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The Quay County Commission on Monday unanimously approved a resolution urging the governor and state to “reopen immediately” non-essential businesses that implement the same coronavirus...

New Mexico's governor announced Thursday she would extend the emergency public health order to May 15 but would ease coronavirus-based restrictions for some businesses and places – including state...

New Mexico's governor said last week she would extend the coronavirus public health emergency to May 15 and laid out a tentative, phased-in plan to reopen the state's economy. Meanwhile, a fourth...

A resolution asking New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to consider allowing businesses in the state’s rural cities to reopen to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus received narrow approval...

During this COVID-19 pandemic, many people are losing hope, not only because of the disease itself but because of increasing joblessness and the now-depressed economy. But there’s hope because in...

Revenue shortages because of the COVID-19 economic freeze and increases in state minimum wage likely would result in loss of jobs, conversion of some full-time city jobs to part-time positions and...

• June 25-28 — Rockin’ Route 66. This festival in Tucumcari will be packed with live entertainment, a classic car and hot rod show, a vintage and hand-built motorcycle show, a pin-up contest...

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...

U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M) is encouraging high-school students to enter work into the 2020 Congressional Art Competition. Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high...

If you’re confused by the conflicting messages the public has received on the necessity — or uselessness — of wearing a mask in public, you’re not alone. Of the many sound guidelines and...

With plenty of time to muse in COVID-19 isolation (not that I didn’t have time as a retiree), I am wondering if social distancing away from jobs and social obligations is giving people a new... Full story

I don’t know what daily life is like during our Great National Shutdown in states like Pennsylvania, where I hear golfing is verboten, all liquor stores are closed and masks must be worn into...

Quay County voters should receive in their mailboxes this week an application for an absentee ballot to be used in the June 2 primary election. The application will come from the New Mexico Secretary...

New Mexican residents can plant seeds and grow a vegetable garden while staying home and social distancing, thanks to New Mexico State University’s Seed to Supper program. Part of NMSU’s...

The Tucumcari Housing Authority board on Thursday approved another step in handing over authority for operating it to the Eastern Regional Housing Authority of the U.S. Department of Housing and...

The Mesalands Community College board of trustees fired its president April 21 and hired its vice president of academic affairs as an interim replacement. After a closed executive session of less...

Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari is receiving nearly $200,000 from coronavirus relief measures. Mesalands will receive $198,978 from more than $84 million in grants to New Mexico colleges and...

These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from April 20 to April 27: • Jose David Urioste, 31, Tucumcari, violation of restraining order prohibiting domestic violence and...

These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from April 20 to April 26: Monday • 6:49 a.m.: Vehicle fire in 30400 block of U.S. 54, Tucumcari. • 8:28 a.m.:...

Administrators and staffers at Tucumcari Public Schools detailed recent efforts to convert to online learning during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic at the school board’s April 20 meeting. The...