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Sunny and warm weather gave way to blustery, rainy conditions ... and snow. More snow was the last thing many North Texans wanted to see on the first day of spring. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport has seen six days of snowfall since Jan. 1.

It's kind of an oxymoron, but we got to roll with it, right? Arlington resident Burley Wilkins said. A strong cold front pushed through North Texas on Saturday, bringing light to moderate snow. A winter weather advisory is in effect until Sunday morning. Rhome resident Ashely Nagle said she was in shorts and a sunburn just the other day. But the first day of spring was a balmy 30 degrees in Rhome, with a blanket of snow.   -Janet Henry

 

Two leaders in state water use organizations are dead following a freak accident at a cabin near Creede. Officials say 56-year-old Ray Wright and 53-year-old Doug Shriver were smothered Friday when heavy snow from the cabin roof buried them. Wright was board president for the Rio Grande Water Conservation District and Shriver was chairman of the Rio Grande Water Users Association.  

NORMAN, Okla. A powerful storm began blowing through Oklahoma and the southern Plains on the first day of spring Saturday, bringing heavy snow and strong winds a day after temperatures reached into the 70s. Officials said gusts of up to 40 mph could create drifts of blowing snow and blizzard conditions in what the National Weather Service called "a potentially life-threatening" storm. Much of Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, along with parts of Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, were under a storm warnin  

Even though it seems like a no-brainer, Norman may soon be getting its first doughnut shop/cyber cafe hybird. As a writer, Dana Loy found that the class on memoir writing her friend's mother was taking sparked an interest in her. A powerful storm began blowing through Oklahoma and the southern Plains on the first day of spring Saturday, bringing some heavy snow and strong winds that forecasters said could create blizzard conditions and make driving hazardous.  

Daffodils are pushing up from the thawing ground, the robins are arriving and the snow mounds have melted in the company parking lot. It's business as usual, depending what business you're in, putting behind a harsh winter that helped some businesses and hurt others. For the lucky ones like hardware stores and ski shops, every flake of the Dec. 19, Feb. 6 and 10 blizzards was a blessing.

Sales go up but so do expenses   -Jo Natale

 

Today's forecast is for more sun and a high around 68 degrees. "Is it spring out here, or is it just me?" Jack Hilferty asked in disbelief Saturday afternoon after his baseball tryouts in Lower Southampton.

I'm grateful. Usually I don't mind winter. But there was too much wear-and-tear on my car (this year)   -Ryan Perez

 

Once again, we are off to a mild start across the region with early morning temperatures closer to our normal daytime high. The high in Philadelphia is expected to climb up to 73 today. The mild push of air will continue, but changes are ahead for the start of the work week.  

North Texas got a late visit from Winter on the first day of Spring. Snow began falling across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex Saturday evening. It lasted well into early Sunday morning.  

Coming off the heels of the snowiest winter in recorded history and wondering when the white stuff would ever melt, Delaware County residents couldn't ask for a day better than Saturday to kick off spring. "It's beautiful. It's good for the soul to get out and enjoy weather like this," said Nick Palladino, who spent the afternoon fishing with his 9-year-old daughter Michelle at Ridley Park Lake. "I take her here every year. She usually catches a catfish or a sunner," said Palladino, a Ridley Township r

We’re really enjoying the first day of spring   -Donna James