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Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers

by Matthew Brown
| June 26, 2021 12:06 AM

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers.

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