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Staff report BERNALILLO — The Clovis News Journal collected the top prize in its division at the 108th annual New Mexico Press Association Awards over the weekend. The CNJ was presented the award for General Excellence in the class of more than a dozen daily newspapers in New Mexico that have circulations under 11,000. The paper also collected 17 individual awards at the banquet held Saturday night at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa. “This is such a prestigious honor,” said CNJ publisher Rob Langrell. “We have a great...
Staff writer [email protected] LOGAN — Police officers here shot a black bear to death Monday night, saying they did so in the interest of public safety. Officers said they located the bear about 9:30 p.m. Monday in a tree in the neighborhood of Perch and Sunfish in the village of Logan, said Logan Police Chief Bob Gore. Gore said two bears had been reported in neighborhoods near Ute Lake State Park in the past week. Officials had made several unsuccessful attempts to locate the bears prior to Monday. Gore said New M...
Staff writer [email protected] LOGAN — Police officers here shot a black bear to death Monday night, saying they did so in the interest of public safety. Officers said they located the bear about 9:30 p.m. Monday in a tree in the neighborhood of Perch and Sunfish in the village of Logan, said Logan Police Chief Bob Gore. Gore said two bears had been reported in neighborhoods near Ute Lake State Park in the past week. Officials had made several unsuccessful attempts to locate the bears prior to Monday. Gore said New M...
Staff photo: Thomas Garcia Law officers secure the scene of an emergency landing of a single-engine plane Wednesday on Interstate 40 west of Tucumcari. Quay County Sun [email protected] TUCUMCARI — Interstate-40 traffic was a bit more congested than usual on Wednesday morning. An Indiana couple landed their single-engine airplane on the median about 15 miles west of Tucumcari, after losing power. “This was the first landing without power for the both of us,” said Ronald...
Staff writer [email protected] TUCUMCARI — The Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico needs $70,000 for repairs to the walk-in coolers and freezers that allow it to collect and store meat and dairy products safely. That’s what Food Bank Executive Director Dianna Hernandez told lawmakers Monday during a legislative forum in Tucumcari. Lawmakers were gathered to hear capital outlay requests and other needs from public officials in northeast New Mexico. Hernandez said the foundation under the coolers is deteriorating and in nee...
QCS Senior Writer TUCUMCARI — The Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico needs $70,000 for repairs to the walk-in coolers and freezers that allow it to collect and store meat and dairy products safely. That’s what Food Bank Executive Director Dianna Hernandez told lawmakers Monday during a legislative forum in Tucumcari. Lawmakers were gathered to hear capital outlay requests and other needs from public officials in northeast New Mexico. Hernandez said the foundation under the coolers is deteriorating and in need of repair soon and...
QCS Senior Writer Old friends are the best. Ask Tucumcari’s Marty Martinez. He hadn’t seen Michael Holloway in five years. Five months after their reunion, Holloway donated a kidney to Martinez. “Michael was sent by God, of that I am convinced,” Martinez said this week. Martinez, 42, was diagnosed with kidney failure earlier this year, a condition he learned about after he lost a portion of his foot due to diabetes and a blood clot. He said the search for a kidney donor began soon after. “It got to the point where the medic...
Staff photo: Thomas Garcia Michael Holloway, left, gave his friend Marty Martinez one of his kidneys to save his life....
Staff writer [email protected] Old friends are the best. Ask Tucumcari’s Marty Martinez. He hadn’t seen Michael Holloway in five years. Five months after their reunion, Holloway donated a kidney to Martinez. “Michael was sent by God, of that I am convinced,” Martinez said this week. link Staff photo: Thomas Garcia Michael Holloway, left, gave his friend Marty Martinez one of his kidneys to save his life. Martinez, 42, was diagnosed with kidney failure earlier this ye...
link Staff Photo: Thomas Garcia Michael Holloway, left, gave his friend Marty Martinez a Thanksgiving to remember. QCS Senior Writer Old friends are the best. Ask Tucumcari’s Marty Martinez. He hadn’t seen Michael Holloway in five years. Five months after their reunion, Holloway donated a kidney to Martinez. “Michael was sent by God, of that I am convinced,” Martinez said this week. Martinez, 42, was diagnosed with kidney failure earlier this year, a condition he learned...
Staff writer [email protected] TUCUMCARI — After four years of court proceedings that included a retracted plea and suppressed confession, Muziwokuthula Madonda pleaded no-contest Tuesday to second-degree murder in the deaths of two Tucumcari men. Madonda, a South Africa native, entered the pleas for the March 24, 2011, slayings of Gabriel Baca, 37, and Bobby Gonzales, 57, before District Judge Albert J. Mitchell. He faces up to 24 years in prison. As part of the plea, Madonda also agreed to waive his rights of e...
Inside today’s paper Our annual Pigskin Preview edition is here, just in time to kick off the area high school and college football seasons. Deputy Editor Kevin Wilson coordinated this year’s content, with plenty of help from staff members Matthew Asher, Tony Bullocks, Thomas Garcia, Jacob Sanchez and Dave Wagner. Scot Stinnett, Dan Ford and the staff at Eastern New Mexico University’s athletics department also contributed. We hope you like it. Celebrate good times Wayland Baptist University in Clovis will be the place for c...
Inside today’s paper: Our annual Pigskin Preview edition is here, just in time to kick off the area high school and college football seasons. Deputy Editor Kevin Wilson coordinated this year’s content, with plenty of help from staff members Matthew Asher, Tony Bullocks, Thomas Garcia, Jacob Sanchez and Dave Wagner. Scot Stinnett, Dan Ford and the staff at Eastern New Mexico University’s athletics department also contributed. We hope you like it. Celebrate good times: Wayland Baptist University in Clovis will be the place...
