Evacuees settle in at the Eastern New Mexico University gymnasium Tuesday, June 18, 2024 after evacuating the Ruidoso area because of the South Fork and Salt fires. (Leah Romero / Source NM) When KC Counts left her cabin in Ruidoso on Tuesday, she saw smoke from a new fire start. About three hours later she […]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed evidence pointing to asteroids colliding in a neighboring star system. Resultant dust kicked up by the collision has a mass equal to around 100,000 times that of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. The asteroids were seen smashing together in Beta Pictoris, a star system located about […]
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Bay County beaches were closed on Friday following two shark attacks in neighboring Walton County. According to a press release from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, beach flags were upgraded to double red on Friday, closing the Gulf of Mexico to beachgoers. This was done in response to “several reported shark […]
Kansans with a KTAG will be able to use it on a majority of Colorado toll roads beginning this Sunday, according to the Kansas Turnpike Authority. The KTAG is the device that allows drivers to pay tolls electronically instead of stopping at a toll booth. E-470 and express lanes near the Denver metro area will […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Thursday in Belarus for a two-day visit as part of several foreign tours to kick off his fifth term in office, underscoring close ties with a neighboring ally that has been instrumental in Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. Putin traveled to China earlier this month, and is expected in Uzbekistan […]
PARKER, Colo. (KDVR) — A Parker family is frustrated and shaken after an overnight theft in their driveway. The Wall family woke up to find the trailer holding their four-wheeler and side-by-side was gone. The family said they normally keep those utility vehicles on family property, but they had just brought them home for a […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear‘s upcoming trip to neighboring Tennessee to speak out against that state’s sweeping abortion ban is the latest sign that the Democrat known for defeating Donald Trump-backed rivals is looking to improve his party’s prospects in GOP territory and build up his own name recognition. Beshear — who […]
How do you satiate the hunger of a supermassive black hole? With light-years-long rivers of cosmic dust, astronomers say. Scientists have found evidence of remarkably long dust streams spiraling in toward the supermassive black hole living at the heart of our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda. It would appear that these giant streams quietly, but continuously, feed […]
May 4—BCFS Health and Human Services announced the expansion of the Texas Home Visiting program to serve families in Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee and Nacogdoches counties. This initiative aims to enhance positive child development outcomes, increase family self-sufficiency and promote well-being for young children and their families. Leading this expansion is DaVina Morris, Regional Director with […]
TREMONTON, Utah (ABC4) — A 3.9 magnitude earthquake struck northern Utah early Saturday morning, according to the University of Utah Seismograph Stations (UUSS). “The University of Utah Seismograph Stations (UUSS) reports that a minor earthquake of magnitude 3.9 occurred at 02:36 AM on May 04, 2024. The epicenter of the shock was located about 16 […]
A hiccuping supermassive black hole has alerted astronomers to a whole new type of black hole behavior. In 2020, a previously quiet black hole at the heart of a galaxy about 800 million light-years from Earth, and with a mass equivalent to 50 million suns, suddenly erupted, brightening the material around it by a factor of […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government has prepared new legislation to boost the nation’s capacity for self-defense, including more funding for first aid courses, better public warning systems, and more emergency shelters, officials said Friday. Ministers of defense and of the interior said the bill was prompted by the war that neighboring Ukraine is fighting […]