Drought Shows No Signs of Easing Up Throughout Dakotas May 11, 2021 By Blake Nicholson BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Extreme drought shows no signs of releasing its grip on North Dakota, despite recent cooler weather...
America’s New Normal: A Degree Hotter Than Two Decades Ago May 5, 2021 By Seth Borenstein America’s new normal temperature is a degree hotter than it was just two decades ago. Scientists have long talked about...
Facing Severe Drought, North Dakotans Turn to Higher Sources April 27, 2021 By Travis Svihovec and Blake Nicholson BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Leaders of a Bismarck church last Sunday morning took the first steps in organizing a communitywide...
Dry Tinderbox Conditions Raise Concern About Another Drought April 19, 2021 A messy nor’easter wasn’t enough to make up for a lack of late-season snow and dry spring weather, which is...
New Mexico Acequias Prepare for Brutal Year Amid Drought April 19, 2021 By Kyle Land TALPA, N.M. (AP) — It was a scenic day in Talpa, a small village in Taos County, and that concerned...
Epic Drought Means Water Crisis on Oregon-California Border April 16, 2021 By Gillian Flaccus PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned...
Nervous North American Farmers Set to ‘Seed in Faith’ Into Parched Soils April 15, 2021 By Rod Nickel and Julie Ingwersen WINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO — Fields across the Canadian Prairies and the U.S. Northern Plains are among the driest on record, raising...
Study: Drought-Breaking Rains More Rare, Erratic in US West April 8, 2021 By Matthew Brown BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the US West over the...
Crews Battling Black Hills Wildfires Gaining Control April 1, 2021 NEMO, S.D. (AP) — Firefighters on Tuesday began to gain control of wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota...
Forecasters Say Much of the Dakotas Could Be in for Drought March 1, 2021 By Kim Fundinsgland MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Snowfall in the region earlier this week was a welcome sight, falling on parched ground throughout...