08/26/2005

Rail plans roll on. DENVER -- A group pushing to build a high-speed commuter rail line from Wyoming to New Mexico hopes to ask voters for their approval in November 2008, the group's president said Wednesday. By By The Associated Press. [Stateline.org RSS - New Mexico] 8:52:10 AM    comment []

News (Las Cruces Sun-News). Jose Reyes Baeza, governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, and Gov. Bill Richardson will meet today in Las Cruces to talk about border security issues. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "Mesilla Valley"] 8:51:24 AM    comment []

Research lab escapes closure (Silver City Sun-News). LAS CRUCES:  The Army Research Laboratory at White Sands Missile Range will apparently stay put, after the Base Realignment and Closure Commission voted Thursday to keep the lab in New Mexico instead of moving it to Maryland. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE"] 8:50:18 AM    comment []

A Spaceport Full Of Visionaries. The New Mexico Spaceport Authority met to begin work establishing the Southwest Regional Spaceport. [New Mexico - Topix.net] 8:49:14 AM    comment []

BRAC votes to keep lab at White Sands (KRQE Albuquerque). WASHINGTON -- White Sands Missile Range is keeping a lab and its 178 jobs. The Pentagon had proposed to move the Army Research Laboratory to Maryland from White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "Southern New Mexico"] 8:48:43 AM    comment []

New Mexico Charts Future of Spaceport (SPACE.com). The first official meeting of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority met in Las Cruces last week to begin work establishing the Southwest Regional Spaceport in New Mexico as a major departure site for commercial space launches, including proposed passenger-carrying rockets offering suborbital and orbital treks. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "New Mexico"] 8:22:45 AM    comment []

U.S. 70 highway cleanup set (Ruidoso News). "Toss No Mas" say officials with the New Mexico Department of Transportation who this Tuesday will stage an unprecedented one-day clean-up event along U.S. 70. The litter removal campaign, designed to celebrate the completion of construction to the important byway, also is intended to raise public awareness of the importance of keeping our streets and highway's clean, says Manon Arnett, public [Yahoo! News - Search Results for Ruidoso] 8:12:21 AM    comment []

FAA approves funding for Ruidoso air service (KVIA). RUIDOSO, N.M. Federal funding will allow the village of Ruidoso to initiate seasonal flights between the Sierra Blanca Regional Airport and the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for Ruidoso] 8:07:36 AM    comment []

Research lab escapes closure (Silver City Sun-News). LAS CRUCES; The Army Research Laboratory at White Sands Missile Range will apparently stay put, after the Base Realignment and Closure Commission voted Thursday to keep the lab in New Mexico instead of moving it to Maryland. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for Las+Cruces] 8:05:18 AM    comment []

Agriculture Secretary Johanns To Hold 2007 Farm Bill Forum With Latino Farmers And Ranchers In Las Cruces New Mexico (Hispania News). The Office of the Secretary of Agriculture has verbally confirmed that the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns will be conducting a 2-3 hour nationally televised "Listening Session" in Las Cruces, New Mexico to coincide with the First Annual Conference for Latino Farmers and Ranchers being held at the Ramada Palms de Las Cruces Hotel in Las Cruces August 25-27, 2005. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for Las+Cruces] 8:04:30 AM    comment []