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Phillip Candelaria

Phillip Candelaria

Independence Day weekend arrests

Diego Lopez Reporter
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
GRANTS, N.M. – While America was celebrating Independence Day, the law enforcement across Cibola County spent the long holiday weekend bringing down criminals and keeping the roadways safe.
Water flows from a hot spring fountain into a section of the Rio San Jose recently cleaned up by the City of Grants. Kylie Garcia - CC

Water flows from a hot spring fountain into a section of the Rio San Jose recently cleaned up by the City of Grants. Kylie Garcia - CC

Big plans in store for Riverwalk development

Kylie Garcia Reporter
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
GRANTS N.M. — The City of Grants and Councilman Erik Garcia have big plans for the Riverwalk and surrounding areas. Garcia and City of Grants crews already put these plans in motion a few months ago, making what Garcia calls “baby steps” towards growth in Grants.
Grants Fire and Rescue

Grants Fire and Rescue

Grants Fire and Rescue

News Staff
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Grants Fire and Rescue, Milan Fire Department, and the Cibola County Fire Command arrived at the site of a crash down Mount Taylor in the morning of July 5. No fatalities were reported, alcohol and high speeds are suspected as factors in the crash. Responders arrived on scene around 7:40 a.m.

Torres Small selected by Biden

Diego Lopez Reporter
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. – Former US Representative Xochitl Torres Small (D – NM), Cibola’s past delegate to Washington D.C., has been tapped by President Joe Biden to serve in in the Department of Agriculture as Under Secretary for Rural Development.
Members of the GHS Pirates football team work together to assist Pizza 9-Grants in holding a fundraiser for the children of the late Charlene Hatten — a faithful supporter of the team over the years. Brian Hernandez Courtesy photo

Members of the GHS Pirates football team work together to assist Pizza 9-Grants in holding a fundraiser for the children of the late Charlene Hatten — a faithful supporter of the team over the years. Brian Hernandez Courtesy photo

Pizza 9 and community support GHS alumnus and sister after loss

News Staff
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
GRANTS, N.M. – Grants High School alumnus and former Grants Pirates football player, Shane Barron, graduated in May of this year.

Gov. statement on Fourth of July

Press Release
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
SANTA FE, N.M. – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Sunday issued the following statement as New Mexico celebrates Independence Day: “I don’t think any of us take our independence for granted after the last 16 months.
The War on Drugs rages on across Cibola County as the local law enforcement try to take on the growing drug trade. One of the drugs that is finding its way to Cibola more and more is Fentanyl, just a grain of Fentanyl is enough to kill someone. This drug is being mixed with other opioids and marketed as the original, creating overdose issues within the City of Grants, Village of Milan, and Cibola County. Courtesy photo

The War on Drugs rages on across Cibola County as the local law enforcement try to take on the growing drug trade. One of the drugs that is finding its way to Cibola more and more is Fentanyl, just a grain of Fentanyl is enough to kill someone. This drug is being mixed with other opioids and marketed as the original, creating overdose issues within the City of Grants, Village of Milan, and Cibola County. Courtesy photo

Cibola’s Fentanyl epidemic

Diego Lopez Reporter
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. – Drug searches and seizures are not an uncommon occurrence throughout Cibola County, which boasts Interstate 40, a road better known as the Drug Corridor.
Cibola County Emergency Manager Dustin Middleton opens up a presentation at a June 24 regular commission meeting. Kylie Garcia - CC

Cibola County Emergency Manager Dustin Middleton opens up a presentation at a June 24 regular commission meeting. Kylie Garcia - CC

A man with many hats

Kylie Garcia Reporter
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. – Cibola County Emergency Manager Dustin Middleton has lived in Cibola County since October of 2012 and has been the emergency manager since September of 2015. Middleton has an extensive background in emergency service, particularly in the fire service.