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~ Great after-school snacks for hungry kids ~

Peanut Butter-licious Ring-Arounds ROLLS 1/3 cup powdered Sugar 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter 2 tablespoons unsalted or salted butter, softened 1/2 teaspoon banana extract 2 cans (11 oz. each) refrigerated original breadsticks (12 breadsticks each) GLAZE 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips 3 tablespoons unsalted or salted butter, softened 2 teaspoons light corn syrup 1/8 teaspoon vanilla 1/8 teaspoon banana extract 1/4 cup chopped pecan Heat oven to 375 degree F.

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Snack Attack!

What kids want when they’re starving? Catherine J. Moser Features Editor The Chronicle-News Now that “Back to School” time is here, it’s also time to stock your pantry and recipe file with quick snacks for hungry kids to devour after they get home in the afternoon.

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THIS WEEK

TSC CRUISE NIGHT EVENT TUES. AUG. 30 (6 p.m.) Come learn about the 10-day 2023 Alaska cruise-tour adventure at the cruise night event to be held in the Pioneer Room at the Sullivan Center on the Trinidad State College campus. Info: Darlene Jordan, Dream Vacations, 719-379-3133.

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Helium drilling operations continue after company works through several initial ‘rig related issues’

Chronicle-News Blue Star Helium said drilling operations at a helium prospect in Las Animas County have resumed after its drilling partner reported having to work through “several unexpected rig related issues.” The well is being drilled by Vecta Oil and Gas and was reported Monday as being at a depth of 425 feet. Vecta has a 25% operating interest in the well.

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Weather WatCh

atch Tuesday: A 10% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m. Mostly sunny, high near 85. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Night: Mostly clear, low around 56. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

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Court ruling adds to challenges facing country’s coal industry

A federal court’s decision to require the Department of Interior to consider the potential health and climate impacts of coal mining on public lands could finally give sovereign tribes a seat at the table. Connie Wilbert, director of the Sierra Club Wyoming Chapter, said until now, federal agencies just paid lip service to concerns raised by tribes about impacts to drinking water, air quality and their way of life.

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