Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks at "West Virginia on the Rise: Rebuilding the Economy, Rebuilding Lives" About the Opioid Epidemic

Thanks for that kind introduction, Matt and thank you for your leadership at ACU— one of America’s oldest and largest conservative grassroots organization.  Of course I also want to congratulate your family on Mercedes’ return to the White House.  I am confident that she is going to do a great job communicating President Trump’s ambitious agenda for this country. Read more

Austin's Coming to Downtown Huntington; Hello Grape Pineapple, Pina Colada

Austin's Homemade Ice Cream which has offered unique flavors since 1947 from it's C Street location in Ceredo, WV, will be coming to Third Avenue in Downtown Huntington.

Taylor Strickland and Timothy Ruff II, grandchildren of  owner Joyce Snyder, signed a lease this week to open a downtown Huntington location. It will be at The Market, 803 Third Avenue, in a space formerly known as Robby's/Wild Dawg Saloon. Read more

My Mostly Happy Life: Autobiography of a Climbing Tree

Illustrations by Ruth McGraw

Chapter 25 - A Benediction. A Blessing. A Home.

For about a week after the storm, our city alternated between widespread paralysis and hyperactivity.   Read more

Amicus Curiae Lecture Series to open next week with Georgetown University professor

The Amicus Curiae Lecture Series, sponsored by the Simon Perry Center for Constitutional Democracy at Marshall University and supported by a grant from the West Virginia Humanities Council, will open its 2017-18 series on Thursday, Sept. 28, with a lecture by Georgetown University Professor Jason Brennan titled “Is Democracy the Best System?” Read more

First Medical Marijuana Seminar in West Virginia Takes Place in Morgantown on September 30

Morgantown, WV  - To celebrate the official launch of the medical cannabis industry in West Virginia, the West Virginia Medical Cannabis Society (WVMCS) in partnership with US Cannabis Pharmaceutical Research and Development and the Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis Society (PAMCS) will host an informational seminar about the new West Virginia law on September 30th at Marriott Waterfront Place Hotel at 9 a.m. Read more

Local Firm Hires Design Intern

Copper Leaf Interior Design Studio announces their latest intern, Megan Stalter, of Baltimore, Ohio. Megan is a senior at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, where she is studying Interior Architecture. Along with her education, she brings her experience from a previous internship at Ohio Desk in Cleveland, Ohio. Megan’s additional extra-curricular activities at Ohio University include membership in the Design Group, an interior architecture program, as well as the Art Ambassadors, a leadership and business organization. Her plans after graduation include earning a graduate degree in Architecture, to complement the Interior Architecture degree she will complete this spring in 2018. Read more

MOVIE CLOCK: "Friend Request," "Kingsman Golden Circle," "Nijago"

Lucifer's green goo has fallen to number two.  A serial killing clown claimed the #1 position as top earning U.S.  horror motion picture.  Stephen King's "It," first a TV mini series, surpassed "The Exorcist" , which when released stirred lots of wrenching buzz about a possessed woman (Linda Blair) vomiting demon gook on a priest attempting to pour holy water on the teen. Read more

Charleston heroin dealer sentenced to federal prison for drug crime

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Charleston man was sentenced  to three years in federal prison for a heroin crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Joseph G. Withrow, 29, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin. Read more

COLUMN: Lack of Communication Causes Problems for City

The closing of the West End Pedestrian Tunnel has created a public relations nightmare for the City of Huntington's administration. The silly thing is they may not even be aware of it. The administration failed to foresee how the public would react to the closure. This failure, in turn, made it seem as the city did it out if spite. Gauging social media would have told the city that many thought the cleaning of the tunnel was symbolic of the city coming together. Read more

COLUMN: Forgotten, then Revived, Huntington Tunnel Stirs Anger

The cleanup of The West End Pedestrian Tunnel was symbolic of the city of Huntington coming together. Dwayne Woods and Todd Sweeney gathered citizens who invested time, money, supplies, and sweat into cleaning up the tunnel.

Tina Brooks, a Councilwoman, even donated $100. Read more

ON STAGE This Weekend

Show lineup for the week, beginning Tues, Sept 19, 2017. Upcoming shows and auditions are also listed.

ONSTAGE THIS WEEK

"Princess Diana: The Musical" (Musical)
Paramount Players
Fri-Sat Sept 22-23 at 7:30pm
Paramount Arts Center Read more

National Hunting and Fishing Day Celebration to be held at Stonewall Resort State Park, Sept. 23- 24

ROANOKE, W.Va. — Outdoor enthusiasts are invited to Stonewall Resort State Park in Lewis County for West Virginia’s Celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Day, Sept. 23-24. The event is the state’s largest outdoor hunting and fishing show, with more than 50 vendors exhibiting hunting, fishing and conservation-related merchandise and information. Read more

Huntington Council Agenda for Monday Announced

Huntington City Council meets Monday, Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at Huntington City Hall. The work session will be at 7 p.m. on Monday. Read more

Child Passenger Safety Week Designated by Mayor Williams

Mayor Steve Williams has issued a proclamation designating the week of Sept. 17-23 as Child Passenger Safety Week in the City of Huntington. Read more

School of Medicine hosts prenatal substance abuse and exposure roundtable

The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine welcomed West Virginians for Affordable Health Care and the West Virginia Perinatal Partnership to its medical campus Friday, Sept. 15, for a roundtable discussion about prenatal substance abuse and exposure, particularly neonatal abstinence syndrome, or NAS. Read more

More than 90 employers expected to attend Fall Career Expo

Marshall University’s Office of Career Education will conduct its annual Fall Career Expo from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, in the Memorial Student Center’s Don Morris Room on the university’s Huntington campus. The expo is open to all Marshall students, faculty and alumni. Employers will be sharing information about part-time, full-time and internship positions. Read more

Annual health and wellness fair to be held Sept. 26

Marshall University will sponsor its annual Health and Wellness Fair from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, September 26, on the Memorial Student Center plaza. Read more

Grant to boost number of behavioral health experts in the region

Marshall University has been awarded $854,272 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for the Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program (BHWET). The university will receive $213,568 each year for the next four years with the aim of increasing the number of behavioral health providers serving underserved populations and people in rural areas. Read more