Month: May 2020

City celebrates Memorial Day with virtual ceremony

By Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | May 31, 2020

This year marks the 19th Memorial Day in a row that America has been at war, Sandoval County...

Letter to the editor: 2020 graduates can unite in unique times

By Submitted | May 31, 2020

Editor: Congratulations, students of the Rio Rancho High School graduating senior Class of 2020!...

Letter to the editor: Celebrating RR with its love for graduates

By Submitted | May 31, 2020

Editor: Generations have marched down the aisle to “Pomp and Circumstance,” walked...

Letter to the editor: Is COVID a pandemic?

By Submitted | May 31, 2020

Editor: Are we really dealing with a pandemic? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a...

City honors Class of 2020 on special day

By Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | May 31, 2020

Another chapter in the lives of the city’s Class of 2020 graduates ended last Wednesday...

Letter to the editor: Writer questions COVID-19 restrictions

By Submitted | May 31, 2020

Editor: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has invoked the 2003 Public Health Emergency Response Act as...

City votes without public input

By Rio Rancho Observer | May 31, 2020

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...

SEA sails out of Rio Rancho’s 2020-21 budget

By Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | May 30, 2020

The Rio Rancho Governing Body has approved a budget with no funding for Sandoval Economic...

Guest column: Commissioner believes SEA is critical to economic development

By Submitted | May 30, 2020

The new year for contracted work between Sandoval County and the Sandoval Economic Alliance begins...

1933 Brewing shuts its doors permanently

By Amy Byres | Assistant Editor | May 30, 2020

In the new economic world of COVID-19, relief did not come fast enough for veteran-owned 1933...

Veteran gives flag to SRMC

By Argen Marie Duncan | News Editor | May 29, 2020

An American flag flies at UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center as a thank-you from a veteran to...

Sandoval County primary election 2020: 13th Judicial Dist. Attorney

By Submitted | May 29, 2020

New Mexico’s primary election is Tuesday. The Observer asked candidates for Sandoval County...

Sandoval County primary election 2020: NM Senate District 22, NM House District 23, 57, 44, 60

By Submitted | May 29, 2020

New Mexico’s primary election is Tuesday. The Observer asked candidates for Sandoval County...

New rehab hospital creating 100 jobs in RR

By Amy Byres | Assistant Editor | May 29, 2020

An inpatient rehabilitation hospital will bring about 100 jobs to Rio Rancho, according to a press...

Another Ram named Gatorade Player of the Year in NM

By Gary Herron | Sports Editor | May 29, 2020

Barely one week after announcing Rio Rancho High School senior Noah Brewer had been named the...

Bullis recounts Bishop Lamy’s Santa Fe lodge

By Don Bullis | For the Observer | May 28, 2020

These days, Santa Fe’s Bishop’s Lodge is a high-end hotel and playground for those who...

Grief explored during reading of ‘In an Instant’

By Submitted | May 27, 2020

Suzanne Redfearn’s “In an Instant” (2019) is a remarkable book, which manages to...

Press release: Sandoval County picks new manager

By Submitted | May 26, 2020

The Sandoval County Commission has chosen former New Mexico State Auditor and current Torrance...

Sandoval County primary election 2020: County clerk (Democrats)

By Submitted | May 26, 2020

New Mexico’s primary election is Tuesday, June 2. The Observer asked candidates for Sandoval...

Guest Column: Analyzing NM’s coronavirus response

By Submitted | May 26, 2020

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...

Guest Column: SEA still committed to community

By Submitted | May 25, 2020

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...