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Ty's Take Primary day came and went in Conejos County, which means the real sorting starts now. Preliminary numbers are in, but anybody who's watched elections around here knows this valley doesn't settle easy or fast, and the work of counting and recounting touches
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Ty's Take A high-speed chase ending in a SWAT arrest down in Alamosa, a bear wandering into Creede looking for water, and the state closing off stretches of the Rio Grande to fishing because the drought's got everything running thin. That's three different
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Ty's Take Fire season's already knocking on the door up in those high parks, and Schrader Creek near Del Norte is proving it. Nine acres on the Rio Grande National Forest doesn't sound like much until you remember how fast things move at that
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Ty's Take Primary season came early this year, and the numbers rolling in from Conejos County tell you something about where people's heads are right now. Turnout matters more than any single name on a ballot, and around here voters tend to show up when they
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Ty's Take When a yearling bear wanders into Creede looking for water and food, it's a sign the whole valley's feeling the squeeze. The drought that's been tightening its grip on the San Luis Valley shows up in a lot of ways,
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Ty's Take Fire season's knocking early up around Del Norte, where Schrader Creek went to nine acres before crews got their hands on it up in the Rio Grande National Forest. That's Rio Grande County's problem mostly, but we know how these
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Ty's Take Primary day came and went quiet, the way these things do when most folks are out working or staying cool before the heat picks up. The unofficial numbers are in for Conejos County, and what strikes you is how few surprises landed, which maybe says something
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Ty's Take The bear wandering into Creede and the fishing closures on the Rio Grande are telling the same story this summer, and it's one that runs straight through our valley. When wildlife gets hungry enough to push into town and water managers start asking folks
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Ty's Take Fire season's starting early up in the high country, and that Schrader Creek burn on the Rio Grande National Forest near Del Norte is a reminder that we're one dry spring away from real trouble. Nine acres isn't catastrophic yet,
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Ty's Take The primary results are in, the forest service is coming to talk about winter use up in the high country, and down in La Sierra the fence question that's been chewing on neighbors for two years finally has some wildlife data to work with.
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Ty's Take The Golden Circle of Champions event on Saturday was the kind of thing that reminds you why these small towns hold together when everything else seems to be coming apart. Meanwhile, down in Creede they're dealing with a yearling bear pushed into town by
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Ty's Take Fire season's here already, and the Schrader Creek burn near Del Norte is a reminder that these high valleys don't get much of a grace period once the weather turns dry. Nine acres on the Rio Grande National Forest isn't