Unser Boulevard widening to four lanes near City Center
Our View argues widening Unser Boulevard from two to four lanes will ease traffic around Rio Rancho City Center and Santa Ana Star Center. The project, funded by a DOT grant and a 2009 voter bond, includes new signals, bike lanes, sidewalks, drainage, and right deceleration lanes with a $7.51 million contract. Traffic may slow during peak hours but the work should finish by October.
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Rio Rancho
Santa Ana Star Center
Unser
Peter Wells
Pdv
Unser and King
U.S. Department of Transportation
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Rio Rancho Observer
Sara
Suite D
Rio Rancho NM
Voter forum sparks clash over taxes and property rights in districts 4 6
Local candidates spar over hospital builds taxes and fees. Incumbents defend their records while challengers attack rising costs, eminent domain, and government overreach. Campaign finance shows Albuquerque donors and union support for the District 1 incumbent.
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District 4
Webster
Why hasn’t Skandera been confirmed
Santa Fe reports Secretary-designate Hanna Skandera of the New Mexico Public Education Department has not received a Senate hearing after two regular sessions and a special session failed to act. The article notes partisan dynamics, bargaining tactics, and Skandera’s lack of teaching experience as factors, while highlighting her remarks on New Mexico’s relational culture and the importance of personal connections in influence.
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Santa FE
Hanna Skandera
State Public Education Department
New Mexico
Susana Martinez
Senate
Senate Rules Committee
Skandera
Martinez
Harrison
Jack” Schmitt
Schmitt
Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
U.S. Senate
Santa Rita
Jeff Bingaman
Rick Santorum
Ation
Santa Fe New Mexican
Lordsburg
From thin air ideas to loud memories of old newsroom capers
A columnist recalls wild archival experiences from Las Cruces police raids to late night Fontana, California busts. He remembers a misaddressed siege at 414 Maple St that ended with startled seniors on their porch, and notes Fontana's rougher edge and local banking security chief Roger Williams.
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Las Cruces
Fontana
California
San Bernardino
Maple St
Grandma
Grandpa
Oak St
Hells Angels
Roger Lee Williams
Herald-News
Roger
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