Sandoval News

Former Rio Rancho city councilor urges voters to support governor's budget for state ethics commission

By April Bamburg | Feb 16, 2020

Former Rio Rancho City Councilor and resident Cheryl Everett raised questions in a Jan. 31 column posted on the Rio Rancho Observer’s website about local, state and other government agencies' commitment to public interest.

Offenders, families suffer as New Mexico's juvenile detention centers disappear

By April Bamburg | Dec 27, 2019

Due to the rate of one juvenile detention facility closing in each of the past five years, only 228 beds remain in the entire state of New Mexico, according to a recent report from the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee.