Military bases: Kirtland Air Force Base
Military population: 3,300 troops, 5,300 civilian employees and contractors
Percent of adult population with a bachelor’s degree: 34%
Pluses: Albuquerque has military space missions at Kirtland, including the rapid fielding office for satellites and part of the military’s space research arm. Albuquerque also has an outsized population of scientists thanks to the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories, which focus on nuclear energy and atomic weapons.
Minuses: While Kirtland has a space mission, it’s not a big one and the population of space experts there is relatively small. It would also require a major infrastructure investment and lacks direct connectivity to the biggest missions for the new command.
About five years ago, Shon and Cherie Cobbs, the husband-wife dream-pop duo Plume Varia, took a road trip from Denver to Tornillo, Texas. They were headed to Sonic Ranch, the world s largest residential recording studio complex, where they would eventually record
Fact | Fiction, their debut album, with David J of Bauhaus and Love & Rockets.
On the trip, the couple stopped in Santa Fe for the Burning of Zozobra festival, which Shon describes as a family-friendly version of Burning Man, with fewer hipsters. It was a magical experience, and they started visiting New Mexico four or five times a year for the next few years. They finally moved there in early March, after closing on a house in the town of Placitas, just outside Albuquerque.
UNM approves new seal; implementation set to begin
Full implementation could take up to a year December 14, 2020
After a lengthy process, The University of New Mexico’s Board of Regents recently adopted a new official seal, which will be implemented throughout 2021. The new seal is a simple block lettered design that is centered with UNM’s new logo and the institution’s founded date encompassed by a southwestern theme.
As part of the selection process, a UNM Seal Committee was created that sought a new original design that exemplified the University’s past, present and future. Founded in 1889, UNM sits on the traditional homelands of the Sandia Pueblo. The original peoples of New Mexico – Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache Tribes – have significant connections to the land. UNM is New Mexico’s flagship institution and the only Research 1 university in the state. It is designated a Minority Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education. The goal of the seal comm
Great Native Plants From the Western US That Anyone Can Grow
You don’t have to live in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains to enjoy these adaptable beauties
People on the coasts tend to think of much of the interior Western United States as all canyons and cowboys. The West has plenty of both, but so much more: the tallest and oldest trees on earth, glaciers, America’s highest rainfall regions, and not one but four desert regions. Drawing from the rich palette of plants native to this region, a gardener from almost anywhere could find the perfect plant for almost any garden conditions. I’ve selected 12 that I’ve seen thriving far beyond their often restricted native ranges. You can bring some of the magic of the Western vistas to your backyard with a few of these gems, all of which can often be found in better garden centers or through reputable mail-order nurseries.