Summer is right around the corner and Mountaineer Country is ready for it! As the sun peeks over the horizon earlier and sets over the mountains even later there’s so much to explore. To help you make the most of this extended daylight, we put together a list of activities for you and your ...
Lawmakers resolved a staredown over details of a bill to bolster financial support for disabled people. A special session finally concluded on its third day Tuesday with passage of a bill meant to improve the level of state funding for intellectual and developmental disabilities waivers, ...
I have always been the serious one. I gravitate toward people who love play, but my natural tendencies lean toward cynicism and somberness. Imaginative play has never been something that I excel at, so I have a slightly complicated relationship with media that puts that at the center. I want to love it, but it’s not always easy for me to get on board. So I had some trepidation about John Krasinski’s newest film, “IF.” Bea (Cailey Fleming) loses her mother at a young age, forcing her to grow up too fast. When her Dad (John Krasinski) returns to the same hospital for ...
Six years ago, Tara Hilleary and Holly Morris started Girl Scout Junior Troop 10167, and have since guided the same seven scouts through their elementary years. As their time together draws to a close and the Scouts look ahead at other ventures, the troop has earned its Girl Scout Bronze ...
Sunday is No Menthol Sunday, an annual call to action started a decade ago by The Center For Black Health & Equity. This day highlights the challenge of tobacco use and encourages all of us to do our part to overcome it. For years, big tobacco companies have targeted Black Americans with their advertising, making smoking seem more acceptable and desirable. And while communities have been fighting menthol cigarettes for years, there is still a continual battle to be waged. This year, 22 West Virginia faith-based congregations are participating as part of the West ...
When my kids were younger, we would regularly watch the Nickelodeon show, “iCarly.” It was a relatively silly show about three friends who ran their own web show. I don’t think the phrase “influencer” was popularized yet, but Carly, Sam and Freddy were some of the original influencers. Of course, I’m old enough to remember when Brooke Shields was the “It Girl” as well, so I was interested to see how that might play in “Mother of the Bride” from director Mark Waters, currently streaming on Netflix. Emma (Miranda Cosgrove) is a brand ambassador who was just ...
