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Lea County commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Thursday that favors Tucumcari in its bid to land a horse-racing license from the New Mexico Racing Commission. Lea County commissioners stated in the resolution the opening of a proposed racetrack in Clovis would hurt the Zia Park Casino Hotel & Racetrack in Hobbs. “... A new casino in Clovis will simply shift jobs and revenue from Lea County to our neighbors to the north, risk any development in our community and result in an even more saturated casino market in the state’s sou...
More details emerged last week about a violent home invasion in Tucumcari in early October as law enforcement continued to look for at least two more suspects involved in the case. Suspects Setheria Paul Kolyer, 18, and Riley J. Severeid, 18, both of Tucumcari, continue to be held in the Quay County Detention Center this week after being detailed by sheriff’s deputies Oct. 27. Both also had additional complaints filed against them last week. The complaint filings also revealed at least two subjects from Albuquerque — apparently still at lar...
"Vote early; vote often." That old saying about allegedly corrupt Chicago politics also applies in a more benign way to New Mexico - the state's early voting numbers broke a record this election with several days to spare. According to a news release Sunday from the New Mexico Secretary of State's office, a total of 430,796 people voted early for the midterm general election through Saturday. "Early voting around the country this year has produced record-breaking results, and New Mexico is no...
Tucumcari's volleyball team played itself into position for a regular-season district championship by upsetting state-ranked Tularosa 25-15, 25-22, 25-22 Saturday at the Snake Pit. The victory by the Lady Rattlers (6-14 overall, 3-1 in district) forced a tiebreaking match at a neutral site for the Class 3A District 4 title. Tucumcari was scheduled to travel to Dexter at 6 p.m. Tuesday to face Tularosa (16-3, 3-1) for a third time this season. A final score of that match wasn't available before p...
Four turnovers wrecked whatever chances for victory Tucumcari had against New Mexico Military Institute during a 43-14 district loss Friday in the host team's season finale at Rattler Stadium. The Rattlers, who ended the year 2-8 overall and 0-3 in district play, held out hope a victory against the Colts (5-5, 1-2) would give them a berth in the Class 3A playoffs. They missed out on the 12-team field announced Saturday night. NMMI made that an uphill battle by powering for 349 yards rushing. Jal...
LOGAN - The host Longhorns routed a clearly overmatched Ramah team 52-0 in a rainy eight-man football playoff game Saturday afternoon that ended at halftime because of the mercy rule. The game lasted barely an hour. Logan, which improved to 5-6 overall, plays at No. 3 seed Mountainair (8-1) at 7 p.m. Friday in the quarterfinals. Host Mountainair defeated Logan 50-28 on Sept. 24. With a 3-6 record and a 2-0 district mark coming into the game, Ramah appeared on paper to be a decent matchup. Howeve...
Chris Arias became Tucumcari District 4 commissioner after the city commission voted him into office during its regular meeting Thursday night. Arias, a manager a Tucumcari's Dollar General store, fills a vacancy created by the July 17 death of District 4 commissioner Robert Lumpkin. Other candidates for the post were Nicholas Bradfield, manager of plant services at Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari, and Shannon Lumpkin, a video producerand the daughter of Robert Lumpkin. All three...
The race for Quay County sheriff is the only contested local campaign for Tuesday’s general election. Incumbent Sheriff Russell Shafer, a Republican, is running for another term, and Tucumcari police officer Reyes Gonzales, a Democrat, is the challenger. In Quay County, District 3 commissioner Franklin McCasland, county assessor Janie Hoffman, probate judge Nelda Burson and magistrate judge Timothy J. O’Quinn are unopposed. The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. The Quay County Sun emailed several questions to the sheriff’s candi...
