Therapy horses put the ‘love’ in Loving Thunder

Jan 31, 2023 | Features, News, Top Stories | 0

A married couple in Sandoval County have been doing good for the community for more than 14 years....

Rio Rancho Girl Scout is top seller

Jan 30, 2023 | Features, News, Top Stories | 0

Friends, family, and Girl Scouts from Troops 242, 10624, and 10730 hiked The Volcanoes Trail at...

Rio Rancho exchange student shares about life in Germany

Jan 27, 2023 | Bright Spot, Features, Profiles, Top Stories | 0

Darren Paredes of Rio Rancho is not having a typical sophomore year of high school. He is spending...

Basketball mom: Never give up

Jan 20, 2023 | Bright Spot, Features | 0

Amy Martinez poses in her son’s room, which she has brightened up with a myriad paintings. (Herron...

Puppies abandoned after holidays

Jan 9, 2023 | Features, News, Top Stories | 0

Cross My Paws Animal Rescue recently rescued a Brussels Griffon mix named Biscotti that was found on the side of the road in Algodones (10 minutes out from Bernalillo) with two broken legs. According to the rescue, “Today,...

RRHS grad gets perfect score on German military skills challenge

Dec 28, 2022 | Features, News, Top Stories | 0

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Airman Emma Gantner felt like the underdog when she and 24 other...

Smooth as silk is this artist’s way; her work is on Festival of the Cranes poster

Dec 13, 2022 | Arts & Entertainment, Features, Top Stories | 0

New Mexico’s artists come from all over, and Deborah Bentley of Rio Rancho is no exception. A...

Rio Rancho CrossFitters take home medals

Dec 7, 2022 | Features | 0

The famed Festivus CrossFit Games came back to the CrossFit ThunderHawks play box in Rio Rancho this fall. “It’s really good energy here. It’s nice to have all types of people, all types of bodies and all ages here,” CrossFitter...

A day trip to Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge

Dec 6, 2022 | Features, Gallery | 0

Rio Rancho Observer staff writer Gary Herron ventured south on I-25 on Dec. 3 to visit Bosque del...

New book: Learn the difference between manager and leader

Dec 5, 2022 | Features, News | 0

Rob Melendez said he started writing his book “Focus on the passion, not the position: A book on...

Grateful to be alive: RR woman shares her COVID story

Dec 1, 2022 | Features, Top Stories | 0

Rio Rancho resident Maria Epifani had a months-long battle with COVID-19 in 2021, and while she is...

Lora Cunningham: A pillar in NM film community

Nov 29, 2022 | Arts & Entertainment, Features, Top Stories | 0

SAG-AFTRA actor Lora Martinez-Cunningham is well known throughout the New Mexico film community....

RR UFO historian seeks space for storage, museum

Nov 21, 2022 | Features, News, Top Stories | 0

For David Marler, UFOs are a veritable obsession. He calls it a passion, or a calling. Either way,...

Indigenous Child Language Research Center Launched at UNM

Nov 18, 2022 | Features, News | 0

The University of New Mexico’s Department of Linguistics and Lobo Language Acquisition Lab are launching the Indigenous Child Language Research Center to follow the progress of infants and children at the Saad K’idilyé Diné...

Alternatives to Thanksgiving Turkey

Nov 18, 2022 | Features, In The Know, News | 0

A shortage of Thanksgiving turkeys this year is driving up the price. Wealth of Geeks, a financial...

For RR combat veterans, there’s help

Nov 17, 2022 | Features, News, Top Stories | 0

Not just another pretty face. Col. R.A. “Face” Fitzgerald, retired Marine pilot who leads Reboot...

Luna honored on Veterans Day in RR (slideshow)

Nov 16, 2022 | Features, Gallery | 0

Gilbert C. Luna Jr. received certificate from RR Mayor Gregg Hull (Garrison Wells/Observer) ...

BioPark: Cancer-stricken African painted dog Puzzle euthanized

Nov 16, 2022 | Features, Top Stories | 0

Cancer forces BioPark veterinarians to humanely euthanize Puzzle, the 9-year-old African painted...

Turkey prices soaring, look for specials to save

Nov 13, 2022 | Features, News, Top Stories | 0

Butterball Turkeys weighing 12-14 lbs. cost almost $40 at Albertsons on NM 528.(Michaela Helean)...

Cold, but crowded for Veterans Day parade

Nov 12, 2022 | Features, Gallery | 0

More than 100 Rio Rancho residents turned out on a chilly Friday Veterans Day to salute the...

Memories of an injustice

Nov 12, 2022 | Arts & Entertainment, Features | 0

‘Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II’ on exhibit at the New Mexico History Museum. The Mochida family, wearing identification tags, awaits a bus. They were forced to leave their two-acre nursery and greenhouse...