Weather

Some homeless people are admitted to Bartlett Regional Hospital’s emergency room cold and hungry, while others are literally freezing to death.

Boat operations have been suspended and aircraft grounded by bad weather with no more signs of a single-engine plane presumed to have crashed with four onboard Wednesday in southwest Alaska.

A Kodiak Island Borough Assemblyman discussed the dangers of sawing frozen spruce during Kodiak’s most recent cold snap.

Communities across the state are cold and snowy and that weather trend is expected to stick around.

Juneau is under a winter storm warning until Wednesday night. Forecasters expect the town to see 10-15 inches of snow. That’s the most snowfall in a couple of years.

Plows cleared away slushy snow Saturday morning. But icy conditions persisted because state workers wanted to avoid using too much overtime. Budget cuts to the Alaska Department of Transportation will affect drivers for another winter.