City celebrates Memorial Day with virtual ceremony
This year marks the 19th Memorial Day in a row that America has been at war, Sandoval County...
Read MoreBy Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | May 31, 2020 | News
This year marks the 19th Memorial Day in a row that America has been at war, Sandoval County...
Read MoreEditor: Congratulations, students of the Rio Rancho High School graduating senior Class of 2020!...
Read MoreEditor: Generations have marched down the aisle to “Pomp and Circumstance,” walked...
Read MoreEditor: Are we really dealing with a pandemic? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a...
Read MoreBy Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | May 31, 2020 | Education, News
Another chapter in the lives of the city’s Class of 2020 graduates ended last Wednesday...
Read MoreEditor: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has invoked the 2003 Public Health Emergency Response Act as...
Read MoreBy Rio Rancho Observer | May 31, 2020 | Editorials, Opinion
The Rio Rancho Governing Body shouldn’t have moved its regular meetings to 4 p.m. on Thursdays, and certainly not without public input, because it will be harder for Rio Ranchoans to participate in their government. Most...
Read MoreBy Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | May 30, 2020 | Business, News
The Rio Rancho Governing Body has approved a budget with no funding for Sandoval Economic...
Read MoreBy Submitted | May 30, 2020 | Guest Columns, Opinion
The new year for contracted work between Sandoval County and the Sandoval Economic Alliance begins...
Read MoreBy Amy Byres | Assistant Editor | May 30, 2020 | Business, News
In the new economic world of COVID-19, relief did not come fast enough for veteran-owned 1933...
Read MoreBy Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | May 29, 2020 | News
An American flag flies at UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center as a thank-you from a veteran to...
Read MoreNew Mexico’s primary election is Tuesday. The Observer asked candidates for Sandoval County...
Read MoreNew Mexico’s primary election is Tuesday. The Observer asked candidates for Sandoval County...
Read MoreBy Amy Byres | Assistant Editor | May 29, 2020 | Business, News
An inpatient rehabilitation hospital will bring about 100 jobs to Rio Rancho, according to a press...
Read MoreBy Gary Herron | Sports Editor | May 29, 2020 | Sports
Barely one week after announcing Rio Rancho High School senior Noah Brewer had been named the...
Read MoreBy Don Bullis | For the Observer | May 28, 2020 | Guest Columns, Opinion
These days, Santa Fe’s Bishop’s Lodge is a high-end hotel and playground for those who...
Read MoreBy Submitted | May 27, 2020 | Guest Columns, Opinion
Suzanne Redfearn’s “In an Instant” (2019) is a remarkable book, which manages to...
Read MoreThe Sandoval County Commission has chosen former New Mexico State Auditor and current Torrance...
Read MoreNew Mexico’s primary election is Tuesday, June 2. The Observer asked candidates for Sandoval...
Read MoreBy Submitted | May 26, 2020 | Guest Columns, Opinion
The governor’s early response to the coronavirus slowed the spread and saved lives. Two months later, however, we’ve learned much more about COVID-19, how to manage it and the much-lower-than-anticipated mortality...
Read MoreBy Submitted | May 25, 2020 | Guest Columns, Opinion
One of the most successful and common economic development models seen across the U.S. is the public-private partnership model that utilizes combined resources and efforts of the public and private sectors. Sandoval Economic...
Read MoreEditor’s note: New Mexico’s primary election is Tuesday, June 2. The Observer asked...
Read MoreEditor: Every New Mexican concerned about both current and future economic growth should want to...
Read MoreBy Amy Byres | Assistant Editor | May 24, 2020 | Business, News
Most business owners are still struggling with the curve-ball COVID-19 and related restrictions...
Read MoreNew Mexico’s primary election is Tuesday, June 2. The Observer asked candidates for Sandoval...
Read MoreBy Amy Byres | Assistant Editor | May 24, 2020 | Guest Columns, Opinion
As I hum the graduation song “Pomp and Circumstance” to myself while I write this...
Read MoreBy Amy Byres | Assistant Editor | May 23, 2020 | News
The Sandoval County Commission has granted a request from UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center for...
Read MoreBy Gary Herron | Sports Editor | May 22, 2020 | Education, News
Still not out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rio Rancho Public Schools is considering a few options as...
Read MoreBy Gary Herron | Sports Editor | May 22, 2020 | Education, News
With diplomas in hand, after picking them up at their respective high schools last week, members...
Read MoreBy Gary Herron | Sports Editor | May 22, 2020 | Sports
In its 35th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company...
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