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, The Paper. — Halloween weekend in Rio Rancho is stacked — and not just with candy. Professional hockey brings themed nights to the Events Center Friday and Saturday, with half-off draft beer for Oktoberfest Night and indoor trick-or-treating for Peanuts Halloween Night. Quezada’s Comedy Club turns the holiday into a tribute show […]
By Kevin Hendricks — Trick-or-treating in the East Mountains and Estancia Valley usually means long driveways and longer walks between porches. This weekend, over a dozen trunk-or-treats bring the porches to the parking lot. Events run from Friday afternoon through Saturday night in Edgewood, Moriarty, Estancia and Cedar Crest. Edgewood starts things off Friday, Oct. […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Rio Rancho art lovers can skip the drive to Santa Fe this month. Enchanted Vision, a free celebration of local art and artists, takes over the Unitarian Universalist Westside Congregation Nov. 13-15. The show kicks off Friday, Nov. 13, with an opening night reception from 5-8 p.m. featuring wine […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Before reading a single word, students at a pair of elementary schools in Rio Rancho begin by carefully examining the illustrations. Melanie Rick, a national teaching artist with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, visited Enchanted Hills and Sandia Vista elementary schools TK DATE. They’re the […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Sandoval County voters whose absentee ballots got caught up in a drug scare at the county’s election warehouse can stop worrying. Every one of those votes will count. County Clerk Anne Brady-Romero announced that the ballots involved in the Oct. 16 incident are clear and none will be spoiled, […]
By Kevin Hendricks — House hunters curious about life east of the Sandias can tour a batch of homes for sale in a single Saturday, and pocket raffle tickets along the way, during The Great Edgewood Home Tour on Nov. 14. Maps of participating homes go out at 10:30 a.m., and open houses run from […]
By Kevin Hendricks Didi Okpareke’s congressional campaign paid for Facebook and Instagram ads that popped up on screens more than 150,000 times this summer, mostly in New Mexico. That was one of at least 3 different paid campaigns Facebook political ad tracker captured from here campaign during the most recent federal campaign finance period, but […]
By Kevin Hendricks, NM Political Report — Meta now has a $25 billion reason to read the fine print. District Judge Francis Mathew ordered Meta Platforms Inc. on Wednesday to pay New Mexico $25 billion for misleading Facebook users about their privacy, misinformation, hate speech and more. The bill grows 15% a year until Meta […]
By Kevin Hendricks — Dolores Huerta, the New Mexico-born icon of the 1960s labor movement with an enduring legacy defined by the phrase “Sí, se puede,” has died. She was 96. Huerta’s family confirmed her passing Wednesday on her verified Facebook and Instagram pages. “We ask for privacy as we grieve this incredible loss to […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Rio Rancho Public Schools wants your two cents on its next five years, and it’s taking the conversation to the cafeteria. The district hosts its first Horizon 2040 community meeting Thursday, Oct. 29, from 6-7 p.m. in the Mountain View Middle School cafeteria. Parents, students, staff and community members […]
