Month: November 2019

Hail the Storm, 6A’s champs after 48-40 win at Rio Rancho

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Nov 30, 2019

November began with a Storm victory on the first at Rio Rancho Stadium, and ended with a Storm...

700 volunteers clean 100 yards with Big Event

By Amy Byres | Assistant Editor | Nov 30, 2019

For the 12th year, Rio Rancho High School ran The Big Event on Nov. 23, cleaning dozens of...

Robber strikes 2 stores in 1 hour

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

Two Metro PCS stores in Rio Rancho were robbed at gunpoint within 40 minutes Tuesday evening. Rio Rancho Police Lt. Ray Alderete said the first robbery took place about 4:17 p.m. at the Metro PCS at 1360 NM 528 and the second...

Local volunteers serve free dinners for 27th year

By Submitted | Nov 29, 2019

The sun hadn’t risen yet and many people were still in bed when St. Felix Pantry volunteers...

13 acres of land ready to develop in Rio Rancho

By Submitted | Nov 27, 2019

Sandoval Economic Alliance has announced availability of its first VeriReady verified site,...

McDonald’s, St. Felix, chamber host free Thanksgiving dinner

By Submitted | Nov 26, 2019

For the 27th year in a row, the Garza-family-owned McDonald’s at 1390 NM 528 is...

PNM: Phone scammers at it again over Thanksgiving holiday

By Submitted | Nov 26, 2019

PNM is warning customers throughout New Mexico to be on the lookout for phone scams...

Rio Rancho veteran 3D-prints help for PTSD

By Amy Byres | Assistant Editor | Nov 26, 2019

A 3D printer has taken a Rio Rancho veteran on a journey of recovery and creativity in building...

City’s teams headed to “the ‘ship” after Storm KO No. 2 Clovis and Rams hammer No. 1 Hawks

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Nov 25, 2019

Isaiah Chavez and Zach Vigil scored three touchdowns apiece and No. 4 Rio Rancho never trailed...

How do we keep our democracy healthy?

By Submitted | Nov 25, 2019

A representative democracy is based on a simple premise. It’s that ordinary citizens can judge complex public policy and political issues — or at least grasp them well enough to decide who should be dealing with them. But...

Retiring in New Mexico? A good idea?

By Submitted | Nov 25, 2019

According to a recent study by United Van Lines, 43 percent of respondents cited retirement...

New RRPS high school auto mechanics class starting in Jan.

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Nov 25, 2019

Everybody who’s seen the movie “Back to the Future” may recall Marty...

Our View: Proposed code of conduct changes are appropriate

By Submitted | Nov 24, 2019

The City of Rio Rancho’s proposed amendments to its code of conduct do a good job of increasing transparency and allowing people to use public property to participate in self-government. The changes will have to pass a...

Kyle J. Zuments

By Submitted | Nov 24, 2019

Kyle J. Zuments, retired police sergeant, age 50, passed away on Nov. 16, 2019, in Albuquerque,...

ELLOS PASARON POR AQUI: Coronado’s adventure here in New Mexico

By Submitted | Nov 24, 2019

Coronado Historic Site and the ruins of Kuaua Pueblo, off US 550 near Santa Ana Star Casino Hotel,...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: resident wants Trump to repay city

By Submitted | Nov 24, 2019

Editor: I fnd it appalling the City of Rio Rancho will not seek reimbursement for the expense of nearly a quarter-million dollars paid by the taxpayers, both Democrat and Republican. This was not an official presidential visit...

Woman cares for vet husband, advocates support of caregivers

By Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | Nov 24, 2019

A military chaplain deployed four times, pulled 27 injured people from the wreckage of a bombed...

Jail renovations on budget, on time

By Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | Nov 23, 2019

BERNALILLO — Sandoval County Detention Center renovations are proceeding on budget and on schedule...

No. 3 Storm beat No. 2 Clovis, move into 6A championship game … again

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Nov 22, 2019

CLOVIS — There are 100-meter sprinters who operate with less urgency than the Cleveland High...

Congratulations to the All-District student-athletes this fall

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Nov 22, 2019

FOOTBALL Cleveland High/first team: Dorian Lewis, Colten Madison, Tres Villalpando, Trey Ortega,...

Dad pleads for medical cannabis

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Nov 22, 2019

Still wary about disregarding federal law, the Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education...

RRPS board reviews mental-health needs, coming costs

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | Nov 22, 2019

The Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education heard about what it will take to meet behavioral...

My Bookshelf to Yours: Reaching too much for violence

By Submitted | Nov 19, 2019

Lee Child’s “Blue Moon: A Jack Reacher Novel” (2019) finds Reacher saving an elderly couple from a loan shark and battling two competing crime syndicates. “Blue Moon,” the 24th installment in the...

Letter to the Observer: City shouldn’t have paid extra for Trump rally

By Submitted | Nov 19, 2019

Editor: The City of Rio Rancho elected public officials have set a dangerous precedent in allowing the Trump campaign to shirk responsibility for payment of almost $240,000 in costs associated with hosting the Sept. 16 Trump...

Our View: Keeping up with media trends

By Rio Rancho Observer | Nov 19, 2019

Ever since the birth of the World Wide Web, the newspaper business has been in a state of flux. At first glance, the changes to our industry seemed small, but as time has moved on, it seems the rumors that our industry was on...