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Gallery: Construction of the Huntington Mall
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Gallery: Construction of the Huntington Mall

  • Updated Feb 14, 2021
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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 Pearl Harbor photos
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Gallery: Historical Pearl Harbor photos

  • Dec 7, 2020
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Pearl Harbor day marks Dec. 7, 1941, when Japanese planes attacked the U.S. Pearl Harbor base in Hawaii. The attack destroyed many airplanes and ships, including the USS West Virginia, which suffered massive damage from torpedoes and bombs. Two officers, including the captain, and 103 crew m…

Photos: The Tri-State Flood of 1997
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Photos: The Tri-State Flood of 1997

  • Updated Mar 1, 2020
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In March 1997, the Ohio River crested at 57.52 feet in Huntington - the 5th highest crest since the floodwall was built. Dozens of roads were closed, including two lanes on Interstate 64. Two St. Mary's Hospital nurses died while driving home along Twelvepole Creek. The flooding - which last…

Gallery: The Buffalo Creek Flood
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Gallery: The Buffalo Creek Flood

  • Updated Feb 26, 2020
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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 t…

Gallery: 1937 Flood historical photos
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Gallery: 1937 Flood historical photos

  • Updated Jan 27, 2020
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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.

Gallery: Remembering the Emmons Fire, Jan. 13, 2007
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Gallery: Remembering the Emmons Fire, Jan. 13, 2007

  • Updated Jan 13, 2020
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A fire at the Emmons Jr. apartment building started about 11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, and killed nine people. Flames raced through the building, destroying it and the neighboring Emmons Sr. apartment building.

Gallery: Historical photos of the 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge
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Gallery: Historical photos of the 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge

  • Dec 15, 2019
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Photos related to the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant and its collapse on Dec. 15, 1967.

Gallery: Huntington State Hospital fire, Nov. 26, 1952
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Gallery: Huntington State Hospital fire, Nov. 26, 1952

  • Updated Nov 26, 2019
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On Nov. 26, 1952, a ward building at Huntington State Hospital, now Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital, caught fire, killing 17 people. Some readers may find these images (and the news story below) disturbing.

Photos: 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing
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Photos: 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing

  • Updated Jul 18, 2019
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Hundreds of millions tuned in to radios or watched the grainy black-and-white images on TV as Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, in one of humanity's most glorious technological achievements.

Gallery: Do you remember? -- 1980 tornado in Catlettsburg, Ky.
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Gallery: Do you remember? -- 1980 tornado in Catlettsburg, Ky.

  • Updated Jul 8, 2019
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On July 8, 1980, a tornado touched down in Catlettsburg, Ky., in Boyd County. The tornado was rated a category 1. There were no injuries or fatalities. These photos are of Lockwood Estates.

Gallery: 1996 Scottown, Ohio, fireworks fire kills nine
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Gallery: 1996 Scottown, Ohio, fireworks fire kills nine

  • Jul 3, 2019
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Nine people from Ohio and West Virginia were killed and 11 others were injured in the Scottown, Ohio, fireworks fire on July 3, 1996. Todd Hall, a 26-year-old brain-injured Proctorville, Ohio, man, was charged with starting the fire with a lighted cigarette. The charges were dropped after he…

Gallery: Huntington newspapers in the 1800s
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Gallery: Huntington newspapers in the 1800s

  • Updated Jan 17, 2019
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On Sunday, Jan. 17, 1909, the first edition of The Herald-Dispatch hit the streets in Huntington, and we celebrated the 100th anniversary of that event in 2009.

Gallery: The Herald-Dispatch in the 1970s
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Gallery: The Herald-Dispatch in the 1970s

  • Updated Jan 17, 2019
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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 1980s
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Gallery: The Herald-Dispatch in the 1980s

  • Updated Jan 17, 2019
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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: Do you remember? -- March 9, 2011 -- final edition of the Huntington Advertiser
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Gallery: Do you remember? -- March 9, 2011 -- final edition of the Huntington Advertiser

  • Updated Jan 17, 2019
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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.

Gallery: Early 1900s with The Herald-Dispatch
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Gallery: Early 1900s with The Herald-Dispatch

  • Updated Jan 17, 2019
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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.

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Gallery: The Herald-Dispatch in the 1960s

  • Updated Jan 17, 2019
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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
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Gallery: The Herald-Dispatch in the 1950s

  • Updated Jan 17, 2019
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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.

