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These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Aug. 21 to Aug. 27: Monday — 10:30 a.m.: Theft in 500 block of East Laughlin Avenue, Tucumcari. — 12:43 p.m.: DUI with alcohol or drugs in 1700 block of South Mountain Road, Tucumcari. — 12:45 p.m.: Reckless driving in 2000 block of Highway 268, Melrose. — 1:54 p.m.: Theft in 2300 block of Highway 469, San Jon. — 3:29 p.m.: Fraud in 200 block of East Center Street, Tucumcari. — 7:20 p.m.: Accident in 1900 block of South Mountain Road, Tucumcari....
The attorney representing the Village of Logan has asked the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to order a halt to construction of a proposed water pipeline to Ute Lake because it would violate the Endangered Species Act. Logan attorney Warren Frost on behalf of the village wrote a letter Aug. 16 to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, with copies sent to officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority. He alleges the Bureau of Reclamation is in violation of the...
Tucumcari Public Schools has canceled Friday night’s football game against McCurdy after a TPS student died Saturday night. The district was sending five or six counselors to school to help grieving students this week, said high school Principal Nicole Bright-Lesly. District officials did not identify the student publicly, but several said he was a member of the football team. The student died at his home, they said. Whether the Tucumcari Volleyball Invitational tournament scheduled for later this week will be played also remains uncertain, A...
The Tucumcari City Commission during a special meeting last week approved its Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan for the fiscal years 2025 to 2029, with upgrades to basic services taking up the lion’s share of the lengthy list. The list over five fiscal years comprises 57 projects with a total cost of about $120 million. The prioritized plan serves as a wish list and guidance to the New Mexico Legislature in its annual awarding of capital outlay funds. The No. 1 item on the fiscal-year 2025 list was wastewater system improvements to East R...
A Tucumcari teen's 1990 GMC pickup truck doesn't look look much right now, sitting in a Tucumcari Automotive bay mostly disassembled. But within a couple of months, it will be a show truck that will be entered into the NSRA Southwest Street Rod Nationals in Oklahoma City. Truck owner David Olguin, 16, isn't bankrolling the rebuild through his part-time Pizza Hut job. Instead, Tucumcari Automotive owner Robert Moore has enlisted a growing number of local businesses and people to chip in with...
LOGAN - New Mexico's Secretary of Education paid Logan Municipal Schools a congratulatory visit after the district pulled off a rare trifecta with Spotlight Schools designations in its elementary, middle and high schools. After a three-hour tour of the schools Thursday morning, Education Secretary Arsenio Romero saluted the students, teachers, staff and parents during an assembly in the main gymnasium. "I want to take a piece of that and replicate it across New Mexico," Romero said of Logan's...
PORTALES — A 14-year-old boy recently was charged with criminal damage to the Portales Islamic Center, District Attorney Quentin Ray said recently. The boy told authorities he participated in only a small portion of the vandalism done to the building. Mosque director Ahmed Benssouda has said the mosque was vandalized five times in June but that no more damage has occurred since the end of June. Benssouda said police have told him more than one youth was involved in the destruction, but others have not been detained. He said police told him t...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Aug. 15 to Aug. 20: — Cosmoe Kareem Hurd, 39, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Fred A. Chavez, 60, Tucumcari, two counts of contempt of court. — Gabriel Wesley Jones, 32, Tucumcari, charge not listed. — Francisca Donovan, 44, Tucumcari, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer (arrest) and three counts of contempt of court. — Markevis Cooper, 18, Tucumcari, two counts of contempt of court. — Kendall James Callison, 20, Tucumcari, assault (unlawful acts, threats or...
On this date ... 1973: The Tucumcari News was told the waters of the Municipal Pool at Five Mile Park, after being in “deplorable” condition, were “crystal clear and very inviting” — the best it had been all summer. The newspaper reported previous problems at the pool with the filtering system and chlorinator. Some painting and cleanup still were needed in the building that houses dressing rooms. The newspaper estimated a new pool would take $200,000 “to even begin, and it would not be anywhere near the size of the one we have.” It estimated...
