INSTITUTE, WV (HNN) - OSHA inspectors have arrived March 5 at the Bayer CropScience plant for an inspection of the upgrades to the facility's MIC unit.
CHARLESTON, WV (HNN) – Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomlin polled a disappointing six percent of voters during a Charleston Democratic Executive Committee fundraiser. 300 people took part in the pool, according to Brad Heflin of the Democratic Party.Read more
American Idol judge and Superstar Jennifer Lopez appeared on "Extra" at The Grove Thursday night to meet thousands of her biggest fans after her new single "On the Floor" premiered on "American Idol." Following the live taping, Jennifer greeted thousands of her biggest fans and treated them to a private screening of the video -- including the alternate endings.Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.... The Huntington District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a Department of the Army Permit to Highland Mining Company to allow the discharge of fill material into 13,743 linear feet of waters of the United States in conjunction with the Reylas Surface Mine in Logan County, West Virginia. Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - Would you rather dodge hole in the street that wreck your vehicle’s alignment or keep all the current boots on the street? For that matter, what’s the responsibility of the city concerning homeless cats, dogs and other animals?Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – The Huntington City Council Finance Committee will meet Tuesday, March 8, at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers, according to committee chairman Steve Williams.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Although City of Huntington, WV cannot comment on the accident which critically injured city garage worker George Willoughby, Brandi Jacobs-Jones , director of Administration and Finance has provided to HNN a listing of safety courses offered by the city.Read more
"U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Paul J. Vido and Huntington Police Department Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook, along with several members from the law enforcement community joined today to announce a major, long-term undercover law enforcement effort targeting the Fairfield West area of Huntington. Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) today helped to pass the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act, a measure he cosponsored to provide regulatory relief to small businesses and manufacturers.Read more
WASHINGTON, DC (HNN) – Rep. Ron Paul said that the federal reserve “on purpose” does not know the value of a dollar . Paul said that free market economists are predicting more than nine percent inflation, not the widely perceived 2.5%.“It’s theft, it’s ruining the economy, it’s causing a malinvestmnet. Price inflation is coming.” Read more
Manhattan Group LLC is recalling Parents® Busy Time Activity Centers™ sold nationwide and in Canada from December 2010 to February 2011. Wooden pegs on he xylophone activity can come loose, posing a choking hazard.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Several members of Huntington City Council recently questioned the purchase of equipment by the Huntington Sanitary Board. The money came from an “under-bid” for the Hal Greer Sewer Extension project.Read more
The Convention and Visitors Bureau will host an open house at The Red Caboose Regional Artisan Center. Titled “Let’s Celebrate”, the party and preview will honor of our regional artisans.Read more
Washington, D.C. (HNN) – As the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee continues its nationwide series of field hearings and listening sessions to craft a long-term surface transportation bill the House today passed by a vote of 421 - 4 a bipartisan bill that would save American transportation jobs by extending the Nation’s highway, highway safety, and transit programs through September 30, 2011.Read more
WASHINGTON (March 2, 2011) – The Edison Electric Institute today honored American Electric Power subsidiaries Appalachian Power and Kentucky Power with the association’s “Emergency Recovery Award” for outstanding efforts in restoring electric service following a massive snow and ice storm in late December 2009 that devastated both companies’ service territories. Read more
(Benghazi) - Thousands of foreign workers from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe have been left homeless and penniless by the recent fighting in Libya and remain stranded in the coastal city of Benghazi and on the border with Tunisia, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more
West Virginia gasoline prices skyrocketed 20.4 cents per gallon this week. The average price for a gallon of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline is $3.398.
I was walking with a good friend who shared the ongoing problems he and his wife were having with one of their children. It was a serious problem. Read more
Huntington, WV—Faith in Action of the River Cities will host its fourth annual Chocolate Celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 9th, at the Huntington Mall.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) - vitalink’s Creative Director Mike Steele isvolunteering his time and talents to work with middle and high-school students involved in the Huntington, WV, Youth Unite program.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – The flash fire explosion and serious injury of a City of Huntington employee places a magnifying glass on choices for job elimination. One of the recently eliminated jobs was that of a safety coordinator.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV(HNN) -The proposed City of Huntington budget for fiscal year 2011-2012 includes laying off eight employees. Among those discussed at the Saturday budget hearing were the safety coordinator, a mechanic, body shop repairman, a police civilian maintenance employee, and a barricade inspector/erector.Read more
(Huntington Metro) – New non-stop service on Delta Air Lines to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) begins Wednesday, March 2nd from Huntington Tri-State Airport (HTS). The new service will serve 144 destinations with a single stop and will provide 87 new one-stop destinations for tri-state travelers. Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – The Huntington Municipal Development Authority is currently in negotiations for a large scale project at Kinetic Park. Tom Bell, executive director of HMDA, told the full board the authority is “within weeks” of closing on an “ambitious project” at Kinetic Park.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Huntington City Council approveda contract with Speed Fleet, after finance director Deron Runyon clarified possible variances between The Transit Authority and the for profit Speedway/SuperAmerica vendor.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Police Chief Skip Holbrook returned to Charlotte, North Carolina for attend the wake of a former comrade, according to Brandi Jacobs-Jones, director ofRead more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – A memorandum from the Huntington Sanitary Board confirms that the Hal Greer Sewer Expansion Project will come in about $726,000 underbid. Loretta Covington, executive director, stated in the memorandum to council chairman Mark Bates that the WV DEP has given “permission … to use the difference of bid price and engineers price to purchase much needed equipment.”Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Units from the Huntington Fire Department responded to Marshall University’s Twin Towers East dormitory at about 9:40 p.m. Monday evening, Feb. 28.Read more
(Based in part on KHOU I-Team investigation and public documents)
HOUSTON, TEX(HNN) – Government documents pertaining to radiation contamination --- whether related to the Huntington Pilot Plant, the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, or other Cold War Atomic Energy Commission facilities --- the potential for continuing residual contamination and prior worker dosages have been compared to a naturally occurring environmental standard.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV (HNN) – Anticipating a flat year for revenue, the City of Huntington budget includes eight layoffs, but the projections contain small increases in construction B & O revenue and a small projected increase in user fee proceeds.Read more
(Based in part on Evidence/Reporting Contained in a CSB study, Congressional study, and Charleston Gazette reports.)
CHARLESTON, WV (HNN) – Following a federal court extending its Temporary Restraining Order preventing a re-start of MIC production at the Institute, WV, Bayer CropScience plant, the Charleston Gazette obtained a worst case scenario modeling study on the 2008 accident.Read more
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