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Articles from the August 2, 2012 edition


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  • A multi-state safety crackdown set for Friday along Route 66

    QCS Staff|Aug 2, 2012

    The New Mexico State Police will team up Friday with law enforcement agencies in seven other states in the "Get Your 'Clicks' on Route 66" seat belt crackdown. The crackdown will run for 24 hours on Friday, from midnight to midnight, said Lt. Jimmy Glascock. Glascock said in district 9, (Quay and Guadalupe County) the crackdown will run from the state line to mile marker 239, just past Santa Rosa. "We're really excited to be taking part in this important project," said New Mexico State Police Chief Robert Shilling. "Fastening your seat belt...

  • Friend: Nancy Taylor's death personal, communal

    Christina Calloway CMI Staff|Aug 2, 2012

    Eastern New Mexico lost a "loyal friend" with a "passion to feed the hungry," when Nancy Taylor died on Thursday, friends said. Nancy Taylor Taylor, 70, executive director of the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico, died about 4:45 p.m. Thursday in a Lubbock hospital, friends and family members said. Cause of death was not immediately known. She had been in critical condition since being hospitalized Sunday night. "Our communities have lost a loyal friend and lost an advocate and pioneer in the...