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FORT BLISS, Texas, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The EDGE® Innovation Network will open the 12th EDGE facility, the Fort Bliss EDGE Innovation Center, on Thursday, May 24, in Fort Bliss, Texas. Located at Building 20196 Minue Drive, the new facility will become a vital local resource for quickly filling communications, command and control capability gaps and fielding innovations that improve soldier readiness. The EDGE Innovation Center will connect soldiers and other military...

White Sands Construction of Alamogordo, NM has been honored with a recognition by New Mexico Business Weekly in its selection of "50 Women-Owned Businesses." ALAMOGORDO, N.M., March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Announcing a special recognition appearing in the June 2011 issue of New Mexico Business Weekly published by American City Business Journals. White Sands Construction was selected for the following honor: (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120323/DC75901)...

By Michelle Scharmack, Alamogordo Daily News, N.M. Jul. 26--What started as a vision by a small group of teachers and parents dedicated to Christian education is now becoming a reality: Imago Dei Academy. Latin for "image of God," Imago Dei Academy is a newly formed school in Alamogordo that provides a classical Christian education for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Founders Adair Paul, Dee Ann Cason and Cathy Grace were concerned about education in schools and, about a...

By Jack King Journal Staff Writer SANTA FE -- Four proposals for developing renewable energy in New Mexico were announced Wednesday, but none of them contained specifics. Gov. Bill Richardson, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Bill Anderson and officials of Albuquerque, Alamogordo and Clovis signed non-binding memoranda of understanding to jointly pursue development of renewable energy projects. Albuquerque is home to Kirtland Air Force Base, while Holloman Air Force Base is near...

By Elva K. Osterreich, Alamogordo Daily News, N.M. Jul. 20--Fresh, spacious and white through and through, the new Ben Archer Health Center welcomes visitors into the facility with comfortable chairs and a fish tank video set on the wall. After officially opening for service in March, the new building hosted an open house Friday to show off services including primary medical care, primary dental care, pharmaceutical services and more. With close to 30 staff members, the facility...