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Quay County commissioners on Monday approved agreements to receive a total of $9.8 million in federal funds over two fiscal years to build a new bridge on Old Route 66 between San Jon and Endee. The funds would include about $2.92 million for a design pact. The total project cost would be $10.22 million, according to documents in the commissioners’ packet. It would include a local match of $426,030. County manager Daniel Zamora said the current 1931 bridge, called Bridge 1042, for years has been listed as one of the state’s lowest-rated bri...
Quay County voters will decide in the Nov. 7 election whether to continue a longstanding sales-tax subsidy for Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari. The ballot issue would renew a one-eighth-cent gross receipts tax that would be used for the hospital’s operations and maintenance. The tax generates about $200,000 a year for the hospital and its primary care clinics in Tucumcari and Logan. Vickie Gutierrez, administrator and chief nurse executive at Trigg, said examples of equipment purchased with the sales tax are a new ultrasound machine, a n...
The Tucumcari school board heard a sales pitch last week from representatives of the New Mexico School Boards Association to help the board search for a replacement for its retiring superintendent. TPS superintendent Aaron McKinney gave the board verbal notice last month he intends to retire on Jan. 1 after 18 years of guiding the district. McKinney has signaled his retirement date might be fluid because he wants the ongoing baseball and softball ballparks redevelopment project to be substantially finished before stepping down. Tom Sullivan...
All four public schools in Quay County have bond questions for voters on the Nov. 7 election ballot, including what could be a highly consequential one for San Jon. For voters in the district for San Jon Municipal Schools, the ballot states the proposed bond issue would be for up to $350,000, though its superintendent has said the district would need only $200,000 to $250,000. (More on that later.) An approval of the measure could lead to a lot more. If voters approve the bonds, the district likely will be in line for a grant of up to $30...
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Chicken patty sandwich, chef salad, buffalo chicken wrap, ranch potato wedges, seasoned peas, fresh broccoli, fruit cocktail, 1%, skim, chocolate skim or strawberry skim milk. Thursday — Pepperoni pizza, ham and cheese sandwich, garden side salad, fresh baby carrots, fresh pear, 1%, skim, chocolate skim or strawberry skim milk. Monday — Barbecued pork sandwich, turkey and cheese deluxe hoagie, vegetarian chef salad, tater tots, dill pickle spear, baked beans, garden side salad, pineapple tidbits,1%, skim, choco...
• Friday-Saturday — 15th annual Mesalands Community College Grand Canyon Region Intercollegiate Rodeos. The Quay County Rodeo Arena will host two successive rodeos each day. Gates open at 5 p.m., with the rodeos beginning nightly at 6. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for teenagers and free for children age 12 and younger. • Friday, Saturday and Oct. 20 — “The Hauntings of Alex Street: A History Alive Tour.” The $20 tickets for these walking tours at 6 p.m. at the Tucumcari Railroad Museum include a snack and a ticket for a screening o...
On this date … 1973: U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after accepting a plea deal in a Baltimore courtroom in exchange for a lighter sentence. Agnew also said he resigned to spare anguish to his family and the nation. He had pleaded no contest to tax evasion. Agnew also was fined $10,000 and given three years of probation. His associates told federal prosecutors he initiated a plan to extort thousands of dollars from consulting engineers that were awarded contracts by the state of Maryland without competitive bidding. President R...
Don't expect light reading from a local pastor's new book about Moses. Gordan Runyan, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Tucumcari for the past 13 years and a faith columnist for the Quay County Sun, said readers probably will be "challenged" by the recently released "Radical Moses: The Amazing Civil Freedom Built into Ancient Israel" (self-published, 140 pages, e-book available). Runyan said during a phone interview that his book, published in late August, explains the libertarian type of gov...
Mesalands Community College is hosting a free “Business 101: Boot Camp” from 10 a.m. to noon on Oct. 25. The training will teach entrepreneurs key components of starting or owning their own businesses, including marketing, bookkeeping, accounting, financials and sales. The training will be in Room A222 at the college at 911 S. 10th St. in Tucumcari. It’s presented by the North East Economic Development Organization, Small Business Development Center at Luna Community College and New Mexico State University and is being promoted by the Great...
A sizable chunk of New Mexico will experience a near-total solar eclipse on Saturday morning, though the phenomenon will be a little less pronounced in Quay County. NASA describes the event that day as an annular eclipse - where the moon passes between the sun but is at or near its farthest point from Earth. As a result, the moon appears smaller than the sun and doesn't completely cover it. A NASA map shows the eclipse starting in New Mexico in the Four Corners area and moving southeast. Areas...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Oct. 2 to Oct. 8: Monday — 2:30 a.m.: Noise complaint at East High and South Lake streets, Tucumcari. — 4:46 a.m.: Prowler in 1800 block of South Fourth Street, Tucumcari. — 6:33 a.m.: Accident in 32600 block of Interstate 40 east, Tucumcari. — 8:12 a.m.: Accident in 36800 block of Interstate 40 east, Bard. — 9:03 a.m.: Hit-and-run accident in 2400 block of South First Street, Tucumcari. — 10:51 a.m.: Fire in 500 block of East Turner Avenue, Tucumcari....
SAN JON — It’s footwear worthy for King Kong if he’d been a Jimmy Buffett fan. Along the main drag of Route 66 in this eastern Quay County village sits a 40-foot-long behemoth under construction that aims to lay claim as the world’s largest flip-flop. It’s the brainchild of Jumah Culhane and wife Caryn Grzegorek, who in a few weeks will open a flip-flop-themed gift shop called Fun-Key Junk Emporium at the site of a long-closed gas station. Jumah said in a phone interview he and his wife, last ba...
