Weather

SUNSET -- Sunset Elementary School students know that no matter how bad the weather is, they can count on Janet "Nan" Lujan to walk with them to school, help them cross the street and keep them safe.

OGDEN -- There will be lots of water available to water lawns, make lemonade, take baths and generally keep the Wasatch Front wet this summer, but don't thank Utah's winter.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Every Feb. 2, a slew of weather-predicting rodents lift their noses in the air to test winter's strength, offering groundhog-hole predictions from Punxsutawney, Pa., down to Lilburn, Ga.

But among all fur-covered meteorologists, the best-guesser's crown belongs to a 5-year-old critter who lives indoors and doesn't even hibernate: Mortimer, the pride of Garner, N.C.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Authorities say at least nine people died in a series of crashes apparently caused by heavy smoke and fog overnight on Interstate 75 in north Florida.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The aurora borealis streaking across Alaska skies this week captivated sky watchers who camped out in sub-zero temperatures to photograph the lights, billed as the most active in years.

OGDEN -- One snowman appears to be gleefully pushing the other into the street in an unknown artist’s creation on the side of Monroe Boulevard in Ogden on Monday.