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Detroit man sentenced on firearm charge

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Demarco R. Bradberry, 37, of Detroit, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, and was subsequently sentenced to 66 months in federal prison. Read more

MADD, BeMyDD and AlertID Work Together to Prevent Drinking and Driving

LAS VEGAS, NV and SAN FRANCISCO, CA, (January 28, 2015)– As the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots take the field on Sunday, house parties and Sports Bars will be serving up ice cold brews and cocktails to fans from coast to coast. Because Super Bowl Sunday is one of the biggest drinking days of the year, MADD, BeMyDD and AlertID have teamed up to prevent drinking and driving on game day. Read more

January 28 is Data Privacy Day and a good time to make sure you are taking appropriate steps to safeguard your data

CHARLESTON — In honor of Data Privacy Day, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey urged citizens and businesses alike to take steps to protect themselves online from scammers and would-be identity thieves.
 
“So much of life now happens online, be it communicating with friends, banking, shopping, or paying bills, so it is important for citizens and businesses to make sure they are using the appropriate safeguards,” Attorney General Morrisey said. “Data Privacy Day is designed to raise awareness and simply remind people that they must take steps to ensure their personal information stays private.” Read more

Arrests Made in Fourth Avenue Beating

HUNTINGTON -- Since Jan. 16, detectives with the Huntington Police Department’s Violent Crime Unit have been investigating an assault that took place on 4th Avenue in the downtown area. Read more

CENSUS BUREAU: First State and Local Level Economic Census Data Show California Leads U.S. in Manufacturing Employment for 2012; Los Angeles Alone Has More Than 100,000 Manufacturing Employees

The Census Bureau on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 released manufacturing statistics from its 2012 Economic Census at the state, metro area and county levels, as well as for cities and towns, for more than 350 manufacturing industries. These data, referred to as the Geographic Area Series, cover more than 296,000 U.S. manufacturing establishments (NAICS 31-33) within every state and their localities.

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Huntington Mayor Williams Beams City 'on the map' in D.C.

Having returned from the annual U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C., Huntington Mayor Steve Williams told council that "we are taking steps (related to law enforcement, firefighting, and drug abuse) that no one else across the country is even considering." The conference attendees included the mayors of many large and small cities across the nation. Read more

Huntington man sentenced on heroin charge

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced  that Mark R. Tabb, 46, of Huntington, West Virginia, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. Read more

Huntington man pleads guilty to oxymorphone charge

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Eric Lawrence Silverstein, 39, of Huntington, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to distribution of oxymorphone. Read more

Council Passes Tweaking of Bicycle Ordinances

Huntington City Council has passed without opposition updates to cycling ordinances which now mirror or exceed state code. Read more

Health informatics program offers new accelerated master's degree

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall University's health informatics program now offers a new accelerated master's degree (AMD) which began this spring semester. Health informatics, an evolving specialization that links information technology, communication and healthcare, seeks to improve the quality and safety of patient care, according to the program's director, Dr. Girmay Berhie. Read more

Marshall to host 46th Annual Winter Jazz Festival

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall University will host one of the longest running collegiate jazz festivals in the nation when the School of Music and Theatre presents the 46th Annual Winter Jazz Festival Jan. 29-31.   Read more

DEP to Host and Live Stream Meeting to Discuss New Air Quality General Permit for Natural Gas Activities

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A rollout meeting is planned for Feb. 5 to release the draft of the West Virginia Division of Air Quality’s new air quality general permit for natural gas activities. The Class II general permit, G80-A, would cover prevention and control of air pollution in regard to natural gas production, compressor and/or dehydration facilities. Read more

Power Boat Races Return to Huntington

The Huntington Classic Regatta's power boat racing events scheduled for July 24-26 at Harris Riverfront Park will serve as boat racing's version of the Super Bowl in 2015.

The American Power Boat Association, the sanctioning body for all boat racing in the U.S., has named Huntington as host of the sport's 2015 North American Championship, the highest designation granted by the group. Read more

Detectives seek dismissal of charges against men in beating incident

HUNTINGTON – The Huntington Police Department has sought the dismissal of charges against two Huntington men who were arrested last week in connection with a beating incident on 4th Avenue earlier this month. Read more

BREAKING: Kinetic Park May Get Taco Bell

The Huntington Municipal Development Authority has approved the sale of a "keystone" property at Kinetic Park for development as a Taco Bell. The $250,000 sale is contingent on the developer obtaining the Taco Bell franchise.

NAHB: Millennials Seek Smaller Houses, But Won’t Sacrifice Details, Panelists Say

As Millennials begin to enter the home buying market in larger numbers, homes will get a little smaller, laundry rooms will be essential, and home technology will become increasingly prevalent, said panelists during an International Builders’ Show press conference on home trends and Millennials’ home preferences held last week.

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Ohio, Warren County File Lawsuit against Obama Administration over Obamacare Taxes

(LEBANON, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Warren County Commissioner President David Young, and Warren County Prosecutor David P. Fornshell today announced that Ohio will be leading a lawsuit challenging an unconstitutional decision by the Obama Administration to directly levy an Obamacare tax against state and local governments. Read more

Bonding Plan Brings $6.5 Million of Huntington Sanitary Improvements with No Rate Increase

Huntington City Council appears to have a fiscal 'no brainer' on its agenda. Water Quality Board director, Lou Akers described replacement of effluent and influent lines at the Huntington treatment plant as "most critical" and near collapse . Fortunately, due to the low interest rate environment, $6.5 million dollars in bonds will be issued without any rate increases for residents.

