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On the Water TodayToday 77° Showers And Thunderstorms · Tonight 46° Showers And Thunderstorms Likely · Friday 55° Partly Sunny then Chance Rain ShowersSources: USGS gauge 06925500, National Weather Service Ty's Take The lakefront market's doing a hard pivot these days, and anybody paying attention to property values
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Ty's Take Three separate grand jury indictments for assault in one week, plus a standoff that ended in charges out Raymondville way, tells you something about what's been keeping the sheriff's office and courthouse busy lately. You don't need to be a
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Ty's Take Coralie Bailey Carrier passed this week, and that's the kind of name that carries weight in a place like this. The Bulletin ran her notice, and if you've been around the Mesilla Valley long enough, you know what losing someone of her
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Ty's Take The Shannon County Current Wave's sister paper over in West Plains is getting itself a new website come Thursday, and that's worth noting if only because it reminds you how fast things move now compared to five years ago. Out here we&
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Ty's Take New Mexico marking a year of free state park passes for veterans is the kind of quiet policy that actually matters out here, where folks who served deserve more than a thank-you and a handshake. A veteran with a pass can load up the family
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Ty's Take There's a particular kind of energy that comes through town when a presidential candidate rolls through, and today that meant the usual circus of security, crowd logistics, and folks lined up to see history happen one way or another. But what strikes you covering
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Ty's Take The antelope opener came in colder and wetter than most folks around here like it, but that's the deal when you hunt in October—weather does what it wants and game moves accordingly. Meanwhile the union crew's back at the mine and
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Ty's Take Fire season's already knocking, and nine acres up near Del Norte on the Rio Grande National Forest is a reminder that we're not out of the woods yet, literally or figuratively. The Schrader Creek Fire is the kind of thing that gets
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Ty's Take Airport expansion and a new PALS facility both moving forward at the same time means someone around here is thinking long term, which is refreshing to see. The hangars could bring more business traffic through, the kind that doesn't require state funding arguments or
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Ty's Take There's something worth watching in how a town decides to spend a million dollars. Alamogordo's commitment to cleaning up those scattered properties, the ones that collect weeds and broken glass and hard feelings, says something about whether this place believes in itself.
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Ty's Take Ninety-four years is a long run for any business in Howell County, and Richards Brothers closing its doors hits different than most headlines because everybody around here either bought something there or knew somebody who did. You don't watch a fixture like that
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Ty's Take There's a particular rhythm to a week like this one in a county our size, where the serious stuff and the good stuff live right next to each other. We've got the school board working through hard conversations about student safety, the