'A Park Above' gets surprise allocation from unlikely source
Chalk it up to a busy session, conflicting city needs and a park that a lot of people want to support. It appears that "A Park Above" — a project that has caused static between Rio Rancho Mayor Tom...
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Senior center offers class for financial caregivingMeadowlark Senior Center will host a six-part financial caregiving course for seniors and their family and professional caregivers, on Friday, May 10,...
View ArticleMarch home sales up 43% over last year
The number of single-family homes sold in Rio Rancho in March increased more than 43 percent over the same month last year, according to information released by the Greater Albuquerque Association of...
View ArticleMake specific outlay requests available
The recent disclosure of the state allocation of capital expenditures and where each legislator prioritized his or her recommended list would have not have been controversial if Rio Rancho Mayor Tom...
View ArticleFiedler: Don't let monthly numbers fool you
The housing market in Rio Rancho isn't as rosy as it might seem from month-by-month statistics, a local real estate broker says. Mark Fiedler of the Coldwell Banker Legacy Mark and Sheila Real Estate...
View ArticleHow to keep from taking statins for high cholesterol
Is there a better way to control cholesterol?The presence of cholesterol in the blood vessels is a major factor in the development of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), which lays the...
View ArticlePlaying with the best Local trumpet player has traveled the world with names...
Corrales resident Bobby Shew has spent a lifetime doing what he loves.After years of running around the world and all over the country, 24 days a month in a 50-year career, the 72-year-old...
View ArticleImpact fee moratorium may be helping city budget
The City of Rio Rancho is well ahead of budget in development-related areas despite projected losses from the impact fee moratorium. However, Mayor Tom Swisstack has questioned whether the moratorium...
View ArticleFleas come in many varieties; some carry the plague
This week we will talk about fleas in New Mexico. Most of the information in this article came from a book titled, "Fleas and Lice of Mammals in New Mexico." It was published in 2004 by the U.S....
View ArticleSandoval County Detention Center cells remain empty
A decision by the Bernalillo County Commission means the Sandoval Detention Center will have to wait a bit longer before it comes up to capacity for inmates. On Tuesday, a $1.4 million proposal to...
View ArticleDid student newspaper violate rights or taste?
Here is the first paragraph of a story published in a New Mexico college newspaper. The words are exact except for the last two, which I have changed to "you know." They refer to oral sex and I am...
View ArticleRams suffer third loss in row
This wasn't supposed to happen.Not at home, and not for a baseball team hoping to play in the state championship game next month.But it did: Manzano (8-6) beat host Rio Rancho (13-4), 11-10, Thursday...
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Senior pool shark
Loyola Molina drove all the way from Cuba to participate in the Sandoval County Senior Games’ 8-ball competition..
View ArticleDistrict openers are Tuesday for city’s four varsity diamond squads
The "second season" gets underway Tuesday at 4 p.m. for the city's four varsity diamond squads.That means it's time to start the District 1-5A part of the season, which means six games for the softball...
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Student art work on display at City HallThe annual Rio Rancho Public Schools Senior Art Show 'Rising Stars' is taking place on the third and fourth floors of Rio Rancho City Hall from April...
View ArticleOnce a Yankees fan, always a Yankees fan
Looking back, Dave Hawrey of Rio Rancho thinks he made the right decision more than five decades ago.Growing up in Canarsie in the New York borough of Brooklyn, his grandfather and father, plus an...
View ArticleDeputy assessor claims legislative victory
It may not be the same feeling as winning, say, an NCAA men's basketball championship, but Sandoval County Deputy County Assessor Christie Humphrey is still riding a high after she came back from the...
View ArticleTwenty years of Colorado Rockies
This is turning out to be quite an unusual year for me, in light of how many "anniversaries" I'm noting.I've already done columns on two memorable events: the 40th anniversary of my inaugural trip to...
View ArticleReduced, reused and recycled art
It may be true that one man's trash is another man's treasure, so it makes sense that Rio Rancho Waste Program Specialist Koryn Lowry treasures dealing with other people's trash. It's no act. Lowry is...
View ArticleGolf course has storied past, luring entertainers, pro athletes
It's amazing what can be bought online in the 21st century.The online auction site eBay has been a great place to buy almost anything for buyers and sellers for more than a decade; craigslist.com is...
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