The American West is in the grip of a tumbleweed takeover. A large swath of the country, from eastern Washington to western ...

A large Russian thistle plant is shown growing along a fenceline. The USDA proposes to biologically control Russian thistle with a mite. (Courtesy Forest and Kim Starr/Star Environmental) The USDA ...

Gene Autry, an early country and western singer, appeared as a guest in two Ken Maynard western movies. Then he starred in the surreal serial, "The Phantom Empire." His fourth movie and first starring ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Strong winds will sweep across West Texas and eastern New Mexico today with even stronger winds Friday. In addition to stampeding tumbleweeds, blowing dust may result in poor ...

Late summer into early winter is when we see tumbleweeds in Southern California, blown about by strong Santa Ana winds. But you may not know how intrusive and dangerous they are. Why it matters: "When ...

As I was preparing a message from the book of Hebrews, chapter two to be exact, I was reminiscing about the word, “drift.” I say reminiscing because drifting always held some dreamy sense of relief or ...

The gnarled icon of the Old West — ominously featured in movies as gunslingers square off on dusty streets and townsfolk shake behind curtained windows — rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling ...

The gnarled icon of the Old West — ominously featured in movies as gunslingers square off on dusty streets and townsfolk shake behind curtained windows — rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling ...

The gnarled icon of the Old West — ominously featured in movies as gunslingers square off on dusty streets and townsfolk shake behind curtained windows — rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling ...

Tumbleweeds, the gnarled icon of the Old West, rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City. Crews on Tuesday continued to plow, load ...