🌱 What Briley Wood’s signing means for Rio Rancho’s Goatheads

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• What Briley Wood’s signing means for Rio Rancho’s Goatheads

Today's riddle: What has four eyes and can’t see? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Hot; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 100 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 101, low: 61.
• Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 98 and low of 60 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Wood signs with Goatheads (echl.com) — Rio Rancho’s New Mexico Goatheads hockey team has signed forward Briley Wood for the 2026–27 ECHL season, strengthening the roster ahead of their next campaign. Wood arrives after productive seasons with the Rapid City Rush and Utah Grizzlies, plus a standout junior career, giving local fans another offensive threat to watch.
   

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📸 Around Rio Rancho

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rio Rancho

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 15

• Cabezon Shop Local Market →
  Cabezon Park, 2307 Cabezon Blvd SE, Rio Rancho
  10:00 am

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Other local events

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 5

• La Parranda Club de Espanol
  Placitas Community Library Gracie Lee Community Room
  10:00 am
• PAS Executive Committee Meeting
  Placitas Community Library Collin Meeting Room
  3:00 pm

Thursday August 6

• Thursday Birders
  Central New Mexico Audubon Society PO Box 30002, Albuquerque, NM 87190
  7:00 am

Saturday August 8

• Docent Led Tour Open to Public
  Corrales Historical Society 966 Old Church Rd, Corrales, NM 87048
  1:00 pm
• Nate Jackson →
  Quezada’s Comedy Club, 54 Jemez Canyon Dam Rd, Bernalillo
  6:00 pm
• Candlelight: Los Cuatro Estaciones de Vivaldi →
  African American Performing Arts Center, 310 San Pedro Dr NE, Albuquerque
  6:30 pm

Sunday August 9

• Mary Davis Memorial
  Corrales Historical Society 966 Old Church Rd, Corrales, NM 87048
  11:00 am

Monday August 10

• Native American Educator and Parent Advisory Committee (NAEPAC) Mon
  Bernalillo Middle School District Office Boardroom
  5:30 pm

Wednesday August 12

• CHS Board Meeting - Old Church
  Corrales Historical Society 966 Old Church Rd, Corrales, NM 87048
  5:00 pm

Thursday August 13

• No Thursday Birders
  Central New Mexico Audubon Society PO Box 30002, Albuquerque, NM 87190
  4:00 am

Friday August 14

• North Valley Book Club →
  Rudolfo Anaya North Valley Public Library, 7704 2nd St NW B, Albuquerque
  12:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Rio Rancho PatchAM possible:

• Icarus Recovery Center — (505) 305-0902
  Detox and Addiction Treatment | Mental Health | New Mexico
• AAT Construction/Consulting — (505) 288-0889
  Project Management, oversight for DYI projects

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Plumeria planted from a twig.
  I was surprised by the pink, had no idea what the color was going to be. Smells like Hawaii (Nextdoor Mariposa)
• Found this beautiful girl with her leash attached to her like someone abandoned her.
  Looked like she was waiting for her owner or someone lost her. She is safe with me unfortunately she can’t be here with me so I will take her to… (Nextdoor Haynes Park)

• Dollar Tree Family Dollar - Dollar Tree, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Manager II in Rio Rancho. Apply here.
• Murphy USA, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier in Rio Rancho. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rio Rancho here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Corrales

• Animal kingdom off to the races for Corrales pet mayor 2026 (rrobserver.com)

Bernalillo

• Meals on Wheels New Mexico adds two more communities to delivery route (krqe.com)
• Women's Basketball Adds Seven Student-Athletes for 2026-27 Season (fullertontitans.com)
• New Mexico awards $50 million to 41 rural healthcare organizations (einpresswire.com)

Albuquerque

• Albuquerque expands Operation Cooldown during heat wave (koat.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Mississippi (Thank you Eloy R. for sending it in!)
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