‘Food truck life’: On the road with the Pink Ladies
A Bernalillo family drove themselves into the business of owning a food truck, learning what it...
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Month: December 2019
You da Mohn: Chef evolves with café at Tamaya
Santa Ana Café underwent a $3.24 million renovation to capture New Mexico’s essence through...
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Casa Di Ferro: On the move after 45 years in same spot
If you have the three key ingredients for success — location, location, location — for your...
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Nagel on Finances: Budgeting for the upcoming holidays
Last month I started my column with a passing comment about household budgeting for gifts this...
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City gets another cell tower
AT&T customers and FirstNet subscribers in Rio Rancho got a big boost in wireless connectivity...
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A home-based business is an enchanted creation
Pulling up to 1447 32nd Circle, it may look like any ordinary Rio Rancho home, but a pathway leads...
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Gas rates may go up in 2021, depending on PRC decision
New Mexico Gas Company filed a $13.23 million future-test-year rate case on Dec. 23 to recover...
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County tax collection rate up to nearly 100 percent
Sandoval County Treasurer Laura Montoya has announced that the collection rate for property taxes...
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Holiday marred by 4 deaths
An apparent murder-suicide wiped out a Rio Rancho family on Christmas Day, when four family...
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From my bookshelf to yours: Surviving to thriving, a memoir
Tara Westover’s memoir “Educated” (2018) was published nearly two years ago and...
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Gov. tells of education ‘moon shot’
ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico’s governor wants the state to pay for more teacher pay raises,...
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Businesses on US 550 struggle; coalition forming to help
The beginning of the two-year project on US 550 has become much harder on Bernalillo businesses...
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Businesses, chamber happy with shop-small celebration
If there’s one thing Karen Fitzpatrick of Harris Jewelers has learned during her...
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Accomplished author, speaker and crafter finishes 12th book
At the age of 6, Michelle Rusk says, she knew she wanted to be a writer – and someday have one of...
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School board lauds outgoing members, reviews policies
Since Rio Rancho Public Schools’ inaugural board of education was formed in 1993, there has...
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Talks on Sandoval County deputies’ contract stall
Negotiations between the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office and the New Mexico Coalition of...
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Fight off the holiday blues: The advice of a local psychologist
Many people feel blue around the holidays, but a local psychologist has a few tips for feeling...
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Lobos’ new football coach has Rio Rancho connections
Yeah, the Howes family in Rio Rancho will probably get free tickets to next season’s...
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Volunteers honor vets with wreaths
The names of veterans who no longer walk this Earth rolled off tongues once again Dec. 14 in Vista...
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RR firefighters get pay raises
Rio Rancho firefighters are getting a pay raise and incentives to stay with the department longer...
Read MoreSandoval County offers first-ever holiday-ride program
Sandoval County is collaborating with Cumulus Radio, the New Mexico Department of Transportation, Da Vita Medical Group and Uber to cover the first $10 of any county resident’s ride home during the holidays. Listen to a...
Read MoreTeen dies in US 550 wreck
A teenager died and an adult was critically injured in a wreck Monday on US 550 south of Cuba. New Mexico State Police Officer Dusty Francisco said a commercial vehicle and a passenger car crashed a little before 8 a.m. near...
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Police file charges in wreck that hurt officer, killed 1 man
New Mexico State Police are looking for the Bosque Farms man charged in a car crash that killed...
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SEA column: A glance at SEA’s past and future
The end of the year always inspires at Sandoval Economic Alliance to reflect on what has been...
Read MoreLetter to the Observer: Ban plastic bags
Editor: While out Christmas shopping this past week in Rio Rancho, I noticed a truly scenic photo opportunity of Sandia Peak. However, with the camera poised for the shot, I noticed a plastic bag blowing in the breeze while...
Read MoreLetter to the Observer: Big ‘thank you’ for The Big Event
Editor: I wish to express my appreciation for the assistance I received on Nov. 23 from Rio Rancho High School students volunteering with The Big Event in clearing my yard and garden bed of weeds. I especially want to thank Mr....
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Editor: City withholds police reports from RRO
The City of Rio Rancho’s refusal to provide public information has reached a new low. On...
Read MoreOur View: New Year, new candidates, new political-ad policy
The Observer has instituted a new policy regarding letters to the editor about individual candidates. We now consider them political advertising and charge to publish them. We know some people will be angry over this. Please let...
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Sensory-friendly Santa comes to Cottonwood Mall
‘Twas two weeks before Christmas and all through the mall, not a sound was to be heard,...
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UNM wants 2nd RR facility in ’21: City must approve plan for it to move forward
University of New Mexico leaders aim to open a new building focused on orthopaedics in fall 2021,...
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