Puesta del Sol Elementary kids walk, roll to school again
Thousands of students, parents, teachers and community leaders across New Mexico walked, biked,...
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Month: October 2019
‘Heartbeat’ of community stops
What was once termed “the billion-dollar view” is still there, but the comfortable...
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Free-college proposal raises serious questions
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has put forth a plan, set for debate in the 2020 legislature, for...
Read MoreGolf shouldn’t be city priority
We were alarmed, although not really surprised, to learn of the fire at the former Club Rio Rancho clubhouse. With the building sitting unused, except for trespassers committing crimes, something was bound to happen to it,...
Read MoreEven Stephen: The importance of humility
It’s been several years since I have had to do the menial task of waiting tables, cleaning windows and mowing lawns. Although these jobs serve a purpose, they are for the most part where many of us begin our journey as...
Read MoreRRPS board member Montaño worth your vote
Editor: Ramon Montaño is running for re-election to the Rio Rancho school board, and I believe he has demonstrated that he deserves our vote to continue to serve our children. Ramon has maintained a positive and open line of...
Read More‘Buy Rio Rancho’ Sign contest opens
Editor: The annual Rio Rancho Kiwanis “Buy Rio Rancho” holiday sign design contest is ongoing. Students can win great prizes as well as have their sign displayed all over town through the holidays. We want to be sure...
Read MoreCorporate greed seems plan of Waste Management
Editor: What’s next from Waste Management for the citizens of Rio Rancho? It seems that “WM” has decided to reduce recycling picks by roughly 50 percent, to every other week rather than the existing weekly...
Read MoreCity of RR should have partnered with club owners
Editor: As a former co-owner of the facility known as Club Rio Rancho, I experienced a profound sadness as we all watched the facility go up in flames on Oct. 4. Thousands of residents utilized the club as a “surrogate...
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Colliers plans medical development
The section of land between Presbyterian Rust Medical Center and Westside Boulevard could be...
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City’s soccer teams reach midpoint of District 1-5A season
The Class 5A defending champion Cleveland Storm boys soccer team snapped out of its doldrums...
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Native NM company Piñon Coffee opens 1st RR location
Business is already booming for the newly opened Piñon Coffee at 1761 NM 528, in the former...
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Lineman training gives power to R4 Robotics team
A Rio Rancho robotics team learned what a lineman risks for the sake of power at the...
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Trey Ortega leads Cleveland past Cibola, 41-7
Stepping in again for injured starting quarterback Jeff Davison, junior Trey Ortega ran for 194...
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City plans road projects, updates campaign rules
The City of Rio Rancho is funding several road projects with almost $1.7 million of unexpected...
Read MoreOBSERVER SPORTS DIGEST for October 13
Former Ram Baker is MWC Player of Week University of New Mexico junior forward Leilani Baker was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week as it was announced by the league office on Oct. 7. Baker, a native of Rio...
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Zach Vigil has four TDs, Isaiah Chavez 2 in Rams’ romp over West Mesa
Zach Vigil; scored four first-half touchdowns Thursday evening at Nusenda Community Stadium, where...
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Country club fire ‘suspicious’; investigation continues
Six days after fire destroyed Rio Rancho’s 49-year-old country clubhouse, investigators said...
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Like parents, like daughter: Journalism runs in family
If there’s anything to suspicions of DNA leading into an offspring’s talent, this may...
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Developer say plans to revitalize country club still a go, offers golf course to city
The owner of the defunct Club Rio Rancho has said he still plans to revitalize the property and he...
Read MoreSmall steps to a bigger future
Over the past two months the Observer has put the spotlight on our area’s businesses via our new business page, which appears the third Sunday of every month. Since its inception, this section, via the suggestion of some...
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Insights: Financial advisor debate obscures real issues
In my experience, when a controversy arises over the performance of a single public employee or...
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NMDOT presents plans for US 550/NM 528 interchange
BERNALILLO — Representatives for the New Mexico Department of Transportation gave the Sandoval...
Read MoreKudos to parks and rec guys for hard work
Editor: I would like to say a big thank you to the Parks and Rec guys who were working down in the Willow Creek bosque on Sept 30. A friend of mine walks down there every day. He is on crutches and needs a place to rest when he...
Read MoreJust say ‘no’ to Darth Vader building
Editor: Nothing says NOT New Mexico more than a six-story black high-rise set in a neighborhood of one- and two-story earth tone buildings, next to a residential neighborhood. (See Sept. 29 Observer for story that prompted this...
Read MoreNot-so-easy riders
Editor: On Sunday, September 29, at about 12:15 p.m., I was headed eastbound and stopped at the intersection of Corrales Road and NM 528 when a group of about 100 motorcyclists was turning east on Corrales Road from northbound...
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Can Cleveland Storm defend 2018 title? Here’s a chat with coach Shaun Gill
It’s not easy to repeat as a state champion in practically every sport — and in boy’...
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Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, kicks off holidays
As fall gets underway, people practicing Judaism mark a New Year, observe a time of repentance and...
Read MoreSPORTS DIGEST: From the Rio Rancho Observer
Pendley vies to be Olympian Three Oklahoma softball alumni will participate in the USA Softball Women’s Olympic Team Selection Trials held Oct. 2-6 at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City. Among them is...
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Rio Rancho man slain after ‘text arguing’ by man in Mora
A Mora man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a Rio...
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