There is a developed method to rank the severity of our winter. Let’s look to see if this winter has really been as harsh as we feel. The method is called the Winter Season Severity Index (WSSI). This ...

This week, a severe bout of winter weather hit the North Coast, bringing with it rain, hail and low-altitude snow. The area ...

Three US Olympic bodies have changed the name of their shared athlete hospitality space at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics from “Ice House” to “Winter House,” following widespread protests in ...

Oliver Perkins is the February Humboldt Hero.

The 2026 Winter Olympics have brought skaters, skiers, snowboarders and whatever you call those daredevils who do skeleton to Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, in the Italian Alps. The Games also draw up ...

The saying “Let the Games begin!” first applied to the Winter Olympics in 1924. That was when the first official Olympic Games took place, representing the culmination of more than three decades of ...

IT’S WHAT EVERYONE’S BEEN WAITING FOR. WHAT WILL WINTER LOOK LIKE THIS SEASON? I CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR THE ANSWER. WILL THERE BE LOTS OF SNOW? AND ARE WE LOOKING AT BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES? OMAHA ...

Although there are competitions scheduled for February 4, the ceremony that will officially decree the start of the Games is set for February 6. Here’s how to watch. What’s Happening at the Opening ...

The latest bout of brutally cold weather that has beset the eastern U.S. for weeks sent wind chills into the negative teens and 20s Fahrenheit (negative mid-20s to negative low 30s Celsius) in the U.S ...

The National Weather Service is making sweeping changes to the designation of regional fire areas of northwestern California, which will have the result of changing communication to the public ...

Tucked into northwest Arkansas’ Ozark Mountains, Eureka Springs is a place where contradictions don’t just coexist; they define the destination. It’s a Victorian-era spa town and a paranormal hot spot ...

Jessie Diggins is an endurance athlete. The Olympic cross-country skier describes the intensity of suffering her sport can inflict as a “pain cave.” It doesn’t frighten her; she’s used to digging deep ...