Quay County Sun - Serving the High Plains

A total of 121 new confirmed cases of coronavirus were reported last week in Quay County, including 17 on Friday, as the state also reported spread of the virus in numbers not seen in more than a...

The principals for “Bands of Enchantment” reduced their request for city lodgers tax funds from $300,000 to $200,000 to produce a second season of the music television show in Tucumcari next...

The number of deaths by suicide in Quay County jumped from one in 2019 to seven in 2020, according to data released last week by the New Mexico Department of Health. The state saw a slight increase...

Christmas is upon us, and many of us are enjoying the holiday hubbub, especially as a release from the COVID restrictions that kept families apart for well over a year. Others, such as Martha, are so...

Note: Events subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Friday, Saturday — Tucumcari Rawhide Days Christmas Carriage Rides. Take a ride in a 15-minute horse-drawn carriage through downtown...

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 ... 1971: The Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce board members and newly elected directors traveled to House last night for their meeting. The group was welcomed at the House Community Center...

Eighty years ago, on Dec. 7, 1941, our parents and grandparents were shaken out of the humdrum of daily living — and the trajectory of their lives forever changed — by news that Pearl Harbor in...

I love people. I also know that humans are deeply flawed. This combination explains why I’m a libertarian. Every other position insists that no one is smart enough to run their own life while also...

Sound the alarm! Gas prices are going up! Throughout my life, I’ve noticed a certain obsession Americans have with gas prices. I used to tease my father for driving out of his way just to save a...

Despite spotting Bosque a double-digit lead early, Tucumcari nearly caught up with the Bobcats in the fourth quarter but fell 65-58 Saturday in the championship game of the Brian Gallegos Memorial...

The Tucumcari girls basketball team began its season by capturing third place at the Santa Rosa Invitational tournament with a resounding 63-20 win Saturday over Cloudcroft. Alexus Lafferty scored 25...

The Logan girls basketball team opened its season by capturing the Dora Tournament championship with a 46-36 win over the host team Saturday. Reece Goldston led the Lady Longhorns with 16 points, and...

The Rattlers wrestling team went 2-2 during the season-opening weekend at the Los Lunas Duals in an event that featured schools with enrollment much bigger than Tucumcari’s. Tucumcari dominated...

A two-year realignment plan approved last week by the New Mexico Activities Association board of directors will add Ruidoso to Tucumcari’s district in many sports starting with the 2022 school...

A young and inexperienced Logan boys basketball team went 1-2 during last week’s season-opening Dora Tournament, including a 53-43 loss Saturday to Roy/Mosquero in the third-place game. Logan kept...

A Tucumcari man was jailed after being accused of leading police on a chase through streets Sunday night that ended with damage to two city police vehicles and property at Mesalands Community...

These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5: Monday • 9:53 a.m.: Arrest warrant in 1100 block of South Seventh Street, Tucumcari. ...

These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Nov. 29 to Dec. 6: • Tranette Flook, 33, Tucumcari, trespassing. • Aaron Keith Martinez, 20, Tucumcari, two felony counts...