Setting new standards for the village

VILLAGE OF MILAN, N.M. – The Village of Milan Board of Trustees gathered for a regular meeting on Thursday, March 17, at 5:30 p.m. Trustee Ellen Baca was absent, having attended her last meeting in February.

Correctional Officer Stabbed

GRANTS, N.M. – An inmate with a history of stabbing correctional officers was serving out a sentence at Western New Mexico Correctional Facility when he allegedly stabbed a local prison guard. Jesus Alberto Robles has a history of stabbing prison guards.

Alleged sexual abuse on Navajo Nation

NAVAJO NATION, N.M. – Crowpoint man Wade Dixon has been indicted for sexual abuse of a minor on the Navajo Nation. Dixon was arraigned in a federal court for this sexual abuse charge on March 11.

Taking Deadly Narcotics Off the Street

CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. A single pill of Fentanyl can be enough to kill a person. On March 3 the Cibola County Sheriff’s Office confiscated 114 of these pills, along with 143 OxyContin and 35 Oxycodone pills, 129.5 grams of methamphetamine, and a loaded handgun.

Arrests

Grants Police Department March 6 Michaela Marshall, born in 1984: Drunk or disorderly Jamie James, born in 1986: Drunk or disorderly Brenda Valdo, born in 1982: Drunk or disorderly David Waconda, born in 19667: Criminal Trespass March 8 Elias Atencio, born in 1997: Criminal Trespass Lance...

Correction for the record:

The March 9 edition of the Cibola Citizen had some issues. The staff at the Cibola Citizen recognizes the mistake and we apologize sincerely. Page A3 was a repeat from the March 2 edition, B3 in the March 9 edition was supposed to be A3. Due to this glitch, our classified page was left out.

Pueblo of Zuni and CDEC partner to provide internet on tribal land

GRANTS, N.M. – Approximately 2,200 households and businesses on the Zuni Reservation will soon have high speed (1 gig) fiber-optic internet service starting this summer, thanks to a partnership between the Zuni Tribe and Continental Divide Electric Cooperative (CDEC).

The Federal Wildland Firefighter Mental Health Series: Part 1: “The Partners Survey”

Fire season – or the “fire year,” as it’s now called – is upon us. In the nation’s West, federal wildland fire crews are preparing for the coming workload and assisting fire resources in the Southeast and Midwest to conduct fuels reduction operations and battle winter wildfires.