May 24 2019 - 12:49am
Updated 27 weeks ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (May 23, 2019) – West Virginia American Water will conduct a dye test on an out-of-service intake pump at its 40th Street operations facility on Friday, May 24. This test will be conducted to provide valuable information and data concerning necessary repairs to the intake. Customers will not experience an impact to their water service as a result of the test. Read more
May 24 2019 - 12:47am
Updated 28 weeks ago
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced 10 students from the Metro Valley as regional winners of the office’s third Kids Kick Opioids contest, a competition designed to spur creativity and raise awareness of prescription painkiller abuse. Read more
May 23 2019 - 8:22pm
Updated 28 weeks ago
As part of the City of Huntington's nonexclusive franchise agreement with Comcast, the company provided grant funding for the city to upgrade the video broadcast system in City Council chambers.
This new video system provides many features that the old video system was not capable of performing, such as: Read more
May 23 2019 - 2:42am
Updated 28 weeks ago
West Virginia American Water customers can see their water bills at work on the company’s interactive online map of its 2019 infrastructure upgrade projects. This user-friendly map allows West Virginia American Water customers to view details about water main replacement projects and other water distribution system upgrades throughout the company’s service area. Read more
May 22 2019 - 11:32pm
Updated 28 weeks ago
Nuclear Hotseat , an online podcast, discusses the contamination uncovered at the Piketon, Ohio middle school.
The podcast features an interview with activist, Vina Colley. She is she is, in her own words, “a Whistleblower, a sick worker from the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion plant in Piketon, Ohio.” Vina is a Co-Founder of National Nuclear Workers for Justice (NNWJ) and Portsmouth/Piketon Resident for Environmental Safety and Security, or (PRESS). Read more
May 22 2019 - 11:14pm
Updated 28 weeks ago
WHEELING — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey seeks to add claims Tuesday in his lawsuit against the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, including a new count of unfair competition and new evidence of the church's failure to conduct background checks and report abuse. Read more
May 21 2019 - 9:27pm
Updated 28 weeks ago
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Mexican national man was sentenced for the felony offense of Reentry of a Removed Alien, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Manuel Ortiz-Sanchez, 44, received a “time-served” sentence and was immediately remanded to ICE agents for administrative deportation proceedings. Read more
May 21 2019 - 9:23pm
Updated 28 weeks ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Approximately 300 students from Cabell and Putnam counties will be on the Huntington campus of Marshall University , Wednesday, May 22, for the university’s third Sky Festival. Read more
May 21 2019 - 9:20pm
Updated 28 weeks ago
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Jim Carroll announced the formation of an Emerging Threats Committee to identify and respond to evolving and emerging drug threats in the United States. Read more
May 20 2019 - 9:17pm
Updated 28 weeks ago
Mayor Williams has proclaimed May 20th, Zambia Appreciation Day in the City of Huntington! Read more
May 20 2019 - 6:51pm
Updated 28 weeks ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Huntington man who was caught with methamphetamine and a gun in Huntington in 2018 pled guilty today to federal charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Brandon Douglas Tomblin, 35, entered guilty pleas in federal court in Huntington to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Huntington Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Read more
May 20 2019 - 6:49pm
Updated 28 weeks ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Michigan man caught with heroin in August 2017 was sentenced to 18 months for his role in a federal drug conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Nyanzangusa Baldwin, also known as “Botch,” 45, previously pled guilty to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute heroin. Read more
May 20 2019 - 6:43pm
Updated 28 weeks ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Kentucky man was sentenced to spend 46 months in prison for traveling in interstate commerce in order to engage in illicit sexual activity with a minor, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Upon his release from prison, Caudill will be required to serve a 15 year term of supervised release. He will also be required to register as a sex offender. Read more
May 20 2019 - 12:09am
Updated 28 weeks ago
Huntington Police continue investigating an exchange of gunfire Sunday, May 19, in the 2700 block of Guyan Avenue. Read more
May 19 2019 - 10:27pm
Updated 28 weeks ago
There will be a meeting of the City Council Planning & Zoning Committee meeting in Council Chambers on Monday, May 20, 2019 beginning at 5:00 p.m. Item(s) to be discussed are as follows: Read more
May 17 2019 - 11:04am
Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. announced that President Trump will host a Make America Great Again rally on Monday, May 20 at 7:00 pm EDT at the Energy Aviation Hangar in Montoursville, PA. This is the 48th rally that President Trump has held in Pennsylvania and the first rally in Montoursville since he first began his race for president in June, 2015. He has held six previous rallies in Northeast Pennsylvania. Read more
May 17 2019 - 11:00am
Updated 29 weeks ago
More than 30 representatives of Marshall University—including President Jerome A. Gilbert, students, faculty and members of the acclaimed John Marshall Fife and Drum Corps—are in Richmond, Va., Friday, May 17, for events to celebrate the nation’s longest-serving chief justice. Read more
May 17 2019 - 10:56am
Updated 29 weeks ago
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed suit alleging some of the nation’s largest generic drug makers, including Mylan Pharmaceuticals, conspired with Teva Pharmaceuticals and each other as 20 manufacturers in all engaged in a broad scheme to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition and unreasonably restrain trade for more than 100 different generic drugs. Read more
