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Ty's Take Grant County's got some Republican write-in candidates in the mix this cycle, which means somebody wasn't happy with the primary lineup—or saw an opening nobody else spotted. Write-in campaigns around here are usually personal, born from somebody's kitchen table
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Ty's Take There's something worth watching in how Hurley moves on those utility rate hikes—not because the numbers themselves are shocking, but because what happens in that town tends to ripple straight down into Silver City's own budget conversations. Meanwhile, our two kids
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Ty's Take The Hummingbird Fire crossing 6,000 acres while we're still in the thick of monsoon season is a reminder that Silver City sits in one of those peculiar spots where we're never quite safe from either too much water or too little—
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Ty's Take There's something about watching a building get a second life that makes you believe a town's still got some fight in it. R&L moving into the old Gibson's space—that's not just retail shuffling, that'
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Ty's Take There's a lot of moving in Silver City right now—people saying goodbye to the old schoolhouse that taught the first generation of New Mexico public students, folks wrapping up another year on the Gila trails, and the harder kind of moving when somebody
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Ty's Take The Hummingbird Fire's still got heat in it out there, which means the Gila's going to stay raw for a while longer. These post-fire situations are the ones that can surprise you—everybody's watching the active flames, but it'
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Ty's Take When a sheriff's department finds itself defending against a false arrest lawsuit, the whole county feels it—not just in legal fees, but in the kind of trust that takes years to rebuild and a week to lose. We've got enough real
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Ty's Take The Hummingbird Fire got some rain yesterday, which around these parts counts as news worth noting—not because a few afternoon thunderstorms solve anything, but because in this corner of New Mexico, we've learned to mark every drop. Meanwhile, the Tour of the Gila
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Ty's Take Spring's come to the high country, which out here means two things happening at once: the racing season hits full stride and the fire season starts doing the same. We've got cyclists tearing through downtown this afternoon for Stage 4 of the
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Ty's Take The Hummingbird Fire creeping toward 4,000 acres puts everything else in sharp relief—the museum director's troubles, the commission race, even the Tour of the Gila drawing cyclists from across the world. When smoke's in the air and containment lines are
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Ty's Take The Hummingbird Fire crossing 4,000 acres and Stage 1 restrictions already in place around Bayard and Santa Clara—that's the real weather forecast for Grant County right now, and it's not the kind that changes with the season. We're
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Ty's Take Governor showing up for WNMU's commencement in 2026 is the kind of thing that looks good in the ceremony program, but what really matters is whether she's paying attention to what her administration's doing down here—like that pipeline proposal