Fire damages three-restaurant chain in Tucumcari
Early Sunday a fire destroyed the Rockin Ys kitchen and damaged the dining area, forcing closure. Owners Yvonne Brazier and Yvette Braziel Peacock plan to run Del's and Kix on 66 with reduced staff while insurer assess the scene and determine if Rockin Ys can be repaired. Fire crews fought the blaze from 1:24 a.m. to 3:50 a.m. on East Route 66.
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Yvonne Brazier
Yvette Braziel-Peacock
Rocking’s
Braziel-Peacock
Braziel
Braziel- Peacock
Del’s
Rockin Y's
Del's
Kix
Rocking Y’s
Tucumcari
Route 66
Denny's
U.S. Highway 54
Christmas events and charity receipts drive Tucumcari week
Readers can attend Mesalands Community College courtyard lighting and other Christmas events for all ages. Tucumcari Elementary collects Lowe’s receipts to fund school supplies. bring them to the South A office on 1600 South Ninth Street. Albert Einstein quote noted.
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Mesalands Community College
Tucumcari
Lowe's
South Ninth Street
Albert Einstein
Thomas Garcia
Web Poll Results on Cola Day Preferences
Last week's online poll asks readers what they prefer on a cola day. Soup 22 percent chili 36 percent hot cocoa 23 percent none of the above want summer back 20 percent. Votes counted 61. Contact Thomas Garcia at 575-461-1952 or tgarcia gesunonline.com.
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QCS
Thomas Garcia
Tgarcia
Gesunonline
Winter storm strands travelers as icy roads grip Quay County
Low temperatures and ice from a Thanksgiving weekend storm slowed traffic across Quay County and parts of New Mexico and West Texas. Meteorologists reported up to a quarter inch of ice on highways while NMDOT operated 12 hour shifts to keep routes passable. Only six crashes occurred on I 40 and US 54, with several in parking lots, as crews and responders aided motorists and towed stranded vehicles.
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Quay County
West Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Clay Anderson
National Weather Service
Albuquerque
Anderson
Gulf
Texas
Yvonne Aragon
New Mexico Department of Transportation
Aragon
NMDOT
Tucumcari
San Jon
Nara Visa
Ragland
U.S. Highway 54
U.S. 54
Pete Rivera
Rivera
Tucumcari Man Sentenced To Federal Prison Time
Alexander Page of Tucumcari was sentenced to 27 months in prison and three years of supervised release in Albuquerque federal court for a 2013 meth trafficking conviction. Page pleaded guilty July 7, 2015 to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, tied to a 2012 stop near Socorro that yielded about 259 grams in a hidden compartment destined for Clovis.
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Albuquerque
District of New Mexico
U.S. Department of Justice
Alexander Page
Page
Socorro
Socorro County
Clovis
Michael Montoya
Brian Acuna
Dianna Hernandez-Trujillo
New Mexico
Curry County
Montoya
Acuna
Hernandez
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Pix
Rockin Y’s
Dra Gisneros
Michael Rubalcava
el Paso
Clayton
Rubalcava
Interstate 40
Santa Rosa
Kmart
Linda Unruh
All-Rite Towing
Unruh
Sunrise Medical Group
P.C
Raquel Cisneros
University of Arizona
UNM
3Rd Street
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