By Chelle Delaney, Quay County Sun, Tucumcari, N.M. Apr. 9--This year's snowpack, miles north of Tucumcari and resting on the mountainous slopes of New Mexico and Colorado, was hoped to be a windfall for farmers.

By Kevin Welch, Amarillo Globe-News, Texas Sep. 13--John Wright has tried to fight the scrubby trees with cutting machines, even baling the sticks that resulted, but the Canadian River banks are still blanketed. "They're tough to cut up," he said.

By Chelle Delaney, Quay County Sun, Tucumcari, N.M. Aug.

By Chelle Delaney, Quay County Sun, Tucumcari, N.M. Aug. 23--Fueled by monsoon rains, the water level at Conchas Lake is the highest its been in at least several years, according to officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.