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A woman and her son awaiting trial this fall for their alleged roles in a 2023 fatal dog attack in Tucumcari are back in jail. This time they’re accused of felony child abuse. Mary Montoya, 52, and her son Kristopher J. Morris, 28, both of Tucumcari, were arrested on warrants and charged on Thursday on one count each of intentional child abuse (no great bodily harm). The charge is a third-degree felony that could result in three years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Magistrate Judge Noreen Hendrickson ordered Montoya and Morris to be held without...
An officer for the Rattler Reunion is expecting about 400 people to descend upon Tucumcari when the big annual event begins on Thursday. Kathy Segura, treasurer of the Rattler Reunion, said in a phone interview last Friday that 150 people already had registered for the 52nd event. Segura said she expected another 200 to 300 people to register by Friday, the reunion’s first big day. “We’re excited,” she said. Registration begins at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Tucumcari Convention Center, with a meet-and-greet catered that night by Del’s Restauran...
Tucumcari city commissioners by a 4-1 vote approved a lease for new laptops for the police department but delayed the purchase of vehicles for police and animal control until city finances are clarified. Tucumcari Police Sgt. Lorenzo Emillio recommended a three-year lease with Enchanted Technology Solutions of Albuquerque for 16 laptops that will be installed in squad cars for a total cost of about $44,000 for the first year and $36,000 for each of the subsequent two years. Emillio said TPD could opt to buy the laptops outright for $108,000,...
The ballot for Quay County treasurer for November's election is blank at least temporarily after the unopposed Republican candidate suddenly withdrew last week. Quay County deputy treasurer Albenita R. Rael on July 24 officially withdrew her uncontested candidacy as the Republican candidate for treasurer for the Nov. 5 election. She was uncontested in the June primary election. No Democratic candidate filed for the position in the county, which means the ballot for that position would be blank...
On this date ... 1974: The U.S. House Judiciary Committee called for the impeachment, trial and removal from office of President Richard Nixon for alleged high crimes and misdemeanors against the government. The committee recommended against impeachment on two other grounds — secretly bombing Cambodia and underpaying his taxes by more than $432,000. Nixon, through an order by the U.S. Supreme Court, also surrendered the first 20 of the 64 audiotapes. John Ehrlichman, Nixon’s top domestic affairs adviser, was sentenced to prison from 20 mon...
Thursday-Sunday — Rattler Reunion. This annual event will include a parade, dances, gatherings and the Saturday night banquet. For more information, go to rattlerreunion.com. Thursday, Aug. 7-10 — Quay County Fair. The annual event at the Quay County Fairgrounds in Tucumcari will feature all sorts of livestock shows, plus fine arts and home arts competitions in the exposition center. The fair concludes with the annual Junior Livestock Auction on Saturday night. The rabbit and poultry show was moved to Thursday due to avian flu precautions. To...
Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Albondigas soup, tossed salad with dressing, beets, whole-wheat crackers, fruit salad. Thursday — Barbecued pork sandwich, herb-roasted potatoes, tomato and onion salad, oatmeal cookie, cantaloupe. Friday — Red chile cheese enchiladas with lettuce and tomato, pinto beans, Mediterranean blend vegetables, orange. Monday — Beef stew, squash, cornbread, banana. Tuesday — Green chile chicken enchiladas, Spanish rice, pinto beans, tossed salad with dressing, plums....
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle should have saved herself from being roasted for 4 hours and 40 minutes last week by justifiably angry members of the House Oversight Committee livid over the failures of the Secret Service to prevent the shooting of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally. She should have resigned rather than sit there and make the situation worse. Instead, she quit later. Trump thankfully survived, but rallygoer Corey Comperatore died, as did a lot of the agency’s credibility and Cheatle’s reputation. Cheatle said in her...
After all the speculation about whom he would choose, Donald Trump selected JD Vance, the junior senator of Ohio, as his running mate in the presidential race. A former “public affairs” marine turned venture capitalist, Vance rose to fame in 2016 with the publication of “Hillbilly Elegy,” an engaging narrative that detailed his challenging and adversarial upbringing in poverty-stricken southwestern Ohio and his later experiences at Yale law school. The book became a national bestseller and the subject of the Ron Howard-directed 2020 film starri...
