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Mesalands Community College received word last week it will receive a $2 million endowment for the college’s forthcoming nursing program. Shannon Fries, the college’s director of nursing, told the Mesalands board of trustees during its Aug. 23 meeting she was informed that day about the endowment from the New Mexico Higher Education Department. Mesalands President Gregg Busch smiled broadly during the videoconference meeting as he repeated the sum of $2 million. The endowment will be used for nursing faculty salaries, according to a Mes...
New Mexico State Police officers are investigating a teen’s drowning at Ute Lake in Logan. According to a news release, state police were sent at 9:53 a.m. Monday to Ute Lake for a 17-year-old boy who had gone into the water and not resurfaced. The state police dive team spent the day searching, suspended the search as darkness approached and resumed it at 6 a.m. Tuesday. About 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, the boy was found and was pronounced dead by the Office of the Medical Investigator. Because he was younger than 18, state police stated they will n...
Required financial audits of the City of Tucumcari and Mesalands Community College are more than eight months late, landing both on the state auditor’s at-risk list and the possibility of a loss of state funds. Stephanie Telles, director of the government accountability office for the New Mexico Office of the State Auditor, told the Quay County Sun in an email last week that Mesalands should have submitted an audit for fiscal year 2021 by Nov. 1. Telles also stated the City of Tucumcari should have submitted its FY2021 audit to the state by D...
The co-owners of the Odeon Theatre in downtown Tucumcari were determined to reopen by Sept. 1, hell or high water. So it seems appropriate it will screen a film of the same name. The Odeon will reopen as a movie venue Thursday for the first time in nearly 2 1/2 years with a 7 p.m. screening of the 2016 Oscar-nominated film, "Hell or High Water," that was shot in Tucumcari and other parts of eastern New Mexico. Half-priced popcorn and sodas will be offered as part of the celebration, and...
Paula Chacon attended her first city commission meeting on Thursday as the new city manager and presented a lengthy list of issues she had resolved or was trying to address. Chacon, a former county manager in Quay and Union counties and longtime official with the 10th Judicial Circuit, logged her first official day at City Hall last Monday after being hired earlier in August. Several city commissioners welcomed her during the meeting Thursday, and one acknowledged she faced multiple challenges....
Congressional Democrats are demanding that social media companies do a better job of policing threats against the FBI in the wake of the agency’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence for classified documents that he took from the White House. The issue presents a crucial test of those companies’ ability to weed out dangerous speech without trampling on the First Amendment. If the companies don’t respond transparently to these demands and make a stronger effort than they are currently making to detoxify their sites,...
Is it my imagination, or do many people run from responsibility as fast as they can? If you cause harm to a person’s life, liberty, or property you need to take responsibility. Don’t wait for someone else to hold you accountable. Step up and accept it. If it was an accident, it can’t be a real crime, no matter how bad it was or what government says. You still owe restitution, but government has no stake in the matter. It’s between you and the one you harmed. Punishment shouldn’t even be an option. It’s only if you refuse to take responsibil...
In the Great American Culture Wars of our time, two different worldviews, science and religion, continue to do battle, even though it doesn’t have to be that way. Science has reshaped our world in incredible ways. Digital technologies have come to dictate how we live our lives. Medical advancements are saving people from diseases and deformities that once killed off people by the thousands. And mathematics has turned our economy into a numbers game that doesn’t even require actual productivity to build wealth. “Necessity is the mother of inven...
Tucumcari football coach Donnie Garcia was looking for progress after the opening-week loss at Jal, and he found it with his defense during the Rattlers' home opener Friday night against Thoreau. Tucumcari's offense remains a work in progress, however. The Rattlers D showed grit by forcing two turnovers and halting several Hawks drives. However, the Rattlers offense didn't get much going for a second straight week, and Thoreau kept plugging away with its run game to turn a 16-0 halftime lead...
The first meet of the season for Tucumcari High School cross-country runners was a learning experience not just for its athletes, but the coach. Virtually all of the Rattler runners this year are first-time participants in the sport. In addition, this is Tim Clark’s first time coaching such a team, replacing previous coach Gary Hittson after he became an assistant football coach. The Clovis Invitational on Friday wasn’t a meet full of creampuffs, either. “We were running against Carlsbad, Clovis, big schools ... and for our kids, it was their...
LOGAN - At the end of match point of the Lady Longhorn Volleyball Tournament championship, the Lady Rattlers celebrated like they never had won it before. That's because they hadn't. Tucumcari captured its first-ever title Saturday in the season-opening Logan tournament by defeating Springer 23-25, 25-16, 25-17, 25-23. The Lady Rattlers went 3-0 in the tourney and earned a high seed after winning all their games in pool play Thursday. With Tucumcari clinging to a 24-23 advantage in the final...
LOGAN - Even without their best player for nearly the entire game, the Longhorns cruised to a 50-0 non-district victory over visiting Questa on Friday afternoon during nine-man football action. The game ended early in the third quarter by the mercy rule as Logan (2-0) racked up more than 300 yards of offense on the winless Wildcats. Logan quarterback Kaeden Stoner threw for 167 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another TD. Receiver Brock Burns caught three passes for 110 yards and a...
The Quay County Health Council announced Monday how it will use its recently received Better Together grant to help young people combat misinformation on social media about vaccines. Better Together is an initiative of the New Mexico Department of Health with funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and managed through Momentum Santa Fe. Nine state entities received funding with an emphasis on using unusual and creative ways to encourage routine and COVID-19 vaccinations. In June, the DOH announced the health council...
