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Ty's Take Two of the valley's oldest news voices decided this week they're stronger together than apart, which says something about where we are right now—smaller papers everywhere are figuring out that survival means consolidation, and our region's no different. But
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Ty's Take Joe Martinez taking over SLV Federal Bank is the kind of continuity this valley needs right now. He's not some transplant from Denver or a suit flown in by a holding company—he's built his career here, understands what it means when
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Ty's Take Graduation week in a town like Alamosa hits different when half the kids leaving have roots going back generations—families who've worked this valley, fought over water rights, built something that matters. You see them walk across that stage and you're watching
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Ty's Take When you're a newspaper editor in a valley this old, you learn that the hard news and the good news often come on the same day—a missing woman found safe, a fire that could've been worse but wasn't, the
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Ty's Take A sentencing like Henry Moe's sits heavy in a valley this size—everybody knows somebody who knows somebody, and the details don't stay private long. What matters now is that the system worked, that kids are safer, and that this community can
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Ty's Take The El Pomar Foundation's grant to a Saguache County outfit is the kind of news that doesn't make anybody's blood pressure spike, but it's worth noticing anyway—these Colorado Springs foundations have long memories about the San Luis
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Ty's Take The McClure case sitting at ten grand reward money tells you something about how deep this one cuts through the valley—that's serious money for a community that knows every name and face around the dinner table. Meanwhile, the two papers coming together down
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Ty's Take Memorial Day weekend's going to pack the highways worse than usual, which means two things for folks around here: the Sand Dunes are about to get a lot busier, and anybody trying to get north toward Denver or south into New Mexico better plan
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Ty's Take High-altitude valleys don't get many second acts, but this week Alamosa's getting a couple worth watching. The rocket event brings eyes and dollars to a town that's always scrappy about economic development, and there's something fitting about a
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Ty's Take Maxine Baker taught English at Alamosa High for thirty-two years, and if you went to school here anytime in the last three decades, she probably marked up something you wrote in red pen and made you better for it. The valley loses someone like that and
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Ty's Take Crys Matthews is coming to Society Hall, and if you've been paying attention to what's happening in music and politics these days, you know that matters. The folk singer's been building a reputation as one of the few artists willing
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Ty's Take There's a particular kind of Thursday afternoon energy in a town like this—when the weather breaks just enough that people start remembering there's life to be lived beyond keeping the heat on, and suddenly you've got a comedy playing