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Organizational Arts Grant opens applications in Monongalia County

The Arts Council of Greater Morgantown (ACGM) and Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia (YCF) announced the Organizational Arts Grant program is accepting applications for the upcoming fiscal year. Applications are open to the public, and local nonprofit organizations ...

Can STEM school make space for arts?

On April 25, the Monongalia County Board of Education hopes to award a contract to build the highly anticipated new STEM school.   The Renaissance Academy, as it will be called, will focus on science, technology, engineering and math for high schoolers while MTEC will be retooled for ...

An AI takeover is not inevitable — if we value creative work

by Rebecca Ackermann Could a bot write this intro? The hype around AI has pushed this question to the center of public discourse. Conversational bots such as ChatGPT and automated image generators such as DALL-E — both built by OpenAI — are popping up everywhere.  Despite a ...

April 9 letters to the editor

Before going nuclear, try geothermal energy  West Virginians have dodged a bullet — for now. The West Virginia Senate tabled a bill that would have allowed our industry-friendly Department of Environmental Protection to oversee radioactive waste.  This matters because the ...

SteppingStones hosts art festival for kids with disabilities

Despite the dreary skies on Thursday, the arts were there to brighten the day for hundreds of area children. SteppingStones hosted its 2023 Arts Festival at Mylan Park — the first time for the event in two years, having been shut down by the COVID pandemic. The gathering was sponsored by ...

Historic Arthurdale hosts craft show Saturday

Want to get a jump on spring’s arrival next week? Then don’t miss our Cabin Fever Craft Show from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday in Arthurdale. Featuring over 15 local artisans and crafters with table loads of goods, ranging from woodworks to fabric arts, jewelry and baked goods, will fill ...