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NEW YORK -- A dour report on job losses in June sent stocks sharply lower Thursday.
Utility seeks WVa approval to sell $105M in bonds
Summer Destinations
Check out what's new at popular vacation spots, such as Myrtle Beach and the Smoky Mountains, and start planning your summer vacation.
Camden Park memories
Check out photo galleries, videos and memories of Camden Park, West Virginia's only amusement park. The park celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2003.
Graduation 2009
Check here for prom photos, local graduation dates and lists of our graduates in the Tri-State's Class of 2009.
Youth Soccer
The 2009 U.S. Youth Soccer Region I Championships is coming to Barboursville July 2 through July 7 and is expected to bring more than 14,000 visitors. Check here for updates.
Yard Sale Finder
Looking for a local yard sale in the next seven days? Check out this map to show you where the deals are, based on Herald-Dispatch classifieds. The map is updated daily.
Downtown Walking Tour
Download our mp3 file for your iPod, print our PDF map and and take a walking tour of downtown Huntington.
Bride Guide 2009
Need advice on planning your upcoming nuptials? Check out the Bride Guide, which includes a rich list of possible wedding reception sites, sorted by seating limits.
Tri-State Visitors' Guide
Check out great shopping, dining, lodging and other entertainment opportunities in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky.
Purchase a photo reprint
Our professional photographers are always out and about in the Tri-State. If you know of an image you would like to purchase, click here to fill out the form.
Tri-State's Most Wanted
The Herald-Dispatch's “Tri-State’s Most Wanted” list has featured several fugitives since June 2006, many of whom have been captured.
Tri-State Photo Gift Gallery
Choose from more than 100 images of the Tri-State from The Herald-Dispatch’s digital archives -- we even offer custom framing.
Send us your youth sports photos
Send a photo of your favorite Little Leaguer or cheerleader for our youth sports photo galleries.
Send us your pet photos
If they're furry, feathered or slimy, send us photos of your pets to display in our online galleries.
Birthdays and Babies
Want to announce a birth or wish a friend happy birthday? Click here to view galleries and fill out the form.
More Business
RICHMOND, Va. -- The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a decision requiring a Massey Energy subsidiary to hire 85 West Virginia union miners who lost their jobs in 2004 when their mine was purchased out of bankruptcy.
MILTON -- Sheetz opened its second location in Cabell County late Wednesday.
NEW YORK -- Investors kicked off the stock market's third quarter with a moderate gain after getting some reassuring data on manufacturing and housing.
HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen LLP has 13 lawyers who were recognized in the 2009 Edition of West Virginia Super Lawyers, more than a quarter of the firm.
NEW YORK -- McDonald's Corp. will begin selling a new line of bigger burgers priced at about $4 each on Thursday to bring in customers looking for a beefy alternative to pricier burgers at sit-down restaurants.
Opening soccer ceremonies today
HUNTINGTON -- Cars filled with thousands of people from 13 states will be driving around the Tri-State beginning Thursday, July 2, as the 2009 US Youth Soccer Region I Championships begin.
NEW YORK -- Investors carried Wall Street to a remarkable second-quarter performance even though stocks' big spring rally stalled weeks ago.
WASHINGTON -- Wal-Mart is the latest in a line of traditionally Republican-leaning businesses to embrace key portions of President Barack Obama's bid to overhaul health care, a trend that could complicate opponents' efforts to build a united front when Congress ramps up its work on the issue this summer.
NEW YORK -- A Bulldog Creative Services advertising campaign for First Sentry Bank won in two categories at the 30th Annual Telly Awards.
CHARLESTON -- Workers' compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. says it has completed an early payoff on a $200 million startup loan from West Virginia.
BUSINESS OF THE WEEK: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage is the Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce Business of the Week for June 29, 2009.
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia's five Alpine ski resorts had a flat season this past winter.
NEW YORK -- A jump in oil sent investors rushing to put money into the stock market in the final days of the second quarter.
BASIC ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS: The West Virginia Small Business Development Center at Marshall Community and Technical College will offer a Basic Accounting with QuickBooks workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at 348 15th St., Huntington.
Businesses seek bump from tourney
More staff, more supplies, longer hours. That's the approach many Tri-State businesses are taking as they get ready for the 20,000-plus visitors expected this week for the U.S. Youth Soccer Region I Championships.
Personnel
HUNTINGTON -- Teresa Hager, a program assistant in the University College, has been named the Marshall University Employee of the Month for May, according a press release.
Over-80 workers keep going
CHICAGO -- Adelaide Yanow, 89, jokes that she only wants to leave her job as a judicial assistant on a gurney. Herb Minds still works three days a week at 87, then goes home and logs into Facebook.
Business News in Brief: Health care group elects officers
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Health Care Association has elected its officers and Board of Directors for 2009 and 2010.
Seneca Ridge offers new rental properties within city limits
HUNTINGTON -- Looking out the windows of Seneca Ridge TownHomes, you might see deer or a wild turkey. And yet these new rental properties are within the city limits of Huntington, not so far from Interstate 64 and nestled near the Garden Farms neighborhood, off of Norwood Avenue.
NEW YORK -- Investors are nervous because consumers are saving more than they're spending.
