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A Quay County 4-H member recently earned high-point honors during the New Mexico 4-H Shooting Sports Championship in Raton. Greyson Bollinger received a buckle for being the high-points individual in the shotgun competition at the state meet, held at the Whittington Center in Raton. Other competitions included archery, air rifle, rifle, pistol and hunting. The Quay County 4-H hunting team of Bollinger, Ashton Smith and Paxton Smith finished fourth, with Bollinger the No. 4 individual in that...
Because of the danger of wildfires in the region, Quay County’s fire marshal and emergency manager are urging farmers, ranches and residents to be proactive to prevent fires and increase safety. Farmers and ranchers are particularly vulnerable to wildfires due to the vast expanses of land they often manage. Small towns in rural landscapes also are at risk, with limited access to firefighting resources compared to urban areas. Climate change exacerbates the risks, leading to more frequent and intense wildfires. In such circumstances, p...
New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice David K. Thomson last week announced revisions to pretrial rules to promote public safety and require courts to reconsider the release conditions of defendants arrested for a new crime while awaiting trial. The court issued an order approving the new rules, which become effective immediately for pending cases and those filed starting May 8. Revisions to pretrial rules have been under consideration since last summer, and the high court published proposed amendments in February for public comment. “If a defe...
One person was dead after an officer-involved shooting Tuesday south of Tucumcari. The shooting occurred shortly before noon on Quay Road 49, about a dozen miles south of Tucumcari. New Mexico State Police Lt. Jerry Hernandez said at the scene that a law-enforcement officer exchanged gunfire with a person near the residence. Hernandez said one person is deceased. He said officer was not hurt, nor was anyone else. Hernandez did not identify the dead person or the officer. A brief news release...
A current deputy chief assessor and a former commissioner of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission are competing for the Republican nomination to be that party’s candidate for Quay County Assessor. Early voting in the primary election began Tuesday and will continue through the primary’s Election Day on June 4. James Kleinsasser, 63, a chief deputy assessor in the county assessor office who lives in Tucumcari, and Jefferson Byrd, 52, a rancher and windmiller from Tucumcari and a former member of the PRC, are running for the Rep...
The Tucumcari girls track team breezed to a district title during the Class 3A-4 meet Friday at Ruidoso High School. The Lady Rattlers amassed 121 1/2 points, well ahead of runner-up Dexter’s 100 points in the team standings. Ruidoso was third with 86 points, and New Mexico Military Institute finished with 61 1/2. Haisley Huffman, a senior, captured two district titles for the Lady Rattlers. Her 17 feet, 4 1/2 inch effort in the long jump won the event by well over a foot, and her 35-10 distance in the triple jump won it by more than three f...
Logan track standout Haden Judd and his younger sister Makinlee Judd played substantial roles in helping their respective teams win district titles on Saturday. Haden Judd, a junior, won three individual events - the 100-meter dash (11.72 seconds), 200-meter dash (0:23.73) and 400-meter dash (0:51.27) as the Longhorns breezed to a team district championship with 187 1/2 points. Melrose was a distant runner-up with 100 1/2 points at the six-team meet. Meanwhile, freshman Makinlee Judd won two...
Logan was seeded No. 1 in the Class 1A baseball tournament and earned a first-round bye this week. The Longhorns (16-4) won’t play until the semifinals at 10 a.m. May 16 on Field 5 of the Jennifer Riordan Spark Kindness Sports Complex in west Albuquerque. Logan will play the winner of fifth-seeded Grady (11-5) vs. fourth-seeded Mesilla Valley Christian (13-4). Those teams will face each other at Las Cruces on Wednesday. Gateway Christian (13-5) is the No. 2 seed and also earned a first-round bye. Gateway will play in the semifinals the winner o...
Mesalands Community College has a new rodeo coach, and he’s holds some familiarity with the Stampede program because he helped guide athletes against it. Mesalands interim president Allen Moss announced last week the hiring of Bo Segerman to take over the Stampede. Segerman had been an assistant rodeo coach for two years at New Mexico State University, a rival to Mesalands in the Grand Canyon Region. Segerman said NMSU’s head coach told him about the opening in Tucumcari. “I think it’s a great program,” he said in a phone interview last week...
