Major news events in Kings County (The Hanford Sentinel)

Another year, another stream of headline-grabbing news, events, dramas, challenges, advances, winners and losers.

Mountains bracing for blizzard (Denver Post)

A blizzard from the southwest is taking aim at the High Country tonight, and authorities say travel will be less about speed and more about survival overnight and Friday.

Holiday travelers should take winter driving precautions (Wharton Journal-Spectator)

With Texas winter weather about as unpredictable a force of nature as anything else you can imagine, except maybe hurricane season, a little forethought and preparation can help you survive being stranded along the highways, farm-to-market and county roads of the state.

DEL STONE: Affordable gifts for troubled times (Northwest Florida Daily News)

I swore I would not buy Christmas gifts this year, but the spirit of the season, not to mention the fear of retribution, compelled me to go shopping.But I have not been unmindful of the recent collapse of Western civilization.