By Rodd Cayton A meandering discussion about parking availability in Corrales ended with a compromise that saved the village thousands of dollars in grants. The Village Council has for months been engaged in an effort to craft a parking ordinance update that would curtail illegal parking by patrons of local businesses while not penalizing Corraleños […]
Rodd Cayton
Rodd Cayton is a senior reporter with nm.news covering local news and government as a local reporting fellow with NM Reports.
Posted inTown of Bernalillo
Bernalillo revamps fire chief role to boost recruitment
By Rodd Cayton, Sandoval Signpost In a move Mayor Jack Torres says will improve the candidate pool, town councilors in Bernalillo Monday approved a change to how the fire chief will be employed. The 3-1 vote changes the position from serving at the pleasure of the mayor and council to a regular employee, who cannot […]
Posted inTown of Bernalillo
Fire chief change on Bernalillo agenda
Bernalillo Mayor Jack Torres’ proposal to modernize the fire chief’s status will take the spotlight at Monday’s Town Council meeting. At the previous meeting, Torres introduced an ordinance that would make the fire chief a regular employee, selected through the same hiring process used for other department heads. The chief is now an at-will employee, […]
Posted inElections & Politics
New Sheriff in town
By Rodd Cayton, Route 66 Independent — The June primary has led to a changing of the guard at the Torrance County Sheriff’s Office. Estancia Police Chief Tom Carter, a former sheriff’s deputy, defeated incumbent David E. Frazee in the Republican primary, with 1056 votes to 705. With no Democratic candidate in the race, Carter […]
Posted inCorrales
Memorial for Corrales councilor set
By Rodd Cayton Memorial services have been set for Corrales Village Councilor John Alsobrook II, who died last month. He will be remembered at 4:30 p.m. June 27 at Perea’s New Mexican Restaurant, 4590 Corrales Road. Alsobrook began his fifth term on the council in January. According to his LinkedIn page, Alsobrook held a bachelor […]
Posted inCorrales
Corrales enhances retirement benefits to support police and fire recruitment
By Rodd Cayton, The Paper. Police officers and firefighters in Corrales have received a post-career boost. At its June 9 meeting, the Village Council approved resolutions changing the village’s Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico (PERA) plans for those workers. “We are moving to a better plan for our police and firefighters,” Village Administrator […]
Posted inRio Rancho
Reaching for the sky: New RRPS superintendent seeking gains at high-performing district
By Rodd Cayton, The Paper. The year is 2040. The Rio Rancho Events Center is packed, as the community celebrates hundreds of newly minted graduates of a local high school. They are asked to stand, arranged by their plans for after high school. Eventually, every graduate is standing, and the community embraces its status as […]
Posted inCorrales
Tiles and smiles: Corrales Scrabble tourney starts somber, moves on to fun
What’s the word? If the word is “scrabble,” it’s worth 13 points, which was of interest to lovers of a certain board Game June 5 and 6. Former Rio Rancho resident Carl Johnson, took first place at the Southwest International LLL-Note Special (SWILLLNS) in Corrales, the second-longest running and one of the largest Scrabble tournaments […]
Posted inCorrales
Corrales parking update stalls again
By Rodd Cayton New parking rules for Corrales are again returning to the drawing board. Village councilors Tuesday declined to post changes to the local code for publication, after debate exposed concerns about the fairness of restricting commercial parking in residential areas without providing a legal alternative. The council turned down (for now) adding language […]
Posted inTown of Bernalillo
Bernalillo council finalizes capital wish list
By Rodd Cayton, The Paper. Without controversy, the Bernalillo Town Council on June 8 finalized the infrastructure capital improvement plan for 2028 through 2032. The panel had previously discussed the package, essentially a wish list municipalities in New Mexico submit each year, identifying capital projects they would like to undertake. The only change between then […]