JEFFERSON COUNTY, WV (HNN) - Frank Buckles of Jefferson County turned 110 years old on Feb. 1. He is the oldest surviving World War I veteran, having entered the Army at age 16. Frank served in England and France during the war; first as a car and ambulance driver and later as an escort for returning German POWs. Read more
PORTSMOUTH, OHIO (HNN) – While the Atomic Energy Commission produced video tells of all the construction and benefits of the new plant in Portsmouth,the union workers began complaining about disease ---Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Tuberculosis.Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today issued the following comment on the West Virginia State Legislature coming to a quick resolution on the new election for 2011.Read more
BECKLEY, WV (HNN) Saturday, February 5th @ 7pm. at Tamarack's Gov. Hulett C. Smith Theater, come see Simply Jazz and Blues Live. Hosted by Lady D, special guest artists include, R&B/Jazz Band "Platinum" and Lewisburg songstress, Susanna Robinson. Also taking the stage will be jazz pianist, John Yurick and singer, Tia Martin Davis. Performing with Lady D will be Shady Spring High School bassist, Holden Toler...with MI$$ION keyboardist, Robert Gray.Read more
HUNTINGTON-WV Feb. 3 The East Carolina women's basketball team left Cam Henderson Center with a 61-43 victory over Marshall on Thursday night before an attendance of 217 people.Read more
By Huntingtonnews.net Staff, with information from www.Recalls.org, a private 501 (c) (3) foundation. Sunbeam Products Inc. is recalling convertible clothes irons sold at Bed Bath & Beyond stores nationwide from June 2010 to November 2010. The iron can overheat and cause a fire because of a wiring issue, posing a risk of burn injury.Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The June Harless Center at Marshall University will be conducting an after-school STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) program for children in grades 1 through 5.Read more
Take all of Stephen King's horror novels: "The Shining," "Dolores Claiborne", "Christine," etc. add H.P. Lovecraft and Peter Straub and you still won't have the sheer horror contained within the paperback covers of "The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report", the final report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the U.S. (PublicAffairs Books, $14.99). The index is not included in the book I received, but can be accessed at: http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/fcicindex.pdf.Read more
Huntington, W.Va. — A first-grader at a local elementary school shivers while waiting for the school bus each morning. He would not be as miserable if he had a coat and gloves to wear. Instead, the wintry wind chills him to the bone. A couple with two children cannot seem to make ends meet. No matter how hard they try, they cannot earn enough money to put a balanced meal on the table for their family. Therefore, they depend on local food pantries to supply their cupboards. Read more
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has several changes for the current trout stocking season, according to Curtis I. Taylor, Chief of the DNR’s Wildlife Resources Section.Read more
More Violence Should Prompt Suspension of US Military Assistance
(Cairo) - The Egyptian government should stop what appear to be organized attacks on pro-democracy demonstrators, which resulted in three deaths and several hundred injuries, and hold all those responsible to account, Human Rights Watch said today. The Egyptian security forces failed to protect those peacefully assembling in Tahrir Square in Cairo on February 2, 2011, from pro-government provocateurs armed with petrol bombs, sticks, and whips. Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – On a countdown to Oscar that’s really for this weekend a stepping stone to the Super Bowl, no additional Academy Award nominated films have been booked at regional cinemas. However, the gotta see now collection of multiple nominees continue unreeling, including “The King’s Speech,” “True Grit,” “Black Swan” and “The Fighter.”Read more
When Betty Ireland was letting everyone know all over again that she was interested in running for Governor, she had an interesting interview with the Wheeling News-Intelligencer which was published on New Year's Day of this year.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Predicating that Communist ideas are alive and well , even in the USA, “Agenda: The Grinding Down of America,” won a best of festival award in Texas. Idaho legislator Curtis Bowers wrote a ‘letter to the editor’ about how America’s freedom and morality has become a target. The letter spurred protests at the Idaho state Capitol , a feature on the evening news, and weeks of published responses.Read more
In a report released Tuesday, Feb. 1, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found that "worst case needs" for renters rose more sharply between the 2007 American Housing Survey (AHS) than in any previous two-year period since "at least 1985."Read more
