Portlanders have spent the afternoon trudging through the snow or curling up inside, waiting for freezing rain and the icy roads that will follow. They won’t have to wait too much longer. The next band of precipitation is stalled over the Salem area,

Northeast Ohio's forecast for this weekend calls for sunshine on Friday, followed by periods of rain and snow Saturday and Sunday.

Another winter storm rolled through the state on Thursday, bringing snow, then sleet and rain, to Portland. The result was a heavy blanket of wet snow and slush, slouching off parked cars and caking sidewalks and streets with a thickness that frustrated some plow drivers.

Snowflakes started falling across the Willamette Valley this morning — dusting roads, plants and backyard furniture with white flurries. As cold weather moves across the state, much of Oregon is under winter storm or weather warnings from the National Weather Service through Friday.