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Gallery: Putnam in Pictures, May 17
Did you miss something in Putnam County this week? Chances are, one of our photographers was there.
HURRICANE -- The National Weather Service won't have this in its long-range forecast, but there's a 100 percent chance of thunder on Wednesday in Hurricane.
Tri-State Visitors' Guide
Check out great shopping, dining, lodging and other entertainment opportunities in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky.
Huntington in Bloom
This effort is part of a national competition that is designed to enhance communities through beautification.
Bride Guide 2013
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.
Hatfields & McCoys
The feuding Hatfield and McCoy families have gotten their share of attention through the years, but a fresh dose of publicity is coming this summer.
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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.
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Prestera Center bestows the prestigious Michael Prestera Award of Excellence each year to one person whose contributions result in improvements in mental health and/or substance abuse issues. Prestera Center and the award are named for Michael Prestera, an original member of the founding Board of Directors in 1967 who fought for funding to open Prestera Center.
WINFIELD -- The Putnam County Sheriff's Department during the month of March responded to 1,056 calls for assistance, and made 21 felony arrest and 92 misdemeanor arrest, according to a news release from Sheriff Steve Deweese.
HURRICANE -- West Virginia runners are banding together for a weekend fundraiser to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.
Bam. Thanks to a string of these 80-degree summer-like days, the outdoors is popping as such trees as weeping cherries and flowers are splashing color into every yard and hill.
SCOTT DEPOT -- The Putnam PSD Board of Commissioners is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for damage to a fire hydrant near Scott/Teays Elementary in Scott Depot.
Austin Harless of St. Albans is Gamer of the Week
The Red Dragon Baseball team of St. Albans High School has come on strong as of late, winning 9 in a row and 11 of their last 12 games.
Molly Ballard of Poca is Gamer of the Week
Teays Physical Therapy Center Inc. and the Putnam Herald are pleased to present this week's Female Gamer of the Week to Molly Ballard of Poca High School.
I know Boston well. My first ever visit to the United States was to Boston. I have many friends there, my eldest daughter's Godmother lives in the city and works close to the street where Monday's atrocity occurred. Luckily she left work early that day to avoid the crowds.
Before coming here to America I worked for many years as an industrial engineer for Royal Mail, the British Postal Service. It was a good career, I began as a mail carrier, a job very different to our own USPS mail carrier's in that our routes were called 'walks' and that is literally what we did, there was no delivery truck and we walked several miles each day carrying a heavy mail bag. I was fitter and many pounds lighter in those days!
Four letter words that changed the world
Some of us may recall a day when four-letter words were usually regarded as being offensive and objectionable. Those are words often used by poorly educated people who live on the lowest rung of civil society. It is trash talk at its worst.
Gallery: Putnam in Pictures, Friday, April 12
Did you miss something in Putnam County this week? Chances are, one of our photographers was there.
Depression can lead to suicide in some people so it’s important to recognize the warning signs.
Spring break for many young people means relaxing at the beach or sleeping in, but for two West Virginia University students, the week of March 23-30 was a time of giving back to a world they say has given them so much.
Thousands of people in Putnam County are baseball fans. Many of those fans know about Bob Feller, one of the all-time great pitchers. Hundreds of Putnam students play baseball and dozens of men coach.
I have always thought that I never really “got” most of the humor of “Saturday Night Live,” because my brain was not altered by substances when I watched it. I think that that show was presented to a category of audience of which I was never a member.
MORGANTOWN — Two Hurricane High School students are among an elite class of just 20 students from around the state who have been named Bucklew Scholars at West Virginia University.
It seems we are all being threatened, and when I say “all,” I mean every man, woman and child in the United States.
Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving and one of the greatest British Prime Ministers of the 20th century, died peacefully on Monday following a stroke.
MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia State Society Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at the Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown April 19-21 for its 108th State Conference.
HURRICANE, W.Va. — Whether you’re in the mood for grillin’ or chillin’, the Greenhouse of Teays Valley should fit the bill in April.
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