drought that has included the hottest and driest 24-month period on record in New Mexico has led to a historic low water level at one area lake. Several other area lakes are well below capacity, officials said. The water level at Conchas Lake in San Miguel County is at 4,155 feet, which is 45 feet below the spillway and the lowest the lake has been since the record set in 1954 when it was at 4,155.80, said Jason Latham, Army Corp of Engineers at Conchas. It doesn't appear the lakes will be recharged anytime soon....
