News

Celebrating Cibola County, N.M.’s 40th year

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. – This is the sixth year Roger and Evelyn Siegmann have organized their “All Fools’ Day Car Cruise,” held the first weekend of April each year. This event brings Fools and cars together after a long winter to enjoy each other’s company and enjoy their ride.

Faith Valdez, 10th grader at Grants High School, loves to sing and titled her experiment “Do Re Mi Fa So,” examining hand symbols and music. Courtesy Photo

New Mexico Tech Awards Cibola’s Youth

Press Release

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

SOCORRO, N.M. – The 22nd century’s environmental, medical, and technical challenges will likely be no match for the latest group of rising stars to emerge from a statewide competition of future scientists and engineers.

NASA MIRO Team Visits NTU

News Staff

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Tour of NTU Center of Advanced Manufacturing, L-R, Scott Halliday, Director, Navajo Tech Center for Advanced Manufacturing; Lisa Wininger, NASA Armstrong Flight Research center; Brady Kimbrel, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Becky Flick, NASA Armstrong Flight Research center; Dr.

XERISCAPE

News Staff

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Edith Iwan, Cibola-McKinley Master Gardener Xeriscape comes from Xeriscape comes from the Greek word “Xeros” that means dry and “scape” refers to landscape – dry landscape. It does not mean a barren rock and gravel landscape.

Prescribed Burn Postponed

Press Release

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

SANTA FE, NM – Due to unfavorable weather conditions, a planned one-day broadcast burn on up to 120 acres of private land in McKinley County has been postponed until Fall 2022.

Cibola County COVID-19

News Staff

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Stats as of April 11 6,999 Total cases 362 Active cases 183 Deaths 32% Increase in 14-Day change rate 19,335 Residents with one vaccine shot 16,079 Residents fully vaccinated Cibola’s test positivity rate Decreased to 6% which is high for the population size.

Mayor Erik Garcia Diego Lopez - CC

One-on-One with Mayor Erik Garcia

Diego Lopez Reporter

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

GRANTS, N.M. – After a competitive election, Erik Garcia was sworn into office as Mayor of Grants on April 1, 2022. This was no April Fool’s joke; Mayor Garcia intends to treat his time in office with the utmost seriousness the job requires.

Managers and citizens meet for the first Coffee with the Managers in months

Kylie Garcia, Reporter

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

CITY OF GRANTS, N.M. – Two local government managers and community members recently gathered for the first ‘Coffee with the Managers’ since the last one a few months ago. The holiday season, and then the uptick of COVID-19 locally, put a pause on the Coffee with the Managers meetings for a while.

A&J Snack Shop owner Anna Olveda cuts the ribbon at the Grand Opening Celebration for her business, standing alongside family and friends and that helped her make it happen. Kylie Garcia - CC

Business Rooted in the Foundation of Family

Kylie Garcia, Reporter

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

CITY OF GRANTS, N.M. – A new business in town was welcomed to the Grants community by the Chamber of Commerce, community members, friends, and family on Saturday, April 9. A&J Snack Shop, located on 333 Nimitz Drive, participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m.

FBI Offers Reward for Information About Woman’s Death in Laguna

Diego Lopez, Reporter

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

LAGUNA, N.M. – The US Department of Justice is looking for any information related to the death of Mona Renee Vallo. Her body was discovered on March 9, authorities are investigating and seeking anyone with information to come forward.