Workers on Thursday afternoon dismantled and hauled away a 1950s-era neon sign from the Cactus RV Park in Tucumcari after a collector from Albuquerque purchased it. It was the second time in less than a year a vintage neon sign along Route 66 in Tucumcari was taken away. In February, a sign collector in Wisconsin bought the Paradise Motel sign on the town's west end after the long-abandoned property suffered its second suspicious fire in less than six months. A prominent Route 66 advocate in...
Two Tucumcari teens were arrested on suspicion of an Oct. 3 home invasion in which the resident was held at gunpoint, beaten and his residence burglarized. According to a news release Monday, Quay County sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant Saturday and obtained information that led to the arrests. According to call logs from the Tucumcari / Quay County Regional Communications Center, a search warrant involving several deputies was executed in the 2000 block of South Fourth Street in Tucumcari at 6:03 a.m. Saturday. The suspects d...
Tucumcari found itself on the road overwhelmed by a bigger, more experienced and state-ranked Dexter team 50-0 in a district football game shortened by the mercy rule. The Rattlers (2-7 overall, 0-2 in district) managed just 63 yards of offense against the Demons (7-2, 2-0), ranked No. 3 in Class 3A by MaxPreps.com. The Demons also made five sacks, many which defused potential Tucumcari drives. Dexter scored in a variety of ways - run plays, pass play, on defense and on special teams - before...
San Jon/Grady saw its postseason come to an end with a first-round loss Friday to Springer/Maxwell in the six-man football quarterfinals. Meanwhile, three other area teams will see their postseasons begin this week. In eight-man football, Logan lost Friday to top-ranked Gateway Christian but drew a No. 6 seed for this week's start of the state tournament. The Longhorns (4-5) play No. 11 seed Ramah (3-6) at 1 p.m. Saturday. The winner plays at No. 3 seed Mountainair (5-1) on Nov. 9 or 10. Logan l...
Visiting Tucumcari pushed state-ranked Tularosa but fell 11-25, 27-29, 25-21, 24-26 during a key district volleyball match Saturday night. The Wildcats, ranked No. 3 in Class 3A in MaxPreps.com, improved to 16-2 overall and 3-0 in district play. The Lady Rattlers host a rematch Saturday in their regular-season finale. Jasmine Jones led the Lady Rattlers (4-14, 1-1) with eight kills. Felicity Lopez made seven kills, and Kalani French had five. Reese Goldston also made 23 serves with four aces. “Brianna Arias and Lauren Chavez dug amazingly w...
Those wondering when the New Mexico Racing Commission might decide whether Tucumcari is awarded a horse-racing license now can circle a tentative date — Dec. 6. “I emphasize the word ‘tentative,’” Commission Executive Director Izzy Trejo told the Eastern New Mexico News on Friday. “A tentative date, certainly set in pencil, of Dec. 6 ... that’s the date that we’re gearing towards. “This could all be subject to change,” Trejo added. “We’re missing a lot of variables in the equation.” Logan attorney Warren Frost, a frontman for Coronado Par...
The Tucumcari school board on Oct. 15 approved two resolutions that would place renewal of the existing “Two Mill” property tax on a February special-election ballot. Unlike previous elections, however, the Feb. 5 election won’t be decided at ballot boxes. It instead will be a mail-in election where an estimated 4,400 registered voters in the school district will receive ballots weeks before they are tallied. The Quay County Clerk’s office first will transmit ballots to qualified overseas voters, such as those in the U.S. military, by Dec. 21...
Quay County UHF Association users in Tucumcari waiting for Amarillo television stations to come back on the air may wait a while longer. A nonprofit group that runs a UHF signal-booster on Tucumcari Mountain for area television-antenna users received a cease-and-desist order from T-Mobile USA in early October. Amarillo stations have been off the airwaves in Quay County since. “T-Mobile took over our channels, and we’re waiting for the FCC to create more channels for us,” association President Mike Whitesides said in summarizing the dilem...
