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DAVIS, W.Va. -- Chuck Smith is a valley guy.
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MU Back to School
Whether you are an incoming freshman or a veteran at Marshall, there are a few things you should know about the upcoming weeks. Check here for more.
Bride Guide 2012
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.
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Be among the first to hear about breaking news in the Tri-State. You can also set up your own text alerts for stories you are interested in.
Health Challenge
The Huntington Health Revolution is a 90-Day Challenge that is a lifestyle change plan. Are you ready for the challenge?
Marshall Plane Crash
Check here to find original stories, photo galleries, victim information and coverage of the filming of the 2006 movie "We Are Marshall."
100 Years of History
A look back at 100 years of Tri-State history through The Herald-Dispatch. Ten of the biggest stories of the last 100 years in our area, as voted on by readers, plus hundreds of photos.
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 Visitors' Guide
Check out great shopping, dining, lodging and other entertainment opportunities in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky.
Tri-State's Wanted
The Herald-Dispatch's “Tri-State’s Wanted” list has featured several fugitives since June 2006, many of whom have been captured.
Send us your youth sports photos
Send a photo of your favorite Little Leaguer or cheerleader for our youth sports photo galleries.
More Life: Homes
1-2:30 p.m., Install a vanity, faucet and bath accessories
11 a.m.-noon, Kitchen redesign - replace, reface, renew
Daily run leads couple down path to dream home
HUNTINGTON -- Greg Perry laughs when he says that he sometimes feels like the "gypsy in the palace" as he walks through his 4,219-square-foot house.
Winter is a good time to prune most shrubs
By winter, most folks have their garden tools put away for the season. But if you have overgrown shrubs, you may want to break out the loppers, saws and pruners for a little longer. Winter is the perfect season to prune most deciduous woody plants. The foliage is gone, the branch structure is visible and the plant is dormant, which prevents sap bleeding from fresh cuts. Many of the insects that could infect shrubs with diseases are hibernating.
Just by swapping out old light fixtures for decorative new sconces and a dramatic chandelier, and adding some accent lighting, you can update the personality of your bath. And with prices for high-fashion light fixtures starting at around $50, you can do it all on a modest budget. Now that's a bright idea.
Flat-screen TV can hide in plain sight
Remember when we treated our TVs like dirty little secrets, hiding them away in armoires where they couldn't be seen, an embarrassing fact of life that was best concealed? Who could blame us? Those hulking, unsightly boxes were a decorating buzz-kill, marring the landscape of a room with their behemoth presence, trailing a constellation of cable boxes and VCRs, twists of spaghetti-like wires going everywhere.
Installing a hot water dispenser
Q: My wife loves her morning cup of tea and boils the water herself. I was thinking of getting her one of those new coffee-tea makers, but then I thought of something really special.
11 a.m.-noon, Kitchen redesign - replace, reface, renew
Gardener: Gift ideas for the gardener on your list
I was recently asked to name my must-have garden gift ideas for the holiday season. I hadn't thought of this topic for years, so I really gave it some thought and here's what I came up with. I feel confident your special gardening someone would be quite happy with any of the following:
Loft living: Urban lofts ultimate in 'cool'
With their high ceilings, open spaces and big windows, urban lofts are the ultimate in cool. But go wrong with the design, and "cool'' can quickly turn to "cold.''
Plumber: 'Artist editions' turn sinks into works of art
QUESTION: I'm changing out my plumbing fixtures in my master bathroom. It's a pretty nice bathroom, and I want to make it extra special by installing fancy decorated (painted-type) lav sinks. What types of sinks are available when you get into the decorative fixtures? Will I have to limit my style choices? -- FRANK, NEW YORK
Family plans all year how to best decorate for Christmas
MARTHA -- It's Christmas. At the Scarberry house in Regal Oaks the lights are shining and sparkling in celebration of Jesus' birth.
Gardener: End-of-the-year care will help preserve tools
Good garden tools are like old friends -- they're not easy to find, and it takes some time and effort to get familiar and comfortable with them. But, ultimately, they're always there for us. Using that perfectly broken-in spade, weeder or trusty pair of pruners can make pleasant work of even the toughest gardening chores.
Decorating for season a passion for local family
HUNTINGTON -- Amy Burdick has always loved decorating for Christmas.
Home Style: Decorating to make a merry mantel
Some years I go at my holiday decorating with great gusto, fueled by a long list of ambitious decorating projects I can't wait to try. (Once I hung a huge fallen branch from the ceiling in my dining room, filled it in with faux greens, then decorated it with hanging votive cups. I was exhausted, but man, was I thrilled with the drop-dead-gorgeous results.) But this year, I just want a hint of the holidays in my home decor.
Home improvement manuals illustrate the number of factors that go into determining the cost of built-in cabinets: type of wood and thickness, joint construction, type of paint or stain and varnish, door-hinge type, drawer-glide type, overall cabinet size, whether the cabinet finish is applied to the inside, the outside or both, door style and door thickness. And these are but a few of the almost endless choices to be made.
Q. I would like for you to repeat the instructions for draining and removing noises from my water heater. I don't remember all the details. I like your radio show and listen almost every Saturday. Keep it up and thank you very much. Merry Christmas to you all! -- Daniel
1-2 p.m., Innovative solutions for maintaining the home
Aside from being a nuisance, a leak can cause substantial damage to framing, wall and floor finishes, and personal property and can be the source of life-threatening toxic mold. Consequently, a leak never should be taken for granted, and maintenance...caulking, painting, roofing, flashing, etc., should be performed on a regular basis to prevent such a problem from occurring.
Yardsmart: Plant a fountain
Perhaps it's time to turn that cracked old fountain or birdbath in your yard into a planter. The first time I saw this kind of thing done was indoors at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. Each bowl of a huge fountain was filled to overflowing with a lavish floral arrangement. There were green moss balls wrapped in dried vines surrounded by beautiful cascades of variegated dwarf ivy.
