March 7, 2024, 8:36am Nation & World
For the ninth straight month, Earth has obliterated global heat records — with February, the winter as a whole and the world’s oceans setting new high-temperature marks, according to the European Union climate agency Copernicus. Read story
March 7, 2024, 6:02am Clark County News
The National Weather Service in Portland on Wednesday afternoon ended their forecast discussion with this ray of hope: “For those sun seekers, forecast analysis is hinting on a high-pressure ridge building which would dry conditions out once again and bring warmer temperatures to the region.” Read story
March 5, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News
Winter is still hanging around, that is for sure. Early morning bouts with snowfall include many of us in the county. Not so much in the typical “heat island” of the Vancouver area but in outlying areas it is a different story. Read story
March 4, 2024, 9:19am Nation & World
Strong winds spread flames and led to a town’s evacuation while airplanes dropped fire retardant over the northern Texas Panhandle in an attempt to stop the largest wildfire in state history. Read story
March 4, 2024, 9:17am Nation & World
A powerful blizzard that closed highways and ski resorts had mostly moved through the Sierra Nevada by early Monday but forecasters warned that more snow was on the way for Northern California mountains. Read story
March 2, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News
“Spring has sprung, the grass has ‘ris, I wonder where the birdies is?” That is my welcome I say every year on the first day of the meteorological spring, which arrived on March 1. But I have to tell you, it certainly didn’t feel like spring Friday, not even close.… Read story
March 1, 2024, 8:42am Nation & World
A dusting of snow covered a desolate landscape of scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned out homes in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, giving firefighters brief relief in their desperate efforts to corral a blaze that has grown into the largest in state history. Read story
March 1, 2024, 8:25am Nation & World
The most powerful Pacific storm of the season is forecast to bring up to 10 feet (3 meters) of snow into the Sierra Nevada by the weekend, forcing residents to take shelter and prompting Yosemite National Park and at least one Lake Tahoe ski resort to close. Read story
February 29, 2024, 12:30pm Nation & World
Wildfires have destroyed as many as 500 structures in the Texas Panhandle, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday, describing how the largest blaze in state history destroyed everything in its path, leaving ashes in its wake. Read story
February 29, 2024, 8:50am Nation & World
A Pacific storm packing powerful winds and heavy snow is shaping up to be the strongest of the season, forecasters say, as it pushes toward California with potential blizzard conditions in the Sierra and up to 10 feet (3 meters) of snow in the mountains around Lake Tahoe by the… Read story