A District 2 representative for Tucumcari City Commission seeking a second term faces a significantly younger opponent in the Nov. 7 election. Incumbent City Commissioner Paul Villanueva, 53, who is disabled but once worked for the New Mexico Department of Transportation, is being challenged by Jonathan Brito, 32, an administrative assistant for a certified public accounting firm in Tucumcari. Early voting begins Oct. 10 at the Quay County Courthouse. District 2 encompasses much of the...
Trustees for Mesalands Community College delayed until at least November the approval of $54,800 in leases with the college’s foundation until the college’s financial condition could be clarified. The board of trustees had placed approval of the leases with the foundation on the board’s agenda for its Sept. 26 meeting. The annual leases included the Alco building for $10,000, an Interstate 40 property for the radio tower for $4,000, EDC property and equine center for $31,500, property at 924 W. Route 66 for $4,000, a utility trailer for $500...
Tucumcari District 1 Commissioner Ralph Moya, who also is the city’s mayor, faces three opponents standing in his way for his re-election bid in the Nov. 7 election. Moya, 72, a semi-retired mental health counselor, is seeking a third consecutive term. He also served on the city commission from 1980 to 1994. Moya’s challengers are: — Maria Carmen Gonzalez, 75, a city code enforcement officer; — Jerry Lopez, 41, who works for a janitorial services firm and is a current member of the Tucumca...
- Saturday — Quay County on the Move Fun Run/Walk. This free event by the Quay County Health Council includes a new 3.1-mile course, a 1.5-mile course for seniors and new walkers and a short course for the mobility impaired near Rattler Gymnasium. Organizers will offer a T-shirt to all finishers by late October and snacks. Register at Kvols Park at Route 66 and Sixth Street from 7:15 to 7:45 a.m. The running and walking event begins at 8 a.m. sharp. Participants in the mobility impaired course can enter it between 8:15 and 8:45 a.m. All partici...
20: Tucumcari Police were investigating several recent crimes. A woman on North Seventh Street asked police to check on a blue car that had been parked for hours in front of her home. It turned out it had been stolen from Flagstaff, Arizona, and was registered to a woman in Las Vegas, New Mexico. A Tucumcari man reported a .32-caliber revolver was stolen from his car when it was parked by a local bar. A woman called to report what she thought was a grass fire near Tucumcari Mountain. It turned out to be a Jeep stolen from the T-4 Cattle Co....
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Green Frito pie, ham and cheese sandwich, garden side salad, chef salad, pinto beans, pineapple tidbits, honeydew melon, 1%, skim, strawberry skim or chocolate skim milk. Thursday — Meatball sub, Cobb salad, seasoned carrots, turkey with cheese wrap, french fries, diced peaches, fresh pear, 1%, skim, strawberry skim or chocolate skim milk. Monday — No information available. Tuesday — No information available. Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday – Pork loin with gravy, cabbage, kidney beans, cornbread with margarine...
A Tucumcari woman was arrested and jailed after being charged with a felony count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and misdemeanor assault on a school employee. Crystal McKinney, 36, was detained and booked into the Quay County Detention Center after an incident last week at Tucumcari Middle School, according to online court documents. The delinquency count is a fourth-degree felony that can result in 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine. According to an affidavit filed by Tucumcari Police Cpl. Matthew Lopez, police were called...
ENDEE — TravelCenters of America, the largest publicly traded truck stop company in the United States, soon will buy the family-owned Russell’s Truck & Travel Center along Interstate 40, though it will keep the Russell’s name for a few years. Mark Russell, director of operations for Russell’s, said in a phone interview last week the deal officially will close on Oct. 11. He declined to disclose the purchase price. Russell’s sold its other travel center near Springer to TA in May, Russell s...
The Sustainable Economy Advisory Council met last week at Mesalands Community College at the North American Wind Research and Training Center to talk about the future of wind energy in the state. The council was established in 2021 by New Mexico House Senate Bill 112, which mandates the state’s Economic Development Department to develop a strategic plan to diversify New Mexico’s economy beyond dependence on fossil fuels. The bill also established an inter-agency task force, the Sustainable Economy Task Force and the council to guide the develop...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1: Monday - 2:23 a.m.: Domestic disturbance in 700 block of West Sunset Avenue, Tucumcari. - 3:31 a.m.: Threat in 700 block of West Sunset Avenue, Tucumcari. - 7:09 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 300 block of South Third Street, Tucumcari. - 9:12 a.m.: Domestic disturbance in 400 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. - 9:44 a.m.: Civil dispute in 1400 block of South Monroe Street, Tucumcari. - 9:57 a.m.: Disturbance in 1300 block of...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28: — Anthony Ray Sandoval, 53, Tucumcari, breaking and entering, battery against a household member, battery and use of telephone to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend. — Crystal McKinney, 36, Tucumcari, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and assault upon a school employee (battery). — Albert Joe Garcia, 35, Tucumcari, contempt of court. These individuals were released from the Quay County Detention Center from Sept. 26 to Se...
Mathew J. Dimas died while being taken to hospital. An armed Tucumcari man fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy during a domestic dispute in July had at least one bomb at his home and threatened to use bombs against his wife and children, according to a New Mexico State Police investigative report. Mathew J. Dimas, 38, died while being transported by ambulance to Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari after Quay County sheriff's deputy Joseph Otero shot him three times during a police standoff at a...
Most property owners likely to experience decrease in bill. Property owners should see little change in their 2023 county taxes, and most will experience a decrease in that bill, reported the assessor during the Quay County Commission meeting Monday. The commission as a formality approved county tax rates that are set by the state. Assessor Dana Leonard said the county has little say in rates, though it can dispute them if local officials think there is an error. Leonard said local rates will be “very similar” to last year’s, and most prope...