Ty's Take West Plains High School's recognition as a National Banner Unified Champion School for Special Olympics says something true about this town that doesn't always make the news cycle. We can point to the fundraisers and the sports briefs, sure, but when a
Ty's Take The Copper Flat Mine hearing on tailings stability and the water treatment plant funding finally coming together in the same week says something about where this county stands right now. We've got the old economy knocking on the door again, asking about minerals and
Ty's Take Turkey Creek's been catching hell from both sides this week, which is about what you'd expect when a county crew shows up with a dump truck and somebody's got a camera phone. The allegations about debris landing in the creek
Ty's Take Quarter century out from September 11th, and we've got someone in this valley who was there, who answered the call, and now he's taking stock of what that cost him and what it cost all of us. That kind of reckoning doesn&
Ty's Take Twenty-three years later and you still remember where you were that morning, the way the sky looked, the phone calls that wouldn't go through. A lot of us in this town have connections back east, or kids who ended up in uniform because
Ty's Take The Swiss Roll Fire sitting in our backyard without threatening homes yet is the kind of news that lets you breathe easier and worry harder at the same time. After the summers we've seen around here, any fire within sight of Pagosa Springs gets
Ty's Take Every September, this town gets a particular kind of nervous. The Frijoles Fire smoke rolling across the plateau right now isn't the worst we've seen, but it's enough to tighten the jaw of anybody who was here for Cerro Grande
Ty's Take Nancy Carol Coates made it to 84, which around here means she saw the valley change from something you could cross on horseback to what it is now. The Bulletin's notice doesn't say much, the way these things go, but any of
On the Water TodayLake level: 659.39 ft (0.6 ft below full pool) Today 92° Mostly Sunny · Tonight 69° Partly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms · Sunday 88° Chance Showers And ThunderstormsSources: USGS gauge 06925500, National Weather Service Ty's Take Nobody likes uncertainty in November, and
Ty's Take Extreme drought moving across Texas County hits different when you're running cattle on pasture and your hay pile is already smaller than last year. The fire department stepping up to help farmers with prevention work shows how these volunteer operations understand what's
Ty's Take Nancy Carol Coates made it to 84, which in farming country means she saw the Hatch Valley change from irrigation ditches you could wade across to the organized business it is now. Those years add up different when you're tied to a place, when
Ty's Take Fall ball season's heating up, which means Friday nights around here are about to get crowded again. The Eminence school calendar fills up fast once September hits, and if you've got kids in any sport worth playing, you know what that means