May 17 2019 - 10:52am
Updated 29 weeks ago
7th Annual Golf FORE Life Tournament will take place Sunday, June 9, in Kingwood, WV, at Preston Country Club with a noon registration/lunch, a 1:00 p.m. putting contest and a 1:30 p.m. tee time. Read more
May 17 2019 - 10:05am
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Students from Marshall University’s public radio station, WMUL-FM, received awards recently in The Hermes Creative Awards 2018-2019 competition and the 25th Annual Communicator Awards 2019 Audio Competition. Read more
May 17 2019 - 9:03am
Updated 29 weeks ago
Ceredo, W.Va., The new pet supply store in Ceredo that brings you high-quality pet food, treats and toys is now offering free delivery and pet pickup for grooming services. Customers can simply call the store at (304) 606-2959 to arrange for product delivery to their home (within a 10-mile radius) and for pickup of their pet for grooming. Read more
May 17 2019 - 8:42am
Updated 29 weeks ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Two Marshall University students have won Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarships to study abroad. Gilman Scholars receive up to $5,000 to apply towards their study abroad or internship program costs with additional funding available for the study of a critical language overseas. Read more
May 17 2019 - 8:37am
Updated 29 weeks ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (May 15, 2019) – A Cabell County sixth-grader earned the top statewide prize in West Virginia American Water’s fourth annual “Protect Our Watersheds” Art Contest. The company received more than 100 entries from fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders across the state. Read more
May 17 2019 - 8:31am
Updated 29 weeks ago
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, together with four other states, filed suit Thursday against Purdue Pharma and former chief executive Richard Sackler alleging their unlawful marketing of opioids helped fuel the substance abuse epidemic, which has caused historic levels of addiction and widespread death. Read more
May 17 2019 - 8:25am
Updated 29 weeks ago
The Social Security Administration today announced the most popular baby names in West Virginia for 2018. Mason and Emma topped the list.
The top five boys and girls names for 2018 in West Virginia were: Read more
May 16 2019 - 4:48am
Updated 29 weeks ago
Update: In a conference call with media, United States Senator Rob Portman has said a third party independent analysis will be conducted at the PGDP . Americonium has now been found at the school site.
A Ohio school has been closed due to the presence of enriched uranium inside and neptunium in the air, according to a letter sent to parents from the Scioto Valley Local School District. Zahn Corner Middle School is about four miles from the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) where nuclear materials were processed and demolition continues on its decommissioning. A Pike County councilwoman has stated there has been a children's cancer case each year for five years; three children passed away.
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May 16 2019 - 4:45am
Updated 29 weeks ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Forensic Science Center (MUFSC) partnered with the U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program and Science Applications International Corporation earlier this month in Huntington to provide advanced DNA Validation Training to 18 forensic DNA scientists with the Republic of Iraq Ministry of Interior Criminal Evidence Directorate, including its Director Major General Talib Khalil Raahi. Read more
May 16 2019 - 2:42am
Updated 29 weeks ago
DoubleTree by Hilton Huntington opened in West Virginia last week, marking the brand’s first entry in the state. The property, formerly called the Pullman Plaza Hotel, is owned by Pullman Hospitality and managed by Regal Hospitality. Read more
May 16 2019 - 2:22am
The Huntington Police Department and Fraternal Order of Police Gold Star Lodge 65 conducted the annual National Peace Officer’s Memorial Day ceremony this evening in front of the Jean Dean Public Safety Building. Read more
May 16 2019 - 2:18am
Updated 29 weeks ago
Two Detroit men were arrested on drug charges Wednesday, May 15, following a traffic stop.
Members of the Huntington Violent Crime Drug Task Force were conducting surveillance in the vicinity of 11th Street and 12th Avenue when they observed a person of interest in a recent murder investigation. Read more
May 15 2019 - 7:33am
Updated 29 weeks ago
Huntington had a Cold War atomic weapons servicing facility (Huntington Pilot Plant) for which workers who contacted cancers from working in the structure forme Read more
May 15 2019 - 6:18am
Updated 29 weeks ago
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced that it reached an agreement with the State of West Virginia to resolve its conclusion that there is reasonable cause to believe the State violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by unnecessarily institutionalizing children with serious emotional or behavioral disorders in residential treatment facilities instead of providing them in-home and community-based mental health services. Read more
May 15 2019 - 6:14am
Updated 29 weeks ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University communication disorders student Jessica Sayre was recently awarded a statewide scholarship from the West Virginia Speech Language Hearing (WVSH) Foundation. The scholarship, valued at $1,000, was awarded to one student at Marshall and one student at West Virginia University. Read more
May 14 2019 - 5:17am
Updated 29 weeks ago
A man found shot to death in the 1900 block of Third Avenue has been identified. Huntington Police Chief Hank Dial identified Alvin Jamal Vicks, 30, of Detroit ,who was found about 3:30 a.m. near City National Bank. Read more
May 14 2019 - 5:14am
Updated 29 weeks ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Two Detroit men who were caught with heroin last year pled guilty to federal charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Drevonte Larnielle Patterson, 21, and Christian Vincent Keith Gordon, 22, both entered guilty pleas to possession with intent to distribute heroin in federal court in Huntington. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Huntington Police Department. Read more