Citizen Journalist
Citizen Journalist is a new category for the Grant County Beat. It will contain photos and information about our community. It will not be used for advertising. The content is purely from you, the readers, and does not reflect the opinions of this publication or the editor.
All publication of materials will be at the discretion of the editor. The contributor grants permission to The Beat for us to reuse the photos or information at our discretion and photo and/or authorship credit will be included.We hope you enjoy this new feature.
Smokey J's Diesel takes videos of PFC Richard G. Pitsor procession to his reinternment 042624
- Category: Citizen Journalist Citizen Journalist
- Published: 26 April 2024 26 April 2024
Two videos showing the WW II veteran Richard G. Pitsor reinternment procession from Baca's Funeral Chapel through Arenas Valley on its way to Fort Bayard National Cemetery.
Whoever said diamonds were a girl's best friend never had a Dog!
- Category: Citizen Journalist Citizen Journalist
- Published: 16 April 2024 16 April 2024
By Heidi Ogas
Bella was brought into the High Desert Humane Society on March 26th by a caring Grant County resident who found her abandoned, cold, alone and at best, 3 weeks old. Her eyes were open but still the smokey blue of a baby. Puppies that young have no immune system of their own and must rely on their mother's for protection until they are old enough to be vaccinated. At the HDHS shelter, cages and runs are cleaned and sterilized every day but viruses like Parvo, Distemper and Bordetella are still present. Bella's chances of survival at the shelter were not very good.
NMAITC visit to Cliff School on March14, 2024
- Category: Citizen Journalist Citizen Journalist
- Published: 18 March 2024 18 March 2024
With an invitation from Michelle Greeman, Cliff School Kindergarten teacher, the New Mexico Agriculture in the Classroom (NMAITC) and the Grant County Copper CowBelles teamed up on March 14th to make a presentation to four classrooms of Cliff School students with a program called "Stew for a Few."
Was the bright spot a spy balloon? photographer asked.
- Category: Citizen Journalist Citizen Journalist
- Published: 10 March 2024 10 March 2024
A tiny item seen and circled in the two photos show something that Don J. Licht Sr. had been watching and taking photos of the item between 10 a.m. and noon today, March 10, 2024, from near the WNMU campus and from North Swan Street. He said it left the area sometime after that.
[Editor's Note: The photos were manipulated to enhance and circle the far off object.]