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On this date ... 1972: Two escaped prisoners from Kansas arrested in connection with the abduction and shooting of Quay County sheriff’s deputy Travis Haynes of Ragland were arraigned before Magistrate Judge Charles Magruder and held on $100,000 bond each on one charge of armed robbery. District Attorney Norman Runyan said more charges were likely. Haynes remained in critical condition in intensive care at a Lubbock, Texas, hospital. The suspects were captured near Carrizozo. They were accused of kidnapping Haynes, who later was found shot i...
Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Friday-Saturday — First Presbyterian Church Rummage Sale. The fellowship hall next to the church will be open for the sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both days. The church collects thousands of clean, usable items ranging from clothes and accessories to furniture, antiques, electronics, appliances, sports equipment, décor, household goods and more. 306 E. Aber St., Tucumcari. • Saturday — Logan Big Bass Tournament at Ute Lake State Park in Logan. Fishing will begin during safe-day...
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: Ham and egg breakfast bar, potato tri-tators, apple juice, skim or 1% milk; Lunch: Ham and cheese chef salad, teriyaki chicken, brown rice, Oriental vegetables, baby carrots, pear, skim, 1% or chocolate skim milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Mini cinnamon French toast, str...
The Farmers’ Electric Cooperative board of trustees recently selected Antonio Sanchez Jr. as the cooperative’s new CEO. Sanchez was selected from more than 30 candidates and will report to the cooperative’s headquarters in Clovis starting May 23. Sanchez holds experience in the electric cooperative industry, including being employed by Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative in Portales for more than 22 years. Sanchez served the Roosevelt cooperative membership as an engineering manager, general manager and executive vice president. He is a lic...
Tucumcari Municipal Airport will receive a $1.3 million grant from the state Department of Transportation to increase its refueling capacity for airplanes. The funds will be used to build new fuel farms at the airport. The money comes from federal American Rescue Act Plan funds for COVID-19 relief....
A Tucumcari man stands accused of leading police on a chase at speeds of over 90 mph on city streets and striking a parked vehicle before he was arrested at gunpoint by city police. Adam Manuel Apodaca, 24, is charged with 12 counts of failure to yield, speeding 36 mph and over, reckless driving, failure to stop upon striking an unattended vehicle and aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer. The fleeing count is a fourth-degree felony that could lead up to 18 months in prison or a $5,000 fine. The other counts are misdemeanors. According...
K-Bob’s Steakhouse is returning to its old location in Tucumcari after a three-year absence. K-Bob’s conducted a job fair Thursday at the Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce office. John Rink, vice president of operations at K-Bob’s in Clovis, said its restaurants typically employ 30 to 40 full- and part-time workers. Rink said if he found a local general manager quickly for its Tucumcari restaurant, it could be remodeled and reopened by mid- to late summer. Rink said Sid Strebeck purchased the Tucumcari building shortly after K-Bob’s Hou...
The Mesalands Community College board of directors on Thursday authorized its president, Gregg Busch, to collaborate with Clayton-area officials to establish a college-level Union County Learning Center there. The agenda during the Mesalands special meeting stated the board would authorize Busch to work with Clayton “to provide services, programs and workforce training opportunities” with that city. The board during its special meeting also voted to accept resolutions from the Union County Commission, Clayton Municipal Schools board of edu...
Next Tuesday is the deadline for New Mexico residents to register to vote for the June 7 primary election. That also is the day that early voting begins for the primary, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Early voting will be held Monday through Thursday at the clerk’s office through June 4. The office will be open for early voting one Friday only, on June 4, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Quay County Clerk’s Office stated voter-registration forms are available there in the Quay County Courthouse at 300 S. Third St. in Tucumcari at or online at NMVote.org. Tho...
As all of New Mexico is experiencing some level of drought, cloud seeding may help bring water to Quay County and other areas of the eastern part of the state. The Interstate Stream Commission approved a weather modification application during its monthly meeting on April 21. The cloud seeding is expected to occur during the summer and will affect Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Lea, Quay and Roosevelt counties. All those counties are experiencing extreme or exceptional drought conditions, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map. Texas-based...
No apparent cases of COVID-19 were reported in Quay County last week – the first time that had happened in many months. The total number in the county since the pandemic began in spring 2020 stood at 2,003, one fewer than the previous week. No explanation was given for the New Mexico Department of Health’s apparent lowering of total cases by one. According to state epidemiology reports, Quay County’s COVID-19 case rate dropped to 3.3 new cases per 100,000 people from April 13 to April 25, compared to 3.4 during the previous period. The county r...
New Mexico Department of Transportation chief Michael Sandoval retired effective Sunday after 27 years in state government, according to a news release last week from the agency. Under his leadership, NMDOT implemented more than $3 billion in construction programs over the last 3 1/2 years. Before his appointment as cabinet secretary, he served as executive manager of the department’s Modal Divisions, in which he oversaw hundreds of contracts, the state’s 12 ports of entry and major transportation projects including the Rail Runner, com...
Tucumcari MainStreet last week received a $7,000 grant from the Resilient Communities Fund of the state MainStreet organization. Tucumcari’s grant will be used for the business microloan program, Tucumcari MainStreet executive director Connie Loveland said. She said the Tucumcari program has helped 11 small businesses with small, low-interest loans to help them open or expand their operations. Tucumcari MainStreet was among 16 MainStreet-affiliated communities that received grants totaling more than $415,000, according to a news release from N...
