Candidate Spotlight: Stephen Chavez - Sheriff

After a rocky departure from Grants Police Department where he was the previous police chief, Stephen Chavez is looking to become Cibola County’s next sheriff. His time as police chief was muddled by crisis after crisis, but he is keeping his head up, focused on this election.

Candidate Spotlight: Tomas Archuleta - Sheriff

Tomas Archuleta is a 32-year veteran of law enforcement, he entered into law enforcement in a time when the community was panicked, searching for a young boy who disappeared during a hunting trip.

Canddiate Spotlight: Larry Diaz - Sheriff

Larry Diaz has seen all different aspects of the criminal justice system in Cibola County. With several years in law enforcement, and time he even served as Cibola County Sheriff, Diaz went on to become a Cibola County Magistrate Judge where he helped to adjudicate justice for the people of Cibola.

Candidate Spotlight: Harry Hall - Sheriff

Readers to the Cibola Citizen will recognize Harry Hall’s name, Hall is a common contributor to the “Letters to the Editor” section of the paper and he is looking to be the next sheriff of Cibola County.

Candidate Spotlight: Kimry Ward - Sheriff

Kimry Ward has been in law enforcement since 2016, and has been looking to be sheriff for the last four years. Ward started off doing transports and courtroom security, but before he was a deputy, he was contractor with several different mines in Nevada. Ward worked across Nevada helping in mines.

Legislative Education Study Committee to Meet in Santa Rosa

SANTA FE – The Legislative Education Study Committee, meeting in June in Santa Rosa, is scheduled to hear from new LESC Director Gwen Perea Warniment, Ph.D.

Formula Help for NM Moms

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico state agencies are collaborating to provide parents and caregivers of infants statewide easy access to information necessary to find infant formula supplies and during the ongoing national formula supply shortage. A new webpage, NMformula.

Melanie Barnes Named Permanent BLM New Mexico State Director

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning announced today that Melanie Barnes has been selected as the new permanent BLM New Mexico State Director. Barnes has been acting in the position since June of 2021.

PENSTEMONS #2

Last week I introduced you to the Penstemon family and gave you the easiest penstemons to grow: Rocky Mountain and Scarlet Bugler. Before I go on to other plants, I want to give you two other penstemons that have unique qualities and fill in niches in your landscape.

Being Prepared for Fires

GRANTS, N.M. – Fire Marshal Dustin Middleton is on the move across Cibola to teach residents about the threat of fire danger, and how to be prepared.