WV Gasoline Prices Continue to Fall
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Average retail gasoline prices in West Virginia have fallen 2.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.69/gallon on Monday, Feb. 8. This compares with the national average that has stayed ...Read More
An INCO Cover Up Links Huntington to Seabrook, Indian Point Reactor Per Village Voice
Clarifications on C.C.L.T. Acronym ; There Are Two of Them
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Along came a statement from a reliable source, INCO had allegedly messed up materials at a nuclear plant in New York. One problem: The time frame was after the ...Read More
'Snowmageddon' Closes Federal D.C. Government Agencies Monday
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Washington, DC (HNN) – Buried in nearly three feet of wet snow, federal agencies in Washington, D.C. (that includes the Capitol ) will take a “snow day” Monday, Feb. 8, allowing crews to ...Read More
WORK SESSION: Agreeable, Short Work Session Suggests Routine Council Meeting Monday
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – You could not have planned the timing of the Friday, Feb. 5, council work session better. Scheduled as rain pounded and Winter Storm Warnings foretold changes ...Read More
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Marshall Cruises Past East Carolina, 100-49
Thundering Herd scores 67 points in second half
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Huntington, WV (HNN) – The Marshall University men’s basketball team exploded for 67 points in the second half and received 15-or-more points from four players ...Read More
FLASHBACK MONDAY: Orson, Hitchcock in Lineup
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – The Cinema Theatre’s time machine has been working on overdrive to pull in the next set of modern classic and classic films for its ...Read More
Ashland Holds 'Copacabana' Auditions Monday, Tuesday
By Huntingtonnews.net Staff
Ashland, KY (HNN) – “Copacabana, The Musical” comes to the J.B. Sowards Theatre at Ashland’s Community College in April. Auditions for the show will be Monday and Tuesday, Feb 8-9 ...Read More
Old Dominion Gun Show Slated This Weekend in Charleston
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The Old Dominion Gun Show will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 12-14 at the National Guard Armory in Charleston, WV. For details on this show and others upcoming in Beckley ...Read More
BECK AT THE MOVIES: 'When in Rome'
Despite Bell, Film Straight off Genre Assembly Line
By Jeff Beck
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Richmond, VA (HNN) -- Straight off the romantic-comedy assembly line comes "When in Rome," a film that is just about as generic as you can get when it comes to the ...Read More
MANN TALK: Recollections Evoked by Deathbed Reminiscences
By Perry Mann
I read the obituaries. At 89, I seek to see if there are any of my contemporaries who have been fingered by fate. Of those few I recognize, I dwell on the memory of them. It flavors my coffee ...Read More
ON NASCAR: Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA Race Breaks New Ground in Co-ed Sports
By Cathy Elliott
The Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA race at Daytona International Speedway may be commonly referred to as “Dani-palooza,” but there is a larger issue at stake. This race ...Read More
REVISED
HUNTINGTON CITY COUNCIL
February 8, 2010
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WEEKEND FIRST: Weekly Movie Comings And Goings
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – It’s Oscar Nomination time. Not surprisingly, “Avatar” has tied for the most nominations (nine). The now on DVD, “Hurt Locker” received nine noms also ...Read More
REEL WEEK: What’s Happening at the Movies
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Actually, the most significant treat for lovers of classic motion pictures will not -- repeat WILL NOT -- be on Turner Classic Movies, the ...Read More
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LOCAL
HPD Searching for Uno Tall, Thin Uno Robber
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – The suspect walked in the back door shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday morning, Feb. 6, 2010. Described as between six foot six inches and six foot ten inches and ...Read More
STATE
Kanawha County Health Department 'No Knowledge' of Any Bars Closing Due to Smoking Ban
Scientific Studies Conclude Smoke Eating Devices Do Not Significantly Reduce Odor and Carcinogens
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Charleston, WV (HNN) -- Having imposed its no smoking in bars ban over a year ago, the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department told ...Read More
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SPORTS
Marshall Tennis Rolls Past WVU, 7-0
The Herd remains undefeated
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Huntington, WV (HNN) – The Marshall University women’s tennis team improved upon its best start in recent history as the Herd cruised past West Virginia ...Read More
COLUMN
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: Speaking of Multiple Realities, Part Three
By Christopher Worth
In boundless space countless shining spheres, about each of which, and illuminated by its light ...Read More
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COLUMN
COMMENTARY: Spike Maynard's Candidacy: West Virginia Has Come of Age
By Stephen N. Reed
Time was when a Democratic Congressman from West Virginia was
locked in for life after one election ...Read More
COLUMN
COMMENTARY: We Won't Sentence a Corporation to the Death Penalty
By Stephanie Van Hook
But we do collectively sentence other 'legal persons' to death.
According to Amnesty International, there are as many as 3,300 inmates
on death row in the United States alone, as of today ...Read More
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COLUMN
GUEST EDITORIAL: Why a Middle-Class, College-Educated, Former-Republican-Current Independent White Christian Girl from the South Wants a Single-Payer Health Care System
By Melody McPherson-Bruce
I admit it. I used to be a Republican. Ronald Reagan is my favorite president, also the first one I remember. I still hold that each person should work for their living, not live off of the ...Read More
COLUMN
COMMERCE DEPT.: Dec. 2009 Construction Spending 10% Below Dec. 2008 at $902.5 Billion Annual Rate
2009 Construction Spending 12.4% Below 2008 levels
By David M. Kinchen
Huntingtonnews.net Real Estate Writer
Construction spending during December 2009 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted ...Read More