The Logan softball team remained in contention for a district title with a resounding 19-2 victory Friday at Clayton. Logan’s Marilyn Moreno hit a triple and an inside-the-park home run. She drove in four runs and scored four times. Presley Griffitt hit a double, drove into two runs and scored twice. Logan starting pitcher Zaiyana Grijalva struck out nine batters in three innings. The Lady Longhorns were scheduled to play a second game that afternoon, but it was postponed by lightning. Logan instead will host Clayton for a district d...
Tucumcari’s baseball team finished its regular season with a district doubleheader loss Saturday at East Mountain by scores of 13-0 and 17-0. After starting the season with a decent 3-5 record, the Rattlers lost 12 district games in a row. East Mountain improved to 18-7 overall and captured the district title with an 11-1 mark, edging No. 2-ranked New Mexico Military Institute by one game. East Mountain is ranked fourth in Class 3A by MaxPreps.com. In the first game, the Rattlers managed just one hit against Timberwolves pitchers Cole D...
The Tucumcari girls softball team dropped a close district doubleheader at home Saturday against Dexter by scores of 11-9 and 9-8. During the 11-9 loss, Harley McKinney smacked three doubles, scored three runs and drove in another. Alexis Ramirez and Caylee Benavides each drove in two runs. Tucumcari pitcher Mia Estrada allowed 13 hits and two walks while striking out six in seven innings. “We had them,” Tucumcari coach CJ Oglesby said. “We committed a couple of errors early in the game. Dexter scored just four earned runs.” Despite the losses,...
New Mexico State Police captured a Tucumcari teen wanted on a count of attempted murder after being accused of pointing a gun at another man. Julian Martinez, 18, was charged on May 1 with first-degree attempted murder (willful and deliberate) and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, both felonies. Martinez faces up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $20,000 if convicted of the attempted murder charge. Magistrate Judge Noreen Hendrickson issued a warrant for Martinez’s arrest the same day he was charged. Tucumcari Police Chief P...
New Mexico has the biggest drug problem of all 50 of the United States and the District of Columbia, according to a study by Wallethub. The personal-finance website compared the states’ 20 key metrics, including arrest and overdose rates to opioid prescription use and employee drug-testing laws. New Mexico’s rank in these aspects: — First, share of teenagers who used illicit drugs in the past month; — Third, share of adults who used illicit drugs in the past month; — Seventh, drug overdose deaths per capita; — Second, share of adults who...
In a final tune-up before their district meet, the Logan girls team finished runner-up in the 13-team Wolverine Invitational last Tuesday at Texico. The Lady Longhorns scored 85 1/2 points, behind host Texico and its 127 1/2 points. Tucumcari’s girls finished ninth with 16 points. The San Jon girls scored eight points for 12th place. Logan’s Kaylee Williams won the 100-meter dash (0:13.20) and the triple jump (34-9), then finished second in the 200-meter dash (0:27.65). Teammate Makinlee Judd won the 300-meter hurdles (0:51.53) and fin...
Logan broke open a close game in the sixth inning to secure an 11-4 district victory at No. 1-ranked Melrose last Monday. The Longhorns were clinging to a 5-4 lead when they scored five in the top of the sixth. Jace Jackson and Mason Wallin each had big hits during the rally. Wallin went 3-for-5 at the plate with a home run and four RBI. Jackson and Kaeden Stoner each drove in two runs, and Mitchell Wall hit a solo homer. On the mound, Stoner and reliever Brock Burns combined for 12 strikeouts and allowed just four runs (two earned). “Our pitch...
The Logan High School boys and girls teams each prevailed over the rest of the field at the nine-team EPAC Varsity Meet on Saturday at Logan. The Longhorns breezed to the title with 139 points, well past runner-up Melrose and its 104 points. House finished with nine points. The Lady Longhorns scored 99 points to edge the runner-up Lady Buffs and their 93 points. Logan’s Haden Judd won three events — the 100-meter dash (11.36 seconds), the 300-meter hurdles race (0:42.55) and pole vault (15 feet). He also finished second in the 200-meter das...
