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
HOUSTON – The Thundering Herd men’s basketball team will take to the road for a pair of Conference USA games this week, beginning Tuesday at Houston in a game that will be nationally televised by CBS College Sports.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV - Cabell Huntington Hospital's Cardiac Services and Senior Services will host a series of free heart health activities at the Huntington Mall Food Court each Wednesday in February from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Read more
February is a sweetheart of a month for winter activities at TAMARACK: The Best of West Virginia.
The month starts with the sweet sounds of Simply Jazz and Blues, celebrating its one year anniversary on February 5 at 7 p.m. The hour long radio show featured on Groovy 94 locally, goes live on Tamarack’s stage featuring Platinum, John Yurick, Lewisburg songstress Susanna Robinson, Beckley singer Tia Martin Davis, bassist Holden Toler and Robert Gray. Ten dollar tickets, on sale now, must be reserved in advance.Read more
Goodwill Industries will begin its next 20-week course of Medical Office Skills Training on March 7, 2011. Financial aid is available. Students should enroll as early as possible and complete the necessary FAFSA documentation to determine eligibility for funding, however, the enrollment deadline is February 2. Read more
Sexy "Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara happily chatted about her gorgeous dress with "Extra's" Mario Lopez from the SAG Awards red carpet - and how her boyfriend, Nick Loeb, might be thinking about a political career.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Patience , listening and learning appears to be occurring when members of the administration set down with members of Huntington council’s Finance Committee. However, both revenue and expenses for the city are both only a few percentage points above or below estimates, according to a December 31, 2010 unaudited line by line City of Huntington financial report.Read more
Isn’t that one of the things we often say to ourselves, “I Hate When I Do That”? As a general rule, I dislike using the word “hate” as casually as it is generally used. I prefer to reserve “hate” for someone or something more serious; for instance, I hate the guy who shot all those innocent people in Arizona (his name should ever be forgotten). But, as the use of this phrase is so ubiquitous, I will make an exception and take this literary license this time and use the word “hate.”Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – The clock tickets on whether Huntington Mayor Kim Wolfe will veto the modified no council approval spending limit ordinance.Read more
January is nearly over, but there are still a few studio dumps left to see, so here we have “The Mechanic,” the latest action film starring Jason Statham. This is the kind of movie where you can pretty much figure out whether or not you’re going to enjoy it based on the first ten minutes or so of the film. For many, this will mean the chance to turn your brain off and watch the few senseless action scenes the film has to offer. For others, the lacking ingredients will merely make you roll your eyes.Read more
PORTSMOUTH, OHIO (HNN) – As early as 1979 when the radiated Huntington Pilot uranium processing plant was buried on the grounds of the Piketon, Ohio, gaseous diffusion plant, Portsmouth community members had concerns that the burial signaled the beginning of disposal of nuclear waste from other sites in Piketon.Read more
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 30, 2011) - Screen Actors Guild presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2010 at the “17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held Sunday, Jan. 30, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Read more
Herd Earns First Win Over the Tigers since entering C-USA
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.(HNN) - Redshirt freshman DeAndre Kane tied for the game-high with 20 points to lead the Marshall University men’s basketball team to an 85-70 victory over Memphis on Saturday evening at the Cam Henderson Center.
Kane hit 6-of-14 shots for the Thundering Herd (14-7, 2-4 C-USA) while hitting six out of seven free throws. Leading the way for the Tigers (16-5, 5-2 C-USA) was Will Barton, who tallied 20 points on an 8-17 performance from the floor.Read more
If it happens, veto likely to be delivered to clerk Monday, Some Council Members Say
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Call it speculation, rumor or just counting the votes, but several members of Huntington City Council would not be surprised if Mayor Wolfe vetoes the spending reduction ordinance. Passed at the Monday, Jan. 23 council meeting, the ordinance reduces from $15,000 to $7,500 the purchasing amount which requires a prior approval of council.Read more
West Virginia Republicans have seen their once marginalized party make some significant strides in that past fifteen years, starting with Cecil Underwood's election in 1996 to the Governor's Mansion.
