Extreme cold and frequent storms have depleted the rock salt inventories local authorities rely on to keep streets and sidewalks safe, making it harder for suppliers to keep up with demand. The supply ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) says statewide about 404,000 tons of road salt are used every year.

It turns out President Donald Trump doesn’t have the market cornered on protective trade policies. Back in 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the New York State Buy American Salt Act, a bill sponsored by ...

Pour warm water into a bucket. Add rock salt crystals to it. (A good ratio is 1 gallon water to 1 cup rock salt, but this is ...

RENNSELAER, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The rock salt shortage is impacting the entire Capital Region and beyond. On Friday Governor Kathy Hochul issued an executive order that declared a state disaster ...

The city didn’t actually spread more salt than usual. But it may have seemed that way, according to the Sanitation Department, because there was less snow and rain.

COEYMANS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Frequent snowstorms have called for more rock salt shipments to the Port of Coeymans. They had a shipment arrive Friday and expect a lot more shipments this season.

But finding them turned into a multi-store, multi-town hunt for many, as products such as rock salt and calcium chloride are in short supply nationwide. Supply chain issues have made products like ...

It is not just Wisconsin’s lakes that need protecting — rising levels of salt in water wells could affect those with sodium ...

Legislation introduced recently in the state Assembly would allow local governments to purchase road salt from Canada.