Vet donates bugle to PD honor guard
A Vietnam veteran has donated a little piece of his past to the Rio Rancho Police Department. Don...
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Serving Sandoval County, Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Placitas, & Corrales
Serving Sandoval County, Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Placitas, & Corrales
By Amy Byres | Assistant Editor | Aug 31, 2019
A Vietnam veteran has donated a little piece of his past to the Rio Rancho Police Department. Don...
Read MoreBy Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Aug 30, 2019
The Aug. 22 quarterly luncheon of the Rio Rancho Regional Chamber of Commerce covered upcoming...
Read MoreBy Amy Byres | Assistant Editor | Aug 30, 2019
Eight homeowners in the village of Placitas are preparing to share their diverse gardens with the...
Read MoreBy Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Aug 30, 2019
Despite a depleted lineup for their first match of the season, the Rio Rancho High School...
Read MoreBy Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Aug 28, 2019
BERNALILLO — The Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education will have at least one new...
Read MoreBy Stephen Montoya | Aug 26, 2019
BERNALILLO — Sandoval County Commission Chairman Dave Heil during last week’s commission...
Read MoreBy Don Bullis | For the Observer | Aug 26, 2019
Because of his considerable success in restoring Spanish hegemony in New Mexico following the...
Read MoreBy Submitted | Aug 26, 2019
With the beginning of the school year underway, it’s a good time to remind ourselves of the...
Read MoreBy Rio Rancho Observer | Aug 26, 2019
A new term that has caught on with the American public seems to have reared its ugly head in our own backyard. The term is “fake news,” or accusing a news organization of not reporting an issue accurately. In many...
Read MoreBy Submitted | Aug 26, 2019
If it seems like you have driven past a lot of orange barrels this summer, you would be correct....
Read MoreBy Submitted | Aug 26, 2019
Editor: Responsible people recycle. If you do a lot of recycling (i.e., filling your cart weekly) you are being very responsible. People with good- to large-size families are going to be able to fill half to all of their...
Read MoreBy Submitted | Aug 26, 2019
Editor: In her letter of Aug. 18 regarding Southern Boulevard road work, Trina King misrepresents herself as a road-construction expert. She makes a lot of assertions and projects conclusions about a road that is not yet...
Read MoreBy Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Aug 25, 2019
LAS VEGAS, N.M. — In this historic Southwest town, where 130 years ago the loudest sounds were...
Read MoreBy Stephen Montoya | Aug 24, 2019
It’s just after 11 a.m. at El Zocalo Event Center in Bernalillo as newly appointed Sandoval...
Read MoreBy Stephen Montoya | Aug 23, 2019
Sandoval County Commission Chairman Dave Heil and Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull co-chaired the first...
Read MoreBy Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | Aug 23, 2019
Why doesn’t Rio Rancho have a Trader Joe’s? How well a community fits a...
Read MoreBy Stephen Montoya | Aug 22, 2019
What started out as a hobby for one Rio Rancho couple has become a long-running international...
Read MoreBy Stephen Montoya | Aug 20, 2019
It’s been nearly a decade since “Jackass” star Stephen...
Read MoreBy Stephen Montoya | Aug 20, 2019
Rio Rancho Police handled a bomb threat that turned out to be false at the U.S. Post Office in Rio...
Read MoreBy Stephen Montoya | Aug 20, 2019
PLACITAS — Blades Bistro owners Kevin and Anja (pronounced Anya) Bladergroen agree that their...
Read MoreBy Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Aug 19, 2019
Don’t stop believing” will likely be Tom Gutierrez’s opening number as he...
Read MoreBy Submitted | Aug 19, 2019
The Observer applauds the Sandoval County Commission for doing what seems to be one the best ways to govern an area: by reaching out to the sections that make it up. Earlier this month, the commission unanimously accepted newly...
Read MoreBy Submitted | Aug 19, 2019
Editor: Your article on the road work being done on Southern Boulevard, headlined “On the roads again…” is not completely accurate. Despite what Mayor Gregg Hull says, if this part of Southern is finished by...
Read MoreBy Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | Aug 18, 2019
Rio Rancho Governing Body members voted 5-1 to rezone an undeveloped acre of land in North Hills...
Read MoreBy Stephen Montoya | Aug 17, 2019
Just two years after expanding to a state-of-the-art facility in the City of Vision, Life...
Read MoreBy Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Aug 16, 2019
She didn’t come right out and say it, but it’s the impression one gets after chatting...
Read MoreBy Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Aug 15, 2019
For 11 scholars from The ASK Academy, their recent trip to China to compete in a...
Read MoreBy Stephen Montoya | Aug 14, 2019
New Mexico Cabinet Secretary for Tourism Jen Schroer verified that the tourism industry is...
Read MoreBy Stephen Montoya | Aug 13, 2019
Rio Rancho resident Brandon Paulson is owning the fact that he made a mistake when he...
Read MoreBy Rio Rancho Observer | Aug 12, 2019
Anyone driving through Rio Rancho can see a city on the rise, with plenty of places to shop, big bright advertisements and two-story buildings. Yet after doing over a year’s worth of research, it seems much of that growth...
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