PUC recommendation may hamper utility acquisition
A PUC hearing examiner recommends denying United Water New Mexico’s bid to abandon service to Rio Rancho, citing ratepayer risk. If upheld, Rio Rancho’s plan to own the water and sewer utility could falter, as the commission weighs whether abandonment serves customers' best interests. The decision date remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay P. Tharinger
State Public Utility Commission
United Water New Mexico
City
United Water
PUC
Rio Rancho
State Commission
William Herrmann
New Mexico Supreme Court
Supreme Court
DPS suspect targeted for bomb attack in Sandoval County
Sandoval County deputies responding to a domestic dispute found assault weapons, pipe bombs and armor-piercing bullets in a Northern Boulevard mobile home. Sheriff Ray Rivera said Ricky Ray Walser admitted targeting the Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety and other government agencies. Walser faces explosives charges and will be arraigned soon. over 27 pipe bombs and bomb-making material were recovered after deputies alerted state and Albuquerque bomb squads.
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Mary Beth King
Sandoval County
Northern Boulevard
Ray Rivera
Ricky Ray Walser
Rio Rancho
Rivera
Walser
Albuquerque Police Department
Rio Rancho High School Delayed to 1997 98 Opening
Rio Rancho Public Schools will not open the district's first high school until the 1997-98 school year. The board cites incomplete classroom space safety concerns and state graduation requirements lacking electives as reasons for the delay.
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Genie Blair Ryan
Rio Rancho
Board of Education
Loma Colorado
Cleveland
State Department of Education
Sandoval County Not To Blame For Rio Rancho High Delay
Sandoval County Commission Chair Patricia Thomas says the county is blamed for Intel funded high school delays in Rio Rancho. She notes Intel bond filings, land acquisition, and district negotiations caused the setback, insisting no single party bears sole blame. Rio Rancho Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Sue Cleveland concurs that all parties worked hard to complete the project.
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Thomas County
Intel
Rio Rancho
Sandoval County Commission
Patricia Thomas
the Observer
Sandoval County
Rio Raticho
Thomas
Rio Rancho Public Schools
Sue Cleveland
Board of Education
Rio Rancho Sees Mixed Picture On Juvenile Crime
City officials report that juvenile crime is rising in Rio Rancho with a six percent increase in youths charged in the first eight months of this year versus 1994. Yet probation officials caution against panic, noting overall violence by youths remains lower than county and state levels.
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Katie Racette
Peter Rosa
Rio Rancho
Mary Utton
13Th
Rosa
Utton
Rural residents oppose Sandoval County zoning plan
About 50 residents from Cuba, Pena Blanca, La Cueva, Ponderosa and other unincorporated areas rejected a proposed comprehensive zoning ordinance at a county board meeting. They criticized lack of input and short notice, urging direct representation and better notice in rural areas.
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Mary Beth King Observer
Sandoval
Frank Marquez
County Commission
Cuba
Pena Blanca
la Cueva
Ponderosa
Elizabeth Johnson
Citizens Committee On Zoning
Johnson
Commission
James Montoya
San Ysidro
Rochelle Lassiter
Canon
Angelita Lucero
Mike Chavez
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