PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A recent snowstorm that pummeled parts of Oregon caused the roof at a high school gym to collapse under the weight of about 700,000 pounds of snow, school officials said.

This might simply be Atlanta's fate in winter storms: The city was also brought to a standstill in a winter storm in 1993. And again during "Snow Jam 1982," a storm that hit in January of that year.

Several Capital Region school districts are opting out of the state Education Department's "snow day pilot" program, which for one year gives districts the choice of pivoting to remote instruction ...