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Late starts at schools throughout county as snow falls

January 17, 2020, 6:25am Clark County News

The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory through 10 a.m. today predicting snow throughout the area, with accumulations of up to one inch at all elevations and local… Read story

Northeast braces for winter storm

December 28, 2015, 8:04pm Latest News

After a December that has felt more like spring than winter, the first major snowstorm of the season is about to hit the Northeast. Read story

Dennis Pritchard, front, and Sam Pritchard take advantage of plentiful water Saturday to float near the Salmon Creek Greenway Trail.

Out on the trail on a dry December day

Dennis Pritchard, front, and Sam Pritchard take advantage of plentiful water Saturday to float near the Salmon Creek Greenway Trail.

December 26, 2015, 7:49pm Clark County News

Marni Greer moved to Clark County on Dec. 4. After more than three weeks of drizzle, drips and downpours, she finally got a chance to enjoy a day without rain. Read story

A motorist navigates through standing water at Mill Plain Boulevard and Lieser Road on Tuesday afternoon.

Soaked for a second day

A motorist navigates through standing water at Mill Plain Boulevard and Lieser Road on Tuesday afternoon.

December 8, 2015, 10:58pm Clark County News

A second day of the deluge slows movement, cancels many activities Read story

A truck-mounted radar instrument called the Doppler On Wheels scans cloudy skies Friday on the banks of Lake Quinault near Amanda Park. Led by NASA and hosted by the University of Washington, a team of meteorologists and scientists is fanning out across one of the wettest places in the country in November to measure raindrops and snowdrops and attempt to validate, on the ground, how well global satellites measure precipitation from space. (Ted S.

Tracking of rain, snow will verify satellites

A truck-mounted radar instrument called the Doppler On Wheels scans cloudy skies Friday on the banks of Lake Quinault near Amanda Park. Led by NASA and hosted by the University of Washington, a team of meteorologists and scientists is fanning out across one of the wettest places in the country in November to measure raindrops and snowdrops and attempt to validate, on the ground, how well global satellites measure precipitation from space. (Ted S.

November 11, 2015, 6:02am Life

SEATTLE -- Using everything from a customized DC-8 jetliner to ground radars to 4-inch rain gauges, scientists are fanning out across one of the soggiest places in the United States this month to measure raindrops and snowflakes. Read story

J.B. Neckar, right, and his brother Johnny Neckar, left, paddle their mother Gelene Neckar, center, from her flooded home near Downsville, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Heavy rains have forced parts of the Brazos River out of its banks and endangering homes located in the small community just outside of Waco, Texas, according to the Waco Tribune Herald.

Texas escapes major storm damage

J.B. Neckar, right, and his brother Johnny Neckar, left, paddle their mother Gelene Neckar, center, from her flooded home near Downsville, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Heavy rains have forced parts of the Brazos River out of its banks and endangering homes located in the small community just outside of Waco, Texas, according to the Waco Tribune Herald.

October 25, 2015, 7:59pm Nation & World

AUSTIN, Texas -- Drenching storms that the remnants of Hurricane Patricia dragged into Texas finally cleared Sunday without leaving behind the death or devastation of torrential rain and floods that hit the state earlier in the year. Read story

A driver abandons his vehicle after Dallas Fire Rescue arrives to close off a section of road after it flooded during heavy rain Friday in Dallas.

Texas officials brace for more rain, likely weekend flooding

A driver abandons his vehicle after Dallas Fire Rescue arrives to close off a section of road after it flooded during heavy rain Friday in Dallas.

October 23, 2015, 8:14pm Nation & World

DALLAS -- Emergency management officials in Texas contending with multiple storm systems are preparing for heavy rains to continue through the weekend and widespread flooding that may follow. Read story

A firefighting plane drops a load of fire retardant over a smoldering hillside Tuesday in Middletown, Calif. The fire that sped through Middletown and other parts of rural Lake County, less than 100 miles north of San Francisco, has continued to burn since Saturday despite a massive firefighting effort.

2 more bodies found; death toll in California wildfires at 5

A firefighting plane drops a load of fire retardant over a smoldering hillside Tuesday in Middletown, Calif. The fire that sped through Middletown and other parts of rural Lake County, less than 100 miles north of San Francisco, has continued to burn since Saturday despite a massive firefighting effort.

September 17, 2015, 10:18am Latest News

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. -- Authorities say two more bodies have been found in homes burned by a California wildfire, bringing the death toll from the blazes in the northern part of the state to five. Read story

A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmate work crew walks through Sheep Ranch, Calif., on the way to battle a fire Sunday. Two of California's fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook several Northern California towns, destroying homes and sending residents fleeing.

Deadly Valley fire in Northern California grows to 67,000 acres

A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmate work crew walks through Sheep Ranch, Calif., on the way to battle a fire Sunday. Two of California's fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook several Northern California towns, destroying homes and sending residents fleeing.

September 15, 2015, 11:02am Latest News

The burn area of the Valley fire in Northern California covers more than 100 square miles, and by Tuesday morning, the property toll included 585 homes, as well as many other structures. Read story

Crews clear mud and debris from a road following a flash flood Tuesday in Colorado City, Ariz. A wall of water swept away two vehicles carrying women and children in a Utah-Arizona border town Monday, killing at least eight people and leaving five others missing. Crews worked Tuesday morning to clear thousands of tons of mud and debris from the sister towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona.

Searchers look for flood survivors in polygamous Utah town

Crews clear mud and debris from a road following a flash flood Tuesday in Colorado City, Ariz. A wall of water swept away two vehicles carrying women and children in a Utah-Arizona border town Monday, killing at least eight people and leaving five others missing. Crews worked Tuesday morning to clear thousands of tons of mud and debris from the sister towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona.

September 15, 2015, 10:05am Nation & World

SALT LAKE CITY -- A wall of water swept away two vehicles carrying women and children in a Utah-Arizona border town, killing at least eight people and leaving five others missing in a community that served as a home base for polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, authorities said. Read story