It’s been warmer in Alaska than in three dozen other states. If someone asked you, “Where can I go in the United States to ...

Residents across the country from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine are bracing for dangerously low temperatures ...

A Jefferson Circuit judge will be on an extended leave of absence because of health issues. Jude Melissa Logan Bellows announced Thursday on social media that she had been forced to take a leave of ...

Gov. Andy Beshear is warning Kentuckians to prepare for an incoming blast of arctic air that will last several days.

The coldest weather of the season to date will be due to a phenomenon called a polar vortex, an upper-level jet stream that typically circulates around both the North and South Poles, but can push ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The end of the workweek ... from Canada and will promote dangerously cold temperatures for central Kentucky and southern Indiana. The jet stream will swing well to the south ...

These conditions are all thanks to a familiar sounding occurrence: the polar vortex, a large area of low pressure and cold air that surrounds the Earth's poles. The "vortex" is the counterclockwise ...

Answers as to why these strange temperatures and weather events are prevalent may be found in the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both of ...