08/02/2005

Restaurants team up to promote indigenous New Mexico food. Some Santa Fe area restaurants are teaming up with local farms to promote locally produced food by featuring it on their menus from Aug. 3 through Sept. 30. [Latest news from New Mexico Business Weekly] 9:07:50 AM    comment []

Las Cruces officials ponder major annexation (KVIA). LAS CRUCES, N.M. The largest annexation in the history of Las Cruces could be considered for approval by the end of the year. City planners have for two years considered the annexation of roughly 14-thousand acres of mostly vacant desert land. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for Las+Cruces] 9:06:20 AM    comment []

White Sands invention saves soldiers' lives by detecting explosives (El Paso Times). WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE -- A device invented at White Sands Missile Range is protecting soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan against a threat that has taken more lives than any other -- improvised explosive devices. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE"] 9:05:28 AM    comment []

Las Cruces bans most fireworks (KRQE Albuquerque). LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Las Cruces is banning aerial and ground-audible fireworks. Those make up most of the fireworks currently sold in the southern New Mexico city. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "Southern New Mexico"] 9:03:37 AM    comment []

Las Cruces, surrounding areas sees climb in tourism rates (Silver City Sun-News). SANTA FE; Higher water levels in New Mexico's lakes and rivers have helped spur in an increase in tourism this spring, according to a sampling of tourism-related businesses throughout the state. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for Ruidoso] 9:03:11 AM    comment []