HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Although City of Huntington, WV cannot comment on the accident which critically injured city garage worker George Willoughby, Brandi Jacobs-Jones , director of Administration and Finance has provided to HNN a listing of safety courses offered by the city.Read more
"U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Paul J. Vido and Huntington Police Department Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook, along with several members from the law enforcement community joined today to announce a major, long-term undercover law enforcement effort targeting the Fairfield West area of Huntington. Read more
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF (HNN) – One of the highlights of the last “Idol’ had Naima Adepapo singing “Summertime” and Judge Jennifer Lopez telling her she looks like an exotic flower.Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) today helped to pass the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act, a measure he cosponsored to provide regulatory relief to small businesses and manufacturers.Read more
WASHINGTON, DC (HNN) – Rep. Ron Paul said that the federal reserve “on purpose” does not know the value of a dollar . Paul said that free market economists are predicting more than nine percent inflation, not the widely perceived 2.5%.“It’s theft, it’s ruining the economy, it’s causing a malinvestmnet. Price inflation is coming.” Read more
Manhattan Group LLC is recalling Parents® Busy Time Activity Centers™ sold nationwide and in Canada from December 2010 to February 2011. Wooden pegs on he xylophone activity can come loose, posing a choking hazard.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Not fading fast: King’s Speech; Fading Out: True Grit. Hanging on… 127 Hours , Black Swan and the Fighter. The Oscars were kind to the King, so he’s likely to be playing a little longer. “Black Swan” and “The Fighter” copped the Best Actress (Natalie Portman) and bboth Best Supporting Actor and Actress categories (Christian Bale, Melissa Leo) , so that adds a little more leg to their theatrical runs.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Several members of Huntington City Council recently questioned the purchase of equipment by the Huntington Sanitary Board. The money came from an “under-bid” for the Hal Greer Sewer Extension project.Read more
The Convention and Visitors Bureau will host an open house at The Red Caboose Regional Artisan Center. Titled “Let’s Celebrate”, the party and preview will honor of our regional artisans.Read more
HUNTINGTON,WV (HNN) The Huntington High School girl's basketball team will play George Washington in a first round game in the West Virginia High School Girl's Class AAA State Championship at the Charleston Civic Center next Thursday on March 10 at 7:15 PM. Read more
EL PASO, Texas. - UTEP senior Randy Culpepper scored a game-high 24 points as the Miners took down the Thundering Herd men's basketball team, 82-74, at the Don Haskins Center on Wednesday evening.
The Miners (22-8, 10-5 C-USA) shot 59.6% for the game, including a 16-of-21 (76.2%) performance in the second half.
Tirrell Baines went for 22 points and 11 rebound en route to his tenth career double-double to lead Marshall (20-10, 8-7 C-USA). DeAndre Kane notched 20 points and seven assists.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - The Huntington High boy's basketball team won over a tough Spring Valley team 60-50 at Veteran's Memorial Field House on Wednesday night in a first round game of the West Virginia High School sectional basketball tournament.Read more
Washington, D.C. (HNN) – As the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee continues its nationwide series of field hearings and listening sessions to craft a long-term surface transportation bill the House today passed by a vote of 421 - 4 a bipartisan bill that would save American transportation jobs by extending the Nation’s highway, highway safety, and transit programs through September 30, 2011.Read more
WASHINGTON (March 2, 2011) – The Edison Electric Institute today honored American Electric Power subsidiaries Appalachian Power and Kentucky Power with the association’s “Emergency Recovery Award” for outstanding efforts in restoring electric service following a massive snow and ice storm in late December 2009 that devastated both companies’ service territories. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.- The Marshall women’s basketball team will wrap up its 2010-11 regular season on Thursday night as the Herd celebrates Tynikki Crook’s senior night in a battle with Southern Miss.Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., in the Cam Henderson Center.Read more
(Benghazi) - Thousands of foreign workers from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe have been left homeless and penniless by the recent fighting in Libya and remain stranded in the coastal city of Benghazi and on the border with Tunisia, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more
West Virginia gasoline prices skyrocketed 20.4 cents per gallon this week. The average price for a gallon of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline is $3.398.
I was walking with a good friend who shared the ongoing problems he and his wife were having with one of their children. It was a serious problem. Read more
Huntington, WV—Faith in Action of the River Cities will host its fourth annual Chocolate Celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 9th, at the Huntington Mall.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - vitalink’s Creative Director Mike Steele isvolunteering his time and talents to work with middle and high-school students involved in the Huntington, WV, Youth Unite program.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – The flash fire explosion and serious injury of a City of Huntington employee places a magnifying glass on choices for job elimination. One of the recently eliminated jobs was that of a safety coordinator.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV(HNN) -The proposed City of Huntington budget for fiscal year 2011-2012 includes laying off eight employees. Among those discussed at the Saturday budget hearing were the safety coordinator, a mechanic, body shop repairman, a police civilian maintenance employee, and a barricade inspector/erector.Read more
(Huntington Metro) – New non-stop service on Delta Air Lines to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) begins Wednesday, March 2nd from Huntington Tri-State Airport (HTS). The new service will serve 144 destinations with a single stop and will provide 87 new one-stop destinations for tri-state travelers. Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – A documentary about one community’s drug problem improvement after 63 churches and 3,500 people marched declaring their desperation for God will be shown at 12 noon, March 8 at the Keith Albee Performing Arts Center.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – The Huntington Municipal Development Authority is currently in negotiations for a large scale project at Kinetic Park. Tom Bell, executive director of HMDA, told the full board the authority is “within weeks” of closing on an “ambitious project” at Kinetic Park.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Huntington City Council approveda contract with Speed Fleet, after finance director Deron Runyon clarified possible variances between The Transit Authority and the for profit Speedway/SuperAmerica vendor.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Police Chief Skip Holbrook returned to Charlotte, North Carolina for attend the wake of a former comrade, according to Brandi Jacobs-Jones, director ofRead more
HUNTINGTON-WV (HNN) Huntington High won over Spring Valley 57-33 in the West Virginia high school girls Class AAA , Region IV, Section II title game played Friday night, Feb. 25 at Huntington High School.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – A memorandum from the Huntington Sanitary Board confirms that the Hal Greer Sewer Expansion Project will come in about $726,000 underbid. Loretta Covington, executive director, stated in the memorandum to council chairman Mark Bates that the WV DEP has given “permission … to use the difference of bid price and engineers price to purchase much needed equipment.”Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Units from the Huntington Fire Department responded to Marshall University’s Twin Towers East dormitory at about 9:40 p.m. Monday evening, Feb. 28.Read more