Colorful Country Directions From a Rural Tale
An elderly Tucumcari resident recalls how country folks gave directions using landmarks before modern signs. He recounts guiding Iowa visitors to Santa Rosa via Alamogordo Valley, Jones Hill, and Highway 66, noting gates, trees, sand rocks, and cedar stands as navigational cues. Contact: Lynn Mancus, Quay County Sun, 575-461-1952.
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Alamogordo Valley
Jones Hill
Highway 66
Santa Rosa
Lynn Mancus
Quay County Sun
Firefighters train with car extrication gear in Tucumcari
Emergency crews from 12 New Mexico departments, including Tucumcari and Santa Rosa, practiced rescuing trapped passengers using hydraulically operated cutting and prying tools on 15 donated wrecked cars during a 63-person training session led by Quay County Fire Marshal Donald Adams.
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New Mexico
Tucumcari
Quay County
Donald Adams
Ed’s_ Recycling
Adams
Santa Rosa
Jaal
Tijeras
Floyd, Capitan, Grady
Rosebud
Texico
Quay Couny
Quay Fire Department
Bard-Endee
Arraignment set for Bidegain in cougar killing case
Scott Bidegain faces arraignment in Quay County Magistrate Court before Judge Joel Garnett on charges tied to an illegal cougar kill by dogs. The case, tied to his resignation as New Mexico Game Commission chair, involves a February 9 incident at the T4 Cattle Company ranch with several listed defendants including Jason Roselius and Larry Webb.
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Scott Bidegain
Bidegain
New Mexico Game Commission
Quay County
Joel Garnett
Ty Jackson
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Las Vegas
Associated Press
T4 Cattle Company
Game and Fish Department
Larry H. Webb
Newkirk
Sty
Ivy
Canyon
Texas
Chad W. Hassell
Childress
Jason E. Roselius
Oklahoma City
Roselius
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Clovis High School
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