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Community Cleanup April 1

GRANTS, NM - ‘Old Man Winter’ may chase us into spring, but longer days will soon lead to warmer days. Warmer weather and lengthened daylight hours draw people from the confines of dwellings and into the yard.
Sound the Alarm

Sound the Alarm

Sound the Alarm

MILAN, NM – This Saturday, March 25 from 10 am to 2 pm, the Milan Fire Department in conjunction with the NM State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Red Cross will be traversing the East part of the Village of Milan installing over 100 smoke alarms.
Cibola County Jail Saved After Senate Kills SB172

Cibola County Jail Saved After Senate Kills SB172

Cibola County Jail Saved After Senate Kills SB172

SANTA FE, NM – In an 20-18 vote, the New Mexico State Senate killed a bill that would’ve prevented Cibola County and other local governments from contracting with the Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, New Mexico.

Did it Rain Where You Are?

There are times on our Prewitt mesa when we are under inches of snow while the area roads are bare and dry. We sometimes call our nearest neighbor to see if our current thunderstorm is hitting them, and often our weather is completely different. Weather can be hyper-local with rapid changes.
Did it Rain Where You Are?

Did it Rain Where You Are?

Did it Rain Where You Are?

If you surrendered to the beauty of ROSES last year and bought a bush, they need pruning to continue producing well. Or if you already grow roses, this will be a reminder to get your pruners out and get your roses ready for spring. FIRST --- They do grow well in New Mexico.
Three Years of COVID-19

Three Years of COVID-19

Three Years of COVID-19

COVID-19 remains a public health threat in Cibola County. It is not, however, effecting people the way it did when the disease first broke loose and ran wild across the world.

Sunshine Week

Public officials and employees love transparency in the abstract. In reality: not so much. Transparency in government is a crowd-pleasing election promise that gets set aside in practice. It happens in part because openness takes effort.
Peter Pan Live at GHS Performing Arts Center

Peter Pan Live at GHS Performing Arts Center

Peter Pan Live at GHS Performing Arts Center

GRANTS, NM – Friday, March 10, was the unveiling of the new Peter Pan play – the non-flying version. If you were unable to attend the packed performance that ran March 10 and 11 at the Grants High Performing Arts Center, you missed a real treat.

Arrests

March 6 Jerry Chavez, born 1994: Burglary March 8 Bernell Nez, born in 1988: Battery of a Household Member March 10 Peter Long, born in 1951: Drunk or Disorderly Vanessa Perez, born in 1989: Drunk or Disorderly March 11 Alexander Spencer, born in 1997: Drunk or Disorderly Tedmund Apachito,...