With stores across the metro short on ice melt and sidewalk salt, here are some other products you can use to avoid slipping outside your home.

EDINA, Minn. — Salt may seem harmless and a great way to melt ice, but a new movement is warning of its harmful impacts. Officials in Edina, along with many communities across the country, are ...

With stores short on ice melt and sidewalk salt, here are some other products you can use to avoid slipping outside your home.

Home-based alternatives So what can you do if you cannot find a shovel or salt anywhere? Try some home alternatives. A garden shovel can work on a sidewalk.

A chemistry professor explains the science that makes salt a cheap and efficient way to lower freezing temperature.

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MINNEAPOLIS — If you're in search of sidewalk salt, you're going to have a tough time finding it. The winter weather hitting the Twin Cities has left walkways slippery and ice melt in short ...

The Conservation Foundation / HANDOUT This 12-ounce cup of salt is enough to de-ice 20 feet of driveway or 10 sidewalk squares, according to The Conservation Foundation, based in Naperville.

The City of Lakewood is reminding residents about the availability of up to five gallons of free salt for personal use on driveways and sidewalks.

Salt Lake City launched a new campaign Wednesday with the dockless e-scooter companies Lime and Bird in an effort to help residents and visitors understand the rules of the sidewalk.