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.
By Kevin Hendricks — New Mexico made history Tuesday night with Deb Haaland winning her campaign to be the first Native American woman to win a governor’s seat. Haaland, a Laguna Pueblo member and former U.S. Interior secretary, beat Republican Gregg Hull by 14 points to become New Mexico’s next governor. She takes office Jan. […]
By Kevin Hendricks — For some New Mexico Republicans, Wednesday morning came with a headache. “That’s a really bad hangover,” said state Sen. Jay Block, a Republican from Rio Rancho, of waking up to Democrat Deb Haaland as governor-elect. Block has a bleak forecast for the next four years. “I think it’s going to look […]
By Kevin Hendricks — After months of TV ads, mailers and text messages across southern New Mexico, voters in the 2nd Congressional District gave U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez a third term, and it wasn’t close. Vasquez, a Las Cruces Democrat, beat Republican Greg Cunningham 59% to 41% on Tuesday, according to unofficial results from the […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Rio Rancho Mayor Paul Wymer says he’s not going anywhere. Now that Gregg Hull has lost the governor’s race, talk around town has turned to whether Rio Rancho’s former mayor might take back his old office, with Wymer stepping aside to make room. Wymer said the rumors came from […]
By Kevin Hendricks — A 334-vote margin just handed Democrats control of the Sandoval County Commission. Democrat Frank Smith Jr. edged out Republican Edwin Linson 7,983 to 7,649 for the District 3 seat Tuesday, according to unofficial results. Smith replaces term-limited Republican Commissioner Mike Meek, and his win flips the board to a Democratic majority. […]
By Kevin Hendricks, Jesse Jones, Rodd Cayton and Pat Davis, The Paper & The New Mexico News — 2026’s midterm elections may be among the biggest in recent memory, both nationally and here in New Mexico, if early voting and midday Election Day turnout trends continue until polls close at 7 p.m. tonight. Election Day […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The New Mexico News — If you live anywhere between Albuquerque’s South Valley and El Paso and own a TV, you already know somebody really wants your vote in the 2nd Congressional District. Actually, several somebodies – and each has several million dollars. Campaign donors and outside political action committees have spent […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Some elderly residents in Counselor, Nageezi and Cuba are living without running water after heavy rain washed out roads and damaged waterlines. Now a Rio Rancho food pantry is going well beyond its usual service area to help. St. Felix Pantry is delivering food and emergency supplies to the […]
By Kevin Hendricks — Someone inside an East Mountains home fired toward Bernalillo County deputies early Saturday, hitting a patrol unit and drawing a SWAT team to N.M. 333 near Tijeras. Deputies headed to the 1100 block of N.M. 333 around 3 a.m. Oct. 31 after callers reported yelling, a possible fight, threats and people […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — East Mountain residents stuck in a stubborn power outage now have somewhere to plug in. Bernalillo County opened Los Vecinos Community Center in Tijeras to anyone who needs to charge a phone, clean up or simply get out of a dark house. The outage shut down Vista Grande Community […]
