New housing units being built in the Village of Cuba are part of a plan to improve health care provider retention in the rural community. On May 29, Presbyterian Medical Services (PMS) officials, along with Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-New Mexico), celebrated the groundbreaking for new workforce housing units at the Cuba Health Center. The […]
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Commission Takes Action on Cuba Water Emergency
The Sandoval County Commission on May 8 approved an emergency/disaster declaration to address a water supply crisis in the Village of Cuba. The emergency item was added to the agenda due to an ongoing situation in Cuba where residents were without water and had been facing low water pressure for three weeks. “By doing this […]
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Cuba School District Wins National Recognition
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education announced the winners of the 2024 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, District Sustainability Awardees and Postsecondary Sustainability Awardees. Only two New Mexico schools and districts were chosen. Polk Middle School in Albuquerque Public Schools was chosen as a 2024 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School and the Cuba […]
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Cuba Schools Expand Food Growing Program
The Cuba Independent School system has received a $5,000 grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to purchase a “hoop house” for its horticultural program. It will add teaching space to the program offered to middle and high school students. A hoop house is a plastic-covered greenhouse that does not have supplemental heating or […]
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Cuba High School Students Get Reality Check With Mock Car Crash
Cuba volunteer firefighters and emergency personnel conducted a mock car crash at Cuba High School last Friday. The dramatic recreation was held prior to the Cuba High School prom and serves as an end-of-the-school-year reminder of the consequences of unsafe driving. Participating agencies include the Village of Cuba Fire Department, PMS Ambulance, New Mexico State […]
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Local Elections Results Draw Winners, Runoffs and Recounts
Key midterm municipal elections were held around the county on Tuesday, March 5, in Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Cuba and Jemez Springs. While the election ended at 7 p.m., some results are still up in the air. Town of Bernalillo Residents of the Town of Bernalillo cast their votes to determine which two candidates would represent them […]
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Candidate’s Tragic Passing Rocks Cuba Before Election Day
The Village of Cuba is grieving the loss of a community leader and candidate for Village Council. Tonya Sanchez, 44, a mother of four, tragically lost her life in a car accident on Feb. 19. Her 18 year-old daughter, Oceanus, was in the car and is currently hospitalized, undergoing recovery from multiple surgeries. Sanchez was […]
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Cuba fire dept receives over $400k
The USDA has announced $413,000 in federal funding for the Village of Cuba’s Volunteer Fire Department that U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich advocated directly for through the Omnibus Appropriations Agreement for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23). This investment will be used by the Village of Cuba Volunteer Fire Department to replace its aging fire engine pumper. The […]
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Community Briefs
Earthquakes in Sandoval County? If you were in or around Cuba and felt the ground shake last week, you weren’t imagining it. U.S. Geological Survey data shows two earthquakes on Wednesday, December 20 shook the Santa Fe National Forest. A 2.5-magnitude earthquake happened at 3 p.m., then a 3.5-magnitude earthquake happened around 4:45 p.m. According […]
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Forest Service Trucks Stolen From Ranger Station
According to the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office, someone (or someones) stole three trucks from the U.S. Forest Service station in Cuba.