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. — A man riding to a family wedding in Rio Rancho ended up in immigration detention after a Sandoval County sheriff’s deputy stopped his ride on Interstate 25 and called ICE, according to a report released Friday. The May 22 stop near Algodones is the Sandoval County case in a […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Rio Rancho’s groundwater stopped sinking about a decade ago. But the recovery hasn’t reached every neighborhood, and shallow wells near the Rio Grande have dropped sharply in the last couple of years. Water levels fell from about 2005 to 2015, then rebounded “at various magnitudes.” That’s according to researchers […]
Editor’s note: Every drop from a Rio Rancho tap starts hundreds of feet underground. The city runs entirely on groundwater. On Oct. 20, the city’s utility managers, its water rights attorney and state geologists walked the Governing Body and the new Public Infrastructure Advisory Board through how the system works. They also covered what it […]
By Kevin Hendricks — Voters in House District 64 sent Andrea Reeb back to Santa Fe on Tuesday, three weeks after she quit. Now the Clovis Republican says she’s coming back to the House. Reeb announced Thursday that she will take her seat for the upcoming term. She won re-election to the seat representing Chaves, […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — There are weekends and then there are weekends. This one has playoff soccer, back-to-back hockey, a veteran stand-up comedian doing two shows a night, a 30th anniversary animal rescue gala, a free book festival and a star party in the mountains. Pick your adventure — there’s enough here for […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Dust off the bell-bottoms. Watermelon Mountain Ranch, the Rio Rancho no-kill shelter that bills itself as New Mexico’s largest, throws its 30th anniversary Fur Ball on Saturday, and every ticket helps homeless dogs and cats get a second chance. The gala, themed “30 Years of Peace, Love and Saving […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Missed last week’s Horizon 2040 kickoff? Rio Rancho Public Schools serves up a second helping tonight. The district hosts the second of four community conversations on its next strategic plan Thursday, Nov. 5, from 6-7 p.m. at Rio Rancho High School. Parents, students, staff and community members can share […]
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 […]
