Department of Transportation grant helps with installation of Positive Train Control Technology.

ARIZONA 

Arizona inventory of all hogs and pigs on December 1, 2018 was 170,000 head, up 6 percent from last year. Breeding inventory, at 17,000 head, was unchanged from last year. Market hog inventory, at 153,000 head, was up 7 percent from last year. 

This week at Lamar Theatre

Held Over

• Ralph Breaks the Internet, 6:45 p.m. daily

Starts Friday

• Creed II, stars Sylvester Stallone, 8:50 p.m. daily

FREE Matinee Saturday

• Polar Express, 1:30 p.m.

Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Who was Saint Nicholas really, and what is his true story?

Birthdays

What happens to people, businesses - and the economy - when the government shuts down?

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.68 billion pounds in November, up 3 percent from the 4.55 billion pounds produced in November 2017. 

Beef production, at 2.31 billion pounds, was 1 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.80 million head, up 1 percent from November 2017. The average live weight was down 4 pounds from the previous year, at 1,370 pounds. 

Colorado can achieve more when Washington's influence is curbed according to Senator Michael Bennet.

• A weekly look at USDA programs for Kiowa County, Colorado.