The northern half of Arkansas was blasted with a winter storm, Thursday night into Saturday, before it exited the state and moved Northeast.  Most areas received varying amounts of snowfall, beginning with sleet and freezing rain.  Snow totals indicated anywhere from 3" to 12", in the extreme.   Some counties declared a disaster, and Gov. Mike Beebe also declared a state of emergency, Friday, freeing up some money for county Emergency Management departments.  Carroll Electric Coop had standby crews from other areas ready to activate to any power interruption.  Fortunately, according to Nancy Plagge at Carroll Electric, only a few people experienced temporary outage.  State and local road crews in N.W. Arkansas, including Carroll County, would have been wasting efforts and resources to try to maintain roads while the storm was still in progress.  On Saturday, the scanner was full of conversation with road crews finally getting out to blade and clear roads.  Traffic Saturday was moving slowly, but moving.  A warning trend is to begin Sunday into next week to further the melting process.  KTHS will air cancellations, including church services, beginning at 6am Sunday morning.