The North American Aerospace Command - NORAD - has begun tracking Santa Claus on his journey around the globe.

Grief has been thought to present itself in five stages, but newer studies into how people process grief shows that, in many ways, it never ends. Grief can be especially powerful at the holidays.

“Glory to God in the highest. And on earth peace, goodwill toward men.” Luke 2: 14 

A scholar who studies consumer decision-making explains just what it is in the human mind that makes people susceptible to nudges toward one behavior or another.

We have another week of uneventful weather across Kiowa County in the forecast. Nothing above a 10% chance of precipitation during the next seven days.

Sunday is looking partly sunny and 62 degrees.

By Christmas Eve, we are expecting conditions to be mostly cloudy, with a high in the low 50s. Look for partly sunny skies and highs in the upper 40s for Christmas Day.

Cool temperatures and mostly dry is the forecast for the week between Christmas and New Year's, with highs in the 40s and lows in the upper teens.

Alma Jean Smith

March 14, 1940 – December 6, 2019

Alma Jean Mays born to Herman and Floy Mays March 14, 1940. She attended Eads schools and graduated in 1958 from Eads High School.

Jean worked in real estate out of the Denver, Colorado, area many years. Jean and her husband, Jim, loved stock car racing, and attended many events from the little track at Lakeside, Colorado, to the big NASCAR races.

After her husband retired, Jean and Jim moved to Pueblo West to make their home.

The Bent County Sheriff’s Office is investigating following a fire Saturday in the 1700 block of 8^th Street in Las Animas.

One person was found dead at the home, and BCSO has termed the location as “an active crime scene” in a social media post. The person’s identity has not been released.

Eighth Street between Park and McAfee Avenues, as well as the intersection of 8^{th S}treet and McBride Avenue are closed and not expected to reopen until at least Monday.

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A religion of conspicuous consumption has replaced Christianity at the centre of Christmas – and it’s big business which will be most pleased of all.

Fighting off infection comes with predictable psychological and behavioral features. Now researchers suggest an emotion coordinates this response to help you get better. They call it 'lassitude.'