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  Giant Saharan Dust Plume to Paint North Texas Skies Orange This Weekend

  June 25 at 4 a.m.

  Expect to breathe in some dusty, African air when you step outside this weekend. A Saharan dust plume is traveling more than 7,000 miles to touch down in Dallas. The cloud is a bone dry, dusty mass of air that forms over the Sahara Desert in North Africa, said Juan...

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  Growing Pains: Stress Is Killing Farmers, But These Texans Keep Plowing Ahead

  January 21 at 4 a.m.

  Farmers across the country are struggling to make ends meet. In Texas, the stress weighs on farmers who sometimes struggle to figure out how to scrape together the next bill payment.

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  How Do You Play an Outdoor Hockey Game When It’s 55 Degrees and Raining?

  Monday, December 30, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  On the afternoon of New Year's Day, right about the time the Dallas Stars face off against the Nashville Predators at the Cotton Bowl, the forecast calls for a chance of rain and temperatures in the mid 50s — not balmy, maybe, but well above freezing. Hockey, not to put...

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  At the End of Ozone Season, We Wanted to Know If Anyone Pays Attention to Ozone Alert Days

  Monday, November 11, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Have you ever wondered if those "Ozone Action Day Tomorrow" signs actually do anything, if people change their well-worn patterns just because of an orange and black sign flashing past the window? We did too. But the answer, it turns out, is complicated.

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  October Tornado Victims To Receive Tax Help from Dallas County

  Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas County homeowners hit by October's tornadoes will get a little tax help from the county, thanks to the Dallas County Commissioners Court. Tuesday morning, commissioners decided by a unanimous vote to allow the Dallas County Appraisal District to revalue property hit by the tornado. Owners of properties given new,...

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  In Tornado’s Wake, City of Dallas Wants Renters to Get Insured

  Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  If you're looking for a lesson to take away from last month's tornado that flattened homes and demolished businesses in North Dallas, try this: get insured. That's according to Rocky Vaz, Dallas' emergency management director, who said getting apartment dwellers signed up for insurance is a big priority in the...