Lead Stories

TAKE TWO WEEKEND FIRST : Weekly Movie Comings, Goings

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – August tends to have numerous cinematic offerings, but, the month also includes those films that either did not want to compete with blockbuster /tent-poles (i.e. “Harry Potter,” “Transformers,” “Fast Five”) or questionable films that studios want to slip into summer playing time. Read more

Rahall Slams Republicans Over Toxic Aviation Policy Games

Read more

City Going to the Dogs this Weekend

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Win, lose or draw, Huntington and man’s best friend will be at the center of three events this weekend. Read more

Finance Committee Discussing Sanitation/Trash Tuesday Afternoon

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Huntington’s Finance Committee will hold a meeting , Tuesday, August 9, at 6 p.m. in council chambers. At large councilman Steve Williams, chairman, has determined the agenda to include the 2012 Sanitation and Trash Budget. Read more

COMMENTARY: The Debt Ceiling Turned Into a Missed Opportunity

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower Read more

OP-ED: Wanted: A leader for the ACP

The 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries should use the strength of their combined number and access to their natural resources to demand a voice in global economic and financial arrangements that directly affect their economic well-being and the welfare of their people. Read more

OP-ED: You Make a Better Door than a Window

Next in the series from Come Home. Love, Dad, published by Bernard Street Books, a memoir about my father, Samuel Reuben – a truly extraordinary man.   
Read more

Ron Paul Wants to Cancel Fictitious Debt to Fed... and Lower Limit Accordingly

 WASHINGTON, D.C. (HNN)  - Give Presidential nominee Ron Paul credit for innovation. He has introduced a bill that would cancel the nation’s $1.6 trillion dollar debt to the Federal Reserve and simultaneously lower the debt limit by the same amount. Read more

Huntington Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Clark Brandon Brown, 31, of Huntington, West Virginia was sentenced today to 10 years in prison by United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers for distribution of a quantity of crack cocaine.  Read more

Legislature Considers Food Tax Reduction

CHARLESTON, WV (HNN) - The West Virginia legislature is considering a bill that would eliminate the tax on food by 2014. Read more

Vegetarian Group Meets Friday

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN)  - Whether you discovered vegetables courtesy of  Chef Jamie or you ate them exclusively beforehand, you are welcome at the “Eat Your Veggies” discussion group. It’s designed for vegetarians, vegans and those wanting to reduce the intake of meat. Read more

Awards Contending Twin Towers 9/11 Production Opening Near Christmas; Batman Slips into Steel City

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - Films surrounding the terrorists have an intensely mixed response both from viewers, reviewers and financial success. Oliver Stone's "WTC" and "United 93" launched in 2006. Neither achieved blockbuster status, although both films were historic treasures. In addition, "conspiracy" so-called documentaries have surfaced, such as "Loose Change," as well as documentaries of the twin towers themselves. Read more

Precautionary Boil Water Advisory Issued for Customers in Cyrus Creek Road Area of Barboursville

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. Read more

BOOK REVIEW: 'Death by China': China's 'Economic Miracle' Beggars Its Own Citizens, Threatens Environment, U.S. and World

What’s the definition of chutzpah? A boy who kills his parents and then begs the court for mercy -- because he’s an orphan Read more

AAA FUEL GAUGE: Gasoline Prices Unchanged in WV

 Motorists will find no change in West Virginia gasoline prices this week when they pull up to the pump. The average price for a gallon of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline remains at $3.696.

Read more

Huntington attorney named founding director of Simon Perry Center for Constitutional Democracy

HUNTINGTON, WV – Patricia Proctor, a Huntington attorney and Marshall University alumna, has been named founding director of the Simon Perry Center for Constitutional Democracy at Marshall. Proctor assumes her duties Aug. 15.   Read more

COMMENTARY: September 11: Love Your Enemy Day

 September 11, 2011 will mark the tenth anniversary of a terrible tragedy, when almost 3,000 Americans were killed by coordinated attacks by 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists. Within a month the Bush administration declared war on Afghanistan, “Operation Enduring Freedom,” even though the terrorists involved in the attack did not come from Afghanistan. Seventeen months later the Bush administration invaded Iraq, supposedly to remove the threat of weapons of mass destruction from that country. Ten years later the American people, while commemorating the tragedy wrought by the terrorists, would do well to examine the morality and utility of such militaristic responses to crises.

