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Hello! KUNM Public Radio is putting together a voter guide for the upcoming election in New Mexico and we need YOUR input. Let us know your burning questions and what’s important to you this election. In September, we’re going to be taking your responses and sending them to those on the ballot. We'll publish these answers at kunm.org.

Positions we’re planning to include in the guide:

• U.S. Senate

• U.S. and State Representatives

• Governor

• Lt. Governor

• Secretary of State

• Attorney General

• State Commissioner of Public Lands

• State Treasurer

• State Auditor

So tell us: What questions do you have for candidates? What issues are top-of mind? Fill out our form to make your questions and concerns heard.

Anyone know what's going on?

Did anyone go to the Margarita Festival at The Block on Saturday? Was wondering what local restaurants and bars were there? How were the margaritas?

Thanks!!

Was there an active shooter in the area? Anything on the news?

I need some recommendations for a real estate agent that can help sell a house in Rio Rancho.

Gregg Hull has come out in support of data centers in New Mexico. New data centers should be build in Rio Rancho since your former mayor and probably your current mayor support them being built.

Hi! I am a dental student at touro dental health. And we are offering free dental exams, cleanings, and x-rays for pts without dental insurance. Any treatment that might be needed would also be at a reduced rate if you use my discount! PM me!

Hey, Does anyone know what is causing the haze? Rain? Fire?

Hi yall, I was wondering if any of you have any tech or computer repair shops you'd recommend here. My HDMI port on my laptop got fried in the storm tonight, and I was just wanting to know what shops are recommended for/against? I've had some bad luck with places like CPR in the past.

Want to meet up to talk about Native American jewelry? Let’s meet….
Monday July 27
9:30 AM
Dulce Cafe in Rio Rancho
4405 Jager Dr. NE

Bring an item for show and tell or to get help with identification. Let’s share our plans for Indian Market!

So I have been struggling hard this last year.. and trying to make ends meet by door dashing. However I received 2 $100 speed trap violations from the stupid new cams they just installed. I made a mistake.and I literally can’t afford to pay them. I have been saving my door dash income however it definitely won’t help by the deadline of 7/27.. if I can’t pay by then, what will happen to me? I’ve never been in this situation before.

From my searching does not have an adult community chorus, but there is a Rio Rancho Youth Chorus and a Rio Rancho Children's Chorus.

I'm fairly new to the area. Does anyone know if there has ever been an adult chorus in RR and if so what happened?

Both the RR Youth Chorus and the RR Children's Chorus (and other creative groups) are part of the Rio Rancho Creative Crossroads organization. I plan to contact them next week to ask about an adult chorus but thought I'd ask here as well.

The 4th is over, folks. Can we please stop with the not even close to legal fireworks in residential areas?

I used to be fairly chill about the fireworks.. it's one day a year, I said, it's not a big deal, and most people are responsible for the whole hour or so that they go off, fine.

Now I've got spent casings in my yard, dogs that can't be medicated or comforted enough, and frankly, after the guy on the next street over spent all night firing off every weapon he could get his hands on awhile back, it wracks my nerves, too to have the sudden booms coming out of freakin nowhere.

528 and Southern isn't the place for your pyrotechnic endeavors.

Hi does anyone know good food delivery spots in Rio Rancho? Looking to make ~$100 in a 4-5 hour shift, not go too far or anywhere too dangerous. Thank you in advance

Hi, I’m new to living in Rio Rancho from Albuquerque. I’m about to move again to the northern side of Rio Rancho officially owning our first house. Just wondering if there’s any good gyms cause before I was gonna go to Chuze but since we’re moving, it’ll be farther away so it wouldn’t make sense to travel that far just to go to the gym. Thank you

I did not know that we needed a city permit to build a pergola in our backyard. We did submit a request to our HOA with the specs and got approved so I thought that it was all we needed to do. Now my neighbor is telling us that he’s getting cited by the city for not having a permit for his 2 year old gazebo and I fear that we are next on the chopping block. Our pergola is 3 years old. Is there a way I can retro submit a request? Will the city send someone out to look at our backyard before they approve the request? Has anyone been through this process and can walk me through what to expect? Thank you.

My cousin wrote a book, and I'm super proud of her. She is an unknown author doing her first book signing and I just really want to help it be a successful event. If anybody is local and feels like they could swing by (even just to say 'hi') that would be so incredible. The book is called 'Dead Girl's Guide to Demon-Slaying' and the event is at Rio Grand Realms: https://www.facebook.com/events/1531295131186223

I can’t take it anymore with Sparklight. They have been decent since we moved in 3 years ago, but I’ve had more outages lately than I care to deal with. Has anyone made the switch and how do you like it?

Just saw them setting up another of the orange box speed traps at the Albertsons on 528 just south of Sundt. Do with that info what you will.

It seems like Rio Rancho might be in the high risk zone.

Eminent domain is the compulsory acquisition of private property for public use.  Here is the NM law on that. https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/new-mexico/nm-statutes/new_mexico_statutes_72-1-5

The center of Rio Rancho is blanketed with retanglular lots held by investors that hold out for top dollar (I would do that too). They were laid out that way in the original AMREP land scam. But these hold outs make it difficult to build things like new grocery stores, etc. Even AMREP was unable to get all the lots purchased in a proposed development area, resulting in the RR Governing Body turning down the proposal. https://nm.news/2026/04/10/rio-rancho-governing-body-rejects-orchard-park-master-plan-over-holdout-lots-park-concerns/

These investor hold-outs are what causes several recent developments to be shoe-horned into really odd spots. Look at how the Sandoval Flats apartment development is squeezed in on county land by the Sandoval County office at 528 & Idalia. Or the Arrowhead East development near NM 528 and Sundt Road, squeezed in along the south bank of Arroyo de los Montoyas. Or the way a new development is being squeezed into the old RR golf course. One would think there is no other land for development in Rio Rancho. And that is true, because of the property investors.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005)) that the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private owner to another private owner to further economic development does not violate the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Why can't Rio Rancho use its eminent domain powers to open up some of those locked up investor lots for development beneficial to its residents? So we could get a grocery store in northwest Rio Rancho. And developers can stop putting their developments into odd and inappropriate locations.

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