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Two suspects in a fatal dog attack in Tucumcari last year pleaded guilty to one felony count each in plea agreements filed last week. Mary Montoya, 52, and her son Kristopher J. Morris, 28, both of Tucumcari, initially were charged with involuntary manslaughter (reckless) and dangerous dog (death of a person) after a pack of dogs attacked and killed Tucumcari resident. Stanley Hartt, 64, was killed on Feb. 1, 2023, on a street near Mesalands Community College. Under the agreements, Montoya and Morris each pleaded guilty to the dangerous dog...
C. Renee Hayoz, District 4 commissioner of Tucumcari, resigned after she applied for — and won — the assistant city manager position. Hayoz, who had been commissioner since November, submitted her letter of resignation on July 25 after the commission’s previous regular meeting. The commission late last year appointed Hayoz to fill the rest of Christopher Arias’ term through 2025. Arias was elected to a four-year term in 2021, but he resigned for personal reasons in September 2023. In a phone interview, Hayoz said she stepped down as commissione...
Sixteen-year-old Addie Lafferty of San Jon admits she's had other good years at the Quay County Fair. But it would be difficult to top this one. Lafferty, a senior at San Jon High School this fall, showed both the grand champion and reserve champion steers and earned the Senior Showmanship prize in the beef category. She also showed the grand champion hog at the fair. Lafferty said she put a lot of effort in particular during the showmanship competition. "I'm really intense," she said. "When it...
The Tucumcari Rotary Club is proposing spending $1,500 of its own money to convert at least part of George Molinas Memorial Park into a dog-friendly park. Bobby Hockaday of the club made the proposal during a work session Thursday of the Tucumcari City Commission. The estimated budget for the conversion is $1,000 to repair fencing and add a double-gate entry, plus $500 for waste stations, a water station and signs that dictate rules of the park. Mayor Pro Tem Jerry Lopez expressed concern about...
Recently, I participated in a Facebook conversation initiated when someone complained about getting an opened bag of corn chips from the cabinet, only to find that someone else had left only the crumby remnants. I and many others understood the disappointment, but several of us commented about the beneficial use of such leftovers for cooking or as a treat. Shortly after my initial response, I realized the topic was a food-for-thought opportunity. So here’s what came tumbling out of my mind. Crumbs are associated with less-than-desirable t...
On this date ... 1974: District Judge Stanley Frost dismissed one charge of battery against Tucumcari City Commissioner John Crespin and deferred a sentence on the other charge of tampering with public records by attempting to remove a police incident. In court, witnesses testified they saw Crespin push city manager Alan Morris during an argument at City Hall, prompting an office staffer to call police. Police officers later testified that Crespin came into the police department, requested an examination of the incident report, then folded it...
Tucumcari school Wednesday — No school. Thursday — No school. Monday — Breakfast; Turkey sausage breakfast pizza, Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, cinnamon graham cracker, apple, apple juice, 1%, skim or strawberry skim milk; Lunch: Chicken nuggets, turkey and cheese deluxe hoagie, seasoned baked whole-grain roll, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, cucumber, garden side salad, fruit cocktail, 1%, skim, chocolate skim or strawberry skim milk. Tuesday — Breakfast: Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, cinnamon graham cracker, orange, orange juice, 1%, skim or...
Sept. 14 — Fired Up festival. Tucumcari MainStreet will host its annual festival at the Tucumcari Historic Railroad Plaza. The event will include live performances, a fireworks show, a car show, food trucks and craft booths. For more information, call to tucumcarimainstreet.org/fired-up. To add an item to the calendar, email [email protected]...
Clovis Police Chief Roy Rice is facing harsh criticism for his handling of criminal allegations against a former cop. From here, it looks like Rice is not the only one to blame for justice delayed. The trouble began in February 2023 when a burglary suspect told Clovis police investigators she “knew some information about a cop who was providing her with information and drugs,” court records show. Eighteen months later, that Clovis police officer, Frank Careri, was arrested on charges that include drug trafficking and accessory to res...
