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• Frigid waters pose springtime risk

  April 21, 2012 in City on Page A1 Water in area rivers and lakes may look tempting during warmer weather forecast for the weekend, but experts say rivers and lakes remain deadly cold. Air temperatures will soar into … 3

• Idaho water supply strong heading to summer

  April 13, 2012 in Outdoors, Idaho Some record-setting weather in March has put Idaho’s snowpack — and ultimately its rivers, reservoirs and aquifers — in great shape heading into summer growing and recreation season, according to …

• Low snowpack levels have officials making drought plans

  March 21, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A1 As cross-country skiers whizzed along crusty trails of hardened snow at Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park last week, Scott Pattee taught a boisterous group of grade-schoolers how to measure …

• Statewide snowpack 70 percent of average

  March 9, 2010 in City on Page A5 Warmer than normal temperatures are melting Washington’s mediocre snowpack – and with it, almost all hope for average stream flows this summer.

• Region’s snowpack lackluster

  January 13, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 El Niño isn’t doing much for the Pacific Northwest’s mountain snowpack. Snow accumulations that broke records in parts of Washington during November are melting under an onslaught of mild January …

• Lots of snow, but just average Wash. snowpack

  January 13, 2009 in City, Region You might think that the record-breaking snowfall so far this winter in Washington state would ensure there will be plenty of water to avoid drought when it melts this spring …

• Extreme avalanche danger to persist

  January 1, 2009 in City on Page A1 Heavy, wet snow piled on top of light, crystallized flakes has created high avalanche danger, regional avalanche experts say. And the threat will likely grow with more snow expected in …