Wayfinding

“Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.” - Ellis PetersSpring Break, for many, is a pause. For me, it became an unfolding of the mat in a space I did not expect.

Letters to the Editor . . .

Dear editor, I have had more than one person who lives in Grants tells me disturbing things recently about the City Police. I saw some recent Face Book Posts form the Grants Police closing City Parks after dark and asking citizens to check there home cameras for persons shooting firearms off.

Letters to the Editor . . .

CDEC, in ResponseDear editor,In a Letter to the Editor in the Wed., March 11, 2026, edition of the Citizen, it was stated that Continental Divide Electric Cooperative (CDEC) reported a $1.25 million net loss on its 2024 IRS Form 990.

State of Affairs

The City of Grants has faced a brutal hurdle in correcting what was a City Charter violation, but this whole situation should never have gone this far.After months of controversy, the Grants City Council finally acted and removed Dolores Vallejos from the District 1 seat.

The Postscript

I have become the treat lady again.Depending on where I’m walking, I either carry dog treats or I don’t. I used to carry them all the time, but when we moved to the city, I stopped carrying dog treats because I feared that the downtown dogs (or their owners) might not welcome my treats.

Letters to the Editor . . .

Dear editor, Got last minute notice today of an EPA Open House/Community Meeting on the Homestake Mining Superfund Site held in Milan. Was told the notice was put out into everyone’s electric bill. Not more than 20 people showed up with about 8 people from the Federal and State EPA departments.

Get Your H.A.T.

“I have the right to do anything,” you say— but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”— but I will not be mastered by anything.

State of Affairs

As the United States approaches its 250th birthday and Cibola County reflects on 45 years of its own identity, I find myself thinking about what it means to belong to a place like this.Cibola County is more than a line on a map.

From the High Plains

Rosanne Boyett Title: The Ultimate Protest Author: Ray E. Boomhower Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, unmpress.

Letters to the Editor . . .

To the Editor The Democrat Party’s juvenile behavior at the last State of the Union address achieved a new low in expressing their disdain for not only the institution (Congress), but also for us, the American people.