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Students mark Arbor Day with downtown planting
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (285+ words) More than 50 kindergartners assisted in planting Kwanzan cherry trees along 5th Avenue in Huntington on Friday, April 24, 2026, to commemorate Arbor Day. Kindergarten students across three Explorer Academy classrooms assisted in planting trees along 5th Avenue on Friday, April 24, 2026, in Huntington. Kindergarten students…...
Morrisey orders flags to half-staff to honor Mc Kinley
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (173+ words) An American flag is shown at half-staff outside the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. CHARLESTON" Gov. Patrick Morrisey ordered United States and West Virginia state flags at the Capitol Complex and at all state facilities throughout West…...
American Red Cross cuts ribbon on new facility at Kinetic Park
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (657+ words) Jeff Hornyak, chief development officer for American Red Cross Central Appalachia Region, left, stands with Vada da Silva, of Nicholas County, as the American Red Cross conducts a ribbon cutting celebration for the new Kinetic Park facility on Tuesday, April…...
PCDA awarded $500 K for ready-to-use industrial space
4+ week, 2+ day ago (478+ words) herald-dispatch. com WASHINGTON, D. C. " The Putnam County Development Authority will receive funding to help it provide ready-to-use industrial space in the county. The $500, 000 allocation to PCDA was announced by the office of U. S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), on Wednesday, March…...
Raylee's Law' fails for the 4th year in a row as 2026 legislative session ends
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (692+ words) House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, gavels in, on Saturday, March 14, 2026, the final day of the 2026 legislative session at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston. State senators, including Sen. Tom Takubo, R-Kanawha (foreground, right), are shown, on Saturday, March 14, 2026, on the…...
Legislature's last week: lawmakers enter final debates as finish line nears
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (656+ words) The House of Delegates chamber is seen here full of lawmakers on Feb. 25, 2026, at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston. State lawmakers walked into the last week of the 2026 legislative session at just after 11 a. m. on Monday, having sent 31 new laws…...
Statehouse beat: A legislative session with few real successes
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1339+ words) We will look back on the 2026 regular session of the Legislature as the session that fell on deaf ears. Calls to address dire public school funding problems, particularly regarding special education needs, fell on deaf ears in the Legislature. However,…...
State officials push universal pre-K initiative ahead of Ky. legislative deadline
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (850+ words) Rocky Adkins, senior advisor for Gov. Andy Beshear, speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony for Cannonsburg Elementary School on Monday, May 12, 2025, in Ashland. Gov. Andy Beshear, left, speaks while standing alongside his senior advisor Rocky Adkins during a ribbon cutting…...
PSC grants Kentucky Power rate increase, less than sought
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (510+ words) Residential customers of Kentucky Power will see a higher electric bill this month after the Kentucky Public Service Commission granted the company a rate increase, though less than originally requested. Kentucky Power, owned by American Electric Power, filed its application…...
A part that broke on a UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky failed 4 times on other planes years ago
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1072+ words) FILE " Plumes of smoke rise from the area of a UPS cargo plane crash at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. A UPS Boeing 737 takes over a destroyed truck during a tour of the UPS…...