Read more

KCHD’s Final College Shot Clinic

CHARLESTON, WV (HNN) -  The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will be offering immunizations required for incoming college freshmen. The special shot clinic is being held at the Health Department, located at 108 Lee Street, East, Charleston WV on Friday, August 5, 2011 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Read more

Sally Weiler Announced as Guest Speaker for Pilot Club Show

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - The Pilot Club of Huntington will kick off its 59th annual Antiques Show and Sale with a grand opening on Friday, Sept. 23 at 6:30 p. m. at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, according to Mary Pat Owen, co-chairman of the event. Read more

UPDATED: Huntington’s Council Has More Work Awaiting on Fire Department Issues; No Kumbaya

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) -  Council will be looking into more Huntington Fire Department matters, chairman Mark Bates told HNN Tuesday afternoon, Aug 3. “We’re in a little holding pattern [now],” Bates explained. “The administration made their statement; we had an executive session and reviewed some of [the administration’s] findings. We will not get involved in personnel issues.” Read more

FINAL HOURS: Dog Park Voting Ends Today; Vet Offers Free Frontline for Voters

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - The race for the Dog Park has entered the "howl at the moon" phase, which means the  cities leading will not be posted. Don't let the lack of a "leaderboard" bring on a let someone else vote attitude. You're vote is needed so Huntington can claim the $100,000 prize for a Pet Friendly Dog Park. Read more

RAD REPORT: Nuclear Power 101, Gundersen Examines Advantages & Disadvantages of Splitting Atoms to Boil Water

Courtesy of Fairewinds Associates

Former nuclear plant engineer Arnie Gundersen,  explores the basic premise of Nuclear 101, using nuclear power to make electricity. Read more

CHARTER REVIEW: Suggestions Sought from Public, Administration, Council Members

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Huntington City Council’s first session of the City Charter Review Committee made procedural decisions, pending the outcome of legal research by City Attorney, Scott McClure. Read more

Tree-Sit on Coal River Mountain Continues after One Sitter Arrested

Provided by Ramps Media

Marfork, W.Va. - Becks Kolins, who has been occupying a tree on the Bee Tree permit on Coal River Mountain, descended the tree voluntarily and was arrested Tuesday, Aug 2,  by the West Virginia State Police. Kolins, along with Catherine-Ann MacDougal, had been sitting in a tree eighty feet above the ground since July 20th to protest the strip mining of Coal River Mountain. Read more

Rahall Accuses Republicans of Vacationing While FAA Experts, Construction Crews go Without Paychecks

Washington, D.C. (HNN)  – Despite last minute pleas by House Democrats to solve the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shutdown, House Republican leaders closed up shop for the month of August, ensuring the devastating damage from the Republican-led FAA shutdown will last for at least another month. Read more

COMMENTARY: Massacre National Park, USA

In what looks like the establishment of a state religion, federal- and state-funded monuments to nuclear weapons are popping up all over the country.

  Read more

HMDA Special Meeting Aug 8

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – The Huntington Municipal Development Authority (HMDA) will hold a special meeting , Monday, August 8, at 3 p.m. in City Council Chambers. Read more

DOD CONTRACTS: The Beat Goes On: Dept. of Defense Contracts for Just One Day: Aug. 1, 2011

To give everybody an idea of how much the government spends each day on military contracts, the following information from the public affairs office of the Department of Defense is printed without further comment: Read more

A Dad’s Point-of-View: Lessons From Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse is dead.  She died at 27, and thus has joined that exclusive “27 Club” of performers who died at the tender age of 27. That list includes Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, and Kurt Cobain.  Are there lessons we parents can learn from these senseless deaths?

Read more

Create a Mural on Tap for Late August

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - Bulldog Creative has teamed up with the Rahall Transportation Institute to paint a mural on the 10th Street viaduct. The viaduct is part of the Paul Ambrose Trail for Health and the mural will represent the PATH, being outdoors and living a healthy lifestyle. Read more

Toy Train Hosting Back to School Fundraiser Sunday

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Having started as a small private party among friends, Toy Train quickly exceeded expectations. The premise: Hold a Christmas party and ask guests to bring a wrapped gift which would be given to children in need. Read more

Organizational Meeting of Council Charter Review Committee

HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Huntington City Council’s Charter Review Committee holds its first session at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 3 in City Council Chambers. Steve Williams, committee chairman, told HNN that the meeting is strictly organizational and that no items are yet on the committee’s plate. Read more