Month: October 2019

CHS teacher enjoys prepping students for life out on their own

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Oct 31, 2019

How’s this response after telling your mother you’ve decided on a career?...

City plans bond questions for roads, public safety

By Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | Oct 30, 2019

Rio Rancho voters can expect city bond questions for roads and public safety on the municipal...

CNM bond would pay for career-tech facility

By Stephen Montoya | Oct 29, 2019

This November, Central New Mexico Community College is proposing an $84 million bond that, if approved by voters, will help with important renovations and sustain new projects at all CNM campuses. One such improvement is a new...

‘Shop Small Saturday’ lasts 2 weeks; sign up by Mon.

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Oct 29, 2019

Have you ever had one of those days that seemingly lasts forever? There’s one of those days...

Both Storm soccer teams make Fuddruckers state soccer brackets; Rams boys in also

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Oct 28, 2019

Defending Class 5A boys champion Cleveland High got the 4 seed Sunday and with it a first-round...

Stretch into place: New Club Pilates is biggest in the area

By Stephen Montoya | Oct 28, 2019

A chance workout has turned into a healthy entrepreneurial endeavor for local Club Pilates...

City of Rio Rancho an info stumbling block

By Rio Rancho Observer | Oct 28, 2019

Some individuals at City Hall been withholding or delaying access to information that you, our tax-paying readers, have a right to see, and we’ve had enough. The problem has been gradually worsening for years, and...

Gary’s Glimpses: Baseball and a legendary locomotive

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Oct 28, 2019

Maybe I am a “steam geek.” When people ask me what I’m interested in, I...

School board candidate Galbraith life-long resident

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Oct 28, 2019

Editor: Not everyone knows school board candidate Amanda Galbraith as well as I do, so I’d like to tell you why I’m voting for her. I’ve known Amanda, and her family, for many years. She is the only candidate...

Ronny Cox to visit NM for Music Hall of Fame induction

By Stephen Montoya | Oct 27, 2019

Don’t think you’re the only one who hears the name Ronny Cox and thinks of his...

Cleveland Storm maul Mustangs, 50-0

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Oct 25, 2019

Dorian Lewis and Isaiah Salazar each scored two rushing touchdowns, quarterback Trey Ortega threw...

Governing body, developer discuss golf course possibilities

By Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | Oct 25, 2019

Five lawsuits have put golf course redevelopment on hold, but a company specializing in such...

FBI work with RRPD to catch alleged bank robber

By Rio Rancho Observer | Oct 24, 2019

The FBI, along with the Rio Rancho Police Department, are looking for a man who robbed the BBVA...

AT&SF engine gains the Baynes

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Oct 24, 2019

ALBUQUERQUE —Moving first from the Minneapolis suburbs to Española and then to Rio Rancho a few...

Nagel on Finances: Money management for life

By Submitted | Oct 23, 2019

When Argen Duncan first asked me to consider writing this column, I kindly rejected the idea. At...

NMSP Officer involved in a fatal crash in RR

By Rio Rancho Observer | Oct 23, 2019

A New Mexico State Police Sergeant was hit head on by a green SUV after it crossed the center line...

Thieves take $2K worth of goods from pumpkin patch

By Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | Oct 22, 2019

Thieves took about $2,000 worth of pumpkins and toys from Galloping Goat Pumpkin Patch last weekend. The pumpkin patch offers kids’ activities and pumpkins for sale in the upper parking lot of Santa Ana Star Center every...

Opportunity Zones in Sandoval County now

By Stephen Montoya | Oct 22, 2019

BERNALILLO — Sandoval County has two areas that may attract more economic growth as Opportunity...

CNM hosts public forums with president finalists

By Submitted | Oct 21, 2019

The Central New Mexico Community College Governing Board has named six finalists for the CNM...

Census is crucial for county funding

By Rio Rancho Observer | Oct 21, 2019

The federal Census Bureau is already collecting address data in order to refine and calculate how many residents live in Sandoval County. Beside doing the old-school door-to-door knock, the bureau is implementing some...

A Writer Reading: Variety of essays was an unexpected hit

By Submitted | Oct 21, 2019

Ann Patchett’s collection of essays, “This is the Story of a Happy...

Repeal New Mexico’s tax on Social Security benefits

By Submitted | Oct 21, 2019

It is time to repeal New Mexico’s counterproductive tax on Social Security benefits. For more than half a century after Social Security was enacted in 1935, those benefits were not taxed in New Mexico. In 1990, the New...

Golf course has history of negligible owners

By Submitted | Oct 21, 2019

Editor: The current golf course owner has done nothing but plan and maintain nothing. Water rates were reduced to allow for a golf course. Golf course developers were ready to move forward. Now he wants to donate a portion of...