BECKLEY, W.Va. - U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) Tuesday announced that Marshall University would receive $36,000 in federal funding to provide stipends for graduate and post-graduate students enrolled in the university’s family nurse practitioner program to support the delivery of quality healthcare in rural areas of West Virginia.Read more
HUNTINGTON -- Professional and amateur chefs will have a go at South American cooking and dancing when .Huntington's Kitchen , 911 Third Avenue, hosts an "Evening in Peru" at 7 p.m., Friday, July 1.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – After vigorous discussions at previous council committee sessions, the council voted narrowly to purchase a home cut off from city services due to a slide. Despite argument that a precedent could be created, council has voted to purchase the home of Ruby Lawhorn at the appraised value of $59,000.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – During a recent Finance committee meeting, Jim Insco asked administrators to keep their eyes open to the cost of treating waste water at the Dietz Hollow (Huntington landfill) plant. The leche treatment for this fiscal year has come to nearly $190,000 plus due to the excessively rainy weather. However, why does the Department of Environmental Protection insist that all storm water running near the landfill be treated?Read more
Huntington, WV - The Gimme 5 Café at the HIMG Regional Medical Center will begin offering a new specialty drink on Friday, July 1st to benefit Huntington’s Dog Park. Called the “Five Spot”, the drink is a cookies and cream smoothie. The Café will donate $1.00 to the dog park for every “Five Spot Smoothie” purchased. Read more
Huntington, WV - Your Huntington Symphony Orchestra presents Picnic with the Pops – Tailgating Orchestra Style on July 23rd at Harris Riverfront Park in Huntington, WV. Season tickets are on sale now and may be purchased by phone at 304-781-8343 or online at www.huntingsymphony.orgSpecial Group rates are available. The HSO is pleased to announce the Special Guest Artists for the upcoming July 23rd concert.Read more
Last week, newly-arrived in Athens as part of the US Boat to Gaza project, our team of activists gathered for nonviolence training. We are here to sail to Gaza, in defiance of an Israeli naval blockade, in our ship, "The Audacity of Hope." Our team, and nine other ships' crews from countries around the world, want Israel to end its lethal blockade of Gaza by letting our crews through to shore to meet with Gazans.
Weston, WV (HNN) -- The Libertarian Party of West Virginia (LPWV) held an executive committee meeting on Saturday, June 26, 2011 in Weston. At the meeting, they elected Tom Thacker as the new Chairman of the LPWV, who served as Secretary of the LPWV from 2010 to 2011. Tom works as an abstractor for Hawkeye Research in Harrisville, WV and is also active with the West Virginians for Life.
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - The Pilot Club of Huntington has scheduled their 59th Annual Antiques Show and Sale for Friday, September 23, Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, 2011.Read more
(Huntington, WV) Your Huntington Symphony Orchestra presents Picnic with the Pops – Tailgating Orchestra Style on July 23rd at Harris Riverfront Park in Huntington, WV.Read more
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Ft. Calhoun plant which used back up generators Sunday has now re-obtained electricity flow. Water had surrounded the main transformers thus cutting electricity. Or as NY Magazine stated, "this sounds familiar--- Backup generators worked to cool nuclear materials. Power is restored as of late Sunday evening.)
While the world has been focused on the unfolding nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, here in the U.S. two nuclear power plants situated along the Missouri Rivers have been threatened by flooding. The Cooper nuclear power plant near Brownville, Nebraska and the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant near Blair, Nebraska are both scrabbling to take emergency measures to protect the plants. Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) -Dave McCollam won the men's, Maria Busienei won the women's and Sherry Dawson won the wheel chair division in the 2011 West Virginia 5 K Run Championships held in Huntington on Saturday morning. Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN)- Lots of people and many with their dogs jammed together at Heritage Station on Friday evening to show support for a new dog park when Party on the Patio was held.Read more
On Thursday, July 7, 2011 the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence will hold a hearing entitled “Hezbollah in Latin America – Implications for U.S. Homeland Security,” according to Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA), the committee's chairman.
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It has been said that power tends to corrupt andthat absolute power tends tocorrupt absolutely.It’s just as true that wealth tends to corrupt and great wealth tendsto corrupt greatly.One can cite as authorities Lord Acton and Jesus Christ.
No, that's not a typo in the headline: The "WORD", as Stephen Colbert might put it, is "Independents," as in independence from the two legacy political parties that have ruled the United States in one form or another since it began. Read more
CHARLESTON, WV (HNN) - Pewter Productions is helping produce a short film with filmmaker Jake Mahaffy based on the short story MIRACLE BOY from award-winning West Virginia writer, Pinckney Benedict. Tentatively, the shoot will take place in Greenbrier County, WV, July 31 through August 10.Read more
A decade ago, then Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich lost a key battle to President Bill Clinton that involved shutting down the federal government. At first, Gingrich--head of the first Republican House Majority in forty years--seemed to have Clinton on the ropes. But he lost that high stakes poker game, breathing new life into the sagging Clinton Presidency. Gingrich didn't last long in his new powerful position. Read more
I’m not saying my running buddies and I are shallow, but I’ll admit that we aren’t generally given to a great deal of philosophical discourse. As result, when someone does utter a pronouncement of any import, it is worth remembering.
The Global Commission on drugs has declared that “the global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world”.
This simulation video used for disaster practice demonstrates that Fort Galhoun Nebraska's nuclear plan could become the next Fukushima, or , at least, regulators have feared that could occur.
HNN received a response from Mark Becker, Media Relations Specialist, Nebraska Public Power District. We sent him a list of 13 questions. We received no response.
HUNTINGTON-WV (HNN) The Whipps performed at the Dutch Miller Summer Concert Series at Pullman Square on Thursday night with a rain storm coming at the break causing only a slight delay of the concert. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Thirty-five students representing six states and 24 high schools will visit Marshall University’s Huntington campus Sunday, June 26, through Thursday, June 30, to take part in the 11th annual Exploring Engineering: Academy of Excellence (EEAE).Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Engineers, geologists and transportation planners from across the region will gather in Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 2-4 for the Appalachian States Coalition for Geohazards in Transportation’s 11th annual technical forum, “Geohazards Impacting Transportation in the Appalachian Region.” Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - Super heroes soared into blockbuster status when Christopher Reeve took to the sky as “Superman” heralded by an accompanying ‘you’ll believe a man can fly. Since the contenders have been many, all hoping for big screen mega popularity.Read more
WASHINGTON, DC (HNN) - An Associated Press study has exposed another nuclear power plant danger --- plants leaking radioactive materials into drinking water. Read more
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