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July 2021 City of Grants Scheduled Meetings

The Golf Course Advisory Board will meet at 9 a.m. on July 14, 2021, at the Coyote del Malpais Golf Course located at 2001 George Hanosh Blvd. in Grants. The Planning and Zoning Commission will be at 5:30 p.m. on July 14, 2021, at the City Hall Council Chambers located at 600 W. Santa Fe. Ave.

Cibola County COVID-19 stats as of July 13

2,918 Total cases 139 Active cases 126 Deaths Let us know if you would like to continue seeing the county’s COVID-19 numbers. Reach out to us at Editor@CibolaCitizen.com or News@CibolaCitizen.com
Cibola County lends $200.000 assistance to City of Grants for wastewater facility equipment repairs. Courtesy photo

Cibola County lends $200.000 assistance to City of Grants for wastewater facility equipment repairs. Courtesy photo

“About to go septic”

CITY OF GRANTS, N.M. – The City of Grants reported at a special meeting on July 12 that the wastewater treatment facility in Grants is about to go septic.

American Rescue Plan

CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. – The Cibola County Board of Commissioners held a special meeting on Tuesday, July 6. The majority of the meeting was used to discuss the American Rescue Plan and how it applies to Cibola County and the individual parts that it encompasses.
Phillip Candelaria

Phillip Candelaria

Independence Day weekend arrests

GRANTS, N.M. – While America was celebrating Independence Day, the law enforcement across Cibola County spent the long holiday weekend bringing down criminals and keeping the roadways safe.
Water flows from a hot spring fountain into a section of the Rio San Jose recently cleaned up by the City of Grants. Kylie Garcia - CC

Water flows from a hot spring fountain into a section of the Rio San Jose recently cleaned up by the City of Grants. Kylie Garcia - CC

Big plans in store for Riverwalk development

GRANTS N.M. — The City of Grants and Councilman Erik Garcia have big plans for the Riverwalk and surrounding areas. Garcia and City of Grants crews already put these plans in motion a few months ago, making what Garcia calls “baby steps” towards growth in Grants.
Grants Fire and Rescue

Grants Fire and Rescue

Grants Fire and Rescue

Grants Fire and Rescue, Milan Fire Department, and the Cibola County Fire Command arrived at the site of a crash down Mount Taylor in the morning of July 5. No fatalities were reported, alcohol and high speeds are suspected as factors in the crash. Responders arrived on scene around 7:40 a.m.

Torres Small selected by Biden

CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. – Former US Representative Xochitl Torres Small (D – NM), Cibola’s past delegate to Washington D.C., has been tapped by President Joe Biden to serve in in the Department of Agriculture as Under Secretary for Rural Development.