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Ty's Take The calendar flipped to an election year and suddenly everybody's got something to say about how the region should run itself, which is fine—that's how it's supposed to work. But there's a sharper question buried underneath the
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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 Every August when the heat's sitting on Deming like a cast-iron skillet, somebody around here remembers that kids don't stop needing pencils and paper just because their families are stretched thin. Stuff The Bus has become one of those quiet traditions that
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Ty's Take There's something worth watching in how this town fills its calendar these days—kite festivals and anniversary celebrations mixed in with district golf tournaments and economic think pieces. Maybe that's just the rhythm of a place trying to hold onto its identity
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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 Property damage calls, police checkpoints ramping up, and a charter school wrestling with its identity—that's the kind of week that reminds you Deming's at a crossroads between growth and growing pains. The state's got May checkpoints rolling through town,
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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 Chip seal season is here again, which means the next few weeks are going to feel like your truck's suspension is getting a personal workout every time you head out to the ranch or over to Las Cruces. Luna County's got crews
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Ty's Take There's a real bright spot in today's paper, and it's worth holding onto: Holloman's Project SEARCH, putting local kids in front of actual jobs and real mentors instead of sending them out blind into the world. That matters
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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 There's something quietly telling about what shows up in the local news on a Tuesday—free tire disposal, a poster contest two years out, bells ringing to mark whatever occasion. It means city hall is thinking small and steady, which in a place like
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Ty's Take The Alamogordo Daily News going weekly is the kind of thing that sneaks up on a town—one day you're picking up tomorrow's paper at the coffee shop, the next day you're waiting until Thursday. It happens everywhere now, papers