The Postscript

“I had a very strange dream,” my sister said, “and you were in it. You want to hear?”“Sure.” “I was fired! I came to school, and my fob wouldn’t work.”My sister is a teacher. It is very unlikely that she would be fired and unlikelier yet that she would be fired without notice.

Wayfinding

I knew my students would be sad when I told them the NMSU Gym would be closed from October 1 to 3, 2025, for an event. This means they wouldn’t be able to play volleyball. I brought indoor games such as jacks, pick-up sticks, chess, and Uno.

State of Affairs

It is an incredible honor to share that I have been recognized with the 2025 Dixon First Amendment Freedom Award.

Op-Ed

I would like to express deep gratitude to our readers of the Cibola Citizen, the local newspaper serving Cibola County.

Letters to the Editor . . .

Dear editor, This coming Friday, October 10, 2025, from 8 am to 12:00 noon, the Village of Milan will be having its semi-annual Fall Cleanup. There will be rolloffs at the Village of Milan's Office Complex next to El Ranchero.

Your Voice Matters

CIBOLA COUNTY, N.M. Local ballots don’t just list candidates—they often include ballot measures that ask voters to approve specific funding for community needs.

Our Paper Is Strong. Our Finances Aren’t. We Need You.

has done what a community newspaper is supposed to do: report the news fully and fairly, celebrate our neighbors, shine light into dark corners, and preserve our shared history.

Op-Ed

Two things stand out when I think about being a teenager in the ‘50s; first, because we lived in or near Philadelphia, the possibility of being killed by a nuclear strike was imminent, such bunkers as existed were not anywhere near our schools, and anyway why try to live after the devastation?

We Keep the Road

Editor’s Note: This story is a work of fiction published in the fun spirit of Halloween. This story is on the opinion page and is a work of fiction, not a factual account of events in Cibola County.On a new-moon night, the road to the old neighborhood stops pretending to be a road.

Your Voice Matters

GRANTS, N.M. School boards are the public’s voice in local education. They don’t run classrooms or supervise teachers day to day— that’s the superintendent’s job—but they set the goals and keep the district accountable for getting there.