Walmart to halt firearm sales in New Mexico stores
Walmart plans to stop selling firearms at all New Mexico locations including Clovis and Portales effective July 27. Ammunition and related items remain for sale. The move aligns with SB 8 requiring background checks on private gun sales, though Walmart already conducts checks for merchandise.
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Portales
Larry Reeves
R&s
Big 5
Gebo’s
Michelle Lujan Grisham
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Susan Grisham
Tripp Stelnicki
Apollo 11 booster leak fixed before lunar countdown
In Cape Kennedy Florida technicians entered the Apollo 11 booster rocket oxygen tank to repair a leak ahead of the lunar landing countdown. In Saigon the U S Command reported 153 Americans killed in action in Vietnam last week, the smallest weekly toll in months. Gibson's Discount Center in Tucumcari advertised Vaseline hair products.
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Florida
Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Gibson’s Discount Center
Tucumcari
Inmate Bookings From July 1 to July 4 Across Quay County
Records show bookings of 14 individuals into Quay County Detention Center including William Fugett 49 Tucumcari Michael Romero 40 Tucumcari Maria Apodaca 35 Tucumcari facing multiple counts Vanessa Sisneros 38 Santa Rosa accused of grand larceny Megan Venckus 33 Tucumcari charged with felony possession and trafficking Jimmy Armstrong 49 Tucumcari for failure to comply Matthew Howell 28 Tucumcari with burglary and related charges Michael Romero Jr 28 Tucumcari aggravated battery Wyatt Santacruz 23 Amarillo warrants David Shivers 33 Logan warrants Jackson Talville 41 Tucumcari battery on a household member Kin McKinney 52 Tucumcari appearance bond Lawrence Rivas Sr 43 Tucumcari court order Logan 33 bond.
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Quay County
William Fugett
Tucumcari
Michael Romero
Maria Helena Apodaca
Vanessa Linda Savana Sisneros
Santa Rosa
Megan Venckus
Jimmy Armstrong
Matthew Howell
Michael Anthony Romero Jr
Wyatt Santacruz
Amarillo
David Royce Shivers
Logan
Jackson Douglas Talville
Elliott family reunion returns to Portales after decades
Portales hosts an all-family reunion for descendants of Seymour Elliott, first held in 1979. 183 attendees, ages from two months to 92, gather Friday through Sunday at Memorial Building and nearby park with stickhorse races, three legged races, tortilla toss, crafts auction, and other activities.
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Floyd
Melrose
Burma Stark
Stark
Robert Henry Elliott
Elliotts
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New Mexico
Virginia
Wyoming
Kansas
Memorial Building
Roosevelt County
Duet Piano Recital at First United Methodist Church
Denise Parr Scanlin and Maria Garzon will perform a Friday 7 p.m. piano duet at Clovis First United Methodist Church. The free recital features mostly French pieces with both artists sharing one bench and a single piano, plus solo moments.
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First United Methodist Church
Denise Parr- Scanlin
Maria Garzon
Ferrell Roberts
Parr-Scanlin
Parr- Scanlin
West Texas A&m
Roberts
Garzon
Parr Scanlin
Ebony and Ivory
Hong Kong
London
Amarillo
Amarillo College
Dolly
Faure
Francis Poulenc
Joy Harjo Named US Poet Laureate At UNM Ties
Former UNM student and professor Joy Harjo, an Oklahoma born Muscogee Nation poet and musician, becomes the first Indigenous US Poet Laureate. She credits INAIA and UNM memories, plans to inspire younger generations and Native poets, and speaks on poetry as healing and listening across divides.
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Warner
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Joy
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