Five teams from Tucumcari Diamondback STEM robotics program recently competed at the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics’ botball tournament in Los Lunas, and all have been invited to the international contest in Oklahoma this summer. In botball, students design and build robots to accomplish varying challenges during the competition. Team 806, which consisted of Caden Thomas, MiKayla Klinger and Bryson Klinger, won first place overall and first place in documentation and presentation. Team 805, consisting of Aaron Chand, Justin Keith, N...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from April 25 to May 1: — David Sandoval Jr., 43, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — John Seek, 29, Tucumcari, felony contempt of court. — Billy Jack Baca, 43, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Cassandra Lynelle Duran, 43, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Samuel Emme Nixon, 52, San Jon, four counts of unlawful use of an ATM card (conspiracy). — Jeffrey Allan Peck, 60, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, two counts of criminal damage to property (over $1,000), leaving the scene of an accident (p...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from April 25 to May 1: Monday — 10:48 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 300 block of South Third Street, Tucumcari. — 3:22 p.m.: Domestic disturbance at East Tucumcari Boulevard and Quay Road 63, Tucumcari. — 4:46 p.m.: Noise complaint at Second Street and Dehoney Avenue, Tucumcari. — 5:10 p.m.: Fight in 1200 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 5:53 p.m.: Theft in 1000 block of East Rankin Avenue, Tucumcari. — 6:25 p.m.: Vehicle theft in 1600 block of Ea...
Just days after wildfires burned tens of thousands of acres in northern New Mexico, Quay County Commissioners on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance that issues a burn ban for an indefinite period. County fire marshal Lucas Bugg recommended the proclamation’s passage. He said he conferred with fire chiefs of the county’s rural districts and municipalities, and all were in favor of a burn ban. Bugg said an “unimaginable” amount of land has burned in San Miguel, Colfax and Mora counties from wildfires there. He also cited the Mitchell Fire e...
Tucumcari’s city manager is stepping down from his current position but will remain employed by the City of Tucumcari in his previous roles as assistant city manager. City Manager Mark Martinez provided the Quay County Sun a copy of his resignation letter, dated March 24, that was given to the city commission. He stated would continue to serve as city manager position until a replacement is hired. “It has been quite an accomplishment for an individual that was born and raised in this town,” Martinez wrote in the letter. “This is my home an...
One of the principals for the Paulita's New Mexico food company was busy washing windows Thursday in the gymnasium of the former armory building now owned by Mesalands Community College. Alan Porter was getting the big room ready so his Rio Rancho-based company could relocate equipment and supplies at the South 11th Street site in the coming weeks and resume production of its New Mexican food by late May. Porter, who co-founded Paulita's New Mexico with his wife Paula about a decade ago, said...
A new film festival for this weekend's Tucumcari Rawhide Days was supposed to serve as a soft reopening of the city's historic Odeon Theatre, which has been closed for more than two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, because of technical problems and other difficulties, the 1936 theater won't open for several more weeks. Instead, the film festival primarily will be in the lecture hall of the Mesalands Community College's wind-energy center on South 11th Street. Odeon owners Robert...
Four more cases of COVID-19 were reported last week in Quay County by the New Mexico Department of Health. The total number of the county’s confirmed cases during the previous week was three. The total number in the county since the pandemic began in spring 2020 rose to 2,004. According to state epidemiology reports, Quay County’s COVID-19 case rate dropped to 3.4 new cases per 100,000 people from April 5 to April 18, compared to 4.3 during the previous period. The county remained in the yellow zone for risk, as did many other counties in New...
A TA Travel Center is being planned to open in spring 2023 on South First Street near Interstate 40 in Tucumcari. A news release from Ohio-based TravelCenters of America stated a franchise agreement had been struck to build the TA Travel Center in Tucumcari but didn’t state the exact location. City Commissioner Christopher Arias said in a phone interview last week he learned from City Manager Mark Martinez and from community development meetings the TA Travel Center would be on the southeast side of First Street’s intersection with I-40, acr...
On this date ... 1972: Perry Wells, who lives outside of city limits near Tucumcari’s east edge, said he was “pretty hot under the collar” after a city sewer line collapsed near his home, sending human waste, toilet paper and water into his home through its bathtub, commode, porch drain and onto flooring of his house. Wells said his homeowners insurance “isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on,” and the city has not claimed responsibility for the damage. • David Still of Tucumcari was named the area handicapped person of the year in New Mexico....
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: Pancake sausage on a stick, red grapes, orange juice, skim or 1% milk; Lunch: Ham and cheese sandwich, barbecued pulled pork sandwich, roasted carrots, baked beans, watermelon, skim, 1% or chocolate skim milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Banana muffin, string cheese, str...
Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Friday-Sunday — Tucumcari Rawhide Days. The event will include a Texas longhorn show, a film festival, gunfighter show, chuck wagons, Southern Slam Dancers, biscuits-and-gravy breakfast, cowboy church, Tucumcari Historical Museum programs, cattle drive on Route 66 and more. For more details, go to tucumcarirawhidedays.com. • Tuesday — Teacher Appreciation Celebration Drive-Through Breakfast from 7 to 8 a.m. at Tucumcari Historic Railroad Plaza. • Saturday — Death, Diamonds an...