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March 13, 2026: CO jobs trend down, impending JBS strike, local Iranian community worried, NFTs to celebrate Colorado’s 150th

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The JBS meat processing plant in Greeley on Friday, March 5, 2021.

Colorado’s once booming job market has been lagging the nation for a while now, and last year it may have hit an unpleasant milestone. Plus, why thousands of workers at the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley are preparing to hit the picket line Monday. Then, after two weeks of war Persians in Colorado are holding on to the hope that this could be the start of something better for Iran. And the state is preparing to celebrate its 150th birthday in all sorts of ways, including one that involves an acronym you possibly haven’t thought of in years: NFT.

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This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Bazi Kanani and Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Arlo Pérez Esquivel, Bazi Kanani, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.