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Ty's Take There's a particular kind of slow news day that tells you more about a place than the headline stories ever could. You get the obits and the pool photos and the Shop With a Cop event, and what you're really reading is
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Ty's Take A Ruidoso man facing charges for a crash that killed a teacher reminds us that the mountain roads between here and there don't forgive carelessness, and neither should we. Whatever the details of this case turn out to be, there's a family
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Ty's Take Howell County just rolled back its general revenue property tax to zero, which sounds like a headline writers dream until you start asking the follow-up questions. The commission made the move based on fund balance, meaning they've got enough in reserves to cover
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Ty's Take The hospital's budget passed, which is good news for a place like ours where the nearest alternatives are a half hour or more down the road, and the wildfire crews are gearing up for another season that seems to start earlier and run hotter
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Ty's Take The Silco coming back to life in time for the film festival says something true about this town that the trash rate argument doesn't quite capture, though both are worth your attention. One is Silver City deciding it still believes in gathering together in
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Ty's Take Water's the conversation that never ends in this valley, and this week it's got teeth. The state's juggling calls on the Eagle River while state officials are working the phones with produce growers downstream on the Arkansas, trying to get
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Ty's Take Recorder's office fees don't move the needle often enough to make anybody's day, but when they do shift, it's worth noting who feels it. Starting next month, if you're filing a deed, recording a mortgage, or
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Ty's Take Dolly Parton changed this town without ever setting foot here, which says something about the reach of a life spent giving. The Imagination Library has put books in the hands of kids around Pagosa Springs for years now, the kind of thing that happens quietly until
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Ty's Take Labor Day weekend's shaping up busier than usual up here, what with a 40-ton crane rolling through town Monday and the gas company venting on the same day, all while fire season still has its grip on the plateau. The Frijoles Fire'
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Ty's Take Bernie Carrillo made it to 92, which around here means he saw Las Cruces transform from a town where everybody knew everybody to a city that's still trying to figure out who it is. That kind of long view matters, especially when you'
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On the Water TodayLake level: 659.39 ft (0.6 ft below full pool) Today 99° Sunny · Tonight 76° Mostly Clear · Monday 100° SunnySources: USGS gauge 06925500, National Weather Service Ty's Take A Pleasant Hill man is recovering from serious injuries after a motorcycle accident up in Camden
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Ty's Take There's a particular stretch of road southwest of Licking where the deer seem to know exactly when to cross, which is to say they don't know at all. Happens every fall when the heat breaks and the animals get restless, moving between