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A pair of Tucumcari residents are out on bond, charged in connection with the 2016 death of a 1-year-old boy. Hope Bass and Daniel Martinez were arrested Aug. 10, and both entered no plea to four counts of child abuse - one resulting in death. The charges stem from the Aug. 5, 2016, death of Chase Bass. The two were arraigned Monday before Quay County Magistrate Judge TJ O'Quinn and released on $20,000 appearance bonds, with caveats including house arrest, GPS ankle bracelets and the consent to...
A rash of overnight vandalism resulted in thousands of dollars of damages for more than 20 residents and a local business in Tucumcari. There are still reports coming in today from residents who are returning home from the weekend to discover their vehicles were damaged, said Pete Rivera, Tucumcari Deputy Chief of Police. Rivera said officers responded to reports of vandalism late Saturday night, early Sunday morning on South Adams Street and South Second Street. He said a male subject, later...
By Steve Hansen QCS Correspondent The 2017 Quay County Fair showed again what happens when the efforts of a few hundred kids combine with the time and patience of parents and other adult volunteers and a carnival for summer's last event before school starts. For the kids, high school age and under, it culminated a year of watering, feeding, weeding, cleaning, and dozens of other chores. The fair is where their fruits and vegetables, but mostly their animals, come to judgment. Judges turned...
The following are the menus for the Tucumcari and Logan senior centers and schools in Quay County for today through Aug. 30: Senior centers Coffee, tea and milk served daily Logan Thursday: Pork asada, buttered new potatoes, hominy, flour tortilla, chocolate cake Friday: Barbecue bonanza, creamy coleslaw, pinto beans, whole wheat bread, peanut butter cookie Monday: Baked pork chop, stuffing, parmesan potato rounds, carrots, cottage cheese, peaches Tuesday: Green chili chicken enchiladas, pinto beans, Spanish rice, orange sherbert Wednesday: Chi...
• The Federal Bureau of Investigation aided in the search for a robbery suspect who impersonated a federal liquor inspector. The male suspect stole $1,700 from a San Jon liquor store. The suspect would later be captured in Lubbock. • Tucumcari was selected as the site for the trial of Dona Ana Sheriff A.L. Apodaca. Apodaca was indicted on various moral offenses and misconduct counts in his office. • New Mexico Republican State chairman John W. Knorr visited Tucumcari to promote a statewide financial reform platform. • Tucumcari General Hospita...
A bullish stock market and improved oil revenues boosted New Mexico’s largest permanent funds by $2.1 billion last fiscal year, meaning an extra $61 million will go into state coffers this fiscal year, which began July 1. And like a kid in a candy story waiting for his/her allowance, there is a faction of New Mexicans already planning how to spend it. That’s understandable. But what’s worrisome are the community activists and legislators who will undoubtedly start lobbying early and often to spend more of the $22.3 billion in the Land Grant Per...
The following individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center Aug. 12-18: • Hope Bass, 25, child abuse resulting in death • Daniel Martinez, 19, child abuse resulting in death • Jeffrey Brown, 32, driving under the influence • Martin Calbert, 56, shoplifting • Macario Gardea, 31, criminal sexual contact of a minor • Mark Lawrence, 35, warrant • Tyler Loftis, 25, aggravated stalking • Elias Lopez, 21, warrant The following individuals were released from the Quay County Detention Center Aug. 12-18: • Jason Beltran, 29, bond...
If I were African-American, I would think slavery was the only significant issue of the Civil War, because everyday experience would demonstrate that the racism that began with slavery is alive and well in the U.S.A. Honoring the Confederacy would only be honoring racism, if I were African-American. Being white, and therefore not a daily victim of racism, at least in the U.S.A., I am able to take a broader view of the Civil War. I can see there were other issues besides slavery, chief among them the sovereignty of the individual states. The...
Forty years ago, the American Civil Liberties Union went to court to defend the right of Nazis to march through Skokie, Illinois. The ACLU defended the group’s right to free speech based on the same laws it had raised during the Civil Rights era when officials tried to stop civil rights marches throughout the South. Recently in Charlottesville, Virginia, the ACLU also supported the “Unite the Right” organization in court when city officials tried to revoke their permit to protest. Whether you a...
Stephanie Dimas-Tapia was born and raised in Logan. She attended the town's only K-12 school where she graduated with a small class of 25 students. She is the daughter of Jimmy and Linda Dimas of Logan and the youngest of seven, with four sisters and two brothers. Dimas-Tapia said that in the town of Logan, known for its neighboring Ute Lake State Park, everyone knows everyone. Her mother and father both worked for the school. Her dad was a bus driver, janitor and maintenance man. Her mother was...
Area high school football teams are prepping for their first game of the season, with Logan and San Jon traveling and Tucumcari at home to face Escalante. "We expect to see the same type of play out from Escalante that we have seen over the past three years," said Wayne Ferguson, Rattlers head coach, of the 7 p.m. Friday matchup. This is the fourth-straight year the Lobos and Rattlers have faced off, with Escalante winning by counts of 34-28, 18-0 and 34-6. Ferguson said the Lobos will like to...