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Fire on Mount Taylor; Colorado 2 Fire

Diego Lopez Reporter
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. – In the morning of Oct. 6 phones across Cibola County began ringing when the county’s emergency information line, Code Red, sent out a message to inform citizens that evacuations were underway and certain forest roads were being closed off.

CCSO seizes drugs on I-40

Diego Lopez Reporter
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. - A man was travelling from Arizona, presumed by police to have been heading home, when a Cibola County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted a traffic stop on the vehicle in the early morning of Monday, October 5. The driver fled and the incident ended with the vehicle flipping over.
‘The King of Taos’

‘The King of Taos’

‘The King of Taos’

Rosanne Boyett Reporter
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Title: “The King of Taos” Author: Max Evans Novel: Hardcover, 176 pages, 5 ½- by 8 ½-inches Published: June 2020 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, unmpress.com ISBN: 978-0-8263-6164-6 Western author Max Evans tells a story about life during the 1950s in Taos, New Mexico.

Biden endorses Ben Ray Luján

Press Release
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
NAMBÉ, N.M. - Former Vice President and presidential candidate Joe Biden announced his endorsement of Ben Ray Luján to be the next U.S. Senator for New Mexico, days earlier former President Barack Obama had endorsed Luján.

Maternal Health Improvement Act of 2020

Press Release
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after the House passed the Maternal Health Improvement Act of 2020 by voice vote this week.
People from across the county gather to support the police at Fire and Ice Park, while this was a Republican protest law enforcement showed up and thanked the community for their support. Cibola County Sheriff Tony Mace and congressional candidate Yvette Herrell (left) address the crowd as did many others at the event. Courtesy photo

People from across the county gather to support the police at Fire and Ice Park, while this was a Republican protest law enforcement showed up and thanked the community for their support. Cibola County Sheriff Tony Mace and congressional candidate Yvette Herrell (left) address the crowd as did many others at the event. Courtesy photo

‘Back the Blue’; Protest leads to a packed park

Diego Lopez Reporter
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
GRANTS, N.M. – The Cibola County Republican Party held a protest in support of the police, in contrast to protests across the country to defund the police. The protests took place on September 22, with a large crowd in attendance, with elements of limited social distancing and few masks in sight.