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On the Water TodayLake level: 659.39 ft (0.6 ft below full pool) Labor Day 95° Sunny · Tonight 69° Mostly Clear · Tuesday 100° Mostly SunnySources: USGS gauge 06925500, National Weather Service Ty's Take A boat fire near Dog Days is the kind of call that gets everybody&
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Ty's Take Labor Day Monday means the mail carrier stays home and a good chunk of Houston shuts down, which is fine, because most folks around here will be doing the same. The holiday falls different ways depending on who you are: for some it's a
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Ty's Take The guns in the car case moving forward reminds you that even in country this quiet, trouble doesn't stay hidden long. These mountains have always held their share of secrets, but the law has a way of catching up, and a small community like
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Ty's Take The way we mark September 11th has changed over a quarter century, mostly because the people doing the remembering have changed. Those of us who were here that day in 2001 remember exactly where we stood and what we felt, but the teachers in Helena working
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Ty's Take Labor Day's come and gone, which means the valley's shifting gears whether it wants to or not. School's back in session up at Adams State, the potato harvest is moving into full swing, and that window between summer tourist season
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Ty's Take Slow news day in the basin, which around here usually means somebody's thinking about the future instead of fighting about the past. The new Family Resource Center sounds like the kind of thing that gets built when folks decide their kids matter more than
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Ty's Take When a state representative candidate ends up facing federal charges for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, you stop and think about what kind of shape things are in. Not just politics, which Lord knows runs hot and cold depending on the year and who's talking,
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Ty's Take Budget season at Sierra Vista Hospital always comes down to the same hard math: how much can you squeeze from what you've got, and what happens if the answer isn't enough. The hospital board signed off on the fiscal 2027 budget this
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Ty's Take There's something about fire lookouts that pulls at people who've spent time in country like ours, and it's no accident that both New Mexico books heading to the national festival this month have them at the center. Maybe it'
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Ty's Take The fishing derby down by the water this week reminds you what this valley's really about, doesn't it. Somewhere between the bear warnings and the landfill reports and whatever's happening up in Saguache, kids are still learning to cast a
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Ty's Take Fire season's here whether we're ready or not, and the smoke that rolls in off the high country doesn't just make the views hazy, it's tough on anything with lungs. The county health office putting out the word
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Ty's Take We're heading into that stretch of year when the San Juans get busy in a hurry, and it's worth remembering what that means. The bears are hungry before winter, hunters are sighting in rifles, school traffic picks back up, and folks from