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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
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Ty's Take The Hummingbird Fire's still chewing through country that matters—the kind of backcountry that keeps people here in the first place, whether they came for copper or came for solitude. By now most of Silver City knows someone who's got skin in
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Ty's Take The library's hosting a nature presentation Thursday night, the kind of thing that probably won't draw much of a crowd until word gets around—and it should, because this is exactly the conversation Silver City needs to be having. We've
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Ty's Take Fire restrictions are back at Santa Clara, wind advisories are stacked like cordwood, and we're heading into what looks like another dry spring—the kind that makes you remember why those old mining towns burned down so easy, and why folks around here stopped