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Tucumcari could be poised to prosper from newly legalized marijuana, at least one city commissioner and City Manager Mark Martinez agree. Two factors work in Tucumcari’s favor, District 1...

Logan Municipal Schools is closing its campus for two weeks after at least one employee or student tested positive for COVID-19. “Because of the possibility of widespread exposure, our district is...

Legalized recreational marijuana likely is coming to Tucumcari and Quay County. The mayor of Trinidad, Colorado, passed along some advice to the region after the experiencing the effects of legal...

A new state law will make it easier for senior citizens to permanently excuse themselves from jury service. The new law applies to residents age 75 and older who have been summoned to jury duty. They...

Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Sept. 25 — Fired Up Festival. A variety of booths, live entertainment and a fireworks show are on tap at the Historic Railroad Depot...

The Tucumcari Senior Center and Logan Senior Center remain closed to the public indefinitely but will deliver meals to those who qualify. Those interested in meal deliveries should call the Tucumcari...

We worshiped out of town on Easter Sunday and, although the Jesus’ resurrection wasn’t the focus of the sermon, that’s always the basis for gatherings of Christians on every first day of the wee...

On this date ... 1971: Cliff Copeland of Nara Visa, who goes to Amistad schools, was named the New Mexico Junior Cattleman of the Year at the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association convention in Santa...

Major League Baseball has decided it won’t play its annual all-star game in Atlanta this summer. That’s because, it alleges, Georgia lawmakers are engaged in voter suppression. Texas Gov. Greg...

Ex-president Donald Trump’s influence over the disturbing 70-plus million people who voted for him is still powerful. It is disturbing because the party Trump hijacked, the Republicans, now...

Will someone please lend President Biden a history book? He thinks Georgia’s new voting integrity law is “Jim Crow on steroids.” And Georgia’s pretend ex-governor Stacey Abrams says it’s ...

A shooting slump by the Logan girls basketball proved fatal during a 43-30 district loss Saturday at Fort Sumner. “We went dry in the second half,” Logan coach Glynna Strand said. “Couldn’t bu...

Quay County remained in the coveted turquoise zone again after COVID-19 risk assessments were announced Wednesday afternoon by the state’s Department of Health. The county saw a small increase in...

Another video producer asked for funding assistance from the Tucumcari Lodgers Tax Advisory Board for a proposed travel show during the board’s meeting Wednesday. Santa Fe-based musician and actor...

The pastor at First Christian Church in Tucumcari known for his motorcycle gang past has departed barely two months after being chosen to lead that congregation. Stephen Mason, who began pastoring...

The Quay County Health Council is hosting an online community presentation about suicide prevention at 6 p.m. Thursday. Presenters from the New Mexico Department of Health’s Office of Injury...

Texas Department of Public Safety officials are investigating a vehicle crash on U.S. 385 just south of Vega that killed a Tucumcari woman on April 6. Theresa Clark, 72, was driving west in a...

Quay County on Friday recorded its first confirmed coronavirus case since March 26, continuing a low ebb of the disease. The breakdown of COVID-19 cases by ZIP code was 329 in Tucumcari, 61 in Logan,...

These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from April 5 to April 9: • Mark A. Beckham, 38, Tucumcari, criminal damage to property (under $1,000). • Naomi D. Eschete, 43,...

These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from April 5 to April 11: Monday • 1:32 p.m.: Disturbance in 100 block of East Main Street, Tucumcari. • 1:57...