Rio Rancho Police Department posted on social media Friday morning, Nov. 17, that 15-year-old Darlene Schifani is missing.
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Posted inPueblos, Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque
Just 15% of Voters in Sandoval County Voted in 2023 Election
Just over 20% of registered New Mexico voters turned out for the 2023 local elections, about 5,000 more people than participated in the 2021 local elections.
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Housing & Homelessness
Corrales Winter Craft Show Warms Up Winter
Corrales Historical Society (CHS) and Corrales Society of Artists (CSA) have again partnered to bring you the 35th Annual Winter Craft Show, going on Dec. 1 through Dec. 3. It will occupy Historic Old San Ysidro Church and a large, heated tent on Old Church grounds. Forty of New Mexico’s finest artists will be offering beautiful […]
Posted inStatewide News
Rio Rancho Vet Surprised With Home Renovation
The Home Depot Foundation and Rebuilding Together Sandoval County joined together to repair and renovate the home of Rio Rancho Navy veteran, Mel Baca. Work on the project began on Nov. 15. Baca served 16 years in the Navy and sustained life-altering injuries while deployed in Iraq during Desert Storm. As a result, Baca took […]
Posted inStatewide News
Chess, Cards and Catnaps in the Heart of America’s Nuclear Weapons Complex
by Alicia Inez Guzmán/Searchlight New Mexico This story is published in conjunction with The Nation. A few days after beginning a new post at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Jason Archuleta committed a subversive act: He began to keep a journal. Writing in a tiny spiral notebook, he described how he and his fellow electricians were […]
Posted inCommunity News, Westside Albuquerque
First Responder Spotlight
The Sandoval County Optimist Club highlights a first responder each month, highlighting their community contributions. Vincenzo Jaramillo always wanted to be a fireman. As a youth, with both his mother and step-father being firefighters, most family activities centered around the fire station. He took his emergency medical technician training (EMT) as a class in high school. Upon graduating […]
Posted inPueblos, Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque
County Calls on Lawmakers to Address Behavioral and Mental Health
As noted by one member of the public during the Sandoval County Commission meeting, matters relating to addressing mental and behavioral health made up four of the top five issues listed as legislative priorities for the 2024 session. While County Manager Wayne Johnson told commissioners the 16 priorities were listed in no particular order, Commissioner […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Pueblos, Statewide News
Unopposed Incumbents in Corrales Win by Landslide
It’s pretty much status quo for the Village of Corrales after election night. To no one’s surprise, incumbent village councilors Bill Woldman (District 2), Zach Burkett (District 5) and Stuart Murray (District 6) and Magistrate Judge Michelle Frechette won their respective races by wide margins in the Village of Corrales’ municipal election. Each of them […]
Posted inPueblos, Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque
Public School, Conservation Board Seats Settled Throughout County
School board races in Bernalillo, Cuba, Jemez Valley and Rio Rancho were decided, and voters in the City of Vision approved funding for a third high school on election day, Nov. 7. There were several contested races on school boards across the county, but not in Bernalillo. Incumbents Christine Suina (District 1), Cordy Chavez (District […]
Posted inCourts & Justice, Statewide News, Westside Albuquerque
Funding Approved to Expand Courthouse Facility
After voters narrowly defeated a bond question that would have provided Sandoval County with $41 million to plan, design and construct an addition to the 13th Judicial District Courthouse a year ago, the County Commission on Wednesday (Nov. 8) took action that would allocate $37 million for the same purpose. The Commission first voted to […]