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Courtesy photo Cibola County Sheriff’s Deputies, working with Homeland Security Investigations, manage to take firearms and drugs off the streets by arresting at least one suspect.

Courtesy photo Cibola County Sheriff’s Deputies, working with Homeland Security Investigations, manage to take firearms and drugs off the streets by arresting at least one suspect.

Seizing 22.58 pounds of marijuana

Diego Lopez Reporter
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. – On Oct. 19 the Cibola County Sheriff’s Office, working with federal Homeland Security Investigations, discovered 22.58 pounds of marijuana, and more than 73,000 grams of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana that alters a person’s thinking, according towww.healthline.

Officer involved shooting

Diego Lopez Reporter
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
LAGUNA, N.M. – On October 23, there was an officer involved shooting on Interstate 40 near Laguna, New Mexico. The incident brought freeway traffic to a standstill for several hours. This was the third such event in the past two months.

Community Calendar

News Staff
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
The Cibola Citizen welcomes announcements about community events. Please include contact information: phone number, email address or website. There is no charge for publishing calendar announcements. Contact the Cibola Citizen at editor@cibolacitizen.
The Sharing Closet, located at 1101 N., First Street, Grants, features donations that have already been given and made a difference in the community. Nadine Jiron courtesy photo

The Sharing Closet, located at 1101 N., First Street, Grants, features donations that have already been given and made a difference in the community. Nadine Jiron courtesy photo

Grants Public Library initiative helps community

Kylie E. Garcia Intern Reporter
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
GRANTS, N.M. – The “Community Needs Pantry” is what the top of a digital flyer advertising the Sharing Closet reads.

Bonds on 2020 ballot

Diego Lopez Reporter
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Bond A Text of the bond The 2020 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act authorizes the issuance and sale of senior citizen facility improvement, construction, and equipment acquisition bonds.

NM Constitutional Amendments on 2020 ballot

Diego Lopez Reporter
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Constitutional Amendment 1 Text of the amendment PROPOSING TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW MEXICO TO PROVIDE THAT THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION CONSIST OF THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR FROM A LIST OF PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED NOMINEES SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BY A NOMINATING...

NMRC awarded 88K from UDSA

Press Release
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
NEW MEXICO - The New Mexico Recycling Coalition was awarded $88,000 from USDA as part of a competitive grant process through the Rural Utilities Services. The funding supports efforts to divert material from landfills within the state’s smallest communities, populations of10,000 residents or less.