Ryan Oettinger, who has about two decades of experience working for major convenience retailers, will be tasked with growing the 80-store chain’s footprint.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Chestnut Group, operator of Chestnut Market convenience stores, named Ryan Oettinger as its new CEO, effective Jan. 5. The appointment is part of a thoughtful and planned ...

The American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project team remains committed to chestnut and tree restoration research, building off nearly 35 years of dedicated work and study. Our research so far ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American Chestnut Tree Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images From the northernmost reach of the White Mountains and Mahoosuc ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University researcher is working to restore the American chestnut, an important wildlife tree and timber resource that dominated the landscape from Maine to Mississippi ...

An invasive fungus has killed billions of American chestnut trees since the early 1900s. Forestry experts in southeastern Ohio may have found a solution. His branches ruffle in the light breeze under ...

On September 22, 1870, Henry Ward Beecher — a clergyman and social reformer as well as the brother of Uncle Tom’s Cabin author Harriet Beecher Stowe — took to the Pittsfield Sun newspaper to write of ...

Joey Chestnut continued to cement himself as one of the top competitive eaters on the planet. On Monday, Chestnut ate 83 hot dogs and buns to defeat Takeru Kobayashi 83-67 in a live showdown between ...