Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was the keynote speaker at the Regional Health Summit today at the St. Mary’s Center for Education. Read more
Huntington Police Chief Hank Dial and Michael Baylous, U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia, announced today that their agencies have completed a joint and targeted warrant sweep in and around Huntington. Read more
Huntington joins Charleston and Morgantown in now having a rental registry ordinance despite heavy opposition from many landlords telling council it is too cumbersome, unconstitutional, and targets landlords in compliance with their properties as well as those who are out of state.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Putnam County man was sentenced today to six years in prison for a child pornography crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A New York man who illegally possessed firearms in Cross Lanes last year pled guilty today in federal court in Huntington, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Andre Durrell Watson, 33, entered his guilty plea to prohibited possession of a firearm by a felon. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that another defendant indicted for his role in a major, multi-state heroin and fentanyl distribution network pled guilty today to a federal drug conspiracy charge. Read more
At the dawn of our great country, the town crier, broadsides, pamphlets all were different ways of spreading both news and opinion beyond the publication of a newspaper. Newspapers at the time of our American Revolution numbered around 38 spread across all the colonies.
Washington, D.C. – The office of Senator John McCain released the following statement Saturday:
“Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28 pm on August 25, 2018. With the Senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family. At his death, he had served the United States of America faithfully for sixty years.” Read more
Vast changes are happening at the Huntington Cabell
Wayne Animal Shelter, and Courtney Proctor Cross, the newly appointed executive director, is inviting the public to be a part of them. On Sunday, August 26, when the shelter is typically
closed to the public, the doors will be slung open to volunteers ready to transform the shelter. Read more
CHARLESTON, WV– Gov. Jim Justice has appointed Evan Jenkins of Huntington, WV and Tim Armstead of Elkview, WV to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Armstead will fill the Division 1 seat, and Jenkins will fill the Division 2 seat.Read more
CHARLESTON, WV– Gov. Jim Justice announced that an investigation is underway concerning more than $1.5 million in loan payments to the West Virginia Water Development Authority that have been missed by the landlord of the office building that houses Ticketmaster in the Northgate Business Park. Read more
CHARLESTON, WV — Last night, West Virginia native John Ellison repurposed his world-famous song “Some Kind of Wonderful” for the Manchin campaign. The song, “Some Kind of Senator” was unveiled at the Charleston Moose Lodge on Friday night in front of long-time Manchin friends and supporters. Ellison’s band, the Carpenter Ants, recorded the song for Senator Manchin to use for his 2018 campaign. More than 60 different artists have recorded "Some Kind of Wonderful," making it one of the most recorded songs in the history of music. Ellison’s hit song has sold more than 42 million copies, earning him five Lifetime Achievement awards for writing one of the most played songs in the world. Ellison was inducted into the WV Music Hall of Fame in 2015.Read more
The Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District is excited to share that the St. Cloud Commons All-Inclusive Playground Project has received a $25,000 donation from the Brady Steps Charitable Foundation. Read more
Huntington, W.Va.— HuntPAC, the Political Action Committee for the Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce, announced their endorsements for candidates running for state and county offices in the 2018 General Election. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University will host a press conference to announce the schedule of events for the upcoming Young West Virginia Power Building Conference. The press event will begin 11 a.m., Monday, Aug. 27, in the university’s Drinko Library.Read more
CHARLESTON, WV – In a ruling from the bench today, the Public Service Commission of West Virginia approved Joint Stipulations and Agreements for Settlements and proposed rates for utility companies ordering rate reductions of $84.8 million per year beginning September 1, 2018. Read more
CHARLESTON, W. Va. – A retired West Virginia Supreme Court justice pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony count of fraud related to his personal use of a state vehicle and gas fuel card in a scandal that has led to pending impeachment trials for the three remaining justices. Read more
Huntington City Council meets Monday, August 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at Huntington City Hall. The work session will be at 6:45 p.m. Meetings of the Public Safety Committee (HPD agreement with Wayne County Sheriff's Department) and the Administration/Finance Committee occur at 5:45 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. respectively. Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that former West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Menis E. Ketchum II, age 75, pled guilty to wire fraud. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the West Virginia Legislature’s Commission on Special Investigations, and the Internal Revenue Service—Criminal Investigation Division conducted the investigation. Read more
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined a bipartisan group of 52 state and territory attorneys general in calling upon Congress to help end the opioid epidemic and close a loophole that allows those who traffic deadly fentanyl to stay a step ahead of law enforcement.Read more
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a federal jury sitting in Charleston returned guilty verdicts following the trial of four family members from southern West Virginia.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Brentney Fields, a fourth-year Marshall UniversitySchool of Pharmacy student, has been honored with the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award.Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Four more individuals indicted for their roles in a major, multi-state heroin and fentanyl distribution network pled guilty today to a federal drug conspiracy charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Karl O’Dell, 61, a pharmacist and owner of a pharmacy in Ashland, Kentucky, pled guilty to a conspiracy to misbrand oxycodone and hydrocodone. Read more
The Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District is pleased to announce the return of the Fantasy Maze to Ritter Park this October! Since its debut in 2015, thousands of families have enjoyed an enchanted trip through the Fantasy Maze filled with classic storybook and cartoon characters!
GHPRD’s non-scary alternative to Halloween returns to the heart of Ritter Park for the last two weekends in October (19, 20, 21, and 26, 27, 28) from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Read more
Duo Transcend, the husband and wife trapeze act that includes Mary (Wolfe) and Tyce Nielsen have won the quarter finals of America's Got Talent. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.—The Marshall UniversitySchool of Pharmacy hosted its seventh annual White Coat Ceremony Friday, Aug. 17, at the Huntington Museum of Art, during which 55 incoming pharmacy students were presented with white coats.Read more
Huntington, W.Va. <August 21, 2018>: HIMG has launched a program that allows Certified Nursing Assistants, that are employed at HIMG, to prepare for and take the testing to become a Certified Medical Assistant. The program is called the CNA to CMA Pathway.Read more
If first you don't succeed, well, Mary and Tyce took to the trapeze last night on America's Got Talent to again perform the blindfolded routine .... was it flawless?
Harmony House is thrilled to announce that it has been chosen as one of 200 finalists vying for one of 40 $25,000 grand prizes in the national State Farm Neighborhood Assist Grant Competition. Read more
NEW YORK, NY – As Charleston, West Virginia anticipates the arrival of President Trump for a Make America Great Again rally at the Charleston Civic Center at 7:00 PM ET tonight, Michael Glassner, Chief Operating Officer for Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. issued the following statement. Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.— Law enforcement officials, including the Marshall University Police Department and the West Virginia State Police, have determined that a bomb threat received early this morning for the university's Joan C. Edwards Stadium was not a credible threat.Read more
The Republican-led West Virginia House of Delegates received national attention last week for impeaching all four of the state’s sitting Supreme Court justices. Lawmakers cited a swirling scandal over court spending that ranged from using state cars for personal business to extravagant office renovations that included a $32,000 couch. Read more
