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Ty's Take There's a particular kind of contentment you see in people who've found what they're good at and decided to chase it without apology. That's what catches you in a story like this one, where someone's divided
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On the Water TodayLake level: 659.39 ft (0.6 ft below full pool) Today 93° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms · Tonight 69° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms · Saturday 77° Chance Rain ShowersSources: USGS gauge 06925500, National Weather Service Ty's Take There's a
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Ty's Take The commission's closed-door talk about a legal matter is the kind of thing that gets people wondering what they're not hearing, and fair enough. In a county seat this size, most folks figure things out eventually anyway, so whatever's
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Ty's Take Slow week down in the valley, which around here usually means people are either out in the fields or taking what little break they can get before the real heat of late summer settles in. The Bulletin's got a piece on a local who
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Ty's Take Late summer in Luna County means two things: getting the kids ready and crossing fingers that the money holds out. This year at least, the vaccine clinics are free, which takes one worry off the table for families already sweating tuition and supplies. The State Fair&
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Ty's Take Oso Canyon is still burning, which means smoke drifts through the high country and settles in the valleys depending on wind and weather, and if you've been up near Chama or watching the ridgelines from down toward Abiquiú, you know what that looks like
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Ty's Take A year after the Owl Bar shooting in Anaconda, that small mining town is still carrying the weight of what happened there, and the rest of us in this region ought to remember why those stories matter even after the news cycle moves on. Tragedy in
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Ty's Take Jory Thomas spent his whole life around here, knew these mountains and this river the way some people know their own hands. He was the kind of man who showed up, who did the work, who didn't need a lot of fanfare about it.
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Ty's Take When you've worked around a military town long enough, you learn that the real news isn't always on the front page. Sure, we've got a lieutenant governor nominee and civic projects moving forward, the kind of machinery that keeps a
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Ty's Take Four funerals this week, and the back to school shot clinic running Fridays down at the health department. That's the rhythm of August in Howell County, the way summer starts letting go and you remember that the calendar doesn't care much about
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Ty's Take Water's been the conversation around here since before Truth or Consequences was even Truth or Consequences, and this spring it's the only conversation that matters. Elephant Butte's level dictates whether ranchers downstream get their irrigation, whether the lake stays a
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Ty's Take You can see what Silver City's actually worried about these days just by reading down the page. We've got fights with the federal government over school mental health money, a new massage school trying to fill the gap where real therapists should