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Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham sits for an official portrait inside her office at the Roundhouse. Her administration oversaw the passage of 160 new laws during the 2025 legislative session, while also navigating a monthslong controversy over the vacant House District 6 seat. Courtesy Photo

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham sits for an official portrait inside her office at the Roundhouse. Her administration oversaw the passage of 160 new laws during the 2025 legislative session, while also navigating a monthslong controversy over the vacant House District 6 seat. Courtesy Photo

2025 Legislative Session Ends Amid Political Reckoning in Cibola

Diego Lopez, Editor
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
SANTA FE, N.M. — The 2025 New Mexico Legislative Session has officially ended, and with it, the political chaos that left House District 6 vacant for over three months.In total, 160 bills were signed into law, 17 were vetoed, and 12 were pocket vetoed.

Community Awareness

News Staff
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Alice in Wonderland Goes to the Circus April 23, 6-7:30 p.m., 1100 Mt Taylor Avenue in Grants Join Los Alamitos for a night of poetry and surprises.
Pet of the Week

Pet of the Week

Pet of the Week

News Staff
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Candy is playful, super chill, great with other dogs and current on her canine shots. She's a 1-year and 8month-old American blue heeler mix. She's a medium sized dog and looking for her home.
Lane Widner Courtesy Photo

Lane Widner Courtesy Photo

Superintendent’s Contract

Amerika Rougemont, Reporter
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Grants/Cibola County Schools has created a new superintendent’s contract for Superintendent Lane Widner’s second term. This contact will be effective starting July 1, 2025 and will end on June 30, 2026.
Pvt. SamAntonio ofAcoma Pueblo pictured in uniform atop a military motorcycle during his service with the U.S. Army’s 200th Coast Artillery. Antonio was deployed to the Philippines just before World War II broke out, where he survived combat, capture, and three years as a prisoner of war. Courtesy Photo

Pvt. SamAntonio ofAcoma Pueblo pictured in uniform atop a military motorcycle during his service with the U.S. Army’s 200th Coast Artillery. Antonio was deployed to the Philippines just before World War II broke out, where he survived combat, capture, and three years as a prisoner of war. Courtesy Photo

The War He Carried Home

Diego Lopez, Editor
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. — In the shadow of Mount Taylor, at the mouth of Lobo Canyon, sits a modest home where, after years of war, imprisonment, and survival, Sam Antonio — a son of Acoma Pueblo — came home to live out his days. He rarely spoke of what he had endured.
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Where History Takes Fight

Diego Lopez, Editor
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Fort Wingate’s Role in National SecurityCIBOLA COUNTY — Tucked in the high desert just east of Gallup and only 53 miles from Grants, Fort Wingate is easy to miss.

Poetry to Honor Bataan Veterans

News Staff
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Editor’s Note: To honor Cibola’s veterans, Los Alamitos instructor Richie Ann Balgos had her students write poetry about the Bataan Death March, which is remembered annually on April 9. The following selection of essays was selected by Los Alamitos staff and written by local middle school students.
Jack Jones, Navajo Code Talker Courtesy Photo

Jack Jones, Navajo Code Talker Courtesy Photo

Jack Jones, Navajo Code Talker

The Library Of Congress
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Unit: Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division Dates of Service: March 1943 - November 1945 Battles / Campaigns: New Britain; Peleliu 'It all comes back to the idea that you love your country, you love your government, you love your people. For that purpose, I’m here.
James B. Barber Courtesy Photo

James B. Barber Courtesy Photo

JAMES B. BARBER: World War Veteran

Cynthia Spidle
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
James B. Barber enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps (later it became a separate military branch) shortly after the Pearl Harbor Hawaii attack on December 7, 1941. At that time, he was the editor of the Raton Daily Range in Raton, NM.He served in the European Theater as a spotter pilot.