We had two big speeches from Washington last Wednesday. Neither one was very encouraging for those of us who worry about our fragile democracy and the futures of our kids and grandkids. Bibi Netanyahu gave a great speech in the House of Representatives, defending Israel’s war in Gaza and trying to rally support from U.S. politicians – i.e., Republicans, mostly. Many Democrats stayed away from Bibi’s speech or cut out early, including Sen. Chuck Schumer. They were afraid to offend the left-wing Democrats that have fractured their party by suppo...
The New Mexico Activities Association on Thursday inducted longtime Tucumcari High School coach and administrator Wayne Ferguson into the NMAA Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place during the second annual New Mexico High School Sports Award Show and Dinner at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Ferguson's selection to the NMAA Hall of Fame was announced in March. He is the 116th inductee into the Hall. Ferguson's NMAA Hall of Fame video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/veTeNW0qyxI. In it,...
The Rev. Cameron Degani a few months ago was assigned to preside over St. Anne's Catholic Church in Tucumcari. He said he likes what he sees from his congregation and community in his first-ever stint as a priest. Degani, 29, a Roswell native who moved to Albuquerque as a teen and attended the University of New Mexico before becoming a priest, received the Tucumcari assignment after the archbishop of the Santa Fe Archdiocese offered it to him. "It was a great honor," he said during a recent...
New Mexico State University's annual field day at the Rex E. Kirksey Agricultural Science Center in Tucumcari will be on Aug. 6. It will cover topics such as forage sorghum, alternate cropping system and cattle genetic testing. This event is free. Registration for the event begins at 4:30 p.m. at the science center, located three miles northeast of Tucumcari on U.S. 54. One also can go to https://rsvp.nmsu.edu/rsvp/tucumcari to register. NMSU Associate Dean and Director of the Agricultural...
Customers of New Mexico Gas Co. will see an average increase of 7% in their bills this fall after state regulators approved a rate-hike increase from the company, which serves Tucumcari. According to a news release from the company, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission unanimously approved the change in the natural gas company’s rates, effective on Oct. 1. The company stated the average month residential bill will rise by 7.1%. Residential customers’ fixed monthly access fee will remain unchanged at $12.40. “For a residential customer wh...
The Quay County Commission last week approved the hiring of a information technology company that will serve the county and the regional emergency dispatch center. Park Place Technologies will be paid $55,020 a year, plus a onetime $4,000 onboarding fee, to supply IT service for the county and 911 center, according to county documents. The two entities will split the cost. The 911 board during a meeting the previous week recommended approval of the split. The county’s 911 service had budgeted $15,000 a year for IT service, but county manager D...
My last article in the Quay County Sun on July 17 was about the splendors of God’s love for us with an introduction that our appropriate response to that love through obedience to become his child (John 14:15-21; Acts 2:38-39; 5:32; Galatians 3:26-4:7; Romans 8:9-17). We’re to continue in that relationship of love by loving others as he loved us because he loves the whole world and wants them as his children (John 3:16; 13:34-35; Ephesians 5:1-2; Romans 5:6-8; 2 Peter 3:9). Love, therefore, is the basis for the first and second greatest com...
Youth in New Mexico are the second-worst at risk in the United States in 2024, according to a new study. According to WalletHub.com, it compared all 50 dates and the District of Columbia across 15 key indicators of youth risk, ranging from the share of disconnected youth, labor force participation and poverty rates. New Mexico ranked in these areas: — Fifth in percentage of disconnected youth; — First in percentage of youth without a high school diploma; — Fourth in percentage of overweight or obese youth; — Eighth in percentage of youth d...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from July 22 to July 29: — Trini Georgiana Encinias, 49, Amarillo, Texas, contempt of court. — Marcus Gonzales, 26, Tucumcari, disorderly conduct. — Kristopher Jaquarias Morris, 28, Tucumcari, intentional child abuse (no death or great bodily harm). — Mary Olimpia Montoya, 52, Tucumcari, Tucumcari, intentional child abuse (no death or great bodily harm). — Aleea R. Talvitie, 21, Tucumcari, battery against a household member. — Tyler Miguel Castillo, 19, Tucumcari, battery aga...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from July 15 to July 28: July 15 — Midnight: Domestic disturbance in 5200 block of Quay Road AI, Tucumcari. — 6:52 a.m.: Found property in 1000 block of Martinez Street, Logan. — 9:37 a.m.: Trespassing in 600 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 10:13 a.m.: Theft in 400 block of South Second Street, Tucumcari. — 11:50 a.m.: Missing person reported in 2600 block of South First Street, Tucumcari. — 12:10 p.m.: Harassment in 7000 block of Quay Road Y...