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Ty's Take School zones are running hot again, which means somebody's kid is walking to Cesar Chavez or one of the other schools and a driver in a hurry is about to learn why those 20 mile-per-hour signs exist. Every fall we get the
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Ty's Take Fishing season's here and the word's out that the high country streams are running cold and clear, which means the next few weeks will see a steady parade of folks heading up toward the Sacramento peaks with fly rods and coolers. That&
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Ty's Take The water argument never stops around here, and the Citizen's piece on development and the Colorado Compact isn't wrong to sound the alarm. We've all watched what happens downstream when upstream doesn't play by the rules, and Texas
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Ty's Take Western New Mexico University is getting named the regional STEM hub, which sounds like the kind of thing that looks good on a grant application but might actually matter out here. A university town needs something more than just enrollment numbers and football games, and if
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Ty's Take A missing person case that had the community on alert wrapped up well, which matters more than most outsiders would understand in a town this size where everyone eventually crosses paths. Meanwhile, the real steady work keeps happening: medical center staff teaching kids CPR, incoming kindergarteners
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Ty's Take Carol Ann Knapp Foreman was the kind of woman who showed up, and in a town like Las Cruces, where the Mesilla Valley keeps turning over and newer folks keep arriving, that matters more than you'd think. The death notices today remind us that
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Ty's Take The notice board fills up this time of year, not always the way we want it to. Carol Ann Knapp Foreman, Clarence Villemez, Shannyn Caldwell, Timothy Joseph Hourigan, all part of the fabric of the valley that most of us don't think about until
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Ty's Take High school football season's still months away, but that's when the real news cycle starts around here. The Wildcats roster announcement means coaches have been grinding all summer, kids have been in the weight room instead of sleeping in, and parents are
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Ty's Take There's something about a full moon in the basin that brings people out, gets them thinking about the land differently, makes them want to mark it down and remember it. This week you've got the moon pulling folks toward the outdoors, volunteers
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Ty's Take Water's the only story that matters down here, and right now we're living in the margins of it. The chile harvest is coming in around Arrey, same as it always does, and that's good news for the folks who'
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Ty's Take Drug busts and water meetings tend to fade from memory pretty quick, but what sticks around is what we choose to keep alive. That's what makes this week's mix of news worth thinking about all at once. Ten people facing trafficking charges
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Ty's Take Shirley Ann Clayton, who spent more than eight decades on the Pajarito Plateau, passed away last month at 83, and her obituary reads like a small-town life well-lived: wife, mother, grandmother, involved in her church and community. That kind of steady presence, the kind