Quay County Sun - Serving the High Plains

A divided Tucumcari City Commission on Thursday settled on $1.50-an-hour raises for all city employees for fiscal year 2023 after considering $2.50-an-hour hikes for those workers or exclusively...

After unexpectedly large attendance last year, organizers for the 51st Rattler Reunion are hoping to piggyback on that success and draw even larger numbers of Tucumcari High School alumni this week....

The Tucumcari Lodgers Tax Advisory Board voted last week to recommend up to $20,000 to participate in the New Mexico Music Commission’s new cost-share grant program. Carlos Medina of Santa Fe,...

Our grandson spent a week at two church camps this summer — one in northern New Mexico and one in southern New Mexico, both in the mountains. When we dropped him off at the second camp, I mentioned...

I’ve been thinking about my dad more so than usual. Probably because it’s August, his birth month. August has always been a time of celebration because of my dad’s birthday. I’d start practi-b...

The Quay County Health Council is hosting a community presentation this week by Brenda Bishop on ways to deal with stress. With county fair, getting in that last summer trip, back-to-school activities...

Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Thursday — Stress Buster Workshop. The Quay County Health Council will help you learn ways to reduce stress with this fast-paced...

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...

On this date ... 1972: Tucumcari city officials will meet this week with state highway engineer L.G. Boles in Santa Fe about the possibility of adding a fifth interchange to the Interstate 40 bypass...

These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from July 26 to July 30: — Reese Smith, 18, Nacogdoches, Texas, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. ...

Celtics legend Bill Russell, on the Mount Rushmore of Boston sports with a whopping 11 titles as a player and two championships as the first Black head coach in North American pro sports, died on...

People see me say I don’t want government doing something and often jump to the conclusion I don’t want that thing done at all. Sometimes they are right, as in the case of legislation...

Downsizing for an old-school media junkie involves lots of newspapers and magazines, the hardcopy kind, where the first draft of history was laid out for all the world to consume through linear...

Quay County for the fourth straight week saw elevated case numbers of COVID-19, with 30 confirmed by the state last week. That compares to the 34 cases reported during the previous week. It was the...

A local motorcycle rider died Saturday after crashing into a semi-tractor trailer on U.S. 54 near Nara Visa. About 8 p.m., New Mexico State Police officers were sent to U.S. 54 milepost 351 east of...

SANTA ROSA — An Oklahoma couple died in a head-on crash with a tractor-trailer July 25 on Interstate 40 in Guadalupe County, according to New Mexico State Police. The collision occurred at about...

SANTA ROSA — Off-duty New Mexico State Police officer Omar Carrasco, 24, died of natural causes, State Police announced last week. “No foul play was suspected,” State Police Officer Dusty...