Quay County Sun

01/22/2025

Delivery of physical newspapers will be late today, but the mailing of them will continue as usual. New stories for this week's edition already have been posted on qcsunonline.com.

01/22/2025

Missing Endangered Advisory-Tucumcari, NM

01/18/2025

Jaremy Smith pleaded guilty today on federal charges of killing a NMSP patrolman and a South Carolina paramedic. He faces life in prison without parole.

Jaremy Smith will spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to multiple federal charges Friday for fatally shooting a New Mexico State Police patrolman west of Tucumcari last March and killing a South Carolina paramedic. Smith’s guilty plea was ...

01/15/2025

Weather statement: An Arctic cold front will arrive Saturday along with a round of snow that may bring significant adverse travel impacts to north-central and eastern New Mexico.

01/09/2025

Total snow accumulations of 1 to 4 inches are expected in the region today, with winds gusting as high as 40 mph.

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts up to 6 inches across the San Mateo and Magdalena Mountains. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph. * ...

12/31/2024

Police say Anthony Ray Kent, 56, shot at a man at least 15 times and wounded him in front of the Quay County Family Health Center.

A Tucumcari man was jailed on attempted murder charges Monday. Police say Anthony Ray Kent, 56, shot at a man at least 15 times and wounded him in front of the Quay County Family Health Center. Kent was charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and shooting....

12/31/2024

This week's edition of the Quay County Sun will be printed and placed online as usual this afternoon. However, delivery of the newspapers to vending boxes and racks in the region won't occur until Thursday because of the New Year's Day holiday.

12/31/2024

Police were on the scene of a shooting Monday afternoon at the Quay County Family Health Center. A suspect was in custody.

Police were on the scene of a shooting Monday afternoon at the Quay County Family Health Center in Tucumcari. A suspect was in custody. Tucumcari Police Sgt. Lorenzo Emillio said a report about someone being shot first came in about 4 p.m. Monday. He said the victim was in stable condition and was b...

12/24/2024

This week's edition of the Quay County Sun will be printed and placed online as usual this afternoon. However, delivery of the newspapers to vending boxes and racks in the region won't occur until Thursday because of the Christmas Day holiday.

11/20/2024

Dennis Roch confirmed in an email today he told the school board and staff he was resigning effective Dec. 31 to become the caucus chief of staff for New Mexico Senate Republicans.

The superintendent of Logan Municipal Schools is resigning next month to take a position with New Mexico Senate Republicans. Dennis Roch confirmed in an email today he told the school board and staff he was resigning effective Dec. 31 to become the caucus chief of staff for New Mexico Senate Republi...

11/12/2024

As expected, the Tucumcari volleyball team tonight received a No. 4 seed in this week's Class 2A tournament. The Lady Rattlers, which received a first-round bye, will play the winner of No. 12-seed Raton vs. No. 5-seed Laguna Acoma at 2 p.m. Thursday at Rio Rancho High School.

11/06/2024

GOP challenger Dallas Dowell defeated incumbent District 1 county commissioner Robert Lopez, and Republican candidate Jefferson Byrd downed Democratic officeholder Dana Leonard for county assessor.

Quay County will have a new commissioner and a new assessor after Republican challengers triumphed over the current officeholders Tuesday during the general election. Republican challenger Dallas Dowell, a rancher and retiree from NuStar Energy, won by nearly a 2-to-1 margin over Democratic incumben...