By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Rio Rancho readers get a reason to celebrate — and a reason to party as The Paper. throws open the doors Thursday for a free Summer BLOCK Party marking its expansion into the City of Vision. The open house runs 7-9 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at The BLOCK. DJ Hump […]
Kevin Hendricks
Kevin Hendricks is an editor with nm.news where he oversees Sandoval County newsrooms. A native of Southeast ABQ, he reported for the ABQ Journal and Rio Rancho Observer before joining nm.news in 2024.
Posted inJemez & Jemez Spring
Jemez Historic Site invites stargazers to see the sun through Indigenous eyes
Forget waiting for nightfall — Jemez Historic Site turns its telescopes on the sun this weekend for a look at the sky through Southwestern Indigenous eyes. An instructional coordinator leads “Looking to the Skies” on Saturday, July 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., walking visitors through past and modern Indigenous perspectives on astronomy and […]
Posted inLocal Government
RRPS attorney tapped to fill Mayor Wymer’s old council seat
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. District 4 residents are one vote away from getting a new voice on the Governing Body. Mayor Paul Wymer says David Mann, a Rio Rancho Public Schools lawyer, is his pick to fill the council seat Wymer left empty when he became mayor. Wymer announced the nomination at the June […]
Posted inCorrales
Village unveils draft 40-Year water plan Thursday
Corrales has been drawing more water from its municipal wells than its water rights allow — and the Village wants residents’ input before locking in a fix. The Village Council will hold a special meeting Thursday, July 16, at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers to unveil a draft 40-Year Water Development Plan. Water rights attorney […]
Posted inElections & Politics
Democrats’ four-day vote to pick Lt. Governor nominee opens July 25
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — New Mexico Democrats have a hard deadline to finish picking a Lieutenant Governor nominee: State Central Committee members vote July 25-29, and the winner’s name goes to the Secretary of State by July 30 to lock in the November ballot. This story was originally published at New Mexico Political […]
Posted inEast Mountains
The Village of Tijeras throws open-air summer party Saturday with live music, cider and food truck
The Village of Tijeras invites neighbors to trade their porches for lawn chairs Saturday, July 11, when a community night out takes over Veterans Memorial (Luis Garcia) Park from 5 to 8 p.m. Local band Misdemeanor headlines the evening with live music, according to a village flyer promoting the event. Rock Canyon Cider runs the […]
Posted inRio Rancho
DEA, grieving mom bring fentanyl awareness walk to Rio Rancho this weekend
By Kevin Hendricks and Julian Paras, The Paper. Rio Rancho families who’ve lost someone to fentanyl get a chance to walk, grieve and organize together this Saturday, as the second annual Walk for Lives comes to Haynes Community Center and Park. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s El Paso Field Division and the Rio Rancho chapter […]
Posted inRio Rancho
Free movies, live music and living history: Your weekend guide
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. You don’t need to drive down the hill this weekend. Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Corrales and Placitas have enough going on to fill three days without leaving Sandoval County. The BLOCK carries the weekend The BLOCK food hall anchors the weekend with something different each night. Ukaladies open Friday at 7 […]
Posted inSandoval County
Sandoval County lawmakers join statewide cybersecurity forum July 24
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Local businesses and nonprofits lose money to hackers every year, and three Sandoval County-area legislators want to talk about what state law should do about it. Reps. Kathleen Cates and Joshua Hernandez and Sen. Jay Block join a bipartisan panel of lawmakers July 24 for a forum examining cybersecurity’s grip […]
Posted inRio Rancho
Rio Rancho is 1,600 businesses short — and the Chamber wants a formal deal to fix that
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Part 4 of 4 in “Rio Rancho’s Economic Playbook,” a series on the city’s economic development strategy. Every day, 47,000 Sandoval County residents drive out of town for work — and take $3.1 billion in annual payroll with them. Rio Rancho Regional Chamber of Commerce President Jerry Schalow says that […]
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