By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. The Hatch chile smell is still in the air and the summer still has plenty of weekend left. Rio Rancho and its neighbors pack Aug. 14-16 with free concerts, local markets, community traditions and one of the biggest free family events of the year. Friday: Two bands, one stage, one […]
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.
Jemez Historic Site honors Pueblo revolt with Aug. 16 Independence Day
Jemez Historic Site honors the resilience of Pueblo people this weekend with its annual Pueblo Independence Day, set for Sunday, Aug. 16. The day starts at 7 a.m. with a 13-mile run from the plaza in Jemez Pueblo up Highway 4 to the Historic Site, tracing the path Indigenous runners carried word of the coming […]
Five Placitas artists bring gardens to life ahead of September tour
Garden lovers get a preview of this year’s Placitas Garden Tour starting Saturday, as five local artists open an exhibition at the Placitas Community Library running through Sept. 20. Linda Novy-Doll, Alex Athens, Tamara Harder, Kyle Hollingsworth and Christine Brunet Lecomte will show work in the library’s Collin Meeting Room before each artist sets up […]
Sunday is Funday turns 21: Rio Ranchoโs community party returns this weekend
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper.Rio Rancho families can trade backyard boredom for pony rides, a mechanical bull and a rock wall when Sunday is Funday celebrates its 21st year Aug. 16 at Haynes Park. The Rio Rancho Kiwanis Club runs the noon-to-4 p.m. picnic, which grew out of a 2006 push by the late Tony […]
Rio Rancho brewer swings for nostalgia, resurrects shuttered ABQ icon as Putts N’ Pints
By Kevin Hendricks and Julian Paras, The Paper. — The iconic dinos and giraffes are getting a new life, and so is a shuttered Albuquerque classic. Scott Salvas, the Rio Rancho brewer behind Brew Lab 101, is resurrecting the long-dormant Putt-Putt Golf and Games course at 5100 San Mateo Blvd. NE in Albuquerque โ rebranded […]
Letter to the editor: Follow the money โ and the facts โ in District 44โs health care debate
Submitted by By Adam Prior, Republican nominee for New Mexico House District 44 New Mexicoโs doctor shortage is not abstract. It is a family waiting months for a specialist, a senior driving hours for care or a rural hospital struggling to stay open. Medical-malpractice policy affects patientsโ rights and whether physicians can afford to practice […]
Armed man still on the loose in Ventana Ranch, BCSO says
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. A heavily armed man is still walking around Ventana Ranch, and the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office wants residents to keep their distance if they spot him. Reports of the man walking the neighborhood came in Monday and as of 2 p.m. Tuesday, BCSO is still searching for him. BCSO describes […]
Rep. Stansbury visits Roadrunner Food Bank, warns of rising child hunger
By Kevin Hendricks and Julian Paras, The Paper. — U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, a Democrat from New Mexico, toured Roadrunner Food Bank on Aug. 10, warning that federal cuts have stripped food assistance from more than 21,000 New Mexicans, about half of them children, since October. Stansbury said the drop stems from H.R. 1, the […]
Builder vs. neighbor: Rio Rancho Governing Body to decide fate of contested narrow-lot appeal
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. A Rio Rancho homeowner wants the City Council to block construction on two narrow Northern Boulevard lots she says were illegally split to dodge zoning rules โ one of several contested items facing the Governing Body when it meets Thursday, Aug. 13, at 6 p.m. in Council Chambers. Rebecca Smith […]
Armed threats reported at Rio Rancho preschool, high school Monday
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Rio Rancho police responded to two reports of an armed subject threatening someone Monday morning, prompting a brief lockout at Rio Rancho High School, according to the Rio Rancho Police Department. Officers received a report around 8:07 a.m. that a man pointed a firearm at another person at Shining Stars […]