The New Mexico Racing Commission on Thursday declined to take action on Coronado Partners’ application for a horse-racing license, but there was no urgency to do so because both sides recently agreed to an extension on the decision. Warren Frost, a Logan-based lawyer for Coronado and one of its principals, said Friday his investor group and the racing commission mutually agreed on an extension for a decision on the application. The deadline for the commission to act now is Nov. 2, Frost said. The latest the commission could act on the applicati...
Monday is Labor Day, the last summer holiday, although most schools, including colleges and universities, already have started classes. So be careful of young people walking, running and playing on their way to school. Anyway, appropriate labor is a God-given gift for our good (Genesis 2:8-15; Ecclesiastes 5:18-20). Those refusing to do the work God prepared for them really miss out on the joy he wants for them in this life and the next (Ephesians 2:10). That joy from work includes successfully cultivating young minds to become productive...
Quay County On the Move is inviting residents to spend an afternoon exploring Tucumcari’s four museums from 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 17 as part of a scavenger hunt with prizes offered. Participating are the New Mexico Route 66 Museum at 1500 W. Route 66 in the back of the Tucumcari Convention Center, Tucumcari Railroad Museum at 101 E. Railroad Ave., Tucumcari Historical Museum at 416 S. Adams St. and Mesalands Dinosaur Museum at 222 E. Laughlin Ave. Upon arrival at one of the museums, participants should stop by the Quay County On The Move table, r...
The City of Tucumcari announced it would impose a crackdown on stray dogs for a two-week period starting Sept. 15 after several children were bitten by the roaming animals. | Any dog without the required tags will be confiscated by city police officers and “disposed in a humane manner and bury the same.” Tagged dogs will be impounded, and the owner can take possession after paying a fine of $2 a day. Otherwise, the animal will be destroyed. All dog owners are asked to tie up or pen their dogs during the enforcement period. — Ray Rumba...
Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Friday — Logan Labor Day Weekend Street Dance. Gate opens at 7:30 p.m., with music by Ryan Culwell and The Damn Quails at 8. The event also will include a food truck, concession stand and cornhole tournament. Admission at the gate is $10 for adults, $5 for students and free for children 8 and younger. 1003 Martinez St., Logan. • Sept. 10 — Paws and Claws Animal Rescue is offering a six-week obedience class starting Sept. 10. Weekly classes meet at 9 and 10 a.m. Fee for the full si...
The Tucumcari Senior Center and Logan Senior Center also offer grab-and-go meals to those who qualify. Those interested should call the Tucumcari facility at 575-461-2307 or the Logan facility at 575-487-2287 for more information. Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Pork sausage biscuit sandwich, cinni mini, banana, apple juice, skim or 1% milk; Lunch: Cobb salad, barbecued chicken thighs, mashed potatoes, baked beans, frozen vegetable cup or Sunbelievables, skim, 1%, chocolate skim or strawberry milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Sausage bre...
Quay County’s new cases of coronavirus appear to have declined to a low and stable level, prompting a lowering of the risk of its spread by a prominent website that tracks the disease. The county’s COVID-19 cases totaled 15 last week, compared to 15 during the previous week reported by the New Mexico Department of Health. That’s a far cry from early August, when the county experienced 67 cases in one week, the highest it had been since the Delta variant ravaged the region last year. In response to the subsequent drop-off and apparent stabi...
6 Quay County Fair results LIVESTOCK RESULTS Junior Market Swine Show Class 1 – Hampshire 1. Braeden Lightfoot 2. Addie Lafferty 3. Jace Allen Class 2 – Hampshire 1. Addie Lafferty 2. Zelina Duggar 3. Gavin Wallace Hampshire Breed Champion Addie Lafferty Hampshire Reserve Champion Braeden Lightfoot Class 3 – Cross 1. Braeden Lightfoot 2. Micah Lightfoot 3. Zarek Aragon Class 4 – Cross 1. Micah Lightfoot 2. Gavin Wallace 3. Gannon Wallace Class 5 – Cross 1. Zarek Aragon 2. Micah Lightfoot 3. Brayden Wright Crossbreed Champion Micah Lightfoot...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Aug. 22 to Aug. 28: — Raymond Carl Holliday, 33, Tucumcari, criminal trespass (unposted). — Nickolas Anson Fragale, 19, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Masha Kellie Morris, 21, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Crystal Lynn Cochran, 34, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Amanda B. Armstrong, 35, Tucumcari, probation violation. — Roberto Nelson Rivas Jr., 46, Tucumcari, two counts of trafficking (by possession with intent to distribute), two counts of conspiracy with danger...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Aug. 22 to Aug. 28: Monday — 8:30 a.m.: Trespassing in 600 block of South Rock Island Street, Tucumcari. — 10:07 a.m.: Weapon offense in 200 block of South Second Street, Tucumcari. — 10:26 a.m.: Weapon offense in 400 block of South Jackson Street, Tucumcari. — 11:19 a.m.: Property damage in 600 block of East McGee Avenue, Tucumcari. — 12:28 p.m.: Disturbance in 1400 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 12:47 p.m.: Bomb threat in 600 block o...
A Nevada teen died in a one-vehicle accident Thursday on Interstate 40 east of San Jon. According to a news release from New Mexico State Police, officers responded to a rollover accident on eastbound I-40 at about 12:15 p.m. Thursday. The initial investigation indicated a 2005 Nissan Xterra sport utility vehicle was going east on I-40 with six people inside, including the driver. For unknown reasons, the driver lost control, and the vehicle rolled over. Two of the five passengers were thrown from the vehicle. One of them, 18-year-old Kejuan...