By Chris Sorensen

A warm and windy Friday will give way to a cold and snowy weekend. If you have weekend shopping travel plans, keep in mind weather warnings and advisories will be in place for many areas. Roads may be extremely slick and icy – good reason to stay close to home and shop locally.

Fire risk is elevated across the area as temperatures rise to the low 60s Friday, accompanied by west winds in the 15 to 20 mile-per-hour range and gusts as high as 30 mph in Kiowa County, and potentially stronger in other part of southeast Colorado.

By Eads USDA Service Center Staff

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

This week at Lamar Theatre

Starts Friday

Moana, 6:45 p.m. daily

Arrival, stars Amy Adams, 8:50 daily

Coming Soon

"Office Christmas Party

Regular pricing Thursday for Moana

Pueblo County Sheriff’s Detectives arrested a 23-year-old Pueblo man Wednesday afternoon (December 14, 2016) in connection with the homicide of 21-year-old Bradley Trager.

Fanny Murdock Giving Trees, tradition started years ago, will be put up around the county. Trees will be located at the Towner Senior Center, the Sheridan Lake Post Office, Eads, Post Office and the Kiowa County National Bank in Eads

• Dec. 24, 2016  Christmas Eve Service, Saturday, at 4:00 at the Eads First Christian Church on North Maine Street.

• Eads Drivers License December Schedule 20-21-27-28 MVR Reports Available

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission has announced in an unanimous vote Wednesday that it will move forward on the Piceance Basin and Upper Arkansas River Predator Control Plans.

By Chris Sorensen

Warm weather will make a brief return for a few days ahead of frigid temperatures and potential snow.

Thursday kicks off a short warming period as temperatures reach the upper 40s under mostly sunny skies, followed by a mostly cloudy evening that will lock in some heat and keep the overnight low in the upper 20s.

Friday’s high will be in the low 60s, but look for west winds in the 10 to 20 mile-per-hour range and gusts to 30 mph as an arctic front begins to move into the region. Winds and warmer temperatures may produce some fire risk in the area.

Potentially life threatening and often overlooked...

This January 1, Colorado Parks and Wildlife invites Coloradans to welcome 2017 by heading outside to a Colorado State Park. First Day Hikes are guided activities that offer a chance to start the new year right by getting people out for some exercise in nature. For the new year, 27 state parks are participating by hosting an organized hike on New Year’s Day.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has awarded $2.35 million in grant funding for seven research studies to address potential public health and safety impacts of marijuana use.