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HUNTINGTON — On Jan. 26-28, the annual New Works Festival will take place in Huntington, with the goal of the event being to showcase the creativity of the youth of

How this tiny US town accidentally became the Shangri-la of quiet

Digital life encroaches on US 'quiet zone' refuge

Yvonne Wallech loves the digital respite and sense of community in her tiny US town, where cellphone service is effectively barred and outsiders come seeking the shelter of that quiet. She has Internet at her property in Green Bank, West Virginia, but as soon as she leaves home — and is not on someone else’s connection — there are no pings, dings or rings. “Coming here and being able — if you want — to get away from it [Internet], there is a certain cleansing that comes to you, that ...