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Ty's Take Late freeze hit the valley hard this week—the kind that catches you off guard even though you know better by April—and down in the Bitterroot some growers are tallying real losses on crops that looked ready to break. Meanwhile, the FBI director's
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Ty's Take The timing on this automotive program couldn't be better—we've got kids who'd rather learn with a wrench in their hand than sit through another algebra class, and we've got a real shortage of folks who know what
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Ty's Take Spring in the San Luis Valley moves at its own pace—sometimes slower than we'd like. This week the news reflects that rhythm: an outdoor report that reminds us the high country's still waking up, a tribute to an educator who shaped
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Ty's Take The state just told WIPP it's got to take on more of Los Alamos's nuclear legacy, which means Otero County's sitting on top of a bigger hole full of older ghosts than most folks want to think about. Meanwhile, someone&
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Ty's Take The Hummingbird Fire's still chewing through country that matters—the kind of backcountry that keeps people here in the first place, whether they came for copper or came for solitude. By now most of Silver City knows someone who's got skin in
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Ty's Take Water's tight again, which shouldn't surprise anybody who's watched the drought creep in year after year, but the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District numbers are worth sitting with—especially if you're thinking about that new landscape project
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Ty's Take Spring's always when you see what's really holding this valley together—and this year's housing numbers suggest we might actually be finding our footing after years of getting priced out and built over. New construction's up, inventory'
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Ty's Take Jet skis and boats sharing the same water is nothing new around here, but when a teenager ends up hurt in a collision, it's worth asking what we're missing in how we use this lake. Every summer brings new faces, rental equipment,
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Ty's Take A woman is dead, and the city council is hearing what it should have heard long before—that domestic violence in Billings isn't some private matter that stays behind closed doors, it's a public safety emergency that demands public answers. Sheriff Mike
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Ty's Take Water's always been the argument that matters most in this valley—older than statehood, older than the dams, older than most of us standing here—and it's good to see Adams State finally making conservation part of the conversation instead of an
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Ty's Take The oil theft ring busted out in Lea County reminds you how fast opportunity turns into federal time in this part of the state—one day you're thinking nobody's watching the lease roads, the next day you're facing charges in
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Ty's Take The library's hosting a nature presentation Thursday night, the kind of thing that probably won't draw much of a crowd until word gets around—and it should, because this is exactly the conversation Silver City needs to be having. We've