Month: September 2019

6 stories on Southern: Investor’s dream to move up in RR

By Stephen Montoya | Sep 30, 2019

San Francisco native Paul Matamoros, an impact investor for Metro Properties Holding Company LLC,...

Who should administer cannabis in schools?

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Sep 30, 2019

Although the Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education was expected to give its second reading and approval to what could be a controversial policy, that didn’t happen last Monday evening because of a death in the...

Business Sense: Why start a small business?

By Submitted | Sep 30, 2019

Earlier this month at his campaign stop in Rio Rancho, President Trump declared that New Mexico...

Trump rally not accessible for handicapped attendees

By Submitted | Sep 30, 2019

Editor: I just read your article dated Sept. 23, 2019, regarding the Trump rally. It may have looked good to some, but the discrimination of the handicapped was unconscionable. I am 70 years old in a wheelchair. I tried to...

Teachers should not be worried about their pay

By Submitted | Sep 30, 2019

Editor: I am a second-year student at University of New Mexico, and my faculty’s well-being is important to me. I have seen professors who had to leave UNM due to their pay or lack thereof, and it is frustrating that I am...

United Latinos can defeat Trump in 2020

By Submitted | Sep 30, 2019

Editor: Donald Trump came to New Mexico to stir up racism within our immigrant and Latino communities in an attempt to make political gains. It’s particularly disturbing for him to be visiting New Mexico and talk to...

Rio Rancho High School’s Sports Hall of Fame adds six members on Friday

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Sep 29, 2019

(* Tickets to the Oct. 4 RRHS Sports Hall of Fame induction cost $5 in advance, $8 at the door of...

Rams sweep Storm in first meetings on the pitch

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Sep 29, 2019

On the road or at home — it didn’t matter Wednesday, when the Rio Rancho High School soccer...

Shelter hosts local events for domestic violence awareness

By Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | Sep 29, 2019

It’s the month to shine a spotlight on a year-around problem. October is Domestic Violence...

RRPS offers rewards for arrest of recent cyber-attacker

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Sep 28, 2019

In hopes of catching whoever launched a cyber-attack against Rio Rancho Public Schools’...

City prepares to get online water billing system

By Stephen Montoya | Sep 27, 2019

City of Rio Rancho water users will soon be able to pay their bills and monitor their accounts...

Man bites police dog

By Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | Sep 26, 2019

A man bit a police dog after injuring a woman with an ax and barricading himself inside his home...

AMI Kids set to help New Mexico youth starting in Oct.

By Stephen Montoya | Sep 26, 2019

BERNALILLO –AMI Kids, located in Cuba, will start taking in-state youth in October. Former...

Exploring the possibilities of law enforcement training

By Amy Byres | Assistant Editor | Sep 25, 2019

Young adults can explore a career in law enforcement through Rio Rancho Police Department’s...

RRPS: Hunting for a cyber-attacker, honoring artistic student in the same meeting

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Sep 24, 2019

In hopes of catching whoever launched a cyber-attack against Rio Rancho Public Schools’...

Former Ace Hardware guy still horsin’ around here

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Sep 24, 2019

Back when he owned a hardware store in the city, “Ace was the place” … and now, on...

Cyber Academy students learn about energy usage

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Sep 23, 2019

About five-dozen Rio Rancho Cyber Academy students learned the ins and outs of being energy...

Wayne Howard King

By Submitted | Sep 23, 2019

Wayne Howard King, age 68, passed away on May 17, 2019, at home in Rio Rancho, N.M. Wayne was born...

Rally made RR look professional

By Stephen Montoya | Sep 23, 2019

Despite all of the apprehension surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to the city of Rio Rancho, it turns out teamwork was all it took to keep things in order. In fact, the city did well media-wise because of how...

RR senior feels placed under microscope

By Submitted | Sep 23, 2019

Editor: Wow! I feel like I’ve been dissected and put under a microscope! I am a retiree. Sounds like you just love me for my money! Now I know how tourists feel when they read that, “This event will bring $40 million...

City does not allow Coast Guard-approved vests

By Submitted | Sep 23, 2019

Editor: Our family is new to Rio Rancho, and we were very disappointed to learn this summer that U.S. Coast Guard-approved life vests are not allowed to be used at any of the city pools. The City of Rio Rancho’s policy not...