CoreCivic Responds to “Closing CCCC / How ‘Dignity Not Detention’ Could Close Local Jail”

MILAN, NM – In the hours following the publication of last week’s story “Closing CCCC / How ‘Dignity Not Detention’ Could Close Local Jail”, the Cibola Citizen heard from CoreCivic, the company that runs the Cibola County Correctional Center in the Village of Milan.

Arrests . . .

Grants Police Department February 6 Andrew Lucario, born in 1987: Drunk or disorderly Michael Donald.

Guilty Plea Entered in Police Assault Case

NEW LAGUNA, N.M. – Lynette Chavez, a 26-year-old from New Laguna has pleaded guilty to assaulting a Laguna Police officer, who has the legal distinction of a federal police officer, in 2018. Chavez had been arraigned in a federal court for assaulting a federal police officer in 2021.

Homicide at Pine Meadows

On Friday March 3, Cibola County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the Pine Meadows Ranch community in reference to an unattended death. The dispatch included that a body had been found outside in a wooded area.

Father-Son Duo Charged with Zuni Assault

ZUNI PUEBLO – Two Zuni men have been charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury in the Zuni Pueblo. Both Christopher Hannaweekee Sr., 48, and his son Christopher Hannaweekee Jr., 29, were charged for a January 27 assault that allegedly took place in Zuni Pueblo. Both Hannaweekee Sr.

It Takes a Village

Linda Cooke says it took Kate Fletcher, Manager of Cibola County, two months of encouragement before she applied for the Village of Milan Manager job. “I’d just lost my husband. There wasn’t a whole lot for me. I was [going to] retire, but Kate had faith in me. They shocked me by hiring me.

AI on Cibola County

GRANTS, N.M. – The Cibola Citizen recently had access to an advanced artificial intelligence. We asked it a simple prompt, “Write me a 450-word story about Cibola County, New Mexico. Explain what the people are like.” It did not properly follow the prompt as the story came in at 480 words.