Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA) is gearing up to take to the slopes and course in Somerset County for the 2026 Winter Games.
Along with the efforts of the Department of Public Works, Mayor Derek Williams led a shoveling brigade of volunteers to help residents clear their walkways.
Drew Zimmerman recreated an igloo his dad made for him during the blizzard of 1996 for his own kids during the recent snowstorm.
This equipment is a 550-horsepower tri-drive truck with three rear axles. Combined, the front and wing plows can clear a 27-foot-wide path in one pass. That’s more than two lanes on the highway.
Shoveling snow is heavy, hard work — research has shown that doing it for even a short time can make the heart work as hard as it does during a major workout. Adding to that stress, the cold temperatures cause blood vessels, including those feeding the heart, to constrict.
Winter weather will have millions of people around the United States shivering and shoveling this weekend, including Pennsylvanians.
Thanks to its namesake lake, Erie gets more than 100 inches of lake effect snow each winter.
Erie County is one of many counties in the state that has been placed under a drought watch by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Drought Task Force.
Rep. Perry Warren (R-Bucks) introduced House Bill 1704 days after the July 4 flash flood in Kerr County, Texas, that killed at least 135 people, including more than two dozen staff and young campers at a summer camp for girls.
While an overall warmer-than-average fall season was predicted by the Old Farmer's Almanac for 2025 for the United States, most of Pennsylvania, the Appalachians and Lower Lakes are forecast to see cooler-than-average temperatures and dry conditions with lower-than average precipitation.
