10/12/2005

State to honor 'green' businesses October 13. The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) announced it will honor nine state businesses and organizations for their efforts at preventing pollution with its Green Zia Awards on Thursday, Oct. 13. Environment Secretary Ron Curry and Lt. Governor Diane Denish are to present the awards, administered by NMED's Office of Pollution Prevention. The ceremony will be held at the Governor's Mansion in Santa Fe from noon to 2 p.m. [Latest news from New Mexico Business Weekly] 9:32:46 AM    comment []

Three New Mexico companies win NASA contracts [Albuquerque Express: Recommended source for New Mexico News] 9:31:58 AM    comment []

Wanting the Old Main Street Back (New York Times). Las Cruces, N.M., is trying to undo a makeover of its central business district that was done 30 years ago and has made it all but a ghost town. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "Southern New Mexico"] 8:39:19 AM    comment []

Governors of Utah, New Mexico advocate Western primary in 2008 (Provo Daily Herald). SANTA FE, N.M. -- The governors of New Mexico and Utah will try to recruit other Rocky Mountain and Western states to hold presidential preference contests early in the 2008 presidential campaign.New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democrat, joined with Utah Gov. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "New Mexico"] 8:37:48 AM    comment []

Space expo organizers look to the future. By Steve Ramirez, LAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS REPORTER Oct 11, 2005, 10:59 am Whether it was a play on words or not, Peter Diamandis, chairman and chief executive officer of the X Prize Foundation, said he had a "blast" at Sunday's Countdown to the X Prize Cup Expo. Sunday's event, which drew as many ... [X PRIZE Space Race News!] 8:37:01 AM    comment []

Armadillo update: The X-Prize Cup Event. Armadillo Aerospace News Archive The event was a mixed bag for us. We intended to do three flights at the 15 second burn time limit, with the possibility of the third one being a boosted hop, but we wound up only getting one flight off. We weren't allowed to do a ... [X PRIZE Space Race News!] 8:36:22 AM    comment []