Surry County’s volunteer fire departments have been in the spotlight since the county unveiled a controversial consolidation plan that drew fierce community opposition. On Monday, one of those departm ...

TEXAS — After a couple of delays, including unauthorized people on the launch site, Blue Origin sent up six people on its New Shepard rocket. The six are part of the NS-38 mission, Blue Origin's ...

Blue Origin has announced the next group of mostly wealthy businesspeople and entrepreneurs who will soon board one of the company's spacecraft for a brief trip to the edge of space. The impending ...

Labi Siffre, the 80-year-old British folk musician, is back after spending decades out of the spotlight. He just announced his first new album in 28 years; the appropriately titled Unfinished Business ...

Blue Origin announced on Jan. 30, 2026, that it will pause New Shepard flights for at least two years. The company, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is instead redirecting resources to lunar ...

Collectively, Americans now owe $1.28 trillion on their credit cards, according to a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. However, despite the overall increase, there is a growing ...

Trek just pulled the covers off a new top-tier city e-bike aimed squarely at riders who want comfort, power, and polish without turning daily riding into a hobby that requires constant tinkering. The ...

The company is shifting its focus to developing lunar lander technology for NASA's Artemis missions. Nearly 100 people have flown on the suborbital New Shepard rocket since its first crewed flight in ...

Blue Origin is pausing its New Shepard space tourism flights for at least two years from Launch Site One in rural West Texas. The company is shifting its focus to developing a lunar lander for NASA's ...

The decision comes as NASA prepares to send four astronauts around the moon in 2026 during a mission known as Artemis 2, which would set the stage for future moon landings. Blue Origin has a $3.6 ...

Blue Origin won't be launching any space tourists high above Earth's atmosphere anytime soon. Though Blue Origin said in a press release it has a "multi-year customer backlog" for New Shepard ...