Articles from the April 15, 2020 edition
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Resident may be Quay's first case
Tucumcari resident Richard Lewis has survived diabetes, two strokes, several heart surgeries and even being struck by lightning. Family members say...
COVID-19 victim 'a man of values'
Warren Frost called him “the consummate farmer and rancher, always on the cutting edge of new developments.” Thom Moore said he was “a man of values. Just an upstanding citizen. A huge... Full story
Second coronavirus case reported in Quay County
A second case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Quay County, according to a daily news release Saturday afternoon from the New Mexico Department of Health. The person who contracted coronavirus in...
Appointing interim president listed on Mesalands agenda
The Mesalands Community College board of trustees placed the appointment of an interim president on its regular meeting agenda for Tuesday, according to a fax sent by the college Friday afternoon. Tha...
High court rejects mail-in primary, orders mailing of absentee applications
The New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously rejected a request to hold mail-in voting for the June 2 primary election but ordered the Secretary of State and county clerks to mail applications...
Learning from home
Superintendents at Quay County schools last week reported a mostly smooth transition to online learning for students at home in the wake of canceled...
Easter at a distance
The latest directive Saturday from New Mexico's governor to stem the spread of coronavirus expanded the state's public-gatherings ban to places of...
Deadlines and extensions
Today is April 15, and your taxes would normally be due TODAY. But, in light of COVID-19, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has extended the filing deadline to July 15, and, believe it or not, there...
Woman launches senior group
A local woman recently launched a Quay County Adopt-a-Senior group on social media to recognize area high-school seniors whose final academic year was drastically altered because of the coronavirus...
Tucumcari student inducted into Phi Kappa Phi
Daniel Holguin-Caldera of Tucumcari recently was initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Holguin-Caldera was...
Pages past - April 15
On this date ... 1970: SPACE CENTER, Houston (UPI) — The stricken Apollo 13 spaceship is slightly off course and its astronauts will miss the Earth by 80 miles and soar off into a distant, fatal...
Calendar - April 15
Note: Events subject to change due to the coronavirus pandemic. • June 25-28 — Rockin’ Route 66. This festival in Tucumcari will be packed with live entertainment, a classic car and hot rod...
Menus - April 15
Quay County schools will be closed through the rest of the school year because of the coronavirus pandemic. For information on children’s meals provided at each school, go to new...
Governor needs to reconsider business closings
These are extraordinary times. They call for extraordinary measures. But let’s not give up our liberty — especially when government’s “help” in trying to save us from ourselves doesn’t mak...
COVID-19 freeze will change things
Some day soon, we hope, we’ll wake up to learn that the COVID-19 viruses have gone to that place in the cosmos where the nanometer-size undead go when they can’t cause diseases any more....
Debate on reopening a false choice
Right now, America faces greater economic pain than at any time since the Great Depression. Tens of millions of people have applied for unemployment — including tens of thousands here in New Mexico...
Tax board considers assistance requests
The Tucumcari Lodgers Tax Advisory Board on Wednesday wrestled with a trimmed-down budget because of the coronavirus pandemic when considering assistance requests to events for the 2021 fiscal year. T...
Quay-area students among 36 scholarship recipients
Several Quay County-area students were among 36 recipients who received over $131,000 in scholarships from the Plateau Education Foundation last week. These area students received $3,000 Banner...
Tucumcari interim city manager signs contract
After only 18 months, Mark Martinez again has officially become Tucumcari’s interim city manager. At Thursday's Tucumcari City Commission meeting, Martinez signed a contract to become Tucumcari’s...
Police blotter - April 15
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from April 6 to April 12: Monday • 2:57 p.m.: Accident with property damage at First Street and Tucumcari Bouleva...
Jail log - April 15
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from April 6 to April 11: • Linda Uvalle Romero, 53, Logan, aggravated battery (no great bodily harm). • Gene Anthony Vargas,...
