We hear a lot about the Bakersfield Sound but beyond the music, the voices of the valley still ring strong. One such voice was Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, known as the "Okie Poet," who chronicled the ...

The National Weather Service issued Chicago’s first dust storm warning on May 16. A combination of dry soil, strong winds, and thunderstorms caused the rare plume. It was the city’s worst dust storm ...

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Oklahoma Dust Bowl history, the state’s wildlife and a family story come together on something anglers or hunters might carry in their hip pockets in 2020.

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Summers are hot for most regions around the country every year, but very few summer heat waves compare to the one that happened toward the end of “The Dust Bowl” in 1936. Much of ...

TULSA, Okla. — An exhibit at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa is giving visitors a look back in time at one of the worst days in the Dust Bowl era, referred to as "Black Sunday." Black Sunday ...

Following months of research, students at Central Ninth Grade Center presented a first-hand account of the Dust Bowl era to the Sand Springs Cultural and Historical Museum. The students interviewed ...

OLATHE — Water engineer Bob Hurford has a chart he often shares with communities in the Gunnison River Basin to drive home the seriousness of the region’s water conditions. It shows that the basin’s ...