At least 11 National Weather Service offices around the country have seen their twice-daily balloon launches to collect weather data either suspended or reduced in number as the service copes with ...

The balloons had messages saying, “Happy heavenly birthday, momma.” The balloon found in Maine had the name Dian Howell ...

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

FILE - A National Weather Service weather balloon sits ready for launch in the Upper Air Inflation Building at the National Weather Service, April 27, 2006, in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Chris ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Angie Howell and her family released balloons from their Lexington, Missouri house earlier this week in honor of her late mother’s birthday. Howell didn’t expect to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A National Weather Service weather balloon sits ready for launch in the Upper Air Inflation Building at the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former ...

But his true passion, passed down from his parents, is balloons. He has transformed that ... his purple mohawk swept up with a clamshell hair claw. On a large television screen was a photograph ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 3. Photo: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images ...