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Retired firefighter Ed Miles proudly wears the Milan Fire Department helmet that MFD gifted to him for his 25 years of service to the department, as well as for his 97th birthday. Courtesy Photo — Milan Fire Department

Retired firefighter Ed Miles proudly wears the Milan Fire Department helmet that MFD gifted to him for his 25 years of service to the department, as well as for his 97th birthday. Courtesy Photo — Milan Fire Department

MFD honors retired firefighter for 97th birthday

Kylie Garcia Citizen Reporter
Thursday, December 30, 2021
MILAN, N.M. — Just before Christmas 2021, Milan Fire Department decided to honor retired firefighter Ed Miles on his 97th birthday. Miles spent 25 years serving the Milan Fire Department before retiring a little over ten years ago.

Why are we eight pages?

Cibola Citizen Staff
Thursday, December 30, 2021
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. – You may notice that this week’s paper is a little light, its only 8 pages this week. We apologize that it isn’t thicker, and due to this we unfortunately had to leave out several stories we had planned to run this week.

Diamond G recognizes local heroes

Kylie Garcia Cibola Citizen Reporter
Thursday, December 30, 2021
GRANTS, N.M. — On September 30, Diamond G Home Center & Rental announced via a social media post on Facebook that they wanted to celebrate some local heroes. “As a ‘Thank You’ to our community we would like to dress these local hero[es] in Carhartt Workwear. So we are giving $250.
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Cibola County COVID-19

News Staff
Thursday, December 30, 2021
Stats as of December 27 4,414 Total cases 400 Active cases 158 Deaths 40% Decrease in 14-Day change rate 19,064 Residents with one vaccine shot 15,709 Residents fully vaccinated 76.4% of Cibola is fully vaccinated Register for a test at https://cv.nmhealth.

Dereliction of duty

Diego Lopez Cibola Citizen Reporter
Thursday, December 30, 2021
GRANTS, N.M. – Three members of the Grants City Council did not show up to the Special City Council Meeting on December 27. Due to a lack of a quorum – a majority of councilors – the city could not legally do business and the meeting was cancelled after one citizen comment.

GPD Officer Will saves life

News Staff
Thursday, December 30, 2021
In the early morning of December 25, Christmas Day, Officer Brandon Will with the Grants Police Department saved a life and brought comfort to a person in mental distress.
Courtesy Photo There are four roll off trash containers on the Westside parking lot of the Grants Police Department. Once they are full, they will be removed. Please use these for your extra holiday trash. Please, do not throw hazardous materials or tires.

Courtesy Photo There are four roll off trash containers on the Westside parking lot of the Grants Police Department. Once they are full, they will be removed. Please use these for your extra holiday trash. Please, do not throw hazardous materials or tires.

Trustees approve premium pay for employees and review audit findings

Kylie Garcia Reporter
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
and, “Every revenue we have is above where we anticipated it.” Both the No vember 2021 Budget Report and November 2021 Municipal Court Cash Journal were approved and accepted.

Front page banner photo

News Staff
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
This wonderful Christmas/Holiday scene was taken last week on the second floor at Grants High School, just outside of Spanish teacher Mr. Romero's room.