Monday, June 13, 2005

NMSU Hotel Conference Center (KTSM). It looks like New Mexico State University wants to get into the hotel business in Las Cruces. Monday, June 13, 2005: The university is looking to put a hotel and conference center at University Avenue and Interstate 25, near the old University Golf Course club house. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for Las+Cruces] 5:33:51 PM    comment []

Researchers find way to save water on turf irrigation (KVIA). LAS CRUCES, N.M. Researchers at New Mexico State University say they've discovered a way to save water when irrigating lawns. They found a combination of flood irrigation and five-by-five-foot trays buried a foot below the ground cut water use in half compared to conventional sprinkler systems. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for Las+Cruces] 5:33:34 PM    comment []

Santa Fe hospital to offer heart surgery (KVIA). SANTA FE Santa Fe's St. Vincent Regional Medical Center plans to offer heart surgery in six months. The hospital estimates it will perform 130 to 150 heart operations on adults during the first year. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "Santa Fe"] 5:32:51 PM    comment []

New Mexico's major cities show healthy rise in lodgers taxes (BizJournals). Albuquerque's lodgers tax revenue take for the first quarter of 2005 was slightly higher than the state average, according to the New Mexico Tourism Association. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "New Mexico"] 8:35:11 AM    comment []

Randy Travis Promotes Music in New Mexico (AP via Yahoo! News). Country music star Randy Travis and his wife will serve on a newly established New Mexico Music Commission, designed to promote and showcase the state's music industry. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "New Mexico"] 8:35:01 AM    comment []

Leading Spirit rolls to Ruidoso Futurity (CBS Sportsline). Leading Spirit raced to his fifth straight win Sunday in the $500,000 Ruidoso Futurity for 2-year-old quarter horses. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for Ruidoso] 8:33:40 AM    comment []

Art Santa Fe looms even larger in art world (BizJournals). The buzz is already strong for this year's Art Santa Fe, the international biennial art fair opening in July, and it has taken organizers by surprise. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "Santa Fe"] 8:32:37 AM    comment []