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Ty's Take Norrine turning 96 and still got the spark to celebrate it—that's the kind of staying power this town runs on, whether you're talking about a woman they call the Outlaw Queen or the businesses cutting ribbons and opening new chapters around
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Ty's Take The BLM's push to lease parcels for oil and gas drilling in this county isn't new—it's the rhythm of federal land management, the same dance we've done for decades. But it's hitting different now, because
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Ty's Take Not much shaking in the news today, which this time of year usually means everybody's either out in the fields or sitting in a dark theater trying to escape the heat. June in the Valley's like that—the chile's coming
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Ty's Take Highway 7 claimed another life this week—a head-on that left one dead and three hurt, the kind of collision that stops you cold when you see the emergency lights. We've had the conversations around here a hundred times about that stretch of
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Ty's Take Mining built Montana and mining's still what keeps the lights on here in Billings, which is why that deep dive into the Treasure State's mineral heritage matters more than a history lesson—it's a reminder of who we are and
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Ty's Take There's been a lot of talk lately about food deserts and what happens when the nearest decent grocery is forty minutes down the road, but most of that conversation happens in university towns and state capitals where people argue about problems they don'
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Ty's Take Three nights of good music rolling through the valley—Walt Wilkins down in Antonito, then Kelloff's road show up in Alamosa, then whatever's coming next at Society Hall—says something about where we are right now. In a county where the land
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Ty's Take The Great Sand Dunes pulled in record crowds these past four months, which means the valley's biggest draw is doing what it was meant to do—bringing people out here to see what we live with every day. But those visitors rolling through on
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Ty's Take New Mexico's high school athletic association is taking another crack at the transfer rules, and around here that means something. Holloman's got kids coming and going with reassignments, families chasing base moves, ranching operations pulling kids out to help with seasonal work—
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Ty's Take When money actually finds its way to the classroom and into the hands of kids who need it, you notice. The Paula Kaye Speraneo fund is putting real dollars into West Plains schools this month, and the state's rural education grants landed here too—
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Ty's Take The budget dust-up heating up downtown is the same argument we've been having for twenty years—whether this town survives on the backs of people trying to keep the lights on and water running, or whether we finally build something that doesn'
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Ty's Take The Continental Divide Trail reroute over Boston Hill is one of those small-town puzzles that doesn't look like much until you're standing in it—town council worried about foot traffic on a steep stretch, hikers wanting reliable water and shade, and