Articles from the June 12, 2019 edition
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Lawmakers address issues
Be it a senator or a representative, Republican or Democrat, representatives of Quay County assured their constituents the challenges faced in...
Tucumcari man jailed in stabbing
Police officers arrested and jailed a Tucumcari man on a felony complaint after he was accused of stabbing another man in the lower back, upper shoulder and face. Adrian J. Andrade, 25, was booked on...
Budget increase resolutions approved
The Quay County Commission on Monday approved a series of six resolutions to increase its budget on its soon-to-close 2018-2019 fiscal year. The resolutions were presented by county finance director C...
Logan approves alcohol sales
LOGAN - Voters in Logan approved by a 5-to-1 margin a mail-in ballot question on whether to approve the sale of beer and wine at restaurants there. A...
Calendar - June 12
• Friday — Groundwater Workshop. The Ute Creek and Mesa Soil and Water Conservation District will host speakers and field demonstrations on how residents of the region can measure static...
Menus - June 12
Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Chile relleno with cheese, tossed salad with dressing, Spanish rice, crackers, fruit. Thursday — Oven-baked chicken, rice pilaf, broccoli with margarine,...
Pages past - June 12
On this date ... 1969: A 12-year-old girl from Tucumcari was badly cut on the leg as she walked home from a ballgame with friends. A person in a passing white automobile threw a bottle, injuring the...
Hope Sixth and Hines stays forever
I don't get out to Tucumcari as much as I would like. Nearly every time I've been there, it was for a work related reason, and we have staff in...
Unfair to yoke compassion to legal wrangling
For Teresa Todd, kindness was a crime. Todd, the Jeff Davis County attorney and mother of four, was driving one February evening in West Texas when three young migrants flagged her down. Seeing that o...
Need more intellectual humility
There’s a lot of talk these days about “intellectual humility,” which most consider a virtue. It means you will occasionally admit when you’re wrong. It also means you’re open to new ideas,...
Latest Anaya offering defies genre
If I had to assign a genre to Rudolfo Anaya’s latest book, “Chupacabra Meets Billy The Kid,” I’d say it’s of the Western / science fiction / fantasy / Chicano literature / historical...
Pray for America to be united again
This Friday, June 14, is National Flag Day (usflag.org/history/flagday.html). The American flag is a symbol of unity with reminders for the present (a star for each of the current 50 states) and our...
Four headed to national finals
Four athletes from Mesalands Community College are competing in this week's College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming, and their coach is...
Football players participate in all-star game
Two Tucumcari football players participated in the annual small-school North-South all-star game, with the North suffering a 19-3 loss Saturday at Nusenda Community Stadium in Albuquerque. Rattler...
Police blotter - June 12
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from May 28 to June 9: May 28 • 2:44 a.m.: Threat in 600 block of West High Street, Tucumcari. • 10:52 a.m.:...
Jail log - June 12
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from June 3 to June 8: • Matthew Howell, 28, Tucumcari, possession of drug paraphernalia and attempt to commit a felony, to wit:...
