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Californians rejoiced this week when big drops of water started falling from the sky for the first time in any measurable way since the spring, an annual soaking that heralds the start of the rainy season following some of the hottest and driest months on record.

Experts say drought should be thought of as something caused by climate change, not by weather.

Even if California were to have above-average rain and snow this winter, warming temperatures mean it still likely won't be enough to make up for all the water...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians rejoiced this week when big drops of water...

Even if California were to have above-average rain and snow this winter, warming temperatures mean it still likely won't be enough to make up for all the water...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians rejoiced this week when big drops of water started falling from the sky for the first time in any measurable way since the spring, an annual soaking that heralds the start of the rainy season following some of the hottest and driest months on record.

A NOAA-led task force warns that the drought facing the western U.S. will continue well into 2022 or later without serious efforts to mitigate human-caused global warming.

North Country Pheasants Forever volunteers guided 13 Pillager students to find pheasants Oct. 3 at Hunt's Point Gun Club in Pequot Lakes.

La Nina is the opposite of El Nino, it's the cool phase of the El Nino-southern oscillation climate pattern.

Twin States can play major role in solving problemsThe Sept. 25 Opinion page links the Upper Valley to the epic role in Washington, D.C., played by Twin State policy and science leaders. Dartmouth College professor Justin Mankin, co-lead of the NOAA...