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Ty's Take Summer holidays bring out the best in a small town—the kind of ordinary magic that doesn't make the statewide news but holds a community together. Between the pancake breakfasts, the Fourth of July gatherings down at Elephant Butte, and the steady work on
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Ty's Take A health fair in late June and a fire in early July—seems like the kind of week that reminds you Silver City's always operating on two tracks at once. On one end of the calendar, folks are lining up at the resource fair
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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 Wildlife's been wandering down from the mountains more than usual this summer, and whether it's bighorn sheep checking out Pajarito Acres or deer browsing the fruit stand at Mari Mac, the message seems clear enough—the plateau's getting crowded. Between
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Ty's Take When the state police roll up with an arrest on a shooting case, it settles something in a county this size—at least for now. Troop G covers a lot of ground down here, and they don't move fast unless they've got
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Ty's Take Hard to know what to lead on when you've got the Garlic Festival coming back—that's pure Abiquiú valley joy, the kind of weekend that reminds you why people drive up from Santa Fe and why the locals tolerate it—sitting right
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Ty's Take The Yellowstone County sheriff's office is asking for more money again, and this time the numbers actually add up—they're hiring, not padding. That's the kind of budget request worth taking seriously in a county that's grown as
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Ty's Take The Sacramento Mountains are running cold and clear this time of year, which means the creeks up there are doing what they're supposed to do—holding fish that actually want to bite. Word is the upper reaches around Cloudcroft are putting out some decent
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Ty's Take Fourth of July at the lake turned into a masterclass in why you don't mess with weather and water at the same time. A storm system rolled through that had boats getting tossed like toys, a dock breaking loose with vessels still tied to
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Ty's Take The power company's giving Willow Springs fair warning about Tuesday's outage, which is the civilized way to handle it—beats finding out when the well pump quits and the coffeepot goes cold. Meanwhile, if you've been holding out hope for
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Ty's Take The Sacaton Fire's got people scrambling in the best way possible—that moment when a community realizes it needs something and actually builds it instead of waiting around. Volunteer firefighting outfits don't grow quick unless there's real need and real
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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's