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Almost one year of COVID-19; Close to home

Rosanne Boyett Reporter
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. – Almost 100 Cibola County residents have died from COVID-19 in the past 10 months. The New Mexico Department of Health does not identify deaths by physical address or location. The NMDOH dashboard, https://cv.nmhealth.org/, lists these fatalities by county. The data is updated daily, usually after 4 p.m., seven days a week.

‘Ghost Town Grants, New Mexico’

Kylie Garcia Reporter
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. - The Cibola County Board of Commissioners approved joining the McKinley County Electric Generating Facility Board. The commissioners considered possible residents to represent the county on the MCEGF board. County Manager Kate Fletcher had received numerous applications; she boasted to the commissioners about how qualified the applicants were.
Ending private prisons; Where is HB 40 today?

Ending private prisons; Where is HB 40 today?

Diego Lopez Reporter
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. – Americans have many choices when choosing to purchase a face mask. Studies have shown that wearing a mask significantly decreases the chances of transmitting or contracting the coronavirus, according to health officials.

Reopening safely by limiting gubernatorial authority

Diego Lopez Reporter
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced during her State of the State address on January 26 that students in every school across New Mexico will be allowed to return to classrooms. This removes the burden from school districts across the state from deciding re-opening dates.

President Biden’s administration temporarily freezes new drilling permits

Rpnm Press Release
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - January 21—President Biden has signed an executive order green-lighting a 60-day suspension on new drilling, permits and leases on federal lands. This move will interrupt plans for oil producers who rely on permits to further oil production. The Biden Administration says the order is needed to review recent energy decisions.

Prescribed burning act; NMSU management programs for private burning

Diego Lopez Reporter
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
SANTA FE, N.M. The New Mexico State Legislature is debating House Bill 57 which would change the way that private landowners utilize open burn opening practices on their property. Permits are already required to burn trash or weeds across Cibola County; this bill would change some of the process and the liability for landowners.

Clarifying ‘Making a lieutenant’

Scott Ford Managing Editor
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
MILAN, N.M. - Not all the Village of Milan Police Department promotions’ policies were included in the article published in the Cibola Citizen, Jan. 13 edition, “Making a lieutenant; Ongoing questions of impropriety.”
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