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Gov. Justice announces new drug disposal kit program being provided by UnitedHealthcare, Recovery Point

Gov. Jim Justice joined with officials from UnitedHealthcare and Recovery Point to announce a new program that will assist West Virginians in disposing of unused opioids and other drugs. Read more

Marshall School of Medicine professor earns national award for career achievements

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Gary O. Rankin, Ph.D., a professor and vice dean for basic sciences at the Marshall University[jcesom.marshall.edu]  Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has been named the recipient of the 2019 Career Award from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Division for Toxicology. Read more

Marshall University heads to state Capitol for annual legislative event

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Dozens of Marshall University faculty, staff, coaches and students are set to visit the West Virginia State Capitol Monday, Jan. 14, as the university celebrates the annual Marshall Day at the Capitol. Read more

135 Huntington Arrests Due to Citizen Tips

The Huntington Police Department's anonymous tip line is a vital tool in fighting drug crimes in our community. How vital? Read more

Assault charge against former WSAZ meteorologist dismissed

 By Lawrence J. Smith

          CHARLESTON, W. Va. – A Kanawha magistrate on Tuesday dismissed the criminal case against a former meteorologist accused of assaulting one of her former co-workers. Read more

Agenda Announced for Cabell Commission Meetting

The agenda for the Cabell County Commission’s 2019 organizational meeting is available.  Regularly scheduled meetings occur at 10 a.m. the second, and fourth Thursdays in the Commission’s meeting room on the third floor of the county courthouse.  

MU Choral Union issues invitation to sing

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Choral Union invites singers to join its ensemble for a new semester of choral music making. Read more

Charleston Town Centre mall to be Sold on Courthouse Steps

A once opulent jewel among shopping --- Charleston Town Centre --- will be auctioned Jan. 24 on the kanawha Courthouse steps.  Read more

Parent Chain Bankruptcy Challenges Causing Glitches for Teays Valley Movie Venue

Many bankruptcy corporate reorganizations keep consumers blind unil a closing sale, name change, or , in some cases, a few changes in faces and policies. 

Frank's Teays Valley 10 stadium cinemas in has endured internet issues, booking challenges, repair struggles, and getting the word out that , "Hey, we're open." Read more

WV Tax Department saving money, filling vacancies

Charleston, WV — The West Virginia Department of Revenue announced that the State Tax Department has made great strides in enforcing tax laws on out-of-state contractors and in filling staffing vacancies. Read more

Public Comments Requested on Portsmouth & Paducah Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride

On June 18, 2004, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued environmental impact statements for the construction and operation of facilities to convert depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) to depleted uranium (DU) oxide at DOE’s Paducah Site (Paducah) in Kentucky and Portsmouth Site (Portsmouth) in Ohio. Read more

First Lady Cathy Justice Seeks Entries in Valentines to West Virginia Contest

Coffee & Donuts with Chief of Police

"Coffee With a Cop" returns for 2019 at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, at Peace, Love, & Little Donuts, located at 803 3rd Ave. Police Chief Hank Dial will be the featured speaker. Read more

Council Planning Committee Discussing Alley Abandonment, Animal Breeding

There will be a meeting of the City Council Planning & Zoning Committee meeting in Council Chambers on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 beginning at 5:00 p.m. Item(s) to be discussed are as follows: Read more

Attorney General DeWine Calls for Action to Protect the Great Lakes from Asian Carp

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine  urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to act quickly to prevent invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes and to use federal funding for the project.  Read more

Attorney General Morrisey, 18-State Brief Urges Supreme Court To Protect Second Amendment

Given family helps future Marshall medical students by establishing scholarship

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A rural physician and alumnus, W. Douglas Given, M.D., and his wife, Mary, have established an endowed scholarship with the Marshall University [jcesom.marshall.edu]Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine to assist aspiring physicians from central West Virginia. Read more

U.S. to Investigate Discrimination Against Native American Students on Montana Reservation

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, and Erica L. Green, The New York Times

Jan. 4, 5 a.m. EST

The Education Department said it will look into a long-standing complaint of racial inequities in Wolf Point schools after The New York Times and ProPublica wrote a story about the issue.

