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  • Bear removed from tree in Tucumcari

    Thomas Garcia, QCS Senior Writer|Jun 5, 2017

    TUCUMCARI - Carmen Gonzales wasn't sure what to think at first. "I was inside and my daughters came in, slammed the door and screamed, 'There is a bear outside,'" she said. She thought the girls might be playing with her, but they weren't. There was a bear in a neighborhood tree. About 50 people soon were gathered in the area of South Seventh Street and West McGee Avenue, and the bear settled in for what became a two-hour standoff with city, county and state law officers. In the end the brown be...