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Sandy and Jim Parrill garden at Chaos, their acre of the Ozarks in Joplin. Sandy is a lifelong gardener, Missouri master ...

Nearly 99% of the county is affected by the drought, and it recorded its eighth-driest December in the past 130 years. Paris Barraza is a trending reporter covering California news at The Desert Sun.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Desert has begun to see the affects of the Golden State’s increasing drought. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor Report shows a portion of the Kern County ...

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Re: “Man arrested on drug and gun charges” and “Rutland sees continued drug violence.” It’s time for Vermont to be zero-drug tolerant: All convictions carry a mandatory prison sentence without parole.