Morning – Features

Melinda’s Garden: Coffee Grounds

The fuel for your morning can kick-start your garden plants, too.

If you’re anything like us on the Morning Show, then coffee is the entire reason your morning — or maybe your whole day — gets going. Turns out it can do the same thing for your garden plantings, too. Check out Melinda Myers’ tips on how your used coffee grounds can give a jolt to your plants in this week’s…

Tech Tip Today: Who Unfollowed Me

Avoid the awkward conversation. Do some snooping instead.

It’s always an awkward thing, trying to discreetly figure out who’s seeing your posts on social media and who’s been left in the dark. Find out if they maybe just haven’t checked in yet, or if they dropped you like a hot potato, in this week’s Tech Tip Today with Francie Black. Categories: Morning – Features

App of the Wee: Oscar Senior

Senioritis isn't just for high school anymore.

Call it senioritis for the retired set. You probably have an older friend or maybe a relative who’s  coming to the smartphone game relatively late and just isn’t that interested in adopting the newer technology. They may be slacking on their social media skills. But, dang it, you want your Grandma to be able to share her amazing videos of…

Thinking Green: Don’t Butt Out

An important message about how your health and the planet's are connected.

Danny Lipford is bringing us an important message this morning. Sure, he always does, in relaying tips and tidbits about how making better choices in the products and habits in your life can improve the health of our planet. But this time, he’s explaining how in this particular example the health of the planet affects your health, directly. Check it…

Ask Danny: Bathroom Vanity

Give your vanity something to be vain about.

The holidays are upon us. Happy Rosh Hashanah, everyone! But just as the leaves suddenly change from green to gold, so too does your lazy summer turn to a busy fall schedule filled with family members visiting for the holidays from out of town. Help your bathroom vanity look its best with a look at what kinds of materials work…

Melinda’s Garden: Native Plants

Tomatoes and petunias are so over.

If you’re growing tomatoes and petunias in your garden, better enjoy them while you can. Overnight frosts are coming soon, and after about two more weeks, they’ll be here to stay. And we don’t think you’re up for covering up your tomatoes every single night through the month of October. Why not consider installing something extra-hardy in their place instead?…

Tech Tip Today: Google Job Search

Veterans abound in our region. This can hook them up with jobs they want.

If you’ve followed any of our reporting on our military veterans in the region then you know much of the country – from VA wait times to homelessness rates – is in crisis mode when it comes to taking care of them. Nut now – a new Google feature is helping to make life a little more livable for our…

App of the Week: Send Anywhere

Pack your trunk-sized data into a carryon-size message.

If you rely most of the day on communicating — for work or play — through your smartphone, you probably already know it won’t let you send the big files through text or email. Here’s a way to send even video via text in today’s App of the Week, with Francie Black. Categories: Morning – Features

Thinking Green: Composite Wood

Greater than the sum of its parts.

When it comes to saving the environment, we’re all greater than the sum of our parts. After all, just one person recycling maybe won’t amount to much. But when you get all of us throwing all our recyclables into the bin, you get some great recycled products made out of it, and a healthier planet too. Composite wood is a…

Ask Danny: Bath Fan Sizing

You need proper ventilation in the bathroom. Need we explain why?

As the weather creeps in ever-colder as summer gives way to fall, your windows and doors will be shut tight. And that means proper ventilation in the house is going to be at a premium in the weeks and months to come. Don’t let the air in your bathroom stagnate — keep the air clear and moisture-free with the right-size…