A weeks-long impasse over who is responsible for upkeep on a Quay County Road AF cattle guard on state right-of-way has ended, but issues that emerged from it have not. County commissioners at their regular meeting Monday learned the landowner recently repaired the damaged cattle guard on state right-of-way near U.S. 54. The guard had been installed by the state, but the state refused to fix it. Quay County officials have insisted they only would maintain county-installed cattle guards. County manager Richard Primrose said he learned at a...
Renewal of a gross-receipts tax to support Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital has received the most attention from Quay County voters for the Nov. 6 election. But state bond questions will prove consequential to Mesalands Community College and area schools, senior citizen centers and public libraries. The ballot contains four state bond questions: • Bond Question A would authorize up to $10.77 million to improve senior-citizen facilities across the state. • Bond Question B would authorize up to $12.87 million for public libraries and school lib...
The six-week enrollment period to the New Mexico health-insurance exchange for 2019 begins next week, and officials urge those who enrolled last year to update their information for possible cost savings. Juliet Yazzie and Katrina Smith of the beWellnm.com state health-insurance exchange sat down at the Quay County Sun to talk about options for consumers during the enrollment period, which starts Nov. 1 and ends Dec. 15. Yazzie said customers giving up-to-date information on the exchange is crucial. “To ensure an individual gets the correct a...
Many mistakes were made during host Tucumcari's 34-21 district loss Friday night to Tularosa, but one stood out early in the fourth quarter. Trailing 28-14 with more than eight minutes left, the Rattlers had a first down on the Wildcats' 17-yard line. A touchdown would have brought Tucumcari potentially within another TD of tying or leading the game and plenty of time to do so. Instead, sophomore quarterback Alijah Jimenez fumbled trying to avoid a fierce pass rush, and Tularosa recovered. Three...
The Tucumcari volleyball squad emerged triumphant in its first district game of the season Thursday by defeating a young and inexperienced Dexter team 25-17, 25-11, 25-21 during the Lady Rattlers' annual Think Pink match in tribute to women's cancer survivors. Tucumcari improved to 4-13 overall. Dexter dropped to 2-16 and 0-2 in district play. Both teams wore specially made Think Pink jerseys for the match. With the Lady Demons fielding only three seniors and struggling to run a basic offense,...
Scott Parnell, the village of Logan's new manager who began his first day of work Oct. 9, hailed from Los Lunas, near Albuquerque. But he has roots in the Quay County region, which was why he applied for the Logan position earlier this year. Connie Harrison, assistant finance director for the city of Clovis, also was interviewed for the post. “My wife's family is from here,” said Parnell, referring to his spouse, Kandi, during a phone interview from Logan Village Hall. “We've got ties to Quay and Harding counties. It seemed like a fanta...
The president of Mesalands Community College is in early talks with Eastern New Mexico University in Roswell about collaborating with the university's aviation program. Mesalands President John Groesbeck said during his report Oct. 9 to the college's board of trustees that flights to Tucumcari Municipal Airport from Roswell and back would offer good training to aviation students at both campuses. Groesbeck said nearly-new Cessna “trainer” airplanes can be purchased for as little as $26,000. He also said the Federal Aviation Administration is...
It didn't win a title, but Mesalands Community College saved its best for last during the finals Saturday night of the Grand Canyon Region Intercollegiate Rodeo at the Quay County Fairgrounds in Tucumcari. That's when Mesalands bull rider Levi Gray, projected as a future star in the professional circuit, had the last and best ride of the night, drawing cheers from the grandstand and a high score of 85 points. Gray, who hails from Dairy, Oregon, said he was confident he could get a full...
LOGAN - Kyle Knight proved to be a one-man wrecking crew Friday against Mesilla Valley Christian by rushing for 305 yards and five touchdowns in 25 carries and making two interceptions during a 62-7 eight-man district football victory for Logan. Knight scored on runs of 29, 47, 1, 23 and 61 yards during the evening. He might have amassed more yardage but suffered a bruised neck early in the fourth quarter and was taken out of the game. The injury appeared minor; he walked off the field and was...