The Herald-Dispatch HD Celebrates 100 Years RSS 2012-02-10T11:51:16-05:00 urn:uuid:40d3d79a-d5ff-4bb5-b71d-8aa3d9458cbd Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported), except where noted. Gallery: 1937 Flood historical photos 2011/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:655d3a0e-ec60-4a98-8ddd-dbd33b2e045a 2012-01-26T11:07:14-05:00 <p> On Jan. 27, 1937, the Ohio River crested in the Tri-State in the worst flood in local recorded history. The Flood of 1937 caused the river to reach a depth of 69.45 feet, more than 19 feet above flood stage in Huntington.</p> Gallery: Historical photos of the 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:50d36aaf-4fcf-48b6-9074-0ec8db6670f2 2011-12-14T10:47:20-05:00 <p> Photos related to the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant and its collapse on Dec. 15, 1967.</p> Gallery: The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks 2009/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:d0cea178-3388-43dd-b09f-315d965052eb 2011-09-10T19:19:30-04:00 <p>On Tuesday, <span class="highlight">Sept. 11</span>, terrorists hijacked airplanes and used them to destroy the Twin Towers in New York City and damage the <span class="highlight">Pentagon</span> in Washington, D.C. One of the planes crashed in a field in rural Pennsylvania.</p> Gallery: Do you remember? -- March 9, 2011 -- final edition of the Huntington Advertiser The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/2011+0309_xadvertiser 2011-10-17T14:13:17-04:00 <p> The Huntington Advertiser, which began daily publication in 1889, merged with The Herald-Dispatch in 1927 to form the Huntington Publishing Company. The two staffs remained separate and competitive. These photos show the final printing of the Advertiser on Aug. 24, 1979.</p> Gallery: The Buffalo Creek Flood 2008/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:5ba61803-69ba-48bb-aae5-56b19281c30f 2011-02-27T17:04:47-05:00 <p>&#160;During the Buffalo Creek Flood on Feb. 26, 1972, 125 people lost their lives, 1,100 were injured and 4,000 were left homeless.</p> Editorial: Newspaper, community have a shared history The Herald-Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/2009+0117_edit 2009-01-16T23:43:00-05:00 <p>On Sunday morning, Jan. 17, 1909, the first edition of The Herald-Dispatch appeared on the streets of Huntington -- 100 years ago today.</p> The Herald-Dispatch celebrates 100 years LAURA WILCOX http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/2009+0117_100yrs-people 2010-05-26T15:08:14-04:00 <p> Today, The Herald-Dispatch celebrates its 100th anniversary by sharing memories of those who&#39;ve worked at the newspaper throughout the years and with special coverage, including photo galleries, online.</p> Gallery: Current Herald-Dispatch employees on the job 2009/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:4635a195-1103-48f0-9ad4-c8f646ee93ca 2009-02-15T16:09:03-05:00 <p>On Sunday, Jan. 17, 1909, the first edition of The Herald-Dispatch hit the streets in Huntington, and we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of that event in 2009.<br /> <br /> Check out our 100 Years site at <a href="http://www.herald-dispatch.com/specialsections/100years">http://www.herald-dispatch.com/specialsections/100years</a>, and be sure to pick up a copy of our 100th Anniversary Commemorative Edition on Saturday, Jan. 17.</p> Delivering the news takes big effort from many CHRISTIAN ALEXANDERSEN urn:uuid:72b867d5-d944-490f-a91d-65342b80ea8b 2009-01-15T14:21:22-05:00 <p>HUNTINGTON &#8212; Thousands of words are in every edition of The Herald-Dispatch.</p> Technology continues to expedite reporting of news LAURA WILCOX urn:uuid:d315c5f0-76f0-44f6-89ac-83744c066fce 2009-01-15T10:05:53-05:00 <p>HUNTINGTON &#8212; Today&#8217;s reporters hustle from one assignment to the next with lightweight laptops and digital recorders, but it wasn&#8217;t long ago that newspaper staffs lugged cassette tape players and bulky equipment or even wrote stories in longhand to get the scoop.</p>