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Rugged West to Bring Excitement to Cibola

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Diego Lopez, Reporter Cibola County residents have an event to look forward to this coming weekend. To celebrate the Labor Day Holiday, the Grants-Cibola County Chamber of Commerce is putting on a mostly free event that is sure to be fun for all ages.

Cibola County COVID-19

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Stats as of August 29 8,430 Total cases 410 Active cases 203 Deaths 38% Increase in 14-Day change rate 19,657 Residents with one vaccine shot 16,421 Residents fully vaccinated The CDC says COVID transmission in Cibola County is Medium. Data suggests cases are undercounted..

Missile to launch from Fort Wingate

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Diego Lopez, Reporter GRANTS, N.M. – Effective as of August 30, until September 2 at 4 p.m., parts of the Mount Taylor Ranger District will be closed to the public as the federal government prepares to launch a missile from Fort Wingate.

“House Gods” Sustainable Buildings and Renegade Builders”, Jim Kristofic

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“In Taos there seems to be three Anglo populations. There are the class of working professionals, like you and me. Then there are the trust-fund inheritors and intensely rich beyond what we understand. Then there are the people who are almost expatriots within their own country. They’re usually living outside of town. You know?” * Kristofic seems fascinated by this third group. Almost everyone he recognizes as a significant figure in his (story) comes with strange packaging, either physically, culturally or both. For the first part of this book, I found this very distracting. I wanted to know what this person had to contribute to the topic of earthships, rather than where he had acquired that rather threatening tattoo and where could I get one like it.

Vacancy on the Board of Education

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Nathan Chavez, Reporter GRANTS, N.M. – According to superintendent Max Perez, on August 2, Aleisha Lundstrom resigned her position on the board of education in a public meeting in order to prevent a conflict of interest in the program she is going to work in under the district.

Cibola Outdoors Stakeholder Meeting

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Nathan Chavez, Reporter GRANTS, N.M. – On Wednesday, August 17, the executive directors of “endeavOR New Mexico”, James Glover and Marianne Tenenbaum, came to the Elkins Brewing Company to outline ideas to help move the outdoor recreation economy forward in Cibola County.