| 05/22/2013 | Phoenix Office Becomes Arizona's First Net-Zero Energy Commercial Building
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DPR Construction (DPR), a national technical builder specializing in highly complex and sustainable projects, announced the achievement of net-zero energy consumption in its Phoenix Regional Office. |
| 05/21/2013 | Nevada Business Group: Raise Gas Taxes for Highway Projects
Las Vegas Sun (NV)
May 21--A pro-business group working to diversify Southern Nevada's economy is advocating legislation that would lead to a gasoline tax increase. |
| 05/20/2013 | Developers Of Las Vegas Baseball Facility Seek "Finest"
Las Vegas Sun (NV)
May 20--Building the "finest Triple-A facility in the country" might be easier said than done for the new ownership of the Las Vegas 51s minor league baseball franchise. |
| 05/20/2013 | Border Industrial Zone In Midst of Construction Boom
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
May 20--Editor's note: Kevin Robinson-Avila and photographer Roberto E. Rosales spent two days touring southern New Mexico, Santa Teresa and Mexico, accompanied by Economic Development Department Secretary Jon Barela for part of the trip, to compile these reports. |
| 05/19/2013 | N.M. Job Boost Spurred By Construction
Santa Fe New Mexican, The (NM)
May 19--The month of April saw the biggest boost in job growth for New Mexico since before the recession, according to preliminary numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
| 05/16/2013 | Former AG Launches Coalition to Thwart NV Energy Plan
Las Vegas Sun (NV)
May 16--CARSON CITY --Former Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa is leading a coalition to defeat a major piece of energy legislation pushed by NV Energy that would create a 10-year plan to divest from coal and launch a massive project to build natural gas and renewable energy plants instead. |
| 05/11/2013 | BLM Kills Land Deal for Nevada Stadium Site
Las Vegas Sun (NV)
May 11--When Henderson city officials chased developer Chris Milam out of town a few months ago, there was still a chance that his proposed sports arena complex would get built. |
| 05/11/2013 | Tucson Offers Freebies For Construction Permits
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
May 11--Applying for a new-construction permit is about to get a lot more exciting. |
| 05/09/2013 | Arizona Among Hottest States for Construction Jobs
Associated Press/AP Online
Employment in the construction industry bottomed in 2011. |
| 05/08/2013 | Industrial Building Booms in Vegas While Strip Malls Sit Empty
Las Vegas Sun (NV)
May 08--There are good reasons developers have avoided new commercial real estate projects in Las Vegas. |
| 05/07/2013 | World-Trotting Engineer, Las Cruces Civic Leader Dies at 79
Las Cruces Sun-News (NM)
May 07--LAS CRUCES -- Tom Tate built an international reputation as an engineer from Antarctica to Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas, and after retirement became a Las Cruces civic leader, helping several organizations here. |
| 05/07/2013 | N.M. Courthouse, Over Budget and Behind Schedule, Nears Opening
Santa Fe New Mexican, The (NM)
May 07--The First Judicial District Court on Grant Avenue will be closed on June 5, 6 and 7, then reopen in its new courthouse on Sandoval Street on June 10. |
| 05/06/2013 | Construction Sites in Ariz., Calif., Face Risk in Valley Fever Rise
Tulsa World
FRESNO, Calif. - California and federal public health officials say valley fever, a potentially lethal but often misdiagnosed disease infecting more and more people around the nation, has been on the rise as warming climates and drought have kicked up the dust that spreads it. |
| 05/07/2013 | Ownership Shifts at Albuquerque's Mesa del Sol Development
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
May 07--An ownership shuffle is under way at Mesa del Sol, the giant masterplanned community south of the airport. |
| 05/04/2013 | Steve Wynn Says Vegas Gambling Industry 'Not Healthy'
Press of Atlantic City (NJ)
Gambling magnate Steve Wynn met behind closed doors with the governor and legislative leaders Wednesday, proclaiming in a brief interview that the gambling industry is not in a "healthy" condition and future growth will be in places other than Nevada. |
| 05/06/2013 | Renovated N.M. Library Space Will House Domenici Archives
Las Cruces Sun-News (NM)
May 06--LAS CRUCES -- The home of the complete archived files of retired U.S. senator Pete V. Domenici is going through an extensive renovation. |
| 05/06/2013 | Report: Clark County Needs to Spend $938M on New Schools to Reduce Overcrowding
Las Vegas Sun (NV)
May 06--Reducing class sizes in Southern Nevada to the national average would take $1.2 billion over four years, according to figures released by the Clark County School District. |
| 05/05/2013 | Yuma County May Receive $10M Grant to Improve Martinez Lake Road
Sun (Yuma, AZ)
May 05--Yuma County has tentatively scored more than $10 million to improve and flatten Martinez Lake Road. |
| 05/05/2013 | In North-South Nevada Revenue Battle, Who's Robbing Whom?
Las Vegas Sun (NV)
May 05--CARSON CITY --Greedy Northern Nevadans are hoarding the state's money while Southern Nevada's families and children go without. |
| 05/04/2013 | $1.6B Tres Amigas Plant to Take Big Step Forward
Clovis News Journal (NM)
May 04--The long awaited and much delayed Tres Amigas electric power superstation is again poised to take a giant leap toward becoming reality in Clovis. |
| 05/04/2013 | Spaceport America Sales Tax Helps Train Future Engineers
Las Cruces Sun-News (NM)
May 04--LAS CRUCES -- Of the $32.2 million Dona Ana County residents have paid, cent by cent, in a spaceport tax that took effect five years ago, $1 in $4 has been routed to local education. |
| 05/04/2013 | Foothills Site Chosen for New Tucson Mormon Temple
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
May 04--The likely site of Tucson's first Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple is in the Catalina Foothills, near where East Ina Road curves into Skyline Drive. |
| 05/03/2013 | New Mexico to Honor Architects for Their Historic Preservation Work
Santa Fe New Mexican, The (NM)
May 03--Three Santa Fe architects who documented the old Bruns Army Hospital, volunteers who raised money to replace windows at the Palace of the Governors and four locals who spearheaded a project commemorating New Mexico women will receive Heritage Preservation Awards this month. |
| 05/03/2013 | Penalties Just $5K in Tucson Transportation Dept. Work-Theft Case
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
May 03--Two former Transportation Department supervisors who diverted nearly $100,000 of taxpayer money into their private business will have to reimburse the city only $5,000 a piece. |
| 05/02/2013 | Work on I-19 Interchange in Tucson Moved Up to 2015
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
May 02--Drivers will have to wait in congested traffic at the Interstate 19 interchange at Ajo Way for only two more years instead of five. |
