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Task force to help residents meet healthier goals in 2012
HUNTINGTON -- The start of a new year brings a whole new crop of people looking to get healthier and lose weight. The Huntington Health Revolution Task Force hopes to make that journey a little easier.
HUNTINGTON — The Huntington Health Revolution will be presenting to check for $5,700, to the Paul Ambrose Trail for Health on Sunday, Sept. 11 during the Opening Ceremony of Fit Fest which will be held at Ritter Park.
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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 Health Revolution
Healthy Day in Huntington marks end of 90-day challenge with fun, food
If you give a man a head of broccoli, you feed him for a day. Give a man seeds and teach him to grow his own broccoli, and you can feed him year-round.
The day begins with a 5K walk/race that will begin behind Pullman Square at 9 a.m. A Healthy Food Festival will begin at 10 a.m. and run until 2 p.m. The Food Festival will be held in the 900 block of Third Avenue and in Pullman Square.
The Huntington Health Revolution is calling for another 90 Day Challenge beginning on January 2.
New 90-day challenge to kick off 2011
HUNTINGTON -- A new year calls for a new challenge, and that is just what Ebenezer Medical Outreach's Yvonne Jones has planned -- a new, 90-day challenge to help usher in a healthier and happier 2011. The challenge begins the week of Jan. 2 and will conclude Saturday, April 2, with a walk/race and health food festival at Pullman Square.
90-Day Health Challenge wraps up with 5K run, walk
HUNTINGTON -- The 8th annual Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind 5K Run and Walk on Saturday morning at Ritter Park signified the completion of the 90-day health challenge.
Small changes yield big loss
When Shannon Murray heard about Huntington's Health Revolution beginning in early June, she knew she wanted to be on board. Since June, Murray has shed 30 pounds off her 5-foot, 6-inch frame and it came at just the right time.
Community challenged to make lifestyle changes
Ninety days of baby steps could result in a giant leap forward in your health this summer. Huntington's Health Revolution is challenging Tri-State residents to subtract a sugary drink from their diet, play a game of kickball for 30 minutes and other activities designed to create small changes that will lead to better physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well-being.
Take the 90-Day Health Revolution Challenge
The Huntington Health Revolution is a 90-Day Challenge that is a lifestyle change plan for parents to guide their children, spouses to motivate each other and loved ones and friends to work together for improved health.
Area communities making good use of urban gardening opportunities
HUNTINGTON -- About 50 feet from where cars whiz by on Hal Greer Boulevard, Alexandria Goswami peered out at the colorful wonderland of gardens at the Barnett Center, then up at another threatening gray sky and got planting broccoli with a purpose last Sunday afternoon.
Two years' worth of national publicity has certainly put an exclamation point on the problem of obesity in the Tri-State.
As "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" came to a close on ABC-TV, dozens of reporters, reviewers and bloggers from across the country raced to judgment on whether chef Jamie Oliver's experiment to change the eating and cooking habits of Huntington, W.Va., was a success or failure.
HUNTINGTON -- As the weather heats up outdoors, Pastor Steve Willis is turning up the temperatures under his congregation at First Baptist Church of Kenova.
Kenova pastor says faith has opened several doors for church
Pastor Steve Willis has gained popularity, both locally and internationally, because of his and his church's appearance on "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution."
The cameras are gone, the show is over, and the worldwide media attention that examined our eating habits and lifestyle will soon fade to memory. Jamie Oliver began the Food Revolution here for two important reasons: First, a CDC report that underscored our need to change our eating and life habits, and secondly, the belief that we would be willing to do so.
HUNTINGTON -- Friday night marked the end of "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" on television, but some Tri-State residents hope it is just the beginning for the region.
HUNTINGTON -- On Friday night, Huntington's primetime view ended at 10 p.m. with a mix of celebrities and regular folk saying they were on board with the food revolution Jamie Oliver started in West Virginia.
Crowd gets sneak peek at 'Revolution'
HUNTINGTON -- In the end, what Sarah Lewis hoped for was what she got. Lewis was on-hand for the Huntington premiere of the first two episodes of "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" Saturday night at the Jeslyn Performing Arts Center downtown.
Residents seeking better health
HUNTINGTON -- Christie Kinsey is not from Huntington. In fact, in her 34 years in the area, she has had multiple opportunities to move elsewhere, but she's chosen to stay because she loves it here.
Task force undertakes area health
Two local people are encouraging residents to become part of the Healthy Huntington task force, which will convene its first meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at Huntington's Kitchen, 911 3rd Ave.
Groups to open kitchen in February
Jamie's Kitchen has a long way to go to become the one-stop-shop for healthful cooking that celebrity chef Jamie Oliver envisioned. But the fundamental pieces are falling into place.
