Courtesy of Spaceport America Las Cruces, NM – New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) officials announced today that a site for the Sierra County Spaceport Welcome Center in Truth or Consequences, NM (T or C) has been chosen by the NMSA Welcome Center Site Source Selection Committee and approved by the NMSA Board. Meanwhile, the committee [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News By Diana M. Alba LAS CRUCES – NASA‘s recently announced plan to buy flights from two companies that will launch from Spaceport America gives the $209 million project a shot in the arm, as the facility preps for a ceremonial dedication of its largest building on Monday and [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of greentechmedia.com By Eric Wesoff A 5-megawatt project in the world of photovoltaics doesn’t always warrant news coverage. But a 5-megawatt project in concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) is a big deal and we’ve learned of an under-the-radar deployment that is currently online and producing power. The Hatch, NM CPV project would seem to hold [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin Las Cruces Public Schools is reporting that all 112 freshmen in its early college high school will be returning to begin classes in its new building on the New Mexico State University campus. A community group of educators and business leaders called The Bridge pushed for the creation [...]
Read MoreRelease courtesy of NMSU News Center WRITER: Dennis Zaklan, 575-646-9417, dzaklan@psl.nmsu.edu From May 2-4, New Mexico State University’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Test Center supported AAI Corporation’s Shadow 200 Tactical UAS in conducting flights over the skies of Hatch, N.M. These were four-dimensional flight tests in support of efforts by the Federal Aviation Administration Tech [...]
Read MoreRelease courtesy of the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium New Mexico Space Grant Consortium will host the fifth annual FREE ISPCS Public Forum (previously named the Leonard R. Sugerman Public Forum) on Tuesday, October 19th, 1:30-3:00 at the Pan American Center on the campus of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Discover [...]
Read MoreArticle courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Todd G. Dickson Efforts are progressing to build a solar power plant in Hatch, which could be ready to begin generating 5 megawatts by summer 2011. So far, NextEra Energy Resources has negotiated a power purchase agreement with El Paso Electric Co. and secured a 35-acre site [...]
Read MoreThank you to all who attended Tuesday’s Business on the Border Luncheon where Dr. Chris Erickson from NMSU provided his economic outlook and forecast for Las Cruces and the region. Dr. Erickson presented employment information illustrating that although Las Cruces has fared better than both the national average and New Mexico as a whole, in [...]
Read MoreThe City of Las Cruces and Dona Ana County will host the fourth round of Vision 2040 public input meetings the week of October 19, 2009. All residents of Dona Ana County and Las Cruces who are interested in long range planning and improving their community are encouraged to attend. These meetings will be led [...]
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