Migrant stories have two parts: the leaving of an old life, and the building of a new one. Pat Rush's "old life" started in Arkansas. She was born in 1935 and her family worked as laborers picking ...

A pair of tightly-contested games in the 3rd/4th division kicked off the Owensboro Dust Bowl Tuesday afternoon, as the youngest age group put on a show to begin the day’s action at Kendall-Perkins ...

Author Rena Olsen is out with a new children's book about her mother's joy that's been passed down through the generations. Rena’s book “Maxine's Joy” tells her mom’s story as a Dust Bowl survivor who ...

Dust storms have been wreaking havoc across the country, and the mix of climate change and lax environmental regulations mean they’re likely to continue. In their wake, air quality readings spiked ...

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 ...

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Alyssa Colman is the author of the middle grade fantasy The Tarnished Garden and the companion novel The Gilded Girl. Here she reflects on her research behind her forthcoming book, Where Only Storms ...