snow

KDOT Dropped 1.2 Million Gallons Of Brine During Historic Snowstorm

Chandra Stauffer — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:30:22 +0000

During last month’s back-to-back snow storms, the Kansas Department of Transportation reports their snow crews pretreated and plowed nearly 880,000 miles of highway – enough to circle the earth 35 times.

BY THE NUMBERS

Winter Storms Q and Rocky (weeks of Feb. 18 and 25)

Brownback Praises State Officials For Storm Response

Jim McLean — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:02:45 +0000

Gov. Sam Brownback is praising state emergency, law enforcement and highway officials for their "all hands on deck" response to the recent snow storms.

VIDEO: How Was Your Commute? Mayor Says Street Crews Did 'Outstanding Job'

Carla Eckels and Chandra Stauffer — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:47:39 +0000

During a City Council Workshop Tuesday, Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer thanked the city maintenance crew that cleared snow from streets.

"Through this entire time frame, through both of the snows, we have to say hats off to our guys that were out there working the streets," said Brewer.

Brewer said the crew worked through the first storm and then immediately prepared for the next one to come in.

"They did an outstanding job in getting our streets all taken care of and getting them all cleaned up." said Brewer.

Tuesday School Closings (Updated)

Chandra Stauffer — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:10:51 +0000

Another snow day?

Why not.

UPDATED 5:40 am

Area schools that will be closed Tuesday, February 26:

Monday School Closings (UPDATED)

Briana O’Higgins — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:53:30 +0000

Updated: 7:05 am

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Wichita and the surrounding areas beginning at midnight Monday until at least noon Tuesday.

Wichita Officials: Get Ready For Storm, Round Two (UPDATED)

Briana O’Higgins — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:43:22 +0000

Updated: Monday 11:30 am

City officials are now saying that they have replenished the supply of sand and salt to treat the roads. However, they are still urging residents to stay home, if possible.

Joe Pajor with the Public Works and Utilities department says they will plow the roads throughout the duration of the storm, but will keep the majority of the salt and sand to treat the roads at the storm's end.

The conservation approach will likely make roads slicker and more difficult to navigate.

Top Morning News 2.22.13

Briana O’Higgins and Kate Clause — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:05:07 +0000

Former Tiller clinic will not be rezoned; Schools remain closed Friday due to weather; City services will likely be slow Friday, due to weather.

Former Tiller Clinic Will Not Be Rezoned

The Metropolitan Area Planning Commission voted 6-4 Thursday against moving forward with a rezoning request regarding the former Tiller clinic in east Wichita.

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Friday School Closures

What The City Is Doing About All This Snow

Briana O’Higgins — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:41:46 +0000

Wichita city officials held a news conference Thursday morning to give an update on the conditions in the midst of one of the city’s worst snow storms.

The Wichita area has already received more than 10 inches of snow over the past two days, causing drifts, vehicle accidents, delays and school closings.

Here are the updates from multiple city departments:

Wichita Police Department

Richard Crowson: One Nation Under 'Gotcha'

Richard Crowson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0000

Well, we’ve had some snow this winter. That proves there’s no global warming. No, really. Fox News has been all over it. See, they took Al Gore’s book, “An Inconvenient Truth,” and they set it outside in the snow and showed it on camera while they snickered and cackled about how the snow disproved it all.

Yeah. That’s what we’ve come to. Imbecilic “news reports” like that. The “gotcha” mentality rules stronger than ever.