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Jun 16, 2021 Trevor Burgess and Gary Hess first met during Pride Month and to mark their silver anniversary, they’re donating to groups and causes that have supported them over the years. “We've built, together, two successful businesses in St. Petersburg and we decided we wanted to give back to our community,” Burgess explains. “So we picked 10 organizations, many that we have worked with before and some that are in special need right now, and decided that we would make 10 $25,000 gifts.” The group of grateful recipients includes museums, clinics and LGBTQ organizations. The coupl...

As drought in the Western U.S. deepens, farmers are feeling the pain. Some are watching their crops fail, while others are selling cattle because they don't have the grass to feed it.

Farmers Are Feeling The Pain As Drought Spreads In The Northwest Nicole Berg's stunted wheat field is so short and sparse she doesn't think the combine can even reach the wheat without, as she puts it, eating rocks. "Combines don't like dirt and rocks," Berg says, standing amid the damaged rows. "They get indigestion." Berg is a dryland wheat farmer in the sweeping Horse Heaven Hills of southeastern Washington state. She shows off one head of half-turned golden wheat amid a sea of them. Besides being too short, the plant's kernels didn't fill out properly. "See how the wheat head is curled...

It's as dry as it's been in a century in parts of Washington and Oregon. Some farmers are watching their crops fail, while others are selling cattle because they don't have the grass to feed it.

Farmers Are Feeling The Pain As Drought Spreads In The Northwest