Storms bring out the best and worst in us

A private snowplow makes its way along Rosser Avenue during the storm on Tuesday. Kerry Auriat says that he heard funny stories of people complaining to the city of a lack of snow removal at 8 a.m. that day – even though the storm was far from complete.

Nature Nut: Early spring feels like a blessing

A lone ice fisherman arrived by airboat and sets up under clouds colored by the rising sun during the February warm spell. A lone ice fisherman arrived by airboat and sets up under clouds colored by the rising sun during the February warm spell.

Snow-covered buildings collapsing in rare US West weather

For buildings in parts of the snow-covered U.S. West, it has become a winter where the weak do not survive. The accumulated weight of snow has crushed an old lumber mill in Oregon, the main grocery store in a small Idaho town, a sports complex in Alaska and a conference center in Colorado, among others.

Winter storm hits New England after icing over the South

By JONATHAN DREW and BEN FINLEY Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. – The first big snowstorm of the year in the Northeast dumped more than a foot of snow in areas of southern New England after leaving a glaze of ice and snow and bitterly cold temperatures across the South. Below freezing temperatures persisted throughout much of the eastern U.S. on Sunday.