January's taste of winter weather is making area residents more appreciative of the recent string of mild winters.

Since the arrival of 2024 this area has experienced several days of subzero temperatures, high winds and snow.

The weather has caused he cancellation of many activities, extended the Christmas vacation for our schools and made travel difficult. The weather problems haven't been limited to one area. Within the week there was at least one day where Arizona was the only one of the 48 states not to have some type of weather warning.

Our newspapers were printed on schedule last w...