Winter's snow brings poorer roads, layoffs | mansfieldnewsjournal.com

MANSFIELD -- In announcing the layoff of seven employees Thursday, Richland County Engineer Tom Beck said the fallout would mean less highway maintenance this summer and more snow-covered roads this winter.

At a meeting Thursday with commissioners, Beck blamed the layoff of six employees and one supervisor on last winter. Keeping county roads driveable for the first three months of 2010 cost $817,433, roughly $32,000 less than for all of 2009.

Yosemite supersized: Sierra’s big snow season means big waterfalls - Travel - LATimes.com

The cables to the top of Half Dome, which usually are in place Memorial Day weekend, finally went up Wednesday so that hikers can summit the 8,800-foot granite rock face.

Coroner takes aim at snow-removal deaths

A coroner's report into the deaths of four pedestrians hit by snow-removal vehicles in the winter of 2009 is expected to recommend ways to monitor the number of hours worked by drivers in order to reduce fatigue.