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Grants Police Department and the Cibola County Sheriff’s Office responded to two threats against schools in Grants, New Mexico. After a security sweep to ensure safety of the students, both schools were declared safe and no legitimate threat was found. Diego Lopez - CC

Grants Police Department and the Cibola County Sheriff’s Office responded to two threats against schools in Grants, New Mexico. After a security sweep to ensure safety of the students, both schools were declared safe and no legitimate threat was found. Diego Lopez - CC

Protecting Cibola’s Students

Diego Lopez, Reporter
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
GRANTS, N.M. – Grants High School and Los Alamitos Middle School in Grants, New Mexico have both been on lockdown over the past week due to scares at both schools. On September 23, GHS was evacuated after central office staff thought they heard a gunshot.
The new Mesa View building will host state of the art construction and security features.. Courtesy Photo

The new Mesa View building will host state of the art construction and security features.. Courtesy Photo

Construction on a New Mesa View and Bluewater Elm to Start Soon

Nathan Chavez, Reporter
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
GRANTS, N.M. – According to Superintendent Max Perez, the project to build a new Mesa View Elementary School is estimated to take place in the spring of 2023, sometime between March and April is the projected date. It will be built adjacent to the current Mesa View in the empty field.

Cibola Without Phone Service

Diego Lopez, Reporter
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
A phone service outage on September 21 left all of Cibola, chunks of McKinley, and other parts of New Mexico without cell service. This outage also affected certain internet providers in Cibola,;residents with RedBolt Broadband and Sacred Winds Communications services were unaffected.

National Recovery Month

Press Release
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
During National Recovery Month, the State of New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration remains dedicated to creating accessible and high-quality behavioral health care, driving behavioral health initiatives, such as the Crisis Now System to ensure all New Mexicans have the...

BLM Set to Issue New Grazing Regulations

Press Release
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is apparently set to issue new livestock grazing regulations, according to Don L. (Bebo) Lee, president of the New Mexico Federal Lands Council, Alamogordo.
A recent string of robberies in Cibola County, centered in Grants, have begun targeting the Double Six Art Gallery. The gallery was robbed twice in 10 days. Grants Police Department is actively investigating the robberies. Courtesy Photo

A recent string of robberies in Cibola County, centered in Grants, have begun targeting the Double Six Art Gallery. The gallery was robbed twice in 10 days. Grants Police Department is actively investigating the robberies. Courtesy Photo

Double Six Art Gallery Robbed Twice

Diego Lopez, Reporter
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
GRANTS, N.M. – A string of robberies is hampering the City of Grants. For months, Grants residents have been dealing with petty burglaries, lawbreakers going into residential yards and stealing lawn ornaments and the like.

MPD Discovers Missing Texas Woman

Diego Lopez, Reporter
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
MILAN, N.M. – The Village of Milan Police Department recently discovered a missing Texas woman in Cibola County. After speaking with the woman, they determined that she had left Texas on her volition due to family arguments, and was not in danger.

Drugs Delivered by Mail

Diego Lopez, Reporter
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
MILAN, N.M. – Albuquerque, New Mexico, woman Lupe Sanchez has been arrested after allegedly sending a handwritten letter with drugs inside to the Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, N.M.