Garrison Wells

Name: THE WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE
Start: 2022-09-26
End: 2022-09-25
Location: The Adobe Theater

(Gallery) Balloon lands next to Iris Rd., collapses into roadway

By Garrison Wells | Sep 30, 2022

Listen to the story. It was an anxious morning for at least one balloon team early Friday....

FIVE THINGS: Balloons, balloons, balloons with a few other things

By Garrison Wells | Sep 29, 2022

50th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Oct. 1-9 Balloon Fiesta Park Tickets: 505-725-1824...

ABOUT TOWN: (Slide show) Corrales Harvest Festival, Oktoberfest and some pretty cool EVs.

By Garrison Wells | Sep 29, 2022

This week’s About Town includes staff photos that include sports and a few events that took...

RRPD recovers stolen items, including firearms, in theft investigation

By Garrison Wells | Sep 29, 2022

Rio Ranch Police officers Wednesday served two search warrants pertaining to an active theft...

Man arrested at gunpoint in ‘high-risk’ stop near Walmart

By Garrison Wells | Sep 26, 2022

(Garrison Wells/Observer) Multiple patrol cars were on scene as officers from the Rio...

Slide show: Oktoberfest Rio Rancho makes a successful return

By Garrison Wells | Sep 26, 2022

Brew Lab 101 Beer & Cider Co. owner Scott Salvas (Garrison Wells/Observer) The Rio...

Shoplifting a growing problem for police, retailers and residents

By Garrison Wells | Sep 25, 2022

Police cars and yellow tape mark where a shootout between RRPD officers and an Albuquerque man...

FIVE THINGS: Oktoberfest, Corrales Harvest Festival, wine and chile in Santa Fe

By Garrison Wells | Sep 23, 2022

Oktoberfest Rio Rancho Saturday, Sept. 24 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Country Blue Plaza Shopping Center 3100...

Celebrate Oktoberfest Saturday, Sept. 24 in RR

By Garrison Wells | Sep 21, 2022

Oktoberfest 2022 is here, beer, brats and Lederhosen — if you want The ‘celebration of...

Richmond American building second community in Rio Rancho, more are on the way

By Garrison Wells | Sep 20, 2022

RIO RANCHO — Richmond American Homes of New Mexico is building a second community in...

A dazzling gala for the Twenties: Nonprofits benefit from event in RR

By Garrison Wells | Sep 20, 2022

With corporate stalwarts like Albertsons and Amrep, the Mayor’s Gala raised a lot of money...

Hip-hop artist Lil Wayne coming to Rio Rancho Events Center

By Garrison Wells | Sep 19, 2022

Tickets: Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. through Thursday, Sept. 22 at 11:59 p.m.,...

Ramblin’ Man: Rambling down the city’s worst street

By Garrison Wells | Sep 18, 2022

(Photos by Garrison Wells/Observer) Turquoise Street. A gentle, comforting bit of nomenclature...

DEA warns parents, schools to watch out for ‘Rainbow Fentanyl’ that looks like candy

By Garrison Wells | Sep 17, 2022

WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration has fired out a warning about a new...

Online meeting set for Northern Blvd. work

By Garrison Wells | Sep 17, 2022

RIO RANCHO – Work on the Northern Blvd. corridor is in final design stage and state and local officials have set an online public meeting for information. The meeting will be Thursday, Sept. 29, according to a press...

Publication date change for RR Observer

By Garrison Wells | Sep 17, 2022

The Rio Rancho Observer will be changing the date it publishes from Sunday to Thursday, starting...

FIVE THINGS: Baseball, Renaissance Faire, and annual Scottish/Irish Picnic

By Garrison Wells | Sep 15, 2022

Bully EXPO New Mexico Sat. Sept. 17 10 a.m. Rio Rancho Events Center 3001 Civic Center Circle NE...

Car takes out light pole on Northern Thursday morning

By Garrison Wells | Sep 15, 2022

A driver Thursday morning during rush hour hit and knocked down a light pole at Northern Blvd. and...

Rio Rancho student named a top 300 middle school scientist in the U.S.

By Garrison Wells | Sep 14, 2022

Elias Copeland, a student at The ASK Academy in Rio Rancho, has been named among the top 300 middle school scientists in the United States. He, along with Albuquerque’s Sebastian Stoker of the Albuquerque Institute of...