As storms start, US states struggle to hire snowplow drivers
"We want the traveling public to understand why it could take longer this season to clear highways during winter storms."
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"We want the traveling public to understand why it could take longer this season to clear highways during winter storms."
More U.S. drivers could find themselves stuck on snowy highways or have their travel delayed this winter due to a shortage of snowplow drivers — a reality that could hit home Friday as winter storms start dumping snow from the Intermountain West to the Upper Great Lakes. States from Washington...
A powerful storm was racing across the central US late Friday, producing at least one tornado and several tornado watches, according to officials.
The national worker shortage is making it hard for states to hire workers to clear snow as winter weather sets in across the U.S.
Northern states are having trouble finding people with commercial driver's licenses who are willing to work odd hours in dangerous conditions.