CANYON CITY — A petition to recall John Day/Canyon City Parks and Recreation District Director Lisa Weigum has been filed with the Grant County Clerk’s Office.
After one term in retirement, former Grant County Sheriff Raul Villanueva will likely return to the office next year after his victory in Tuesday s Democratic primary election. With all votes counted, Villanueva tallied 1,939 votes to incumbent Sheriff Frank Gomez’s 1,514, winning with 56 percent of the vote in the primary. No Republican candidate filed to run for sheriff this year, so the Democratic primary winner will likely take the …
More than 1,200 early votes have already been cast in Grant County in Tuesday’s consolidated local election, in which a number of offices are being contested from school boards to town councils. Grant County Bureau of Elections Director Elizabeth Trujillo said 202 early ballots were cast at the Bayard Community Center, while 1,024 people turned out to vote early at the county clerk’s office in Silver City. Early voting ended …