Staff writer [email protected] Former Tucumcari Police Officer Dustin “Dusty” Lopez and Robert Sandoval pleaded guilty to felony arson charges Friday at the Quay County Courthouse. With Tenth Judicial District Judge Albert J Mitchell presiding, Lopez and Sandoval entered pleas separately during the hearing for charges in connection to a Sept. 3, 2014 fire at a hotel and an abandoned home on North Fourth Street. Special Prosecutor Matt Chandler said the state was confident it would have been able to convict had the mat...
Staff writer [email protected] Former Tucumcari Police Officer Dustin “Dusty” Lopez and Robert Sandoval pleaded guilty to felony arson charges Friday at the Quay County Courthouse. With Tenth Judicial District Judge Albert J Mitchell presiding, Lopez and Sandoval entered pleas separately during the hearing for charges in connection to a Sept. 3, 2014 fire at a hotel and an abandoned home on North Fourth Street. Special Prosecutor Matt Chandler said the state was confident it would have been able to convict had the mat...
QCS Senior Writer [email protected] link Staff photo: Thomas Garcia Roosevelt County Little League contested losing their final all-star game last week in Tucumcari after a player was called out for throwing his bat. The Quay County All-Stars 9-10-year-old league advanced to the sectional rounds following a controversial 14-13 District 3 Championship win Thursday over the Roosevelt County All-Stars in Tucumcari. There was a protest filed over the loss of the game, but it...
Staff Report link Staff photo: Thomas Garcia William Shatner and his wife Elizabeth prepare to leave Tucumcari on Saturday, heading west. They're traveling Route 66 to raise awareness for the American Legion Legacy Scholarship. TUCUMCARI — Actor William Shatner briefly stopped Saturday in Tucumcari, traveling from St. Louis to Los Angeles along old Route 66 as part of a campaign to raise awareness for the American Legion Legacy Scholarship. Shatner is best known for his p...
link Staff photo: Thomas Garcia William Shatner and his wife Elizabeth prepare to leave Tucumcari on Saturday, heading west. They're traveling Route 66 to raise awareness for the American Legion Legacy Scholarship. Staff report TUCUMCARI — Actor William Shatner briefly stopped Saturday in Tucumcari, traveling from St. Louis to Los Angeles along old Route 66 as part of a campaign to raise awareness for the American Legion Legacy Scholarship. Shatner is best known for his p...
CMI Staff Writer [email protected] Clovis and Curry County entities are set to receive $1.6 million in capital outlay money allocated to the region in a bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Susana Martinez in Las Cruces. Martinez signed the Capital Outlay Bill (Special Session Bill 1) approved by the New Mexico Legislature on June 8 during a Special Session in Santa Fe. “I am delighted that Gov. Susana Martinez signed the Capital Outlay bill making funding available to the entities of my district and districts throughout t...
Staff Writer [email protected] Albuquerque based Laguna Development Corporation, owned by the Pueblo of Laguna, announced Monday it will host a multi-purpose event June 27 to share its idea and prospects of bringing a Racino to Clovis with city and county government officials, business owners and other interested parties from Curry and Roosevelt County. “This is in no way an official announcement declaring LDC’s intentions regarding the sixth license,” said Skip Sayre, LDC’s chief of sales and marketing. Sayre said an...
Staff Writer [email protected] Albuquerque based Laguna Development Corporation, owned by the Pueblo of Laguna, announced Monday it will host a multi-purpose event June 27 to share its idea and prospects of bringing a Racino to Clovis with city and county government officials, business owners and other interested parties from Curry and Roosevelt County. “This is in no way an official announcement declaring LDC’s intentions regarding the sixth license,” said Skip Sayre, LDC’s chief of sales and marketing. Sayre said an...
DEPUTY EDITOR [email protected] A former Portales police officer died Wednesday night in Portales after being struck by a vehicle while walking along the highway near her home. according to New Mexico State Police Capt. Matt Broom. Kandi Davis, 30, — formerly Kandi Garcia — was struck shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday on N.M. 88 east of Portales, according to Broom. Broom said the identity of the driver or the make and model of the vehicle is not being released and no arrests have been made in this incident. He said the...
DEPUTY EDITOR [email protected] A former Portales police officer died Wednesday night in Portales after being struck by a vehicle while walking along the highway near her home, according to New Mexico State Police Capt. Matt Broom. Kandi Davis, 30, — formerly Kandi Garcia — was struck shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday on N.M. 88 east of Portales, according to Broom. Broom said the identity of the driver or the make and model of the vehicle is not being released and no arrests have been made in this incident. He said the...
Staff report LOGAN — Caley Barnard was on fire Saturday night, and the Melrose Lady Buffs needed every point in a career night. link Staff photo: Thomas Garcia Melrose senior Caley Barnard goes in for a layup after swiping the ball from Logan’s Kippi Webb during the Distirct 6-2A girls tournament final on Saturday at Logan. Barnard poured in a career-high 47 points as the Lady Buffs outlasted Logan 72-64 in overtime. Barnard poured in 47 points — and she did it without so much as one 3-pointer — to lead Melrose (20-5)...
STAFF WRITER [email protected] The Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority’s interim pipeline has been awarded $700,000 from the federal Bureau of Reclamation, according to a news release Thursday from U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich. The money is part of $2.2 million Udall secured in last December’s omnibus funding bill for drought relief projects in New Mexico, the news release said. This project will include 151 miles of pipeline to transport water purchased from landowners to communities in Curry and...
