St Felix Pantry marks 20 years of service in Albuquerque
The St Felix Pantry, run by the Felician Sisters of North America, celebrates 20 years since incorporation on December 23. From a garage serving 50 families daily, it now averages 175 families a day with 100 volunteers and a small paid staff. Last fiscal year it aided 53,000 households, 115,549 adults, and 90,410 children, drawing clients from Albuquerque and beyond including Gallup and Artesia.
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St. Felix Pantry
Barbara Loop
Felician Sisters of North America
St. Felix
Edna Esquibel
Pantry
Manuel Casias
Gail Hanscom
Rio Rancho
Hanscom
Esquibel
Casias
Margie Cordova
St. Felix’s
Albuquerque
Gallup
Artesia
Legislators Press Education and Business Link in Rio Rancho
In UNM West Rio Rancho the trio of lawmakers Jason Harper Jane Powdrell Culbert and Craig Brandt discussed the 60 day session beginning Jan 15 focusing on how education and business interlock. They urged tax reform to attract business and reduce burdens while noting education scores and lottery scholarships as priorities.
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UNM West
Rio Rancho Regional Chamber of Commerce
Jason Harper
Jane Powdrell-Culbert
Craig Brandt
Debbie Moore
Chamber
Rio Rancho
Chuck Wilkins
Rio Rancho Public Schools Board
Reinaldo Garcia
Brandt
Beth Miller
New Mexico
City of Vision
Powdrell-Culbert
House
Senate
Harper
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Republicans seek court declaration of GOP wins in Sandoval County
A lawyer for Paula Papponi and David Doyle withdrew a ballot recount request and urged the court to declare the Republicans official winners. The suit cites election-day delays in Rio Rancho from consolidating 48 precincts into five voting centers. Democratic winners counter that the push is grandstanding and based on turnout issues, not ballot errors.
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Sandoval
Pat Rogers
Paula Papponi
David Doyle
Rio Rancho
Rogers
Doyle
John Sapien
State Senate
Papponi
Eileen Garbagni
Sandoval County
Sally Padilla
Bureau of Elections
Damon Ely