As autumn advances, whispering its presence in the cool(er) breeze, steering our kids off to school, bidding us to plant our fall gardens and warning us of the impending holiday season, it's time for a new look at life. Isn't that what the looming new a

* The Yakima Valley Museum's 2007 special exhibit "In Memory Of: Expressions of Mourning in Victorian America" was recently presented an Award of Exhibit Excellence from the Washington Museum Association.

( Carnegie Mellon University ) Hyaluronic hydrogels developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers may provide a suitable scaffolding to enable bone regeneration. The hydrogels, created by Newell Washburn, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Jeffrey Hollinge

Local artists are showcasing their work in the 20th Annual Regional Juried Exhibit at the Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council building. A Little Rock artist judged the pieces, which ranged from oil and watercolors to sculptures and fabrics.

A Kansas woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 2:05 p.m. Friday on Highway 71, two miles north of Sheldon in Vernon County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.