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On this date ... 1973: A Clayton city police officer was fatally shot in the head during a confrontation with “a Chicano group” in a residential area of Clayton. Emilio Maestas, 50, was shot as he stepped out of a patrol car and died hours later at an Amarillo hospital. He was survived by his wife and nine children. Seven people were arrested after the shooting, including one murder suspect — Lawrence Eugene Vigil, 18, of Clayton. The shooting reportedly occurred after officers were greeted by thrown rocks and beer cans from teens at the resid...
• July 28-29 — Quay County Rodeo. 4-H youth from all over the county will test their rodeo skills at the Quay County Fairgrounds rodeo arena in Tucumcari. Competition begins each day at 5 p.m. • Aug. 3-6 — Rattler Reunion. The annual gathering of Tucumcari High School alumni will include a golf tournament, barbecue dinner, pancake breakfast, Golden Rattler Luncheon and the traditional Saturday night gathering at the Tucumcari Convention Center. Email [email protected] or go to rattlerreunion.com for more information. • Aug. 9-12 — Qu...
Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Red chile enchilada, Capri vegetables, Spanish rice, strawberry shortcake. Thursday — Fish and chips, three-bean salad, biscuit, fruit salad. Friday — Ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, stewed tomatoes, whole-wheat roll with margarine, apricot crisp. Monday — Chicken fajitas, pinto beans, Spanish rice, oatmeal raisin cookie. Tuesday — Beef tips, egg noodles, country blend vegetables, whole-wheat bread with margarine, mixed fruit. Logan Senior Center Wednesday — Red chile beef enchiladas, tossed sala...
SAN JON — San Jon Municipal Schools might receive a $30 million state grant to build a new school in exchange for less than $250,000 in new debt by the district. Superintendent Alan Umholtz said during the board’s July 12 meeting that New Mexico Public School Facilities Authority officials essentially have sweetened the offer for the proposed grant. He said the only requirement would be for the district to add $200,000 to $230,000 in bond debt. Umholtz said he anticipates the board will vote on a resolution during its August meeting to put suc...
ROSWELL — Walter Hartwell White, the fictional meth cook from the hit series “Breaking Bad,” is making a run for Congress. Someone using the name of White, the lead character in the Albuquerque-based, drug-fueled crime drama, filed documents with the Federal Election Commission on June 15 to run as a Republican in the race to represent New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District in 2024. “Breaking Bad,” which aired from 2008 until 2013, centered on White, a high school chemistry teacher who becomes embroiled in the gritty and violent world of dr...
An Amarillo motorcyclist died Wednesday in a two-vehicle accident on Highway 104 near Trementina northwest of Tucumcari. The New Mexico State Police stated in a news release it investigated the fatal crash shortly after noon July 12 involving a motorcycle around milepost 52 of the highway. The initial investigation indicates a 2022 Harley Davidson driven by Damon Herbert, 46, of Amarillo was traveling east on Highway 104 behind a 2008 Dodge pickup truck. As the truck approached a driveway, it slowed to turn left. “For unknown reasons, the m...
PORTALES — The citizens of Portales are doing a good job at conserving water, but there is still more that needs to be done, John DeSha, the city’s public utilities director, told the Portales City Council last week. The Stage 3 water emergency was declared on June 28, and the mandatory restrictions on water use that were enacted then still apply, DeSha told the council. The city wellfield’s capacity has been reduced over the last several years due to the declining levels in the Ogallala Aquifer, the wells’ water source, made worse due to recent...
The Logan Municipal Schools board during its July 10 meeting extended its superintendent’s contract by one year. Dennis Roch’s pact now expires on June 30, 2025, with him earning a salary of $138,000 — an increase of $13,000 from last year. He received a two-year contract last year. The board’s action last week occurred after a closed executive session to discuss Roch’s contract. Roch, a former representative in the New Mexico Legislature, has been Logan’s superintendent since 2013. The board also unanimously approved a resolution regarding t...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from July 10 to July 16: — Joshua Paul Hyslop, 38, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Emilio E. Sustaita, 32, Tucumcari, contempt of court. — Alex Ling Salinas, 37, Rio Rancho, driving under the influence of liquor (impaired; first offense). — Azariel Jimenez, 19, Tucumcari, criminal damage to property (over $1,000). These individuals were released from the Quay County Detention Center from July 10 to July 14: — Israel Widner-Housenga, 29, no address listed, appearance bond. — S...
The Quay County municipalities of Tucumcari, Logan, House and San Jon, plus nine rural fire departments, each are receiving annual grants from the state fire marshal’s office. The four cities or villages in the county received a total of $860,000 in grants from the state. The nine rural fire districts received almost $1 million total. The total grants by municipality or fire district are: — Tucumcari, $316,659; — Logan, $274,420; — San Jon, $196,378; — House, $73,347; — Bard-Ended district, $212,474; — Conservancy District 1, $126,822; — C...
The City of Tucumcari’s animal control department has impounded more than 150 dogs since February, and its crowded kennel remains “a revolving door” for those animals. Tucumcari Police Department Patrolman Elijah Huber, also a humane law enforcement officer who supervises the city’s animal control division, gave a report to the city commission during its regular meeting Thursday. The city has beefed up the department’s personnel with two new workers and an intern. Huber also said it has issued more citations for loose dogs. Because of the cr...
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an appellate court and ruled the public may cross a rancher's private property on a road in Quay County under a "prescriptive easement" established by decades of uninterrupted travel on the roadway. The court's unanimous opinion resolved a dispute over the right to use a 6-mile road - known as Quay Road AI - to access land owned by the state and several other ranchers, including property leased for a solar energy farm near Tucumcari. The...
