Hastings to liquidate all Hastings stores nationwide
Hastings will liquidate and close all locations including Hilltop Plaza Rio Rancho, plus the e commerce site and corporate office. Liquidation expected by end of October after bankruptcy filing five weeks ago and sale July 20 to Hilco Merchant Resources LLC and Gordon Brothers Retail Partners LLC overseeing the process. The firm invites customers to store closing sales. Rio Rancho officials report city attorney turnover and Back to School Fest hosted by Molina Healthcare at Haynes Park offering backpacks and free services to students.
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Hastings
Hilltop Plaza
Rio Rancho
Hilco Merchant Resources LLC
Gordon Brothers Retail Partners LLC
Molina Healthcare
New Mexico
Haynes Park
Molina
Judgment Mma & Fitness
Blissful Spirits
A Better U Academy
Chick-fil-A fundraiser supports Ten-82 Fund in New Mexico
Chick-fil-A at Cottonwood Corners 3801 Ellison Drive NW hosts an all day fundraiser from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. proceeds benefit the Ten-82 Fund aiding police firefighters and military families. A dunk tank and face painting plus 10 percent of food sales, plus $5 from each Blue Lives Matter T-shirt sold, go to the fund.
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Cottonwood Corners
Ellison Drive
New Mexico
Chickfil-A
Bond would fund Harris Shining Stars schools
Rio Rancho Public Schools seeks an August 30 bond vote to fund a $60 million package including a $24.5 million Joe Harris Elementary project, a Shining Stars Preschool, tech and security upgrades, land acquisition, and renovations to ease crowding at nearby elementaries. The plan follows prior money reallocation from 2012 due to state match delays.
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Bond
Harris, Shining Stars Schools
Rio Rancho Public Schools
Joe Harris
Shining Stars
ARPS
Joe
Cordova
Stapleton and
MLK Jr
Commission backs extending hospital levy in Sandoval County
Sandoval County commissioners endorsed renewing the 4.25 mill levy for eight more years to fund Presbyterian Rust Medical Center and UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center. A ballot question for November will be drafted. The funds, about $13.7 million annually, support growth and expanded services including a stroke center, joint center, trauma care, cancer programs, and behavioral health services.
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Bernalillo —Sandoval
Presbyterian Rust Medical Center
UNM Sandoval
Phil Rios
Angela Ward
Jamie Silva-Steele
UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center
SRMC
Commission
Presbyterian Rust
Former councilor Tim Crum among 15 seek Shelby Smith seat
Former City Councilor Tim Crum and 2014 District 5 runner-up are among more than a dozen applicants for the two year District 5 term. Smith leaves July 31 to help care for his parents in Phoenix. Mayor Hull accepted letters of interest by the deadline, listing fifteen residents.
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Tim Crum
District 5
Shelby Smith
Smith
Phoenix
Gregg Hull
Kelli Block
Thomas Buckner
Heidi Buxman
Lorie Christian
Crum
Jennifer Flor
Justin
Rio Rancho utility panel asks mayor to drop franchise fee
A Rio Rancho Utilities Commission letter dated June 16 asks Mayor Gregg Hull to propose eliminating the city and utilities fund franchise fee in the 2017 budget and future budgets. Hull cited lack of open meeting notice and agenda action as constitutional concerns.
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Rio Rancho Utilities Commission
Gregg Hull
Commission
Stephan van Horn
Utilities Commission
Hull
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