City OKs zone change for Rio Rancho apartment complex
City Council approved a zone change to allow a resort apartment complex on a 22.5 acre parcel between the eighth and ninth fairways of a Rio Rancho golf course amid strong homeowner opposition. Residents cited crime, traffic, devalued property and blocked views, while attorney William Friedman sought extra study time for opposing analyses on traffic, police, schools, groundwater and endangered species.
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Mary Beth King
Rio Rancho
Superstition Drive
Ashkirk Loop
Gleneagles
Planning and Zoning Commission
Sandia Mountains
William Friedman
Ron Yestrebi
James P. Ward
Trammell Crow Residential
Friedman
Once Robust Teen Battles Cancer with Help of Classmates
Chris Powell, a seventh grader at Lincoln Middle School, fought Hodgkin lymphoma after a bike theft and illness in fall. Diagnosed in January after a hepatitis misdiagnosis, he endures chemotherapy, hair loss, and mouth sores, supported by family and classmates, with his Manchester terrier Bobby by his side.
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Chris Powell
Chris
Lincoln Middle School
Louise
Chiis
Manchester
Bobby
Chris Page
West Side Growth Plan Unveiled for Albuquerque West
Albuquerque unveils a 200 page West Side Strategic Plan guiding growth across 96 000 acres by creating 14 community centers with mixed use development and a regional authority. It urges infill incentives, coordinated transportation, water conservation, and shared city county jurisdiction to manage rapid expansion.
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West Side
Jay P. Thuringer
Albuquerque
Taylor Ranch Public Library
Sandoval County Line
Rio Puerco Escarpment
Gun Club Road
Rio Grande
Rio Rancho
Ron Short
Martin Chayey
Albuquerque and Bernalilto County
Sions
Rio Rancho Busing Probe For Cibola Freshmen
Rio Rancho Public Schools discuss possible busing of eighth and ninth graders as APS weighs overcrowding at Cibola High School. Meeting at Lincoln Middle School set to review options including transporting Rio Rancho freshmen to Albuquerque, portables, or boundary redesign.
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Genie Blair Ryan
Rio Rancho
del Norte High School
Montgomery
San Mateo
Albuquerque
New Rio Rancho
Cibola High School
APS
House
Peter Horoschak
Rio Rancho Public Schools
Lincoln Middle School
ARPS
Sue Cleveland
Cibola
Don Duran
Duran
Parents confront busing plan for Rio Rancho students
Eighth grade parents in Rio Rancho express anger and concern over announcements that their children may be bused to Del Norte High School in Albuquerque. Parents question APS timing and note ninth grade is pivotal. Mac McCallum and Larry Carver vow to seek alternatives rather than send their children.
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Genie Blair Ryan
Rio Rancho
del Norte High School
Albuquerque
Mac McCallum
APS
McCallum
Larry Carver
del Norte
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