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MUSIC: Private jet once owned by Elvis Presley for sale again

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A private jet once owned by Elvis Presley that has sat on a runway in New Mexico for nearly four decades is back on the auction block. The online auction site IronPlanet announced this week that the plane with red velvet seats had returned the market after its ...

LIFE: Warned 30 years ago, global warming ‘is in our living room’

SALIDA, Colo. (AP) — We were warned. On June 23, 1988, a sultry day in Washington, James Hansen told Congress and the world that global warming wasn’t approaching — it had already arrived. The testimony of the top NASA scientist, said Rice University historian Douglas Brinkley, was ...

LIFE: 2K children alone, Trump’s self-inflicted domestic crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of children split from their families at the U.S. southern border are being held in government-run facilities. A look at how we got here, what’s real and what’s not, and what might happen next. HOW DID WE GET HERE? Tens of thousands of parents and ...

MUSIC: Longtime Elvis Presley drummer D.J. Fontana has died

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — D.J. Fontana, a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer who rose from strip joints in his native Shreveport, Louisiana to the heights of musical history as Elvis Presley’s first and longtime drummer, has died at 87, his wife said Thursday. Karen Fontana told The Associated Press ...

Area entertainment listings 6/14/18-6/20/18

Live music 123 PLEASANT STREET: hosts Parsonsfield with Meadow Run Friday; Algiers with Retconned, Culture Thief Saturday; WV Day Travelin Appalachians Revue Wednesday. Info: 123pleasantstreet.com. MARK PALMER: plays from 7-10 p.m. Saturday at Whippoorwill Bar & Grill. BACK IN ...

See blacksmithing demos June 16 at fort

FAIRMONT — Come out June 16 and watch some of the best blacksmiths in north-central West Virginia apply their skills. There will be demonstrations throughout the day on many aspects of traditional and modern blacksmithing. Tickets can be purchased from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Visitor Center ...