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  • Heard Around Town: Artful and Deceptive

    Heard Around Town: Artful and Deceptive

    On our most recent rainy day, March 13th, Tecopa received 0.20 inches of precipitation at the Tecopa CEMP station, bringing the total for March to 0.35 inches and for February to 0.59 inches. While the area remains in a significant long-term rain deficit, the past 30 days have brought 1 inch of rain, or about…

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  • Heard Around Town: Change, Yet the Same

    Heard Around Town: Change, Yet the Same

    Deb Fox Reveals the 130-Year Struggle to Define the California-Nevada Border at Shoshone Museum At a captivating talk on Saturday at the Shoshone Museum, author and historian Deborah A. Fox unveiled the fascinating and often absurd story behind the 130-year journey to legally define the California-Nevada border. Fox shared how wealthy young men, funded by…

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  • Heard Around Town: Water is Life

    Heard Around Town: Water is Life

    False spring has arrived in Tecopa. February’s warmth has set the frogs singing in the hot springs district, while green shoots push through the burn-scarred meadow surrounding Borehole Spring—a testament to nature’s resilience. A meeting will be held at the Tecopa Community Center on March 2, 5pm, to discuss the Center for Biological Diversity’s lawsuit…

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  • Heard Around Town: Under the Full Moon

    Heard Around Town: Under the Full Moon

    It was a week of both devastation and renewal in Tecopa, marked by the luminous presence of a full moon. Our cherished Borehole Spring was ravaged by fire, with over 9 acres burned.  “A BLM Fire investigation is ongoing, with no obvious source of ignition determined from physical evidence,” reports the Amargosa Conservancy, intimating that…

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  • Heard Around Town: Power Struggles

    Heard Around Town: Power Struggles

    Despite the high winds finally dying down, it was a rough week in Tecopa and Shoshone as temperatures plummeted into the low 20s and the power went out for nearly 25 hours on Monday, January 20 into Tuesday, January 21. Southern California Edison updated residents twice on repair work during the day, with an initial…

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  • Heard Around Town: High Winds and Hot Soaks

    Heard Around Town: High Winds and Hot Soaks

    It was a windy one with the Santa Ana winds blowing through town for a few days starting on Tuesday, January 7. Tecopa had two short power outages during that afternoon when gusts were forecasted in the high 30s. But as Dan Leseberg noted on Facebook, “It’s not windy in Tecopa unless someone loses a…

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  • Heard Around Town

    Heard Around Town

    Welcome to our first edition, where we share what we’ve heard around town. Party People There will be a Community Healing Solstice Party on December 20 starting at 4pm at Thelma and Louise, all are welcome. Bring chairs, firewood, blankets, beverages, snacks, and your unique self. Tecopa Takeover once again featured local favorites MEGA-SCOPES, but…

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  • Sagebrush Sally: Ban the Bans

    Sagebrush Sally: Ban the Bans

    Dear Sagebrush Sally, It seems like anytime people in Tecopa have a disagreement, the first response is to ban each other from their businesses, bars, events, or even just their front porch. I get that in a small town, tensions can run high, but this whole “you’re not welcome here” approach feels pretty immature, more…

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  • Ask Sagebrush Sally: Respect Runs Both Ways

    Ask Sagebrush Sally: Respect Runs Both Ways

    Dear Sagebrush Sally, I’ve lived in Tecopa for a while now, long enough that I’m not considered a newcomer anymore. I love this town and the weird people in it, but I’ve noticed that not all the bad behavior comes from newcomers and outsiders. Some longtime locals seem to think that just because they’ve been…

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  • Sagebrush Sally: A Follow Up on Newcomers

    Sagebrush Sally: A Follow Up on Newcomers

    Dear Sagebrush Sally, Following up on your last column: We also shouldn’t be rewarding or ignoring shitty behavior by newcomers that are hurting our community. What does Sagebrush Sally recommend longtime locals do about that? -Dan Dear Dan, You’re right—welcoming folks doesn’t mean ignoring bad behavior when it starts to hurt the community. The desert…

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  • Sagebrush Sally: What about the newcomers?

    Sagebrush Sally: What about the newcomers?

    Dear Sagebrush Sally, I’ve lived in Tecopa for many years, and I love this desert and its quirky, independent community. But lately, I’ve noticed more newcomers moving in, and it’s changing the town. Some embrace the way of life here, but others seem to struggle—or worse, try to make Tecopa more like the places they…

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  • Desert Diaries: Advice from Sagebrush Sally

    Desert Diaries: Advice from Sagebrush Sally

    Helping You Navigate Desert Life Dear Sagebrush Sally, I recently moved to Tecopa and I’m struggling to adjust. The heat is starting to get intense (and it’s only February!), the community is small, and life here feels so different from what I’m used to. The people are kind but eccentric—some locals seem to follow their…

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