Letters to the Editor . . .

CDEC, in ResponseDear editor,In a Letter to the Editor in the Wed., March 11, 2026, edition of the Citizen, it was stated that Continental Divide Electric Cooperative (CDEC) reported a $1.25 million net loss on its 2024 IRS Form 990.An IRS Form 990 can be misleading when it comes to electric...

State of Affairs

The City of Grants has faced a brutal hurdle in correcting what was a City Charter violation, but this whole situation should never have gone this far.After months of controversy, the Grants City Council finally acted and removed Dolores Vallejos from the District 1 seat.

The Postscript

I have become the treat lady again.Depending on where I’m walking, I either carry dog treats or I don’t. I used to carry them all the time, but when we moved to the city, I stopped carrying dog treats because I feared that the downtown dogs (or their owners) might not welcome my treats.

Letters to the Editor . . .

Dear editor, Got last minute notice today of an EPA Open House/Community Meeting on the Homestake Mining Superfund Site held in Milan. Was told the notice was put out into everyone’s electric bill.

Get Your H.A.T.

“I have the right to do anything,” you say— but not everything is beneficial.

State of Affairs

As the United States approaches its 250th birthday and Cibola County reflects on 45 years of its own identity, I find myself thinking about what it means to belong to a place like this.Cibola County is more than a line on a map.Long before it carried its current name, this land was part of older...

From the High Plains

Rosanne Boyett Title: The Ultimate Protest Author: Ray E. Boomhower Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, unmpress.com Published: 2024 Hardcover, 318 pages, 29 black-and-white photographs ISBN: 978-0-8263-6570-5“The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library,”...

Letters to the Editor . . .

To the Editor The Democrat Party’s juvenile behavior at the last State of the Union address achieved a new low in expressing their disdain for not only the institution (Congress), but also for us, the American people.

State of Affairs

Within the last week, the United States and Israel have entered into open conflict with Iran. Six American service members are now confirmed dead.That is not abstract.Somewhere in this country, families received phone calls that changed everything.It is okay to feel unsettled right now.

The Postscript

I’ve always known I was lucky when it came to family.I saw classmates who had impossible siblings, and I knew my curlyheaded younger sister was a catch.