RSS FeedGRANTS - As the accumulated snow from the last storm was just about dissipated, a new snowfall covered the county Sunday night, causing slick roads and some real transportation problems in rural areas.
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Dennis Montoya, assistant public works director for Cibola County, said that his department was working on ways to get to some of the snowed-in roads. “Some of the roads in the Zuni Mountains off state Highway 53 are impassable and the same conditions exist south of Bluewater Village,” he said.
Montoya also noted that there had been a stuck school bus near San Mateo and that all available snowplows had been sent out.
The New Mexico State Police reported that all roads were snow packed and icy on Jan. 5. “I-40 is open and we actually haven't experienced an increase in calls about accidents,” a spokesman said.
The Grants/Cibola County School District announced a two-hour delay in the school day and reported no problems with school buses. All bus schedules were met, according to the district office.
El Malpais National Monument closed its information center on Highway 53 near the Ice Caves for the day, citing poor weather and dangerous roads.
Accumulation of snow was much heavier in the southern and western parts of the county. Reportedly eight inches were measured at Crownpoint in McKinley County.
A Beacon reporter who lives at Laguna Pueblo said there was no snow at all in the eastern part of Cibola County.
The snow is expected to improve groundwater conditions next summer.
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