A new business set to open in downtown Morgantown this August is stepping up to try to help those suffering in the extreme heat this week -- with coolers filled with free water and popsicles. “I saw the heat index warning and saw that we don’t have a cooling station for folks,” ...
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Commission on Tuesday announced a $17.8 million public/private partnership with Comcast to deliver broadband access to the county’s western end and other unserved areas over the next 22 months. Of that amount, $5,980,000 will come out of the ...
Every summer, I climb into the back seat of my dad’s Traverse, dogs in tow, to head to Carolina Beach for a week of family time. It’s a laid-back vacation during which nothing much happens, nor is it supposed to. We simply relax and enjoy each other’s company. My mother and I pay ...
Picture it now. You’re standing in view of the New River Gorge on a fall day, surrounded by the red and golden hues of the trees as a comforting and familiar fog sets in. Or you’re near a stream with a mill spinning water nearby and a field of rhododendrons waving in the ...
In 2015, Pixar, the studio that makes us feel all of our feelings, made a movie about feelings that made us think about our emotions in a new way, “Inside Out.” Now, almost 20 years later, we are invited back inside Riley’s mind to take a peek as she grows into a teenager in Kelsey Mann’s “Inside Out 2.” Riley (Kensington Tallman) has turned 13. She is a good kid who loves playing hockey and hanging out with her friends Grace (Grace Lu) and Bree (Sumayyah Muriddin-Green). But when they go to hockey camp with the ultra-cool Valentina (Lilimar), new ...
The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 to celebrate cinema following the attacks on the World Trade Center. This year, 103 feature-length films and numerous short films were shown at Tribeca. Thanks to a virtual option, I was able to cover the festival remotely. Here are a few of my favorite watches from the festival. Documentary features “Hacking Hate,” by filmmaker Simon Klose, follows Swedish journalist My Vingren as she goes undercover to research far-right extremism online. Her work leads her to Anika Collier Navaroli, the former Twitter employee who ...