Tucumcari senior long-jumper Haisley Huffman came close to breaking the school record in that event but settled for first place instead during the six-team Tucumcari Quad meet at Rattler Stadium last Tuesday. Huffman, a two-time Class 3A champion in the long jump, was hoping to surpass the THS record of 18 feet set by Sandy Fortner in 2002. Huffman logged measured jumps of 18 feet, 5 inches and 18 feet, 8 inches but scratched during both attempts, thwarting her bid to break the school mark...
The Tucumcari softball team reeled off four straight wins last week, including a doubleheader sweep Wednesday at Clayton. Tucumcari won the non-district games over the Yellowjackets by scores of 26-2 and 18-0, with both shortened by the mercy rule. In the opener, the Lady Rattlers scored nine runs in the third inning and 13 in the fourth. Tucumcari rapped 15 hits and drew 24 walks. Alexis Ramirez went 2-for-3 at the plate, including a double and a triple, with six RBI. Angel Vasquez also hit a double and a triple and drove in three runs. Amaya...
The Rattlers managed just three hits during a 12-0 district loss last Tuesday at Sandia Prep. The Sundevils scored in every inning of the game, which was shortened due to the mercy rule. Nick Goen, Josh Griego and Pat Garcia were the only Rattlers to produce hits against Sandia Prep. Goen smacked a double. Three Sandia Prep pitchers combined to strike out eight and allowed five walks during the shutout. Five Tucumcari errors led to six unearned runs for starting pitcher Goen and reliever Griego. Tucumcari fell to 3-13 overall and 0-8 in...
The City of Tucumcari and Mesalands Community College are joining forces to throw a Cinco de Mayo celebration on Saturday. The Tucumcari Convention Center at 1500 W. Route 66 Blvd. will host two musical acts from 8 a.m. to midnight Saturday. Performing will be Peter Vigil and The All-Star Band, plus the Colorado AllStarz. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the doors, which open at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at Mesalands, the City of Tucumcari or the Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce. For more information, call (575) 461-3451,...
The Tucumcari Film Festival returns Friday and Saturday, and this time all the entries will be screened at the historic Odeon Theatre in what likely will be a last hurrah for the venue's owners. Christy Dominguez, general manager of the Odeon and co-owner with her husband Robert Lopez, said last week they have accepted a local buyout offer for the Odeon, though she wasn't sure when the deal would be completed. Dominguez said they have a second offer awaiting if the contract falls through. This...
The Quay County Clerk’s Office announced last week that voters registered with a major party in New Mexico can request an absentee ballot for the June primary election at nmvote.org or by contacting the County Clerk. All registered major party voters in New Mexico can apply for, receive and vote with an absentee ballot in the primary. This year, voters can opt to be part of the permanent absentee list when requesting their absentee ballot. When a voter chooses this option, he or she will receive an absentee ballot in the mail for every s...
Tucumcari's softball team managed just five hits during an 8-0 district loss Thursday at state-ranked Dexter. The Lady Rattlers trailed 3-0 through four innings, and the Lady Demons scored five in the fifth to seize control. Haisley Huffman went 2-for-3 with two doubles for Tucumcari. Alexis Ramirez, Angel Vasquez and July Lafferty also hit singles for the Lady Rattlers. Tucumcari didn't have many other opportunities against Dexter eighth-grade pitcher Kaylonie Nevarez, who walked one batter...
The Tucumcari baseball team still was searching for its first district win of the season after a doubleheader loss Thursday at Ruidoso by scores of 20-1 and 13-3. The Warriors swamped the Rattlers (3-12, 0-7) with 13 runs in the opening inning of the first game. Ruidoso totaled 26 hits during the contest, while Tucumcari had just three. Pat Garcia went 3-for-3 at the plate and scored Tucumcari’s only run in the third. Logan Sandoval was a one-man wrecking crew for Ruidoso, going 5-for-5 with a home run, a double and seven RBI. Josiah Sanchez p...