Violence and horror continue to haunt Black Americans. Most Americans are likely to be aware of the horrific death of Sonya Massey at the hands of a sadistic police officer. Massey, a 36-year-old Illinois mother, had called 911 because she believed an intruder had entered her home. Two Sangamon County deputies arrived, and one of them, Sean Grayson, began spewing a tirade of profanity-laced threats during an argument over a pot of boiling water she was holding. Grayson shot Massey at close range as she ducked behind a counter saying she was...
You might still have questions about how the Biden Coup of 2024 went down. Or maybe you still want to know who has really been calling the shots in the Biden administration during Joe’s afternoon naps. But it looks like you’ll have to wait for the historians. The liberal journalists who control our mainstream media don’t care how Joe Biden was dethroned by his own party – not now and not when it happened. They don’t care that Vice President Kamala Harris – the reigning laughingstock of American politics until 10 minutes ago – was undemocratica...
Tucumcari High School's volleyball coach expects her team to be pretty good again this year, but she acknowledged it's a squad in transition. Not only are the Lady Rattlers coping with the loss of six seniors from last season's stellar squad, but realignment has put them in a new enrollment class and a new district. Tucumcari will have its first test of the season with a home match Saturday against perennially tough Fort Sumner. Junior varsity matches will begin at 1 p.m., and the varsity clash...
The forthcoming Eastern New Mexico Behavioral Health Facility in Clovis will include a Crisis Triage Center of 12 short-term beds in the first phase of the project. Kate Bailey, a partner for the Denver-based Initium Health consulting firm, gave details about the facility to the Quay County Commission during a virtual presentation on Monday. The behavioral health facility near Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis would serve five eastern New Mexico counties, including Quay. Bailey said...
Members of the Tucumcari Lodgers Tax Advisory Board greeted with enthusiasm the prospect of a drag-racing event on east Route 66 during the highway's centennial in 2026. Doug Woodward and Bill Delaney told the board they want to organize a Tucumcari version of the annual Kingman Route 66 Street Drags in Kingman, Arizona, in September or October 2026, which would be during the 100th anniversary of Route 66. Woodward said the Tucumcari event would take place on Route 66 east of the vacant Kmart...
Agriculture remains an important economic component in nine northeast New Mexico counties that include Quay County. Dovetailing from that, agriculture research centers are important, too. Jay Lillywhite, associate dean of New Mexico State University's Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Services and director of its agriculture experiment stations, made that pitch during a keynote speech during the annual field day last Tuesday at the Rex E. Kirksey Agriculture Science Center in Tucumcari....
Tucumcari city manager Paula Chacon during a city commission meeting Thursday chided Mayor Pro Tem Jerry Lopez and a District 3 Commissioner CJ Oglesby, namely for “overstepping their boundaries” in talks with state transportation officials. During her manager’s report, Chacon said: “I need this to be on the record: I do want to talk to you all about commissioners overstepping their boundaries.” She said the commission serves on the legislative level and that the manager serves at the administrative level. She said the New Mexico Departmen...
New Mexico Gas Co., which serves Tucumcari, has been sold to a private equity management firm that pledges to increase the utility’s workforce by up to 70 people. Emera Inc., based in Canada, announced the sale last week of New Mexico Gas to Bernhard Capital Partners for $1.252 billion, including about $500 million in debt. The sale is subject to approval by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. The sale is expected to close in late 2025. Jeff Jenkins, founder and partner of Bernhard Capital Partners, stated in a news release he c...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Aug. 5 to Aug. 11: Aug. 5 — 1:52 a.m.: Domestic disturbance in 1500 block of South Seventh Street, Tucumcari. — 6:20 a.m.: Theft in 4000 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 6:24 a.m.: Accident in 31900 block of U.S. 54, Logan. — 7:32 a.m.: Trespassing in 600 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 10:16 a.m.: Trespassing in 600 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 10:17 a.m.: Civil dispute in 100 block of U.S. 54, Logan....
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Aug. 5 to Aug. 11: — Raymond Carl Holliday, 35, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Thomas Tietjen, 60, Tucumcari, careless driving (full time and attention) and no driver’s license. — Gabriel Wesley Jones, 33, Tucumcari, aggravated battery against a household member (deadly weapon), false imprisonment and interference with communications. — Rodney Hodges, 49, Tucumcari, criminal trespass (unposted). — Sergio Guadalupe Chavez, 34, Tucumcari, aggravated battery (no great bodil...