• Sept. 9 — Fired Up Festival. This year’s Tucumcari MainStreet event will feature a stop by the Platinum Hop Tour low-riders. The festival in the Tucumcari Historic Railroad Plaza will run from noon to about 9 p.m. with an event-ending fireworks show. • Oct. 7 — Quay County on the Move Fun Run/Walk. This free event will give a T-shirt to all finishers. More information will be given later. To submit items for the calendar, call 575-461-1952 or email [email protected]...
Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Soft beef tacos, chuckwagon vegetables, winter-blend vegetables, cilantro-lime brown rice, diced mango. Thursday — Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, beet and onion salad, whole-wheat roll with margarine, spiced pears. Friday — Stuffed chicken breast, baked potato, French-style green beans, whole-wheat dinner roll with margarine, pineapple. Monday — Fish sandwich, California veggies, coleslaw, sorbet with berries. Tuesday — Salisbury steak, brown gravy, baked sweet potato, roasted Brussels sprouts,...
Next Tuesday, Aug. 29, will be filing day at the Quay County Courthouse for those running in the November election for local seats. The Quay County Clerk’s Office at 300 S. Third St. in Tucumcari will accept filings from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day. Quay County Clerk Ellen White said a declaration of candidacy is required for run for office. Those forms are available at her office or on the New Mexico Secretary of State’s website at sos.nm.gov before Tuesday and during the filing day itself. Those with questions should call the clerk’s offic...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Aug. 14 to Aug. 20: Monday — 4:20 a.m.: Theft in 600 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 6:17 a.m.: Trespassing in 1400 block of South Third Street, Tucumcari. — 6:43 a.m.: Suicidal subject in 1800 block of South Fourth Street, Tucumcari. — 7:05 a.m.: Breaking and entering in 200 block of East Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 7:47 a.m.: Juvenile problem in 1300 block of South Jackson Street, Tucumcari. — 8:05 a.m.: Sex assault in 300 block o...
Junior Market Goat Class 1 1. Peyton Merrill; 2. Kaitlyn Hall ; 3. Hunter Moore; 4. Stetson Cates; 5. Kree Cates; 6. Connor Moore; 7. Macee Stone; 8. Hunter Moore; 9. Kylee Black; 10. Liam Evens. Class 2 1. Avery Cavett; 2. Kaitlyn Hall; 3. Kaitlyn Hall; 4. Peyton Merrill ; 5. Liam Kandel; 6. Guinevere Kandel; 7. Kylee Black. Class 3 1. Peyton Merrill; 2. Peyton Merrill; 3. Elizabeth Downey; 4. Elizabeth Downey; 5. Connor Moore; 6. Connor Moore; 7. Gentry Hilton; 8. Braelynn Hilton. Class 4 1. Peyton Merrill; 2. Avery Cavett; 3. Preslie...
A state senator is urging Eastern New Mexico University and financially troubled Mesalands Community College to consider a partnership or make the Tucumcari school a branch campus of ENMU. One area lawmaker said he would oppose such a partnership or merger of Mesalands. The presidents of both educational institutions said they are open-minded to Sen. George Munoz’s proposal. Munoz, D-Gallup, in late July wrote separate letters to the ENMU board of regents and the Mesalands board of trustees. The Quay County Sun obtained the letters and other c...
With no apparent objection from the public, the Tucumcari City Commission on Thursday adopted ordinances that slightly change annual rate increases for water, sewer and garbage collection services. The commission held a public hearing for a second and final reading of ordinance changes that were approved unanimously by Mayor Ralph Moya and commissioners Mike Cherry, Christopher Arias and Paul Villanueva. No one from the gallery rose to speak against or for the alterations. Arias and Villanueva each cast their votes by phone. Moya said Arias...
