Rodd Cayton is a senior reporter with nm.news covering local news and government as a local reporting fellow with NM Reports.
By Rodd Cayton — East Mountains voters have made their preferences known, selecting local and state representatives for the next two or four years. District 5 Bernalillo County Commissioner Eric Olivas, a Democrat, fended off a challenge from Republican Thomas Riley. Preliminary information from the New Mexico Secretary of State’s office shows Olivas with 33,833 […]
By Rodd Cayton — Corraleños interested in learning about water rights are invited to a Nov. 4 presentation at Village Council Chambers, 4324 Corrales Road. Stephanie Russo Baca and Rin Tara of the Utton Center at UNM Law School will give the briefing on general water rights, then answer questions from attendees. Russo Baca will […]
By Rodd Cayton — Wanna help build New Mexico’s largest compost pile? A new multi-jurisdictional initiative may make that happen. Bernalillo County Public Works and District 5 Commissioner Eric Olivas are partnering with the Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District to provide free organic waste disposal at the East Mountain Transfer Station. Starting Nov. 1, […]
Those interested in partying over Halloween weekend have an additional resource in their efforts to keep things safe. The “Take a Ride on Us” program returns for the holiday, offering up to 2,500 discounted Uber rides to area residents. Anyone interested in participating may open the app, go to “vouchers,” and enter the code HALLOW26 […]
By Rodd Cayton — The name “Corrales Arts Center” contains certain implications. Charlene Spiegel is happy to dispel two of them and correct a third. “You don’t have to live in Corrales (to be a member),” Spiegel, president of the organization, told the Corrales Comment. “You don’t have to be an artist. And until a […]
By Rodd Cayton By the time the springtime patio music season begins, the Village of Corrales should have new rules in place spelling out how loud the performers can get. At their Oct. 27 meeting, village councilors laid out a process for rewriting the municipal noise ordinance. They’re trying to ensure homeowners have the rural […]
By Rodd Cayton It takes a village to expand a government complex. Actually, it takes a town, a county and a city to get that done — and voters to make the effort pay off. At its Oct. 26 meeting, the Bernalillo Town Council signed off on permissions necessary for a major expansion of the […]
By Rodd Cayton, The Paper. — As the leaves fall from the trees, Sandoval County wants residents to consider another kind of dropping. As in dropping off food donations for neighbors in need. The county treasurer’s office is sponsoring its fifth annual Thanksgiving Food Drive, benefitting the Nacimiento Community Foundation, through Nov. 13. The food […]
By Rodd Cayton — Town councilors in Bernalillo have made a move they hope will let the City of Coronado move on after a cyberattack earlier this month. The council unanimously voted to extend an offer of $82,000 to the threat actor behind the attack. Mayor Jack Torres told the Sandoval Signpost that the action […]
By Rodd Cayton — Here, a bear! There, a bear! Is 2026 the year of the bear in Corrales? The police department earlier this week reported a bear sighting on El Dorado Road. That’s at least the fourth in the area since spring. In an August message to the community, Mayor Fred Hashimoto wrote of […]
