Quay County Sun - Serving the High Plains

Tucumcari’s municipal judge is resigning this week less than a year after he won a contested November election for the post. Christopher Maestas, 78, last week submitted a letter of resignation,...

San Jon Municipal Schools has a new superintendent coming from Clayton who has a lengthy administrative history at school districts in Texas. San Jon school board president Frank Gibson said Monday...

Quay County continued to see elevated case numbers of COVID-19, with another 33 cases and three deaths confirmed by the state last week. That compares to the 28 cases and no deaths during the...

Two city officials during a work session Thursday for the fiscal-year 2023 budget outlined plans to give substantial raises to employees to lessen the city’s competitive disadvantage with other...

My last article earlier this month ended with a statement that being a doorkeeper in the Lord’s house was a great area of service for new Christians of almost any age because anyone can do the...

The Tucumcari chapter of Altrusa International announced its annual scholarships given to one student from each of the school districts and one community college in Quay County. Each of the students...

The Logan Municipal Schools board of education last week approved a new, two-year contract with its superintendent. Dennis Roch’s pact runs through June 30, 2024, with an annual salary of $125,000,...

On this date ... 1972: A severe storm hit the Logan and Ute Lake areas. At least eight boats on the lake were sunk, and 20 to 25 boats were damaged in the north dock area. The dock also sustained...

Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • July 29-30 — Quay County 4-H Rodeo. Events start each day at 5 p.m. at the Quay County Fairgrounds arena in Tucumcari. Concessions wi...

The Tucumcari Senior Center and Logan Senior Center also offer grab-and-go meals to those who qualify. Those interested should call the Tucumcari facility at 575-461-2307 or the Logan facility at...

A 50% increase in K-12 English language arts and math achievement by the 2025-26 school year might seem aspirational, until you realize where New Mexico is starting from. At last count, prepandemic,...

No one really understands anyone else, so it’s no surprise that non-libertarians don’t understand libertarians. When I first started writing on the topic of libertarianism, I ran across a blog pos...

Now that a 27-year-old man’s confession has substantiated a doctor’s story that a 10-year-old girl was raped, got pregnant and had to go out of state to get an abortion, you’d have a heart of st...

These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from July 4 to July 17: July 4 — 12:17 a.m.: Fight in 400 block of Cheyenne Road, Logan. — 7:56 a.m.:...

These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from July 8 to July 17: — Pedro Borquez, 60, Tucumcari, violation of restraining order prohibiting domestic violence. — Manuel...

The Quay County Commission last week unveiled its annual draft of infrastructure and capital improvement plan, with reconstruction of Quay Road 63 near Tucumcari its top priority. The plan...

A Tucumcari man pleaded no contest to three charges in an incident a year ago where a city police officer was captured on video picking up and slamming the suspect to the ground as he resisted arrest...