The tributes ran long and the tears came easy as Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull gaveled out of office April 23 as the city’s longest-serving mayor. Hull addressed the Governing Body for the final time, citing road reconstruction, the city’s aquifer recharge facility, a new permanent fund and a strengthened partnership with Intel Corporation among […]
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Bregman pitches no income taxes for seniors 65+
Sam Bregman has a bold idea that he says will make aging easier for New Mexicans. In a new policy pitch announced today, Bregman says he will ask the legislature to totally eliminate state income taxes for New Mexicans aged 65 and older and he plans to pay for it from the state’s record oil […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Courts, Justice & Safety, Local Government, NM.news
The next time you dial 911 in ABQ, a drone might be the first responder
By Jesse Jones, The Paper. — Seconds after a gunshot is heard across Albuquerque, police launch a drone from a rooftop hive and speed toward the sound. The goal is to arrive before officers, with its camera already rolling, as part of the city’s “drone as a first responder” program. The Albuquerque Police Department’s (APD) […]
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Placitas PREP to host fire-behavior presentation
April doesn’t just mean it’s baseball season. It’s also fire season, and a group in Placitas is trying to ensure residents know how much danger is out there. Placitas Resilience & Emergency Preparedness Alliance (PREP) is hosting a May 12 presentation by District Ranger Ken Born of the U.S. Forest Service on possible wildfire behavior […]
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Sandoval County seeks state funding to study water system regionalization in Placitas, Algodones
Dozens of small private water associations in the Placitas and Algodones areas could gain more reliable, sustainable water service under a regionalization effort Sandoval County commissioners unanimously backed Wednesday. Commissioners adopted Resolution No. 4-22-26.11B, authorizing county staff to apply to the New Mexico Finance Authority’s Technical Assistance Program to fund a consultant-led feasibility study. The […]
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Corrales irrigation deliveries suspended as Rio Grande levels drop
Corrales-area farmers and irrigators are without water deliveries this week after dropping Rio Grande levels forced the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District to shut down pumping operations Monday. MRGCD suspended deliveries to the Corrales service area April 21 after river levels fell below the minimum threshold required to operate the temporary pumps that lift water […]
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Polls show Trump approval hits record low in New Mexico
During the final days of the 2024 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump added a New Mexico stop to his agenda and declared “We can win New Mexico.” He lost 51%-46%, coming up short by more than 55,000 votes. Now, 18 months into his second term and just 6 months away from mid-term elections, a pair […]
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Poll: In Gov primaries, Haaland still leads Dems, GOP aren’t excited for any candidate
Just two weeks before early voting begins in the biggest political contest of 2026, new polling finds that most Republicans still aren’t excited about any candidate while Democrats have picked a clear favorite. An Emerson College Poll conducted last weekend for KRQE News surveyed 1,000 likely New Mexico primary voters about the candidates on the […]
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Get ’em while they’re hot! Rep. Vasquez pushes to expand SNAP to cover hot rotisserie chicken
Technically, the hot, pre-cooked rotisserie chicken you pick up from the grocery store isn’t food; at least not for the purposes of federal food aid programs like SNAP. But, New Mexico Congressman Gabe Vasquez an 18 other House members have a plan to change that. Vasquez, a Democrat, joined a bipartisan group in Congress to […]
Posted inLocal Government, Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho road construction picks up this summer as city maps out projects through 2028
Rio Rancho drivers will see road construction ramp up this summer and into 2028 as the city launches six road projects using state grants and voter-approved bond funds. City Public Works Department Director BJ Gottlieb told the Rio Rancho Governing Body during a work session Tuesday that two state Transportation Project Fund grant projects are […]