Spotlight NC lawmaker wants to make sure more cities have salt reserves by next winter Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, The News & Observer (Raleigh) Feb 11, 2026 Feb 11, 2026 0 × Harry Scull Jr., Buffalo News A snowplow clears snow along Main Street in the Village of Springville on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After two winter storms two weeks in a row, a North Carolina lawmaker wants to make sure that the state is better equipped for a multi-storm winter.kAm#6A] rJ?E9:2 q2==[ 2 (2<6 r@F?EJ s6>@4C2E[ H:== 7:=6 2 3:== E@ AC@G:56 H62E96C\C6=2E65 7F?5:?8 H96? E96 v6?6C2= pDD6>3=J’D D6DD:@? 368:?D :? pAC:=[ D96 D2:5 |@?52J]k^AmkAm“$6G6C2= @7 FD 92G6 366? 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