A diffuser at the wastewater treatment plant and a receiving station replacement will be included. Read more

Huntington Has At Least Nine Heroin Overdose Deaths in January 2015

America has a health crisis. It’s not flu season or an Ebola outbreak.

The medical consequences of the addictions lead to millions of health dollars often spent on the uninsured to treat hepatitis B & C. Those liver diseases generally originate from intravenous drug use from non-sterilized needles and from sexual intercourse with those infected.   Read more

Doomsday Clock Edges Closer to Oblivion

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Warning that “the probability of global catastrophe is very high” unless quick action is taken, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board today cited unchecked climate change and global nuclear weapons modernization as the basis for their decision to move the hands of the historic Doomsday Clock forward two minutes. The shift of the Doomsday Clock hands to three minutes to midnight is the first such adjustment to be made in three years.  The Board also outlined action steps that will need to be taken “very soon” in order to avert catastrophe. Read more

Prescription Opioid Deaths Level; Heroin-related Deaths Rise

Washington, D.C.  – The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is announcing the 2013 drug overdose mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data show that drug deaths related to prescription opioids have remained stable since 2012, but the mortality rate associated with heroin increased for the third year in a row. Read more

Huntington Still Infected by Scourge of Drugs

What's next for Huntington? Whether it be increased tourism, luring new technological facilities, or rehabbing historic structures, an epidemic must be curtailed first. Drugs and their sellers must be shipped out of state away from the exceptional city, which can not sparkle as long as wide portions of the populace succumb to addictive illness.

Mayor Steve Williams has been attending a conference of mayors in Washington, D.C. He wrote, "We must ALL join in on this fight against addiction. No one in our state is immune. Every person, family, neighborhood, and community is affected. We are losing a generation." Read more

Marshall Special Collections receives two sets of materials

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall University's Special Collections department of University Libraries received two sets of historical materials recently. Read more

'Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain,' to be shown Jan. 28 at Marshall University

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall University's Women Connect will present a screening of the new film, "Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain," from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, in room BE5 on the lower level of the Memorial Student Center on the Huntington campus. Read more

83 year old Huntington Woman Found

UPDATED: Law enforcement has reported that Barbara Kleinman has been found after employees at a South Point motel recognized her photo.

 

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Authorities are searching for an 83-year-old Huntington woman who has been missing since 3:15 p.m. today.

Barbara Kleinman was last seen walking from her home with her Yorkie, named Missy, at 635 Rear 9th Ave. She is believed to be wearing black sweatpants and a pink jacket. She has blonde hair and blue eyes. Read more

Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force Formed to Investigate Double Homicide

(COSHOCTON, Ohio)— State and local law enforcement announced today the formation of a special, multi-jurisdictional task force to investigate the murders of Doyle Chumney, 88, and Lillian Chumney, 79, of Strasburg, Ohio. Read more

MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: Defense Dept. Contracts for Jan. 20, 2015

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General Electric Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded a $325,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract for Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines (VAATE) III and Beyond. The contractor will develop technologies by the 2017 timeframe that will permit an order of magnitude increase in turbo-propulsion affordability over the year 2000 state-of-the-art technology.

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REALTORS: Existing Home Sales Rebound in December, Climbing Above Annual Pace of 5 Million

Despite low inventory conditions, existing-home sales bounced back in December and climbed above an annual pace of 5 million sales for the sixth time in seven months, according to a report released Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). According to the report, median home prices for 2014 rose to their highest level since 2007, but total sales fell 3.1 percent from 2013.

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Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Rape Following Texting Scheme

(LONDON, Ohio) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Madison County Sheriff James Sabin announced  that a Madison County man will spend the next ten years in prison for the rape of a teenager in 2013. Read more

Ohio Charity Agrees to Dissolve After Raising Money for Alleged Pyramid Scheme

BRYAN, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Commerce today announced a settlement with northwest Ohio residents who were accused of using their charity to solicit funds for Profitable Sunrise — an alleged international pyramid scheme.  Read more

Delegate Nelson Calls for Donations of Farm Equipment to Veterans and Warriors Agriculture Program

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Delegate Joshua Nelson (R-Boone) has asked for donations of farm equipment to the Veterans and Warriors Agriculture program. This would allow the program to then rent the equipment back to veterans at a much lower rate allowing veterans to start up farms and other agricultural work and make a living for themselves. Read more

HMDA Meets Monday to Consider Property Sales

The Huntington Municipal Development Authority will meet at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26 in Council Chambers at Huntington City Hall Auditorium.

On the agenda will be approval of sale of a section of Kinetic Park property , a director's report, and an Executive Session. Read more

West Virginia American Water Accepting Applications for 2015 Environmental Grant Program

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (January 22, 2015) C West Virginia American Water announced today that applications are now being accepted for the company’s 2015 Environmental Grant Program. The program offers funds for innovative, community-based environmental projects that improve, restore or protect the watersheds, surface water and/or groundwater supplies through partnerships located within West Virginia American Water’s service territory, which spans parts of 19 counties. Read more