Articles from the July 14, 2021 edition
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Nuisance ordinance showdown postponed
A showdown over parts of Tucumcari’s nuisance ordinance was at least postponed Thursday as the Tucumcari City Commission tabled a public hearing and final vote on eliminating language involving...
Cooperative bearing fruit
The Table Top Food Cooperative that aims to mentor novice farmers and produce more local food appears to be bearing more fruit this year. David...
Health Council launches gun-lock campaign
The Quay County Health Council is launching a gun-lock campaign to reduce immediate access to firearms in an effort to reduce suicide deaths in the...
Generational guilt: Real, but treatable
The current race debate highlights the issue of generational guilt. Does it really exist? What should be done about it? One side is sure it exists,...
Tax board hears remodel proposal
The Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce building would double as a visitor center in a proposal the chamber’s director sketched out generally Tuesday to the city’s Lodgers Tax Advisory Board. Scott...
Officials complete management program
Three public officials, including Quay County’s assessor, completed the New Mexico Certified Public Management Program and were recognized at a virtual graduation last month. New Mexico State...
Calendar - July 14
Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Friday — Fired Up Friday. The Quay County Health Council will host a chalk art contest. Food trucks will operated from 11 a.m. to 8...
Menus - July 14
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...
Pages past - July 14
On this date ... 1971: Telephone workers nationwide, including CWA representatives in Tucumcari with the Bell Telephone System, were striking for better retirement benefits, wages and working...
Proposal needed fine-tuning, not rejection
Work on the results of the decennial census in New Mexico has gotten off to a rocky start, and the members of the newly appointed Citizen Redistricting Committee missed a golden opportunity to boost i...
Hope people see opportunity here
I spent the best part of last week in Clovis, where I am taking on temporary editing duties for Clovis Media, the company that owns the Quay County Sun. I live in Tucumcari and the contrast between...
Berry should remember black patriotism
When hammer-thrower Gwen Berry turned her back on the American flag at the Olympic Trials, it made me think of Sgt. William Carney. Berry probably doesn’t know who Carney was. Neither, I bet, do...
Lake levels rising across central eastern NM
CLOVIS — Lakes in central eastern New Mexico have been looking less thirsty as the region has enjoyed a reawakening of the monsoon season. The level rise at Conchas Lake, about 30 miles northwest of...
Community Narcan training set for July 19
The Quay County Health Council next week is offering free training on how to use Narcan to revive those who have overdosed on opioids. The council is offering the training at 3 p.m. July 19 at the...
Ranch selected for award semifinals
A Quay County ranch has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2021 New Mexico Leopold Conservation Award. Given in honor of conservationist Aldo Leo...
New cases reported in Quay County on Thursday
Quay County on Thursday experienced its first confirmed cases of coronavirus in more than two weeks, with two in the San Jon ZIP code. No cases were reported in the county on Friday. The county's...
Extension service announces project aimed at ag women
The New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension in Quay County will bring a risk management and empowerment program for women in agriculture starting in January. Farm and ranch women are generat...
Jail log - July 14
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from July 2 to July 8: • Devin William Apodaca, 18, no address listed, speeding (over 11-15 mph), no evidence of registration and...
Police blotter - July 14
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from June 28 to July 11: June 28 • 12:31 a.m.: Fireworks at East Center and South Monroe streets, Tucumcari. ...
