BECKLEY, W.Va. – U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) Thursday announced $568,000 in Federal grants for three scenic trail projects in southern West Virginia.Read more
A prayer event will be observed at the WV State Capitol, Thursday, May 5th, Lower Rotunda at Noon with prayers from the various denominations. There is also special music. Brother Larry Schultz,a lay person, will be the emcee.Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The City of Huntington will close Enslow Boulevard at Fountain Place for storm line repair tomorrow, Friday, April 29, 2011. The closure will begin at 9 a.m. and last until approximately 6 p.m.
As we have noted before, West Virginia Republicans have a decent shot at the Governor's Mansion this year. Despite the next Governor's term only being for about a year, such an opportunity would give the GOP a chance to show the state what a real Republican Administration looks like, setting the GOP up well for both the Governor's race and legislative contests in 2012. Read more
Multiple news sources have stated that over 150 people have died in the mass outbreak of severe tornadoes in the South. The Tennessee/Alabama has been hard hit. "Oh my God, pray for us," stated the Mayor of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. President Obama has declared an emergency and national guard troops have been sent. A nuclear power facility nearby had to go on standby power. Read more
Take off with Theatre West Virginia as we launch the premiere of the beloved West Virginia story with Rocket Boys the Musical this coming summer.
Experience the story of a boy, Homer “Sonny” Hickam, Jr., living in Coalwood, WV who had the dream of becoming a rocket scientist. You may also recognize the name of movie based on this book – October Sky. The show will run Friday August 26th – Sunday, September 4th, 2011.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) –At the meeting, the GHPR voted to pursue the gift of the fieldhouse to Marshall. The university would demolish the structure and build a 1,500 seat soccer stadium. Under terms of the agreement, the Veterans Memorial name would remain. Marshall's Board of Governor's meets Thursday to consider the matter. Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and the West Virginia Department of Commerce today announced the company’s plans to build a new 70,000-square-foot customer service center at Kinetic Park in Huntington, W.Va. Amazon is moving its customer service center, operated by AMZN.wvcs LLC, from its current location in downtown Huntington into this new facility. Read more
All we hear from our state's leaders revolves around how tight the state budget is. That's easy to believe: after all, we're in the middle of a recession and the Obama Administration's EPA seems intent on killing our largest traditional industry, coal. Read more
At least twelve national and regional environmental organizations called upon U.S. nuclear regulators to launch an investigation into newly identified flaws in Westinghouse's new reactor design. Read more
MINGO COUNTY, WV (HNN) – Cloe has been found safe. Her mom has been arrested on the murder charge of her husband.
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Law enforcement agencies throughout the state have now issued an alert for a missing 13 month old infant. A representative of the Mingo County Sheriff’s Office stated that Cloe Clark was last seen at her residence, where her father has been found murdered.Read more
Last year, Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Raese was climbing so high in the polls against then-Governor Manchin that for a full week or two, Raese was actually doing the unthinkable, namely leading Manchin. Raese achieved this by focusing on the issues and running a positive campaign. Read more
In the foreword to his final collection, Breathing Room, Peter Davison (1928-2004) wrote about his desire to write poems that could "evoke a mood, a scene, an enimga, the unfolding of a metaphor, the entrapment of an idea, in a space or shape that will contain it without killing it." "The Level Path," the penultimate poem in the book, presents us with a vivid instance of such unfolding and entrapment—in this case, the inability to turn back from beauty and where it may lead us.
