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Ty's Take Word gets around fast when our writers make the shortlist. Three finalists from the region in a statewide contest is the kind of thing that reminds you there's more ink flowing through these valleys than most people realize—folks who've settled here
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Ty's Take Hickenlooper's visit to Buena Vista this week to talk wildfire recovery is the kind of thing that matters more than it sounds—not because politicians show up, but because when they do, it's usually a sign that damage assessment has moved past
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Ty's Take Fire season's got the valley holding its breath again—evacuation orders coming down as fast as they went up, but the heat and wind forecast for this weekend means we're not out of the woods yet, literally or otherwise. Meanwhile, the smaller
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Ty's Take Fifty years of river otters, a ski area's expansion plan finally blessed by the Forest Service, and the city council doubling down on affordable housing in the same week—that's Salida in 2024, caught between preserving what made this place worth discovering
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Ty's Take Fire's backing off the ridgeline, evacuation orders are coming down, and folks in Fremont County can breathe a little easier—but the real test hasn't arrived yet. We've seen enough water years in this valley to know that what matters
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Ty's Take The Aspen Acres and Willow fires have us watching the sky the way we used to watch the snowpack—checking forecasts like they're water reports, because out here the two aren't that different anymore. Rain coming Tuesday might help containment or might
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Ty's Take We're in that stretch where the valley shows its true colors—one day you're watching fireworks on F Street, the next you're tracking evacuation zones that keep creeping closer to home. The Aspen Acres and Willow fires have us all
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Ty's Take We've had enough dry years up here that talk of a strong El Niño pattern tends to get folks' attention real quick—especially anyone with skin in the water game, which in Chaffee County means pretty much everybody. A wet winter and spring
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Ty's Take Fire season's come early and hard this year, with the Aspen Acres blaze already climbing into Colorado's worst on record while the Willow Fire's got people packing go-bags in their driveways—and that's the reality that'
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Ty's Take Fire season's here early and tight, water's running low even before the heat hits hardest, and somebody wants to turn Chaffee County into a server farm—all while we're about to close the offices and light off fireworks. The Fourth
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Ty's Take The Aspen Acres Fire cracking into Colorado's top ten largest should sober us all up about what's coming down the valley—and it's already here. You can smell it some mornings, see it in the sky, feel it in the