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Ty's Take Primary season came and went in Conejos County without much fanfare, which is probably how most folks around here prefer it. The unofficial results are in, the county's moved on to the next thing, and folks who care about who's running are
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Ty's Take There's something about watching a young artist find their voice in a place like this, and Brinklee Ruiz's work coming into focus at the same time the valley's marking 15 years of cultural pride says something worth noticing. The Sangre
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Ty's Take There's a particular kind of ugliness that comes with a parent trafficking their own children, and Chaparral's got that weight sitting heavy in the courthouse this week. The Facebook verdict out of state courts doesn't move the needle much for
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Ty's Take That collision near Mountain Grove serves as a hard reminder that dry roads aren't the only hazard out here this time of year. With the drought tightening its grip and burn bans still in place, folks are right to be cautious around open flame,
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Ty's Take Water talk around here never stops, and today's news about the helicopter survey of our aquifers is a reminder why. We live on borrowed time when it comes to groundwater, and every map they make, every reading they take, gets closer to answering the
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Ty's Take The Grant County Fair opening this week means you'll see the usual mix out at the fairgrounds, families who've been coming for generations alongside newcomers who still can't believe a place this small puts on a show this good. But
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Ty's Take Light snow, low water, fewer visitors—that's the trinity that hits this valley every couple years, and this season it's all three at once. The Arkansas isn't running the kind of volume that brings the rafters and kayakers who keep
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Ty's Take When a funeral home loses its license, that's a failure at the most intimate level of community service. The state revocation in Phelps and Dent counties strikes at something people have to trust absolutely, whether they're planning ahead or standing in the
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Ty's Take The commissioners have their hands full this week, working through a slope repair on County Road 500 while fielding a tourism pitch from the lodgers' association and listening to questions about how visitor dollars get spent around here. It's the kind of balancing
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Ty's Take The Lab's got a new food contractor, and that's worth noticing up here where LANL's decisions ripple through everything else. Wolf & Mermaid Enchanted Cafe, a local outfit, beat out the bigger vendors for the cafeteria and beverage services, which
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On the Water TodayToday 76° Mostly Cloudy · Tonight 66° Mostly Cloudy · Saturday 79° Chance Rain ShowersSources: USGS gauge 06925500, National Weather Service Ty's Take Morgan County's got enough on its plate without this. A murder suspect sitting in custody now facing additional charges for sexual exploitation
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Ty's Take Most days in a county this size you get the usual run of it, weather and school board meetings and somebody's prize heifer. Then a Wednesday comes along and the patrol pulls two kids out of the dirt south of Licking, and up in