Bosque News

The Sign Ordinance Advisory Task Force is seeking input. Citizens are encouraged to attend a public meeting with the task force at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov.

The following streets will have preventative maintenance and resurfacing activities take place weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. [Additional info...] Fire & Rescue Open House and Halloween Costume Contest The city of Rio Rancho's Fire & Rescue Department is looking for ghosts, goblins and princesses for its 4th Annual Open House and Halloween Costume ...

In the stillness of sunrise or sunset, you can often hear their call - a long, bugling, rattling garoooooah , repeated time and again - well before you see them.

During the month of November, a variety of unique programs will be offered at both of the city of Rio Rancho's public libraries.

Registration forms for Rio Rancho's Winterfest Parade are now available by clicking the link below, or can be obtained at the City Hall offices of the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department.

Federal scientists and environmentalists are embarking on a study to determine what pollutants are in the Rio Grande and the channels that carry irrigation water throughout central New Mexico.

In early November, residents of Sandoval County, which includes the city of Rio Rancho, will receive their property tax assessments from the Sandoval Country Treasurer's Office.

The 17th Annual Rio Rancho Toy Run will take place on Sunday, Nov. 22 and will kick off at 11:30 a.m. at Rio Rancho High School, 301 Loma Colorado Drive.

The Bureau of Land Management is holding additional public meetings in October to seek input on a proposed study expansion area for the 460-mile, 500-kilovolt SunZia Southwest Transmission line across New Mexico and Arizona.

Those who are brave enough to take the "Haunted Trail at the Bosque" should proceed with caution as you never know what surprises await! On Friday, Oct.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 345 PM MDT * AT 242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

A priest whose home was burglarized while he was out of town says he forgives the thieves, he just wants his papers back.

A proposal to run a pair of high-voltage power transmission lines across southern New Mexico and Arizona generated a current of dissatisfaction among many who claimed they weren't given enough time to weigh in on the matter.

In a culture that teaches not to revisit suffering, a proposal to memorialize routes that Navajo and Mescalero Apache Indians marched as they were forced from their homelands has stirred up painful memories.

Navajos are still divided over the idea of designating a historic trail commemorating the Long Walk, a series of routes thousands of their ancestors were forced to take from their homeland to Bosque Redondo in 1864, many dying or taken as slaves along the way.

The National Park Service is seeking public feedback on a draft plan for the Long Walk National Historic Trail.

"Painted Jetty Jacks," by Zach Meisner, is part of the Land/Art Exhibit at the Open Space Visitor Center in the Bosque.

It took more than a review of the facts for the New Mexico History Museum to tell the story of the 1680 Pueblo Revolt.

Photo: The canopy of arrows hanging from the ceiling of the new History Museum helps tell the story of the Pueblo Revolt.

Local farmers got a chance to show up in force and tell the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District board of directors exactly how they felt about water delivery this irrigation season.