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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
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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