WASHINGTON (AP) — With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon ...

That includes Landon Olson, a 16-year-old from Indianola, who has become a licensed pilot. He grew up with a love of hot-air balloons, and since 2023 he’s been training to become a hot-air balloon ...

With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight ...

Weather balloons are an “essential piece of the forecasting system.” But there will be fewer of them in tornado season this ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

A 16-year-old Indianola native is a licensed hot-air balloon pilot. Landon Olson grew up being interested in hot-air balloons. His first time in a basket was when he was just four years old.