2009-11-22T18:54:18-05:00 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. 2008/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:cb21ae8f-c06d-40af-877b-3b249907856b 2009-01-15T14:22:30-05:00

<p>HUNTINGTON &#8212; Through it all&#160; &#8212; the good, the bad, the great and the tragic&#160; &#8212; The Herald-Dispatch has been there. The publication celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2009.</p>

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>

LAURA WILCOX http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/2009+0117_100yrs-people 2009-01-18T07:36:38-05:00

<p>Today, The Herald-Dispatch celebrates its 100th anniversary by sharing memories of those who've worked at the newspaper throughout the years and with special coverage, including photo galleries, online.</p>

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>

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>

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>

2009/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:9cc1bc69-b7a6-426d-a830-c1511cd46527 2009-01-15T09:58:32-05:00

<p>As The Herald-Dispatch marks 100 years of publication, I&#8217;m proud to say that I was part of the newspaper for more than 40 of those years.</p>

CURTIS JOHNSON urn:uuid:a69e243f-f29f-4443-9e9b-51fca916e3a6 2009-01-15T09:55:51-05:00

<p>HUNTINGTON &#8212; Drug addiction, a problem whose seeds were sown nearly 25 years ago in the Tri-State, this decade reached a level that was impossible to ignore. It was voted one of the top stories in the past 100 years by readers of The Herald-Dispatch.</p>

BILL ROSENBERGER urn:uuid:a575bfaf-4e5e-4314-be12-fcf577a514a7 2009-01-15T09:53:07-05:00

<p>HUNTINGTON &#8212; Although the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, didn&#8217;t come within 280 miles of Huntington, the event and ensuing aftermath made its way to the Tri-State. The attacks were voted one of the top stories of the past 100 years by Herald-Dispatch readers.</p>

BILL ROSENBERGER urn:uuid:c3668215-7e09-4647-830f-59df20b497c6 2009-01-15T14:17:58-05:00

<p>The Huntington Mall, located in Barboursville, opened in 1981, more than five years after initial talks started. The mall's growth was voted as one of the top stories of the past 100 years.</p>

2009/The Herald-Dispatch urn:uuid:6f25e296-3643-4da4-9be9-120e3bf59bbd 2009-01-15T14:17:15-05:00

<p>The Buffalo Creek disaster -- which killed 125 people -- was voted as one of the top stories of the past 100 years by Herald-Dispatch readers.</p>