City plans land grab for high school and recreation center
Rio Rancho proposes redeveloping 300 acres south of Loma Colorado de Abajo to join with existing 160 acres for an educational, recreational and cultural complex. The plan centers on a new high school and a shared facilities concept with the school district, aiming to convert blighted land into a community asset. AMREP Southwest Inc. holds a large portion of the blight area as officials seek to secure land, funding and partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genie Blair Ryan
Rio Rancho
Loma Colorado de Abajo
Stack
Loma Colorada
Amrep Southwest Inc
Redevelopment plan area faces fragmented ownership
The Unit 13 Multiple Use Facility Redevelopment Area is privately owned with about 50 percent of land held by out-of state owners and 7.5 percent by New Mexico residents. The 410 lots include 242 property owners and Amrep parcels are noncontiguous, creating a checkerboard pattern that makes street, grading, and drainage improvements unfeasible for city construction or affordable for individual landowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
AMREP
West Side Woes Highlight Page A Section
The note hints at hot and wet conditions troubling the West Side with a feature in the A Section. A quoted line from Bob Garman of SSCAFCA appears, suggesting local commentary on weather or related water issues.
Smoke free indoor air ordinance filed by Rio Rancho council
The Rio Rancho City Council gave first reading to a Clean Indoor Air Ordinance proposed by Counselor Gary Hill to ban smoking in city facilities public places and most workplaces with designated areas possible. Penalties start with warnings and a $100 fine after two months and enforcement by the Department of Public Safety. The measure passed 4-2 with two dissenters questioning legality, and a July hearing is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Beth King
Rio Rancho
Gary Hill
Department of Public Safety
Attornney
Robert Dymale
Arturo Boniclfo
Henri van Adelsberg
Public Sector Personnel Consultants
Scottsdale, Ariz
Rio Rancho Public Schools’s First Day of Business
Rio Rancho Public Schools marks its first official day Friday with a 10 a.m. ceremony at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, as 6,000 students enroll and seven district schools’ keys are symbolically handed to the new district. Governor Bruce King, Mayor Tom Swisstack, and State Superintendent Alan Morgan attend along with other officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genie Blair Ryan
Rio Rancho Public Schools
New Mexico
Manin Luther King Jr
Rio Rancho
State Board of Education
Bruce King
Tom Swisstack
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Alan Morgan
Albuquerque
Jemez Valley
Kathy Mattea to Headline Rio Rancho July Fourth Festivities
Rio Rancho hosts a full day of events with a parade sponsored by the Veterans Honor Guard assembling at 9 a.m. on Country Club Drive and marching to City Hall for Independence Day ceremonies. Kathy Mattea will perform a 75 minute set at 7 p.m. in Haynes Park after a noon to 4 p.m. festival with food and vendors.
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Kathy Mattea
Rio Rancho
Haynes Park
Intel
Kathy Muttea
Denver
Pat Wadley
KOLT
IsIea Gaming Palace
Coca-Cola
City of
Parks and Recreation Department
Mauea
A-T
Swisstack resigns from Bernalillo County detention center
Rio Rancho mayor Tom Swisstack announces resignation from the Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center where he has served as assistant director of administration for eight years. He will depart effective July 5 to devote more time to elected duties.
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Rio Rancho
Tom Swisstack
Bernalillo County
Swisstack
Center
Sunday school teacher jailed for molestation
Richard McClure, 52, of Rio Rancho, was sentenced in Taos District Court to 18 months in prison for three counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor. He received three consecutive three year terms with five years probation on the third degree felonies, suspended except for 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cord McQueen
Richard McClure
Rio Rancho
Taos
McClure
Joseph E. Caldwell
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