A Big Thank You from us @the Elks - Autumn Festival!

This past Saturday, October 11, we held our second annual Autumn Festival @the Elks, and what a fantastic day it turned out to be!

Cibola Residents Have Opportunity to View Broadway Live

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Cibola County residents looking for a touch of Broadway this fall won’t have to travel far. Moulin Rouge! The Musical—winner of 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical—will dazzle audiences at Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque on Tuesday, October 21, at 7 p.m.

Jacob Ashton Community Parks Cleanup

Special thanks to Trustees Archuleta and Sandoval and their crew for helping us clean our parks up today! Getting the youngsters involved in helping was great!

Grants Animal Care Center Cuts Population Nearly in Half— No Euthanasia Reported; Transfers Ongoing

CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. — The City of Grants Animal Care Center has reduced its population from 117 animals to 60 “without any euthanasia,” according to an Oct. 14 update from Grants Police Chief Maxine Monte.

Dogs...Adoption… and the Duke!

GRANTS, N.M. - I read in the Cibola Citizen about a week ago about our local animal shelter closing its doors due to new arrivals as it is in overload. I appreciate them and what they do for animals; they are great.Evelyn and I are adoptive parents for our fur baby Duke.

A Heart’s Sonnet

Editor’s Note: This piece was submitted by Early College High School Student Jessie Grover.You are my redeemer, my lord and king, God of the heavens, the earth and the trees.When we sing, we sing for thee rejoicing, The creator of thy flowers, and thy bees.

Pictures of Fields without Fences

Editor’s Note: This piece was submitted by Early College High School Student Zach Balgos.A young bairn weeps loud with freedom But fate decides what she’ll become.A vast sky, looking below summer.Sees a caged heart, cold as winter,She can’t be too much, not much as a flame.

Carry the Torch

I wake to the hush of the mesa, to a sky so wide it could hold tomorrow.Out back—Mount Sedgwick, steady as faith.Out front—Mount Taylor, ancient and waiting.Between them, a promise: this is my home, this is America.

Fall Colors Near Their Best Across Cibola County

CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. — Autumn has arrived in full stride. A fall-color snapshot from Oct. 14 shows widespread moderate color across western and central New Mexico, with high to peak color appearing in higher elevations from the Zuni Mountains to the Mt. Taylor high country.

Community Schedule

September 24What? Bingo When? September 24th at 12:30 pm Where? Cibola County Senior Center September 25 What? Chamber/Rotary Lunch & Networking When? Thursady, 9/25 @ 12:00 noon Where? Pizza 9, Grants September 27 What? National Public Lands Day When? September 27th at 11 am – 3 pm Where?