I came upon Confettie, an aged Shetland pony mare, at a local auction. Ponies were a part of my childhood, and I longed for another as an adult.I had two horses, but something was missing.Read more
Blind faith, adhering to a proposition with no reasonable justification of its truth, is more dangerous for politicians than it is for religionists. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University will continue its new workshop series for undergraduates, “Graduate School 101,” at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, in the Student Resource Center in the Memorial Student Center on the Huntington campus.Read more
NEW ORLEANS — NOAA tomorrow will reopen 4,213 square miles of Gulf of Mexico federal waters off Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to royal red shrimping. The area was closed to this type of deep water fishing on Nov. 24 as a precautionary measure after a commercial shrimper discovered tar balls in his net. Read more
CLEVELAND — A Coast Guard member originally from Berkeley Spings, W.Va., was instrumental in the rescue of a Canadian man from a piece of ice about four nautical miles southwest of Colchester, Ontario, at approximately 8:30 a.m., Wednesday.Read more
IRVING, Texas – Redshirt freshman DeAndre Kane of the Marshall University men’s basketball team has been named the Conference USA Freshman of the Week, as announced by league officials on Monday afternoon.Read more
Traffickers, Guns Off the Streets of Huntington, Charleston
HUNTINGTON AND CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Three people were sentenced to prison today in Huntington and one in Charleston on charges ranging from selling crack to illegal possession of a firearm.Read more
The Greater Huntington Parks and Recreation District and Cabell Huntington Convention and Visitors Bureau will hold a public forum 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 5th for artisans, artists, and entrepreneurs who would like to learn about opportunities to open a store or sell their products at the redeveloped Heritage Station. The event is free and open to the public.Read more
BECKLEY, W.Va. - U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) today announced the Culloden Volunteer Fire Department has been awarded $8,455 to strengthen preparedness and response capabilities.
"Our firefighters face a whole host of life-threatening circumstances when they are called to action," Rahall said. "Being ready and capable of handling these emergency situations helps them protect us and gets them safely back to their homes and their families."Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - Huntington Mayor Kim Wolfe, as speculated, has vetoed the council ordinance that reduces spending approval for city departments from $15,000 to $7,500. Read more
Back on January 22, 2007, the online magazine "Government Technology" ran a profile with Betty Ireland, then the Secretary of State for West Virginia. The article traced Ireland's efforts to bring West Virginia "up to par with the digital age," with technological efforts like e-signatures on government documents.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – The Finance Committee rendered a tough decision on a prospective grant that would add ten firefighters to the payroll. The first two years of the new hires salaries are covered by the grant, but in the third year (and beyond) , the city would need $515,000 for the positions.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Here’s the first update on movies ending Thursday Feb 3 and those opening Friday, Feb. 4 in Huntington. *This is subject to modification at this time, but it is a good planner for film buffs.Read more
CHARLESTON, WV (HNN) – Marshall University’s Greater Kanawha chapter has scheduled an alumni and friends tennis tournament beginning Friday, Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. in the Charleston YMCA. The tournament continues Feb. 26-27.Read more
We salute the civic spirit of Delegates Mitch Carmichael (R-Jackson),Tim Armstead (R-Kanawha), and Troy Andes (R-Putnam) in their possibleinterest in running for Governor in the upcoming GOP Special Primary Election.All three, especially Carmichael and Armstead, are wizened veterans ofthe legislature and have served honorably for several years. Read more
Whether the Groundhog sees his shadow or not, he definitely will find West Virginia gas prices have dropped less than a penny a gallon this week. The average price for a gallon of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline is now $3.139 at the pump.
Groundhog Day brings to mind various associations, including the fervent hope of this snow-buried Bostonian that Punxsutawney Phil will not see his shadow this year and spring will come early. This may be the one good thing about global warming.
"Silver bullets" and "silver scapegoats" drive much of the debate over what's wrong with America's schools and both forms of "silver" are false gods, all wrong and generally irrelevant, writes Wendy Kopp (with Steven Farr) in "A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education for All" (PublicAffairs, 304 pages, $25.99).Read more
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