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Gallery: The Buffalo Creek Flood
In 1972, the Logan County community of Buffalo Creek experienced the most destructive flood in West Virginia history, when a coal waste dam burst and 130 million gallons of water and sludge poured through nearby mining towns. During the Buffalo Creek Flood on Feb. 26, 1972, 125 people lost their lives, 1,100 were injured and 4,000 were left homeless.
Gallery: 1937 Flood historical photos
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.
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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More HD Celebrates 100 Years
TOP STORY: Life, even at home, changed for everyone during World War II
HUNTINGTON — The Japanese attack that ushered the United States into World War II on Dec. 7, 1941, changed the lives of millions of Americans who put on their country’s uniform and went into battle. World War II ranked high in our reader poll of top news events of the past 100 years.
TOP STORY: Economic disaster affected millions
The stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression ranked high in The Herald-Dispatch’s “100 Years of History” readers’ poll.
It has taken The Herald-Dispatch 100 years to document the history of the Tri-State (that’s 36,525 days of newspapers). What follows below is a brief look at some of the Tri-State’s history through the decades.
Gallery: Construction of the Huntington Mall
The Huntington Mall, located in Barboursville, opened in 1981, more than five years after initial talks started. Today, the mall averages in the hundreds of millions of dollars in retail trade, changing the landscape of the region’s economic climate.
Gallery: Historical Marshall University photos
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. The rise of Marshall University is just one of the top news events we've covered for the past 100 years.
Gallery: The Herald-Dispatch in the 1970s
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.
Gallery: The Herald-Dispatch in the 1960s
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.
Gallery: Huntington's medical community
Now home to two hospitals, a medical school, a VA medical center and other programs, Huntington facilities continue to train physicians and offer countless services.
Gallery: Victims of Huntington's drug trade
In recent years, several drug-related homicides and shootings have caused public fear and given the city of Huntington a bad reputation.
Gallery: Memories of World War II
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, ushered the United States into World War II on Dec. 7, 1941. It changed the lives of millions of Americans who put on their country's uniform and went into battle.
Gallery: The Herald-Dispatch in the 1990s-2000s
This gallery also includes former employees from the 2000s.
Gallery: The Herald-Dispatch in the 1980s
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.
Gallery: The Herald-Dispatch in the 1950s
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.
Gallery: Early 1900s with The Herald-Dispatch
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.
Gallery: Huntington newspapers in the 1800s
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.
On Sunday, Jan. 17, 1909, the first edition of The Herald-Dispatch hit the streets in Huntington, and we are making plans to celebrate the 100th anniversary of that event in the coming year.
READER MEMORIES: Memories of Bill and Mary Bertha Bess
Our grandfather, Bill Bess, owed his career and his marriage to the various papers that along the way have formed the history of The Herald-Dispatch.
I am the daughter of George H. Clark, who retired as the senior editor of the Herald-Dispatch in 1973 and died in 1974.
EMPLOYEE MEMORIES: An office romance that worked out
In the summer of 1955, I had been a writer/editor in the Associated Press office just off the newsroom of The Herald-Dispatch for about two years when Terry Price, newly graduated from West Virginia University, was hired as the newspaper's Woman's Page Editor.
The hundredth news anniversary brings back many memories.
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