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The Kikai-Akahoya eruption of an underwater volcano off the coast of Japan ejected enough material to fill Lake Tahoe twice, three times as much as the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815

This marks the third eruption since December in a region that, prior to 2021, hadn't seen volcanic activity for centuries

Balboa Island Museum officials not only aim to meet fundraising goals that will allow the facility to keep serving the community, they're also eyeing purchasing the Marine Avenue property that houses it.

Two fissures spewing lava opened up near Grindavík, destroying three houses in the town — and experts have warned new eruptions could take place any time.

Two fissures spewing lava opened up near Grindavík, destroying three houses in the town — and experts have warned new eruptions could take place any time.

Creating equipment that can withstand the conditions of a magma chamber is a big roadblock to using volcanoes as a power source.

A master of American choral music, she wrote arrangements of hymns, folk songs and spirituals used in concert halls and churches countrywide.

Alice Stuart Parker, 98, born December 16, 1925, in Boston, Massachusetts, died December 24, 2023, in Hawley, Massachusetts. Having grown up in Winchester, Massachusetts, she graduated from Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1947, having studied organ and composition. After earning a Master of Music degree in choral conducting from The Juilliard School in New York City two years later, she began teaching in a high school. Parker would then study and begin a long collaboration with Rob...

Ms. Parker, a composer and conductor in Hawley, crafted hundreds of choral compositions on commission during a career that stretched for more than 75 years.

Innate storyteller spun memories from his trips and adventures into epic tales shared with family and friends