Outage cripples Tucumcari cell service amid Sprint signal gaps
In Tucumcari and surrounding Quay County residents rely on Sprint based Boost Mobile Virgin Mobile and Assurance phones but since late April the area has suffered voice and data outages. Derrick Matthews struggles to call Albuquerque doctors as towers suffer a site shortage. Neighbors report past outages and ongoing Tower enhancements threaten hours or days of service with no clear resolution.
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Tucumcari
Derrick Matthews
Albuquerque
Sprint
Boost
Quay County
Quay County Sun
Virgin Mobile
Boost Mobile
Matthews
Route 66
Dennis Venekus
Assurance
Ronald Reagan
Yvette Peacock
Marquez
Virgin
Metro PC
Dramatic Tue Standoff Ends Without Casualties on Highway 104
A high speed flee along Highway 104 led to a crash on North Second Street as deputies tracked a vehicle carrying two suspects Sherbondy and Campbell. The pair surrendered after negotiations. no one was shot though a gun was recovered from the Volvo and a spent bullet was found in the windshield.
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Highway 104
Second Street
Valdez
Martinez
Maple Avenue
North Second Street
Russell Shafer
Sherbondy
Campbell
Shafer
Larry Cooksey
Trigg Memorial Hospital
Tucumcari
Air Park at Ute Lake edge eyed for county subdivision
County officials weighed a preliminary plat for an Air Park at Ute Lake near Dalhart Texas as residents touted hangar and living facilities. The agenda also included a 13.49 million dollar budget for 2020 with a 3 percent raise, rural fire trucks funded, and a retirement for Fire Marshal Donald Adams. Emergency plan updates and a 29778 grant request for emergency management were approved.
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Ute Lake
Logan
Cheryl Simpson
Donald Adams
Lucas Bugg
Daniel Zamora
Zamora
Tucumcari hopes visit sways racino bid with new NM panel
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham replaced the racing commission with five appointees on April 24. In Albuquerque, the first regular meeting of the new board heard plans to tour towns seeking a sixth license, including Clovis and Lordsburg, as Clovis groups pushed for racino talks. Frost urged a Tucumcari stop to showcase community support, noting the October hearing drew over 1,100 people. Clovis voices for and against the project surfaced at the meeting, while Executive Director Trejo did not confirm speakers’ identities. Frost said Clovis opposition could help Tucumcari's case.
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Michelle Lujan Grisham
Racing Commission
Albuquerque
Frost
Clovis
Lordsburg
Tucumcari
Commission
New Mexico City
Ismael “Izzy” Trejo
Jack Muse
Frost Long
Trejo
Clovis Group
My Name Is Mad Prayer Reflection From Tucumcari Church
A believer grapples with perfect obedience and persistent temptation while finding comfort in God’s grace. The author notes human frailty, God’s knowledge of our humanness, and forgiveness through Jesus, ending with a prayer from Lisa Langford at Power for Today presented by Church of Christ in Tucumcari New Mexico.
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God
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Colorado
Rudy Vallejo
Abel Cullum
Ms. Campbell
Dalhart
Texas
Layne
Sid Strebeck
Edgewood
New Mexico
Amarillo
Strebeck
Richard Primrose
Racino
Albert
Mtof
Fercon
Socia Media
Itty Rosa
Teougtir
Father
Jesus
Lisa Langford
Church of Christ
S. Third St
Tucumcari, NM
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