Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader submitted a "progressive" highest in history budget that includes a $500,000 new apparatus , 50 sets of turn out gear, a new facility on the southside of the railroad tracks, and about $282,000 in salary items.
Chief Rader indicated that the new truck purchased last year will arrive in June. It will be in kelly green for Station Two. Read more
Community members assembled in Portsmouth, Ohio, to discuss the nuke waste dump planned for a portion of the Gaseous Diffusion Plant property Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University’s Department of Physics will host two public lectures by quantum physicist Dr. Luis Orozco April 3 and 4 at Marshall University on the Huntington campus. The lectures are co-sponsored by the American Physical Society.Read more
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office has finalized a $3.2 million settlement with drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and marketer Sanofi-Aventis in relation to their marketing of the prescription blood thinner Plavix.Read more
The West Virginia Division of Highways and its contractor Pritchard Signal and Light Company of Scott Depot are currently working on the Huntington Area Roadway Lighting Project along I-64 at six interchanges from Exit 1 (Kenova) to Exit 20 (Huntington Mall). Read more
Marshall University’s Lifelong Learning Program, part of the university’s Center for Continuing Education, will celebrate its first anniversary at a reception Friday, March 29, on Marshall’s Huntington campus. The event will take place from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the Shawkey Room of the Memorial Student Center. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that three men, two from Detroit, Michigan, and one from Huntington, entered guilty pleas in federal court in Huntington: Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A New York man who took part in a conspiracy resulting in the distribution of large quantities of methamphetamine across several counties in West Virginia was sentenced to 238 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Marquis Edward Henderson, 33, of Bronx, New York previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and prohibited possession of firearms by a convicted felon. Stuart commended the investigative work of the FBI Drug Task Force and the United States Postal Inspection Service. Read more
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed suit alleging the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese and former Bishop Michael J. Bransfield knowingly employed pedophiles and failed to conduct adequate background checks for those working at the Diocese’s schools and camps, all without disclosing the inherent danger to parents who purchased its services for their children.Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Detroit man who helped sell heroin in Huntington between 2014 and 2016 pled guilty to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Charles Deshawn Lockhart, 27, entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin in federal court in Huntington. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the FBI Drug Task Force and the Huntington Police Department. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – High school seniors usually don’t know exactly what they want to do for the next seven years, but 10 West Virginia students have already committed to becoming doctors. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man pled guilty to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jeremy Midkiff, 38, entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with distribution of fentanyl. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- A Detroit, Michigan man was sentenced to 15 months in prison for distributing fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Octavius Ellis, 23, previously pled guilty in December 2018 to knowingly and intentionally distributing fentanyl. The Huntington Police Department handled the investigation. Read more
Mayor Steve Williams, City Councilman Alex Vence, Police Chief Hank Dial and Fire Chief Jan Rader will participate in a Town Hall Forum at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, in Room 2W22 of the Memorial Student Center. Read more
This week, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Jim Carroll released the Administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 National Drug Control Budget, which requests a record $34.6 billion for counter-drug efforts. This represents a $1.3 billion funding increase from the previous fiscal year.Read more
The Huntington Municipal Development Authority has cancelled it's meeting scheduled for March 18, according to Lisa Riley, associate executive director.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Sixty-two medical students from the[jcesom.marshall.edu]Marshall University[jcesom.marshall.edu]Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine found out Friday at noon during the annual Match Day event where they will train for the next three to seven years.Read more
The West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services is pleased to have the opportunity to offer a one-day, multi-disciplinary training providing the latest information available concerning sexual assault and stalking, including emerging issues. Read more
The following is a statement from Mayor Steve Williams on the passing of former Huntington Mayor Bobby Nelson, who served from 1986 to 1993. He became Huntington’s first strong mayor under a new city charter in 1986:Read more
Mayor Steve Williams will resume his community walks through Huntington’s neighborhoods this spring in an effort to motivate residents to become more active. Read more
Public Works Director Jim Insco presented his 2019-2020 budget to City Council this evening. Insco highlighted the work performed by the men and women of the department, which consists of eight divisions. Here’s a summary of the progress that has been made by many of those divisions: Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that his office has concluded its current investigation into the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Read more
CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey released a list of the top consumer complaints received by the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division for Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam and Wayne counties in 2018.Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Seventeen Marshall University School of Pharmacy students joined the Rho Chi Society last night during an induction ceremony at the home of the school’s dean, Gayle Brazeau, Ph.D. Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Mike Stuart issued the following statement regarding the West Virginia Legislature’s passage of a bill designating a “Back the Blue” license plate. Read more
CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a representative from his office will meet one-on-one with Metro Valley residents in March to discuss consumer-related issues and answer any potential questions.Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.– Marshall University and the Marshall University Alumni Association (MUAA) will host the 82nd annual Alumni Awards Banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in the Don Morris Room on Marshall’s Huntington campus.Read more
Downtown Huntington Partners, an organization of local business owners and managers aiming to promote downtown in a positive light while creating cohesive community, is poised to implement an Ambassador Program in the downtown area. The group has been working for several months on the idea and under the direction of newly hired Executive Director, MacKenzie Morley, they are now ready to take the next step.Read more
An eighteen year old man has been arrested in a Monday afternoon shooting of a father and son at the 300 block of Prospect Street in Guyandotte. Neighbors reported the gun fire in the streets about 3:15 p.m. near the time children are dropped from the school bus. Read more
