Author: Emily Welker

App of the Week: Grateful

Give yourself a chance to app-reciate what's beautiful about your life.

As you run around getting ready for work in the morning, do you ever stop to take a moment and consider what’s great about the life you lead? For example, if you’re like us, you’re particularly grateful for the high caffeine content of your office brand of coffee. Here’s an app you’ll be especially app-preciate of. Check it out with…

Thinking Green: Water Conservation

Go with the flow. Think green.

We’re going to take a minute now to talk about going to the potty. Yes, it makes us giggle – but there’s a serious side. Turns out, all that water we use to flush isn’t doing the planet any favors. Find out how to take your toilet into new green territory with Danny Lipford in this week’s Thinking Green. Categories:…

Ask Danny: Fixing Chimney Leaks

Don't let your snuggle session in front of the fire get blown away.

There’s almost nothing as annoying as sitting down with your family to cuddle up in front of the fireplace and finding out it doesn’t work properly. Save your chilly summer evenings from being spent huddled under a blanket with this week’s Ask Danny.   Categories: Morning – Features

LIVE: Erasing School Lunch Debt

You can help local families by keeping school lunch debt out of the hands of collections agents.

We all know kids who are stressed because they’re hungry can’t concentrate enough to learn well in school. But for some families, the stress of paying for school lunches lasts long after school’s out for summer. Districts that struggle under the burden of unpaid school lunch debt have now started to turn that debt over to collections agencies. That can…

Tech Tip Today: Father’s Day Gifts

Think outside the tie box this year.

Father’s Day is in just a few days, and chances are, your dad opened his closet door to get dressed this morning and thinks he already has plenty of ties. Francie Black shows us how to go with high tech instead of another tie in this week’s Tech Tip Today. Categories: Morning – Features

App of the Week: LumaFusion

Take your editing on the road and still have money left to fill up the fuel tank.

If you like to do your video editing on the go – and if it weren’t for editing on the go and in a hurry, most of our stories would never make air — then you, like us, know how important the right editing program is. Francie Black shows us an affordable way to do editing on a mobile device…

Thinking Green: Green Fatigue

When fatigue strikes, here's how to keep fighting the good fight for the environment.

We’ve been hearing in the news lately about how work burnout is now considered a medically recognized condition. But what about burnout when it comes to the environment? Make sure your green fatigue doesn’t lead to letting the planet burn itself out too. Danny Lipford lets us in on how to keep your cool in this week’s Thinking Green. Categories:…

Ask Danny: Closing Vents

The topic's far from closed.

The weather’s had some pretty wild swings recently, and that means a big shift in temps, from up in the 90s to overnight lows heading into the 40s. Those big shifts can wreak majorĀ havoc on your energy bill. Find out whether it’s worth it to shut the vents in your house to save on energy costs in this week’s Ask…

Tech Tip Today: Google Pixel 3a

Don't be left in the dark about smartphone cams.

Francie Black is shedding some light on the all-important topic of smartphone photos this morning. Specifically – a smartphone that can take pics in the dark. Check it out in Tech Tip Today. Categories: Morning – Features

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Juju

Get some good juju, from adopting Juju.

If there is such a thing as good juju in the universe, this little Juju has plenty of it to share. The sweet, affectionate little dog from the great state of Texas came in to a shelter down south as an owner surrender. Due to shelter overcrowding there, she was shipped up north to the Red River Valley, and she’s…