While Underwood failed to win re-election against Bob Wise in 2000, that year was a banner year otherwise for the WV GOP, as West Virginia voters gave George W. Bush the five electoral votes he needed to become President. West Virginia also voted Republican again for Bush in 2004, cementing its status as a developing "red state" for national election purposes. Read more
HUNTINGTON-WV (HNN) Chesapeake High School defeated Wayne High School 53-31 to win the Blue Bracket of the 2011 Girls SJI Championship at Veteran's Memorial Field House on Friday night.
The score was tied 3-3 at the end of the first period. Chesapeake then broke out to take a 21-9 lead with an 18-6 run in the second period and never looked backRead more
HUNTINGTON-WV (HNN) - Huntington Saint Joseph’s Lady Irish fought hard to win over South Point 74-69 and win the Gold Bracket Girls Division of the 34th. Annual Saint Joseph's Central Catholic High School Invitational Basketball Tournament at Veteran's Memorial Field House on Saturday night.Read more
During his annual State of the Union address on Jan. 25, President Barack Obama did something nearly unprecedented in politics – he had Republicans and Democrats actually sit together in one big, co-mingled group. Generally, the two opposing parties are separated from one another like family members at Thanksgiving dinner, although it can sometimes be challenging to tell which table belongs to the grownups and which to the kids.Read more
Although UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon’s announcement that “the world's economic model is 'environmental suicide'”is important: – it is also a vital piece of what is certain to become a massive a green wash campaign - to convince the world’s citizens that ‘sustainable growth’ actually exists – and that green consumerism/green capitalism is the solution for all of our crisis which are now peaking simultaneously.Read more
Do you find excitement running down percentages and other numeric comparisons on an Excel spreadsheet? How about crunching for a challenge solution from within reported numbers?Read more
Following Betty Ireland's formal entrance into the upcomingGOP Primary for Governor, one might have thought that otherinterested Republicans might have dropped out. Or at leastsome may have taken their time and deliberated whether or notthey wanted to take on the former Secretary of State.Read more
The news agencies AFP and dpa today confirmed a report by the Coalition against BAYER Dangers according to which the pharmaceutical companies BAYER, Baxter, Behring and Alpha are paying a multimillion dollar compensation to haemophiliacs from 22 countries.Read more
ASHLAND, KY (HNN) – The Paramount Arts Center will celebrate the 80th anniversary of “The Wizard of Oz” with the live musical March 10. But on Feb 7, women and girls are invited to participate in a tribute by wearing an icon from the filmed production.Read more
Huntington Council's Public Safety Chair Would Support if Fair and Tweaked
CHARLESTON, WV (HNN) – Nine House of Delegates members, including Kelli Sobonya (R- Cabell) have brought forth proposed legislation that would require the reporting of so-called ‘problem’ officers to the State of West Virginia.Read more
ABINGDON, Va. & RICHMOND, Va.--(HNN)-- Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. ("Alpha") and Massey Energy Company ("Massey") announced today that they signed a definitive agreement under which Alpha will acquire all outstanding shares of Massey common stock, subject to customary closing conditions including stockholder approval of both companies.Read more
INSTITUTE, WV (HNN) – Area fire departments have found no air quality issues following a two hour power failure at the Bayer CropScience plant, Institute, WV. After the electricity had been restored around 12:45 p.m., Kanawha 911 reported that no injuries had been reported and that no shelter in place recommendations were issued on or off site.Read more
Marshall University has made one of those lists you do not want to be on.
Specifically, a Top 12 list of university's that have policies that potentially violate free speech. Officially, the website, http://thefire.org called the Huntington institution's standards "highly restrictive." Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man pleaded guilty in federal court before United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers to distribution of cocaine base. Keival L. Kelly, 27, of Huntington admitted to selling cocaine base to a confidential informant. On Sept. 23, 2009, after a prearranged drug buy. Read more
CHARLESTON, WV (HNN) – Massey Energy has shared results of its own investigation into the causes of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in April which claimed the lives of 29 miners.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Council’s Finance Committee chairman pursued a daunting question --- How to support the Huntington Fire Chief and stay within the budget.Read more
Gamers Come to the Keith Albee Performing Arts Center
Thursday, February 3, at 6:00 PM, one and a half hours prior to Video Games Live at the Keith Albee Performing Arts Center is your chance to become greatness among gamers. Play among the community and compete in a variety of classic and bestselling games including Guitar Hero III and Space Invaders.Read more
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