Quay County Sun - Serving the High Plains

An Albuquerque judge rejected a lawsuit by Coronado Partners against the New Mexico Racing Commission to force it to issue a sixth and final license for a horse-racing track and casino in Tucumcari. D...

A state senator is urging Eastern New Mexico University and financially troubled Mesalands Community College to consider a partnership or make the Tucumcari school a branch campus of ENMU. One area...

Tucumcari Mayor Ralph Moya wants the New Mexico Legislature to toughen criminal penalties against those who provide illegal drugs to mentally ill patients. If that doesn’t happen, he’ll urge the...

When God brought Israel out of Egypt, he gave it a set of rules. Beginning with the Ten Commandments, he spelled out a constitution for the new nation, a law by which they were to govern themselves....

CLOVIS — A 9th Judicial District Court jury last week found former Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher McCasland not guilty of felony child abuse. The jury handed down the verdict on...

You’ve got your standard New Mexico centennial license plate, your standard red and yellow plate and your standard chile plate. That last one’s really pretty and it won the America’s Best...

There are probably many Americans who thought this day would never come. More than a few people, myself included, were skeptical that Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice possessed the...

“In the eight years that my father was President of the United States I never once sat in the room with business associates and called him on the phone. If I had, the Democrats would have skewered m...

The Quay County Fair this week is seeing an uptick in the number of livestock exhibitors. Dallas Dowell, president of the fair board, said in a phone interview Friday the number of livestock...

Quay County on Monday officially hired Hull Consulting Government Relations of Albuquerque as its lobbyist and declined to renew its pact with a Clovis-based firm for the first time since 2017. The...

The Tucumcari Lodgers Tax Advisory board unanimously recommended the use of more than $16,000 in motel tax funds so Mesalands Community College could erect three billboards to promote its dinosaur...

Tucumcari Senior Center Wednesday — Swiss steak, baked potato, steamed cabbage, whole-wheat dinner roll, mixed fruit. Thursday — Spaghetti and meatballs, green salad, Italian mixed vegetables,...

On this date ... 1973: The City Hall reporter for the Tucumcari News reported disgruntled swimming enthusiasts have criticized the “deplorable” condition of city swimming pool at Five Mile Park...

Wednesday-Saturday — Quay County Fair. The annual fair featuring all sorts of livestock and home contests will take place at the Quay County fairgrounds in west Tucumcari. The fair on Saturday will...

These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from July 31 to Aug. 5: — Kala Lea Meguire, 38, Tucumcari, two counts of contempt of court, two counts of felony possession of a...

These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from July 31 to Aug. 6: Monday — 6:37 a.m.: Breaking and entering in 1100 block of East Turner Avenue,...

The staff of U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez will hold open office hours on Aug. 22 at the Tucumcari Public Library. Constituents can come to get their questions answered and address concerns from...

A former Pecos High School basketball coach was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to five counts of coercion and enticement of minors. Joshua Rico, 27, of Pecos...

A board wanting to restore the long-closed Princess Theatre in downtown Tucumcari advocated requesting $1 million in capital outlay funds from state Sen. Pete Campos and the New Mexico Legislature...