Petition to recall mayor fails

The petition to recall Grants Mayor, Martin “Modey” Hicks fails after the Cibola County Clerk verfiied the petition and determind the petition would not move forward due to not enough signatures to continue with the recall process. The petition was spearheaded by Grants resident Beverly Michael.

Southwest Yard & Garden; Responding to frost bite: A love-wait relationship

County Cooperative Extension Service Agents and Specialists across the state are fielding questions about cold injury to landscape plants and orchard trees and what to do about it. The low temperatures in mid-February did not break many records for us in New Mexico.

Grants native serves aboard oldest commissioned warship afloat: USS Constitution

BOSTON, MASS. Rose Fennell, a Grants, New Mexico, native is serving as a Culinary Specialist 2nd Class aboard the oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy: USS Constitution.

Here are some common errors taxpayers should avoid when preparing a tax return

• Missing or inaccurate Social Security numbers (SSN). Each SSN on a tax return should appear exactly as printed on the Social Security card. • Misspelled names. Likewise, a name listed on a tax return should match the name on that person’s Social Security card. • Incorrect filing status.

COVID - vaccines, treating symptoms, and herd immunity

CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. — Ongoing medical research has collected an array of data about COVID vaccines and potential side effects. The New Mexico Department of Health COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, March 1, reported that 36.

Republican Party of N.M. calls on Gov. Lujan Grisham to follow Texas’s lead and reopen state

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -Republican Party of New Mexico Chairman Steve Pearce provided the following statement after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced today that he would fully reopen his state next week: “It’s time for Gov. Lujan Grisham to wake up and realize that New Mexicans are craving a normal life.

State repeals 1969 abortion ban; No longer criminal act

CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. — New Mexico has officially repealed a 1969 law which criminalized abortion in the state. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision nullified this law, but the toothless law remained on the books until the New Mexico State Legislature voted to remove it.