Wendy Yates / Special to the Village News After five years of waiting, baby otters Pearl and Sapphire were recently born at ...

This Aug. 2025 photo provided by The Marine Mammal Center shows a southern sea otter swimming in Morro Bay, Calif. (Brian Simuro/The Marine Mammal Center via AP) This Aug. 2025 photo provided by The ...

Sea Otter Reunion This Aug. 2025 photo provided by The Marine Mammal Center shows a southern sea otter swimming in Morro Bay, Calif. (Brian Simuro/The Marine Mammal Center via AP) (Brian Simuro/AP) ...

It was a foggy October afternoon on the Central California coast when the Marine Mammal Center got a call on their public hotline: there were distressed cries coming from the frigid waters in Morro ...

Photo of Richard Nichols, Krystal Hoover, and Stephen Cody Ford following a Dec. 12 drug bust in Wythe County. Seized items pictured below. It was a foggy October afternoon on the central California ...