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Ty's Take Fall festival season is here, and the Record's question this week hits on something that matters more than it might seem at first glance. These gatherings are where a town's heartbeat shows up, where kids work the dunking booth and church ladies
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On the Water TodayToday 83° Sunny · Tonight 60° Mostly Clear · Wednesday 88° SunnySources: USGS gauge 06925500, National Weather Service Ty's Take A two-vehicle collision on Highway 42 that sent five people to the hospital is a reminder that even on days when the calendar fills up with
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Ty's Take Nobody wants to talk about suicide, which is exactly why we need to keep talking about it. A former Licking resident doing that work now, shining light on prevention, reminds us that some of the hardest conversations happen in small towns where everyone knows everyone and
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Ty's Take The valley lost Douglas Jude Tafoya this week, and lost Andy and Diane Bustos before him, and welcomed Dylan Ethan Romero into it. That's the turn of things up here, the old names moving out and the new ones coming in, the same cycle
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Ty's Take Singeli Agnew's coming back to Big Timber to talk about her documentary work, and that's worth clearing your calendar for. She's the kind of person this town should be paying attention to, the ones who leave and then come home
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Ty's Take Most days the valley's news reads like a snapshot of who we are: somebody's making a case about water and growth, the Grizzlies are playing their hearts out on whatever field will have them, and somebody else is pulling off something creative
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Ty's Take Leadership Otero's back with another cohort, which means somewhere in this county right now a handful of folks are getting the kind of attention and training that actually sticks with people. That program has a real track record of building the kind of leaders
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Ty's Take Bear City Festival wrapped up another year with the kind of turnout that reminds you why West Plains still functions as the real hub of this county. When a community event pulls that kind of crowd, it's not just about the festival itself, it&
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Ty's Take Copper Flat's been circling back to these hearings for years now, and today's conversation about tailings stability is the kind of technical detail that actually matters down here. You can't separate a mine from the water it touches, not in
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Ty's Take Election season's heating up around Grant County, and if you haven't caught the candidate forum for District 39 coming up October 2nd, you might want to clear your calendar. These things matter more than most folks realize, especially in a county where
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Ty's Take Charles Dozois spent most of his life in this valley, which in a place this size means he was woven into the fabric so thoroughly most people didn't notice until he was gone. The Zig Zag Wanderers will play the Harley shop on Friday
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Ty's Take Churches in small towns do what they've always done, which is hold the place together on Sundays and in the quiet moments between. World Communion Sunday reminds us that a congregation in Pagosa Springs is part of something bigger, something that stretches across denominations