Tucumcari MainStreet last week announced its artists-in-residency choices for its new Hands on Tucumcari arts incubator pilot program, and one of the artist’s classes sold out just hours after they were announced. Hands on Tucumcari offers creative classes for the community and support for local artists to encourage growth in the local creative economy. Each artist will receive a $500 stipend for workshop instruction, up to $250 for materials, marketing and the use of the Tucumcari Railroad Depot’s east room for workshop sessions in exc...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from July 10 to July 16: Monday — 2:27 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 700 block of West Sunset Avenue, Tucumcari. — 10:15 a.m.: Fraud in 200 block of East Center Street, Tucumcari. — 10:50 a.m.: Theft in 100 block of West Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. — 11:20 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 700 block of East Laughlin Avenue, Tucumcari. — 11:30 a.m.: Arrest warrant at South Rock Island and East High streets, Tucumcari. — 11:37 a.m.: Juvenile problem in 500 block of South Fi...
Quay County’s manager said Monday that state officials have assured him the county would qualify for a state disaster declaration due to May’s flood damage to numerous roads, including the destruction of a multimillion-dollar bridge. However, county manager Daniel Zamora told county commissioners that he and state officials remain hopeful the county instead would qualify for a federal disaster declaration. A federal declaration would reduce the county’s cost share from 25% to 12.5%. The county has until July 25 to submit damage claims to the s...
It has been over three years since COVID-19 shut down the world, and Quay and Roosevelt County health officials believe while COVID isn’t necessarily gone, positive cases in the area have gone down significantly. “There continue to be cases across the country and in the Clovis area,” said Jason Mitchell, chief medical and clinical transformation officer with Presbyterian Health Services. “We are seeing very few COVID-19 patients hospitalized at this time.” Mitchell said, however, hospital staff are anticipating an increase in cases this fall...
The Quay County Commission is among 24 counties suing a member of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration, accusing the state of illegally billing them hefty amounts to cover a deficit in a state health benefits fund. The petition for declaratory judgment was filed on June 30 in the 7th Judicial District Court in Socorro County. Attorneys for the New Mexico Association of Counties filed the 29-page lawsuit on the counties’ behalf. The defendant is Robert Doucette Jr., who is Cabinet secretary of New Mexico’s General Services Depar...
On this date ... 1973: Dessie Leach was stabbed to death during a robbery of the State Line Bar that she and her husband Kenneth operated along old Route 66 in the Texas border town of Glenrio, New Mexico. John Wayne Lee, 31, of Tennessee later was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery and murder by officers in Vega, Texas. He was jailed on $50,000 bond. Leach, 58, was alone during the robbery and attack. Lee later was convicted of murder, and the bar closed not long after the killing. The bar building later housed the village’s post o...
• Friday — 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. National Park Radio is making a return appearance in Tucumcari to perform its music. The event will salute the area’s first responders. • July 28-29 — Quay County Rodeo. 4-H youth from all over the county will test their rodeo skills at the Quay County Fairgrounds rodeo arena in Tucumcari. • Aug. 3-6 — Rattler Reunion. The annual gathering of Tucumcari High School alumni will include...
Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Barbecued pulled pork, baked beans, spring vegetable saute, biscuit, sweet dark cherries with Cool Whip. Thursday — Philly cheesesteak sandwich, french fries, tossed salad with dressing, cantaloupe and grapes. Friday — Grilled chicken, cranberry apple salad, crackers, strawberry ice cream. Monday — Chicken stir fry, brown rice, chow mien noodles, mandarin oranges. Tuesday — Shepherd’s pie, carrot raisin salad, whole-wheat roll with margarine, oatmeal raisin cookie. Logan Senior Center Wednesday — Pulled po...
Two members of the Tucumcari High School STEM team recently received awards for excellence in their field. Aaron Chand was one of just two high-school students who earned a New Mexico Excellence in STEM Award during a ceremony last month at Q Station in Albuquerque. Also, Sariah Mardo was a central and northern New Mexico winner for the National Center for Women & Information Technology's Aspirations in Computing Award. The annual New Mexico Excellence in STEM Awards laud students, teaches and v...
The annual “Got Shots?” immunization campaign is back to help parents get children ready for school. Participating clinics and medical practices will provide no-cost, back-to-school immunizations through Aug. 31 for all children age 18 and younger regardless of whether they have insurance. “I can’t say enough how successful vaccines have been over decades in greatly reducing once-devastating diseases in the U.S.,” New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Patrick Allen said in a news release last week. “The ‘Got Shots?’ campaign provid...
CLOVIS — Clovis Mayor Mike Morris on Thursday again called on City Commissioner David Bryant to resign amid allegations he failed to attend a training session the city paid for him to attend. Morris first made the allegation public on June 23 and promised to bring it up again the next time commissioners met, which was Thursday. Morris claims Bryant engaged in a “misuse of public funds” since he stayed in a hotel at city expense where the training was held. Bryant was absent from Thursday’s meeting. He offered no explanation for his absence...
Two historic businesses in Tucumcari recently went on the market within a week of each other. The owner of the Motel Safari announced on social he soon would list his property after six years of running the Route 66 landmark. Meanwhile, the owners of the Odeon Theatre in downtown said they were advertising the venue being for sale. Both properties will continue to operate while they're on the market. Larry Smith, owner of the Motel Safari at 722 E. Tucumcari Blvd., purchased the property from...
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Wednesday issued an order providing guidance to the 5th Judicial District Court for resolving a partisan gerrymandering claim in a legal challenge to the state’s congressional district map. According to Barry Massey, public information officer with the state Administrative Office of the Courts, the court also issued a writ of superintending control that directed the district court to proceed in the redistricting litigation in accordance with Wednesday’s order. The state Supreme Court also gave the 5th Jud...