City officials and staff with Keller, Fort Worth and Roanoke are all preparing for the arctic cold that is scheduled to arrive in North Texas Jan. 23.

What's happening: The city of Keller has already treated intersections and bridges with brine ahead of the winter storm. Mayor Armin Mizani posted on Facebook that the city has several trucks with plow capabilities. These trucks will be used in the event of snow or ice along main roads. He said if power goes out for an extended period of time, the city will open a warming station, as it has done in the past.

Fort Worth crews will start treating roads Jan. 23, according to a news release. The city is responsible for more than 8,600 miles of city roadways and more than 240 bridges. The priority for the city crew for transportation and public works department will be bridges and hospital entrances, critical hills and then intersections and arterials, respectively.

Roanoke officials are prepared to open warming shelters if and when they are needed.

Local school districts are monitoring an arctic cold front expected to hit the Dallas-Fort Worth area with sleet starting Jan. 23.

What you need to know: After-school activities and events for Jan. 23 and throughout the weekend have been cancelled at both Keller ISD and Northwest ISD, according to the districts.

Wintry precipitation, with the majority being icy rain, is expected throughout Jan. 24 and potentially into the morning of Jan. 25, according to previous reporting. While precipitation is expected to stop by Sunday morning, conditions may not improve until Tuesday, Jan. 27.

Bryce Nieman, Keller ISD’s chief communications officer, said the district is expecting a normal school day Friday. He said decisions about next week have not been made at this point.

One more thing: Community members are encouraged to check for updates from both districts through ParentSquare, a parent engagement platform. 

Degree Wellness is opening a new location later this year in Keller.

The gist: Degree Wellness will have a variety of services to Keller, according to a city social media post, like cryotherapy, an infrared sauna, cold plunge and oxygen therapy.

The med spa focuses on empowering people to feel, look and be their best selves, according to its website.

Degree Wellness has a number of locations in Texas, including in Flower Mound, Southlake and McKinney.

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A set of permanent regulations for thousands of Texas businesses selling consumable hemp products took effect Jan. 21, after the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission adopted them one day earlier.

The overview: The latest hemp rules do not bring significant changes to the roughly 60,000 businesses under TABC oversight. They replace similar emergency rules adopted Sept. 23, prohibiting Texas alcohol retailers from selling hemp-derived THC products to customers under 21 years old.

“The key you heard today… is the effect of THC on younger folks' development—much like alcohol, the same reasons we regulate alcohol for those 21 years old [and up],” TABC chair Robert Eckels said.

Zooming in: The TABC has limited jurisdiction over the consumable hemp industry and can only require age limits and ID checks, agency leaders said. State health officials are considering more comprehensive regulations on the industry.

“The Department of State Health Services’ rules are going to be much more robust,” TABC general counsel James Person said Jan. 20. “They actually cover the products themselves: the [THC] content, the testing and whatnot."

A far-reaching winter storm is expected to bring below-freezing temperatures, wintry precipitation and “dangerous ice” to Texas beginning Jan. 23, according to the National Weather Service. As residents brace for days of potentially hazardous conditions, state leaders said Jan. 22 that the Texas power grid “has never been stronger” and will withstand the storm.

What's happening: Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 134 of Texas’ 254 counties, telling reporters that the northern two-thirds of the state—from San Antonio to the Panhandle—will be impacted by the storm.

Officials said they do not expect a repeat of the widespread power outages that occurred during Winter Storm Uri in 2021, emphasizing that changes have been made in recent years to harden the grid against extreme weather. The governor said some Texans could see “local, isolated” outages due to fallen tree branches or ice on power lines.

"The severity of it is not quite as great... as Winter Storm Uri," Abbott said. "That said, people would be making a mistake if they don't take it serious."