Figure 1. This emerald contains a brown crystal of the rare mineral parisite. There is also an oil-filled cavity showing a blue and orange flash effect, along with two large trapped gas bubbles. This ...

October kicked off this week, but it doesn’t feel much like spooky season just yet. Temperatures remain unseasonably warm across the region, continuing the hot, dry stretch that closed out September.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear with patchy river valley fog in some spots overnight. Lows in the lower 60s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy with highs in the upper 80s. EXTENDED: I'm tracking a quiet ...

Amazon will pay both the Federal Trade Commission and consumers directly to settle a lawsuit alleging that it used manipulative and deceptive tactics to encourage sign-ups for Prime. The settlement ...

Save the date for this Saturday, Sept. 27, when Elkin will host its annual Yadkin Valley Pumpkin Festival, complete with pumpkin weigh-off! The Pumpkin Festival is a popular event for locals in the ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. PALO — At Whiskey River Grill, a bar and restaurant that sits a couple miles from the decommissioned ...