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WEB: Kevin Opsahl is general assignment reporter for The Rio Rancho Observer, with an emphasis on covering city hall and education. Kevin previously worked for The Albuquerque Journal, where he was the education reporter. He also reported remotely for The Gallup Sun during the pandemic. Prior to moving to New Mexico, Kevin worked for two separate newspapers in Oregon, where he covered education and crime. Kevin also enjoyed a brief stint as editor of a weekly newspaper in his adopted home of Washington state. He spent almost 10 years writing for a daily newspaper in northern Utah, where he earned the Society of Professional Journalists' "Sunshine Award" for original accountability reporting. When Kevin is not reporting, he loves eating out, reading history or autobiographies and catching up with family and friends.
PRINT: Kevin Opsahl is a general assignment reporter for The Rio Rancho Observer, with an emphasis on covering city hall and education.
Opsahl, who previously served as the education reporter for The Albuquerque Journal, is looking forward to reporting from Rio Rancho, a community that is much like others he has reported for at newspapers in other Western states. Opsahl became familiar with the Observer by reading copies of it in the Journal newsroom and he came to admire the keen eye the news staff had on balancing watchdog journalism with local events.
While reporting for the Journal, Opsahl covered an alleged wasteful spending scandal at Western New Mexico University in Silver City and localized the Trump Administration's impact on education.
Opsahl also reported remotely for The Gallup Sun during the pandemic, covering the struggles schools and businesses had with reopening and writing profiles of acclaimed public school teachers.
Before moving to New Mexico, Opsahl worked for two separate newspapers in Oregon, where he covered education and crime, including some cases that received national attention. He also won an award for spot news.
Opsahl also enjoyed a brief stint as editor of a weekly newspaper in his adopted home of Washington State, where he saw the start of the pandemic in the U.S.
Before moving to Washington State, Opsahl spent almost 10 years writing for a daily newspaper in northern Utah, where he earned the Society of Professional Journalists' "Sunshine Award" for original accountability reporting.
Opsahl graduated from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, where he was a staff writer and later assistant news editor for his campus paper, The Observer.
When Opsahl is not writing, he loves eating out, reading history or autobiographies, and catching up with family and friends.
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proposed changes to middle school attendance boundaries two weeks from tonight.
2025-26 major study assessing attendance boundaries for all grade levels.
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