As Americans prepare for Thanksgiving this year, traveling and cooking a family dinner will be significantly more expensive.

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday his administration will release 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help address skyrocketing energy costs.

Use those broccoli stalks in this dish instead of throwing them away. This makes a delicious side, a hearty snack, or a light meal.  

Colorado crop progress and condition report from the USDA for the week ending November 21, 2021.

Agriculture news and information from the Eads USDA Service Center in Kiowa County, Colorado.

APPOINTMENTS:

• 9:00am  Open meeting-vouchers-
• 9:30am             Cindy McLoud – KCEDF Update
• 10:00am           Ashley Pearson / GNBank – Offer on Building
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• LUNCH              JJ’s Restaurant
• 1:00pm Kari Linker – Hickenlooper Update
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• 3:00pm Coun

Colorado’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.6% in October as the state added more than 10,600 nonfarm jobs.

Dear EarthTalk:

What are conservation dogs?

Jon Gretcham, Portland, OR

Simply put, conservation dogs are canines specially trained in sniffing out evidence of specific wildlife species that scientists are seeking to learn more about for one reason or another. Most commonly these dogs are used to help biologists understand where and how threatened or endangered wildlife species are hanging on—or if they are still around at all.

Weld County commissioners say they are “extremely disappointed” in a new air quality rule from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Colorado State University Pueblo Foundation, in conjunction with the CSU Pueblo Department of Athletics and Pueblo School District #60 and #70, will host the Colorado High School Activities Association Football Championships for 6-Man, 8-Man, 1A and 2A classifications this weekend at the ThunderBowl.

Championship games begin Friday, November 26, as Cheyenne Wells High School takes on Stratton High School at 1:00 p.m. in the 6-Man Championship game.

Haxtun High School faces Mancos High School at 6:00 p.m. for the 8-Man Championship.