Avery Cavett of House made her final year in 4-H a memorable one during the Quay County Fair. Cavett, 18, swept the grand champion and reserve champion slots in the steer and heifer shows, plus showed a reserve champion goat during the five-day fair that wrapped Saturday night. 4-H members become no longer eligible after they turn 19 years of age. So this was her last hurrah. "It was a great way to end my show career in Quay County," she said Saturday. "It makes me happy to know I finished so...
SAN JON — The San Jon Municipal Schools board on Wednesday approved a five-year facilities master plan and a resolution for a proposed $250,000 bond issue for the November election with the hope to receive a state grant up to $30 million to build a new school. The plan and the additional debt were required for the district to receive the proposed grant from the New Mexico Public School Facilities Authority. The general obligation bond issue would go to voters for the Nov. 7 election to fund district renovations or new buildings, computer s...
On this date ... 1973: President Richard Nixon said it is “the simple truth” he is innocent of guilt in the Watergate break-in of Democratic headquarters. He suggested Senate investigators help solve the country’s problems instead of trying to blame him for the scandal. Nixon asked the public to join him in demanding the U.S. Senate end its hearings on Watergate and turn the matter over “to the courts where the questions of guilt or innocence belong.” Nixon’s remarks were made during a half-hour television address from the Oval Office. He...
• Saturday — Down at the Depot. Bring your lawn chairs and join Tucumcari MainStreet for live music, food, shopping and family fun at these monthly summer events. This will be a Small Business Support Night, with music by St. Range. • Sept. 9 — Fired Up Festival. This year’s Tucumcari MainStreet event will feature a stop by the Platinum Hop Tour low-riders. The festival in the Tucumcari Historic Railroad Plaza will run from noon to about 9 p.m. • Oct. 7 — Quay County on the Move Fun Run/Walk. This free event will give a T-shirt to all finish...
Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Chicken tetrazzini, Capri vegetables, whole-wheat crackers, green salad, cinnamon apples. Thursday — Country fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, glazed carrots, whole-wheat roll with margarine, fruit cocktail. Friday — Beef tips, tossed salad, herbed roasted potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts, buttermilk biscuit, peaches. Monday — Chicken pot pie, salad, whole-wheat roll with margarine, plums. Tuesday — Red beef enchiladas, vegetable medley, pinto beans, Spanish rice, grapes. Logan schools Wednesday...
Several women who discussed a documentary film screening Sunday about women on Route 66 indicated they were grateful for these women's trailblazing work many year before. Katrina Parks, director of "Route 66: The Untold Story of Women of the Mother Road," described her film as a "public history project" and shepherded the discussion between viewings of segments at the Odeon Theatre in downtown Tucumcari. The full film can be streamed at tubitv.com and Vimeo. More information can be found at...
The congregation of the Temple Baptist Church in Tucumcari will be moving later this month into the vacant Trinity Baptist Church building. Brian Hughes, pastor of the Temple Baptist at 124 W. Aber St., said in a phone interview the church’s move to 881 S. First St. will be complete by Aug. 27. Sunday school is scheduled for 10 a.m., with worship service at 11 a.m. Hughes said the church closed the deal on acquiring the Trinity Baptist building on Aug. 1. He declined to disclose a purchase price. Trinity Baptist Church closed about a year a...
New Mexico’s Education Secretary is scheduled to honor Logan Municipal Schools this week for all three of its schools attaining the Spotlight School designation for high academic attainment. Logan superintendent Dennis Roch told the school board about the achievements during its Aug. 7 meeting. Logan’s elementary, middle and high schools each earned the Public Education Department’s Spotlight Schools designation for landing in the top 25th percentile for achievement in English, mathematics and science. State Secretary of Education Arsen...
Family, friends and area leaders threw a celebration Saturday for Lionel Martinez and his Lionel's Barber Shop's 60 years in downtown Tucumcari, but he wasn't even the longest-serving barber in the building that day. That would be Norman Smith, 91, of Smitty's Barber Shop a few blocks over, who has been cutting hair for 68 years. Smith and Martinez, though technically business rivals, laughed and swapped stories. Smith dropped himself into part-time status in barbering a few years ago. Martinez...