WEATHER

We plow through the impacts of this week's major snowstorm, the Trump administration's attempts to deconstruct critical government programs that support people facing homelessness, how the state and residents are responding to rising utility bills.

Around western Massachusetts, the sound of snow blowers and shoveling were a constant on Monday. In the frigid cold at one household, roommates took turns digging out cars. It turns out, their is household of public transportation bus drivers - each with professional training to drive on weather days like these.

Lingering snow Monday night will likely increase snow totals after nearly one to two feet of snow fell on parts of Massachusetts during the state's biggest snowstorm in four years.

Flights are canceled and school districts are closing down Monday as the inches of precipitation fall in Massachusetts.

We talk to Dave Hayes the Weather Nut about the impending snow storm, have a Live Music Friday with DJ Unagi and try wines at State Street Wine Fruit Store.

The snow has begun in New England and many Western Mass communities have parking bans in effect and have cancelled school Monday.

We learn about Community Action Pioneer Valley's fundraiser to tackle heat insecurity, check in with professor Ousmane Power-Greene for a Power of History segment from Liberia, and learn about a galaxy without stars with Mr. Universe.

Boston Globe meteorologist Ken Mahan says we haven't seen this type of cold snap happen this early since the 1960s.

We speak with Nan Parati 20 years since she was displaced by Hurricane Katrina and hear music with clarinetist Kinan Azmeh with conversation with Michi Wiancko of Antenna Cloud Farm.

The heat wave of the past three days is projected to end Thursday morning.