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Ty's Take The election map in Otero County's been getting redrawn enough times that most folks have stopped trying to predict which way the wind's blowing come November. We've got military votes, ranching votes, tech economy votes all pulling in different directions,
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Ty's Take The county's heading back to the bond market again, which means someone up in the Commission offices thinks the water situation, the roads, and the pipes running underneath us all need another infusion of cash. Fourth time in a generation we've asked
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Ty's Take A fire chief hurt in an explosion, a wildfire creeping across the county at 17% containment, and dust so thick you can't see the mesa—that's three separate weather and safety stories that tell the real story of July in Grant County.
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Ty's Take Fire assessment complete, monsoon season here, and the county's running a DIY workshop on the eighteenth—which tells you something about where Los Alamos' head is at right now. Between the McCauley Springs burn scar still fresh in people's minds and
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Ty's Take The obits page today carries names that mean something in this valley—Knapp, Villemez, Hourigan—people who were here when the orchards still stretched wider and the water fights were mostly about farming. Meanwhile down at the other end of the paper, you've got
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Ty's Take The obits this week remind you that Hatch loses people steady—Carol Ann, Clare, Shannyn, Timothy—names that belonged to families who worked these fields and knew the valley when it was smaller and the chile harvest meant something different than it does now. But there&
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Ty's Take You notice something when you read down today's calendar—the rodeos are packed, the Big Give teams are fanned out across town with real work to do, and out at Trotter's place there's still somebody breeding horses like there'
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Ty's Take Diane's boy opening Bodhini's is the kind of story that tells you something true about Silver City—how a place holds onto people even after they're gone, and how the next generation decides what's worth keeping. Meanwhile, the
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Ty's Take The county's offering free dirt to anybody who wants to haul it off, which sounds like a punchline until you remember we're talking about a place where housing pressure is pushing folks down the hill toward Española, where every square foot costs
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Ty's Take The TV guide hits the desk on a Wednesday in July, which means somebody's already thinking about what folks will be watching when the heat settles in and the sun doesn't quit till after eight. That's the rhythm of a
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Ty's Take Not much stirring in the news cycle this week—that's what July looks like down here when the heat settles in and folks are either in the fields or staying put in the shade. The entertainment guide is about all the wire's
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Ty's Take There's something about a radio station giving away Disney on Ice tickets that tells you exactly what kind of town still knows how to do right by its kids. Mix 94.3's running the promotion this week, and yeah, it's