Almost one year of COVID-19; Close to home

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.

Travelling during the pandemic; New restrictions on airplanes, trains, buses

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on January 21 which changed the COVID-19 restrictions for passengers aboard public transportation.

President Biden’s administration temporarily freezes new drilling permits

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.

Fulltime school nurses; Proposed legislation affects public and charter schools

SANTA FE, N.M. Representative Debra M. Sariflana (D — Bernalillo), New Mexico State Legislature, introduced House Bill 32. If passed, this amends the Public-School Code to require every charter school and public school in New Mexico to hire a fulltime school nurse.

Prescribed burning act; NMSU management programs for private burning

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.

Clarifying ‘Making a lieutenant’

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.

School district nixes hybrid plan

GRANTS, N.M. — Grants/Cibola County School District officials considered returning to hybrid instruction at the Jan. 19 board meeting. The lengthy discussion splintered the five-member board.