Arrest Made in YWCA Arson

A man has been arrested in connection with a fire that Thursday destroyed an  outbuilding at the long vacant YWCA in the 600 block of Fifth Avenue. Joshua Scott Griffith Francis, 26, has been placed in the Western Regional Jail on a $50,000 bond. Read more

Holy McElroy ... They are working for Marvel

Clint McElroy began his radio career like many Marshall University broadcasting students (like Mike Kirtner) at WMUL-FM, when it was a 10 watt campus station that relied on all volunteers. McElroy obtained his first "real" broadcasting job in 1975 as news director for WKEE-FM before gigs at WRVC, WEMM,  and WTCR. 

An avid devotee of comic and science fiction fandom, Clint (who wrote a pilot for an innovative "mini-sit-com" drop in TV proposal a.k.a. Zap & Opps) retired from commercial radio in 2017 and joined sons Justin, Travis and Griffin in an internett podcast, The Adventure Zone, which began with a Dungeons and Dragons role-playing arc, moved to other game systems. 

However,  the McElroy Brothers announced Jan. 4 on their website a project with Marvel Comics: Read more

Grant County Leads State in New Business Growth for December 2018

Charleston, W.Va. — Grant County led in new business growth for December 2018 with a total of 12 new businesses, according to West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner. Read more

Trump boom continues as jobs report blows away expectations

New York, NY – In response to the December 2018 jobs report just released, Michael Glassner, Chief Operating Officer of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. released the following statement. Read more

Fairfield Planning Meeting Scheduled

Attorney General Morrisey Reaches Multistate Settlement with For-Profit Education Company

Chief Rader Saving Lives in Opioid Crisis

Transcript: Jan Rader from Ted Women Speech

In the opioid crisis, here's what it takes to save a life:

For the past 24 years, I have been a firefighterin Huntington, West Virginia. As firefighters, my team and I are tasked with saving lives and property from such disasters as car wrecks, house fires and also life-threatening medical emergencies. I am a woman leading a department in a male-dominated profession. Read more

Huntington Water Quality Board Begins Downtown Sinkhole Repairs

The Huntington Water Quality Board will begin repair work on a sewer main collapse at Ninth Street and Third Avenue on Thursday, Jan. 3. At that time, 9th Street from 4 ½ Alley to 3rd Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic. Read more

BREAKING... Fire Breaks Out at Abandoned YWCA

HMDA sets Executive Session for Wed. Jan. 9

The Huntington Municipal Development Authority has scheduled an executive session for Wed., jan. 9 att 4 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall. 

The published agenda: Read more

Sign Petition Prevent Ohio River Becoming Nuclear Waste Dump; Listen to Cover Up Documentation from You Tube

(Petition provided by PRESS and others opposing burying nuclear waste from the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant on site, where the radioactive/classified remains of the Huntington Pilot Plant disassembled in Huntington and driven by open trucks in 1978-1979 in a high risk burial ground on the PGDP site.)

SUPPLIED BY VINA COLLEY

A call to Action
Taking names until late Jan...going on 700 names now please sign and share

Please sign the petition to stop the DUMP. Open up the record of Decision. Read more

American Federation of Government Employees and Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch Sue the Government Over Shutdown

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch (KCNF DC) sued the federal government on behalf of AFGE members and federal employees being forced to work without pay.  The lawsuit alleges that the federal government is violating the law by requiring some federal employees to work without pay during a shutdown. These employees perform a variety of dangerous roles: correctional officers, Border Patrol and ICE agents, transportation security officers, and other employees who are labeled as “essential”.   Read more

W.Va. AG Warns Post-Holiday Job Seekers of Employment Scams

FLASHBACK: A "For Dummies" Beginner's Guide to Huntington's Atomic and Nuclear Legacy

BY TONY RUTHERFORD

“Tell my story,” commands a man working in a dusty industrial facility. The place is dingy. Pipes, tubes, and  porous drainage surround  the worker who appeared like a “Ghost of Christmas Past” to a friend. Read more

Cabell County, City of Huntington Opiate Cases on Fast Track

An  order by federal judge Dan Polster, entered Dec. 31, 2018, has placed the City of Huntington and Cabell County as the second group of multidistrict National Prescription Opiate Litigation cases to go to trial.  Read more