The Marcellus Shale natural gas discovery could be one of the best windfalls for individual property owners in West Virginia, not to mention the state's treasury. Some are calling it the best natural resources benefit to the Mountain State since the 1970s coal boom. But how to balance industry needs and individual property rights? Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – A standing room only crowd greeted Huntington City Council members Monday night, April 26. Chairs had been added in the hallway to accommodate some of the overflow. On the agenda, a resolution concerning the oft proposed Huntington Marine barge mooring facility in Westmoreland.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – The 23rd observance of Workers Memorial Day by the West Virginia AFL-CIO occurs Thursday, April 28. Originally, the celebration of this day set aside nationwide by unions to remember workers who have suffered and died because of workplace hazards had been set for Harris Riverfront Part. Due to high water, the observance will be held at the IBEW Local 317, 1848 Madison Avenue, Huntington, at 6 p.m.Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Kristina Dawn Pauley, 25, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today in federal court before United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers, to aiding and abetting the distribution of oxycodone.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Although one of the architects of the City of Huntington’s tax reform plan commented near the conclusion of the council meeting how many Huntington residents had spoken on the barge mooring facility, Steve Williams statement likely reflected another issue too --- Few Huntington residents voiced opposition before council to the tax reform package, which replaces the User Fee ($3.00 per week) with the 1% occupation tax, 1% sales tax, and reductions in business taxes designed to attract more jobs through entrepreneurial encouragement. Read more
CHARLESTON, WV (HNN) - The WV International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its Spring Film Festival to be held April 28 through May 1 at the WVSU Capitol Center Theater, 123 Summers Street, Charleston. Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Rumors --- or nonbinding statements --- filled Huntington last week concerning a possible Amazon.Com expansion to Kinetic Park. Read more
Let's modify the ancient Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times" into "May You Live Next Door to the Templetons" -- the family featured in Monica McInerney's novel "At Home with the Templetons" (Ballantine Books Trade Paperback, 496 pages, $15.00). Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV - The West Virginia Council for the Prevention of Suicide announces that it will host a workshop to educate the community and increase awareness about the silent epidemic of suicide.
I’ll start at the end, after the credits begin to scroll down the screen. When the lights in the theater are coming back on, and we know that the movie is over. I looked at my friends. They looked at me. We all had tears in our eyes. I felt as if I were in a quiet room where a shotgun had just gone off. Read more
From the newly published Irish Poems, a love song by Yeats, based on an old ballad. (Don't miss the video link today: Irish author Maeve Binchy picked one of her favorites in the collection, Seamus Heaney's "Mid-term Break," to read aloud.)
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - Mayor Kim Wolfe opened the council meeting with a reminder that "we have had nine inches of rain this month." He stressed that the waters have brought many challenges from slids to sink holes. Read more
The 1st Annual Green Acres Foundation Cinco de Mayo celebrationwill be held at the American Legion Post 16 on May 5th from 5-8 p.m. Complementing the all you can eat Mexican Buffet,celebrity waiters and waitresses will accommodate your culinary needs.Read more
HUNTINGTON-WV (HNN) - The traditional Marshall Green-White football game played at Joan C. Edwards Stadium on Saturday ended the spring football practice for Marshall.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Four flicks open wide on Friday, April 29, including “Fast Five,” “Hoodwinked Too Hood v Evil 3D,” “Prom” and “Dylan Dog Dead of Night.”
Huntington’s Downtown Cinema will have “Repo” and “Rocky Horror Picture Show” (prom theme) this weekend too.
When the trailers for “Water for Elephants” first started showing, it looked like the film had a fifty-fifty chance of turning out decent. This was figured from the casting of two of the leads. There’s Robert Pattinson, who’s not exactly known for being a great actor, and then there’s the great Oscar-winning Christoph Waltz, who, while still being relatively new to American films, raises the anticipation level of any film he’s in.Read more
A resolution that would have advised Huntington City Council to consider complying with a legal recommendation to allow Huntington Marine to locate a barge mooring facility in Westmoreland has been indefinately postponed. Read more
Nuclear Engineer Arnie Gunderson of Fairewinds Assoc. calls for Nuclear Regulatory Commission to delay licensing of nuclear power plants in US. Read more
BEAVER, WV- The first ever men's singles matches are set for May 1st in Ireland, West Virginia at 2 PM on Wild Cat Road and on May 7th at the Kanawha State Forest. The first ever men's singles match will feature three of the top competitors facing off with each other in a 3-handed score.Read more
For all those who believe that there is a inverse relationship between intelligence and religious belief, famed Los Angeles County prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, provides ammunition in his sure-to-be controversial book on religion "Divinity of Doubt: The God Question" (Vanguard Press, 352 pages, $26.99).Read more
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