Advertising is slow, but apparently enough to avoid more layoffs. The stations make a lot of money during big election years, so they are holding on for 2010. Full Article at New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan

Mayor-elect Richard Berry picked three new department directors on Monday, including the re-hiring of retired city Treasurer Lou Hoffman. Hoffman, who served as treasurer from 1987-2006, will be Berry's director of finance and administrative services. Full Article at Albuquerque Journal

SKOWHEGAN, MAINE - It's easy to miss the Trinity Evangelical Free Church, set back as it is on a side road in this mill town in central Maine. Nothing would seem to distinguish it from a thousand churches like it across the state. Full Article at Christian Science Monitor

Albuquerque's mayor-elect, Richard Berry, is firing back at critics who don't like the fact that he's keeping some familiar faces around City Hall. "These are all people who will bring the change we need for the city," Berry said. Full Article at KOAT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Mayor-elect Richard Berry announced that APD Police Chief Ray Shultz will keep his job. Shultz is in charge of the West Mesa investigation and spoke to Action 7 News anchor Royal Da about the case. Full Article at KOAT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Albuquerque Mayor-elect Richard Berry has appointed a former cabinet official under ex-Gov. Gary Johnson to head the city's economic development department. Full Article at KOAT