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Africa’s earliest apes lived in landscapes that include C4 savanna grasses more than 10 million years earlier than previously thought.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Staff Sgt. William Lukens, a student at Middle Tennessee State University and squad leader in the Tennessee National Guard, graduated from U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Ga, Dec. 9. As one of the toughest military training courses in the U.S. Armed Forces, Ranger School is the Army's premier program for teaching small unit tactics and leadership. During the 61-day course, Lukens learned how to lead squads and platoons in dismounted operations, around the clock, i ...

Denis “Denny” Rice, a former Tiburon mayor who also served on the Marin Board of Supervisors and mounted an unsuccessful campaign for U.S. Congress, died July 19 in Hampton, N.H., after a long illness. He was 90 years old. Mr. Rice’s civic career began when he was elected to the Town Council in 1968. He served one four-year term, taking two turns as mayor. In 1976, he was elected to represent Southern Marin on the Board of Supervisors, where he also served one four-year term. In 1992, Mr. Rice r

Artifacts Power of plants Hancock County’s perennial plant sales often are coveted, one-shot deals. Some gardeners make it. Others miss out. Among them is the Blue Hill Public Library’s benefit plant sale, but there’s a new twist. It kicked off Monday, May 24 and will run continuously for three weeks!   Starting Monday, May 24 the library will host its annual plant sale fundraiser, but with a new twist—this year, rather than taking place on just one day, it will go for three weeks! As always there will be high quality plants from local gardens available to purchase, but this year th...