Rio Rancho board meets to discuss charter school and project changes
The Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education holds a 5:30 p.m. meeting Monday to review a short agenda. Topics include First Nation Charter School discussion, change orders for Eagle Ridge Mountain View and Rio Rancho middle and high schools, and Renovations Phase 3 at the district office. The session is at 500 Laser Road.
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Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education
First Nation Charter
Eagle Ridge
Mountain View
Rio Rancho
Laser Road
PBS KNME TV Channel Positions Change in New Mexico
PBS KNME TV moves channel positions on Cable One serving Rio Rancho and Sandoval County. KNME TV shifts from Channel 6 to new allocations KNME LD to Channel 5 and KNME HD to Channel 1005. PNM warns customers of a phone scam where callers pose as a utility employee demanding immediate payment. If suspicious, hang up and call PNM at 1 888 DIAL PNM using bill.
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New Mexico
PBS
Knme-Tv
Cable One
Rio Rancho
Sandoval County
Knme-Ld
Knme-Hd
Newmexicopbs.org
PNM
Becky Teague
Native American focused charter high school proposed for Rio Rancho
Ray Begaye, former New Mexico House member, pitches First Nations Preparatory Charter to Rio Rancho Public Schools for approval as a chartering agency. If approved, RRPS would join NM PED in charter oversight, serving about a thousand Native students including many Navajos with Navajo language classes and a culturally responsive curriculum.
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State House of Representatives
Ray Begaye
Rio Rancho Public Schools’ Board of Education
RRPS
Rio Rancho
New Mexico Public Education Department
Begaye
District 4
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Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship draws 13,500 plus
Over the three day Fourth of July weekend the 13th annual Pork & Brew BBQ State Championship drew 13,523 visitors to Santa Ana Star Center. Attendees enjoyed barbecue, live music, three local breweries, pig races, a petting zoo, and daily watermelon and pie eating contests for kids and adults. The city parade closed the event before gates opened on the final day, echoing last year’s turnout.
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Pork & Brew
Santa Ana Star Center
Safelite to add 900 Rio Rancho call center jobs mix of full and part time
Safelite AutoGlass will create 900 call center roles in Rio Rancho with a wage range of 11 to 13 dollars per hour. Most positions are expected to be full time, paced over three to four years, with pay premiums for bilingual staff. Governor Susana Martinez announced the plan and projected a payroll of 23 million dollars.
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Safelite AutoGlass
Rio Rancho
Brian O’mara
Safelite
Susana Martinez
Martinez
O’mara
Navajo Residents Seek Greater Rio Rancho Engagement
A Navajo group including a former county commissioner and two clergy met with Mayor Gregg Hull on June 29 to push for Navajo and First Nation representation in Rio Rancho. They aim to meet quarterly, citing about 4,000 Navajo and 7,000 to 8,000 Native Americans in the city as populations moving for jobs.
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Gregg Hull
Rio Rancho
Sean Benally
Ray Perry
All Nations’ Indian Church
Sandoval
Orlando Lucero
Mick McGovern
Alexis Jimenez
Pamela Engstrom
Torun
Hull
Ray Begaye
Navajo Nation
Lucero
City of Vision
City braces for senior housing boom in Rio Rancho
NAIOP Rio Rancho Roundtable at Presbyterian Rust Medical Center featured Julie Ferguson of Titan Development and Dave Walbright of Haverland Carter Lifestyle Group forecasting a national surge in senior housing. Ferguson cited 22,100 housing communities worth 423.4 billion with only 11 percent of eligible seniors choosing to move. Walbright outlined three retiree segments and noted ongoing market growth potential amid aging populations.
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Rio Rancho
Julie Ferguson
Titan Development
Dave Walbright
Haverland Carter Lifestyle Group
NAIOP
Presbyterian Rust Medical Center
Ferguson
Walbright
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