Supreme Court Rules that NM Law Allows for Partial Forfeiture of Groundwater Rights

SANTA FE – New Mexico law allows for the partial forfeiture of underground water rights, the state Supreme Court ruled today.

Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, Mr. Warren Bennet says we don’t need assault rifles. I was once shot at as a Milan Police Officer by Fabian Pacheco, a convicted felon with an assault rifle. One night after the sheriff department went home, I took a call out of city limits.

State of Affairs

Recently, the world has seen a significant increase in the threat of nuclear warfare. The villainous Vladmir Putin, wannabe Tsar of Russia, is being humiliated in Ukraine. The United States is working hard to find deterrents that lessen the current danger.

Cibola Citizen Honors Constitution Day

The United States celebrates Constitution Day on September 27, the day our nation’s founders came together, framed, and signed the Constitution of the United States. This was an incredible act of defiance against the norms of the day, where kings and queens ruled over the common people.

Letters to the Editor

The Old Side-Step Dear editor, When your civil liberties are violated because the “Good old boys” want to have the right control what happens in government and the county. Interesting when you give people a little power, they abuse it for public gain and prestige.

Our Own Stories

Another beautiful cat in the Land of Enchantment. But then I saw that my blind old cat, Snagglepuss, had thrown up on my bed. She probably thought it was a good place to vomit because I just changed the sheets. So, the trip for the day was to the laundromat.

Letters to the Editor

The Cibola Citizen welcomes all letters to the editor. We will push all received letters unless they are defamatory. Letters from all elected officials will not be edited prior to publication. Letters from candidates for office will be published on a case-by-case basis.

State of Affairs

The United States needs to become better at being energy independent. For decades this country denied that climate change was a problem, with scholars estimating in the early 1900s that it may take two centuries or more for climate change to take full effect.

New study finds proposed pretrial detention changes would have little impact on crime and would unnecessarily detain many people

Press Release Proposals to make it easier to jail people awaiting trial will do little to reduce crime because they fail to accurately identify the individuals most likely to be arrested for a new offense if released pretrial, according to a Creating “rebuttable presumptions” in the law for...

Ask Nancy Q+A: Will It Get Better

Dear Nancy: I’ve been feeling hopeless about my career path and I think I’ve finally reached my breaking point. I’m a 35 year old working three jobs just to pay the bills and help my mom with her medical expenses. It makes me sad because I don’t feel fulfilled in any of the jobs I have.