Logan, NM ( KKOB) - Two people drowned in two separate incidents at Ute lake near Logan in Quay County over the 4th of July weekend according to State...

LOGAN -- Two people died at Ute lake over the weekend, officials said. The deaths were unrelated, Quay County Sheriff Dennis Garcia told The News. The first death occurred on July 4, Garcia said. That body has not been recovered, as of 1 p.m. Monday. A second death occurred Sunday night. "On July 5, at approximately 10:30 p.m., New Mexico State Police were called to Ute Lake following...

TUCUMCARI — The Quay County Commission on Monday approved a contract with Dekker Ltd. of Albuquerque to modify and work with a new design for Dr. Daniel C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari. Dekker has designed other hospitals or medical centers for Presbyterian Healthcare Services, which manages Trigg. In previous meetings, county attorney Warren Frost said Dekker would modify previous designs...

Investigators are looking for the person behind a bomb scare Monday at the Quay County courthouse in Tucumcari. The post Quay County courthouse to reopen after bomb scare appeared first on KOB.com.

NARA VISA — The biggest priority for ranchers to recover from wildfires that burned over 30,000 acres last month is relief funds to rebuild fencing. One rancher estimated that the dozen or so ranchers surrounding the northeastern Quay County village lost a total of 150 miles of fencing during the Line Fire. With fence costing between $18,000 to $20,000 per mile, ranchers suffered millions of dolla...

TUCUMCARI — Officers from the Tucumcari/Quay County Chamber of Commerce on Monday requested annual funds from Quay County but encountered skepticism from commissioners. Commissioners ultimately voted to table the measure, asking the chamber to show more activity before it revisits the matter. Kenton Perkins, president of the troubled chamber, in a letter to commissioners requested the usual annual...

TUCUMCARI — Republican incumbents in Quay County races for sheriff and magistrate judge emerged victorious in primary elections on June 2. Sheriff Dennis Garcia won his second term by a nearly 3-to-1 margin over GOP challenger Rudy Vallejo. With no Democratic candidate filed, Garcia is set to be sworn into another four-year term in January. Incumbent Magistrate Judge Noreen Hendrickson won the GOP...