Visitors invited to Las Cruces on quest to 'Catch the Kid'

07/14/11 SILVER CITY - Come to Silver City, Las Cruces and seven other New Mexico communities this summer for a chance to "Catch the Kid," Billy the Kid, that is, one of the region's most famous - or infamous, depending on how you look at it - residents, and a chance to win $10,000.

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Their View: Rural communities could benefit from telecom merger

07/17/11 There is a real concern that advances in telecommunications will leave our rural communities behind, both now and in the future. If you choose to live in Los Angeles or New York, or even Albuquerque or Las Cruces, you might not understand the problem. But if you live in New Mexico s rural communities, you are already dealing with this problem.

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USDA provides $24 millon for rural Alaska sanitation improvements

07/18/11 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that 14 communities, many with populations that are predominately Alaska Native, will receive $23.6 million through the Rural Alaska Village Grant program to fund water quality improvement projects in rural Alaska villages, said a written statement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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