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Ty's Take There's a thread running through this week's news that doesn't announce itself too loudly—it's the kind of thing you notice if you've watched the valley long enough. We've got foundations putting money into
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Ty's Take Two newsrooms merging into one regional voice while the city draws up contingency plans for the next power failure—that's the San Luis Valley in 2024, figuring out how to do more with less while hoping the lights stay on. The engineering pipeline story
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Ty's Take The county commissioners putting a DA term-limit measure on the November ballot tells you something about how they're feeling in the courthouse these days, and it's worth watching close—these aren't decisions made lightly in a place where everybody knows
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Ty's Take CDOT's got crews tearing into the road around Antonito again, which means if you're heading south toward the New Mexico line—whether it's for business, family, or just to chase better weather—you'd better pad your timeline and
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Ty's Take Looks like everybody's holding their breath waiting for something to break—the kind of Monday where the valley's either between stories or too busy living them to call the paper. That's not uncommon this time of year, when the irrigation
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Ty's Take Outdoor lighting codes might sound like the kind of thing that puts people to sleep at town council meetings, but out here where the sky still means something—where you can actually see stars on a clear night and the Great Sand Dunes rise up dark
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Ty's Take Crys Matthews coming through Society Hall is the kind of show that reminds you why a college town matters, especially one like Alamosa that's spent decades punching above its weight culturally. The guy writes songs about what's breaking people—inequality, climate, justice—
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Ty's Take There's something worth noticing about a week when the news runs light on crisis and heavy on community—a local apothecary worth your time, a theater production that lands right, a radio station counting on listeners to keep the lights on, and kids in
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Ty's Take The data center moratorium down in Saguache County is the kind of decision that ripples across the whole valley, whether folks realize it or not—when your neighbor starts saying no to certain kinds of growth, you're all thinking about what that means for
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Ty's Take Two newsrooms becoming one is the kind of consolidation story you see playing out across small-town Colorado, and it stings a little even when it makes sense on the balance sheet. The Valley Courier and the SLV Journal are merging into a regional publication, which means
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Ty's Take Xcel's got the generators warming up and the shutoff protocols ready, which means someone's modeling another round of wind that could take the power down across the valley. Wildfire season's here too—that's the real message underneath both
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Ty's Take The Mariachi Spectacular coming up is exactly the kind of thing that keeps this valley tethered to something real while everything else spins faster every year. You can't fake that music—those tight harmonies and that particular ache in the trumpets—and you can&