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Gallery: The Herald-Dispatch in the 1990s-2000s

  • Updated Jan 17, 2019
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This gallery also includes former employees from the 2000s.

Photos: Former first lady Barbara Bush through the years

  • Updated May 28, 2018
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Barbara Bush was a deeply rooted member of one of America's most recent political families. She also shared a distinction with one of its first.

Photos: Teachers' strike of 1990
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Photos: Teachers' strike of 1990

  • Updated Jun 14, 2018
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Thousands of public school teachers refused to go to work in March 1990 in West Virginia’s first statewide teachers’ strike, a result of mounting frustration with having among the lowest salaries in the nation.

Photos: Remembering the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster
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Photos: Remembering the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster

  • Updated Apr 5, 2020
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The Upper Big Branch Mine disaster occurred April 5, 2010, roughly 1,000 feet underground in Raleigh County, West Virginia, at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch coal mine. Twenty-nine out of thirty-one miners at the site were killed. 

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Photos: Mary Tyler Moore

  • Updated Mar 4, 2017
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Gallery: Ken Hechler through the years
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Gallery: Ken Hechler through the years

  • Updated Dec 12, 2016
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Former West Virginia congressman and secretary of state Ken Hechler died Saturday, Dec. 10, at age 102, at his home in Romney, West Virginia.

Gallery: Photos from the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001
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Gallery: Photos from the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001

  • Updated Sep 11, 2016
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A series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C., area on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, killed almost 3,000 people and caused at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage.

Gallery: The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks
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Gallery: The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

  • Updated Oct 10, 2016
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On Tuesday, Sept. 11, terrorists hijacked airplanes and used them to destroy the Twin Towers in New York City and damage the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. One of the planes crashed in a field in rural Pennsylvania.

Photos: President Bill Clinton visits Huntington, Ashland on Aug. 25, 1996
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Photos: President Bill Clinton visits Huntington, Ashland on Aug. 25, 1996

  • Updated Aug 29, 2016
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An estimated 20,000 people packed the area in front of and around the CSX Transportation Business Unit in Huntington to see President Bill Clinton begin his re-election campaign on Sunday, Aug. 25, 1996. Between 300 to 400 people got sick from the heat, which reached about 78 degrees. It was…

Gallery: Emmons Demolition, Oct. 17, 2007
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Gallery: Emmons Demolition, Oct. 17, 2007

  • Updated Jan 13, 2016
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Demolition continues on the Emmons Buliding Wednesday, October 17, 2007.

Gallery: Remembering the victims of the Emmons fire, Jan. 13, 2007
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Gallery: Remembering the victims of the Emmons fire, Jan. 13, 2007

  • Updated Jan 13, 2016
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Nine people died in the Emmons Jr. apartment building Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007. The victims were Joseph Szilvasi; Briar Harmon, 40; Mary Biss, 69; Ann F. Saleh and her 7-year-old son, Seth Justus; Beatrice Devore Yancey, 45; and siblings Ben Lucas, 19, Angel Lucas, 17, and Quentin Lucas, 14.

Gallery: Worst northeastern snowstorms of the last 60 years
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Gallery: Worst northeastern snowstorms of the last 60 years

  • Updated Oct 16, 2015
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The National Weather Service was predicting a "potentially historic" storm on par with some of the biggest to ever hit the densely populated northeastern U.S.

Gallery: Pullman Square through the years
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Gallery: Pullman Square through the years

  • Dec 13, 2014
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Check out our gallery of photos from the design and construction of Huntington's Pullman Square as well as some photos of notable events since its opening.

Gallery: President George W. Bush visits in 2004
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Gallery: President George W. Bush visits in 2004

  • Updated Oct 17, 2015
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It has been 10 years since President George W. Bush made a couple of campaign trips to the Tri-State.

Gallery: Young Thundering Herd practices, August-September 1971
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Gallery: Young Thundering Herd practices, August-September 1971

  • Updated Nov 3, 2015
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Members of the Young Thundering Herd attend practices in August and September 1971.

Gallery: Marshall vs. Morehead, Sept. 18, 1971
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Gallery: Marshall vs. Morehead, Sept. 18, 1971

  • Updated Nov 3, 2015
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Marshall University (white jerseys) lost to Morehead State (dark jerseys) 6-29 in the season opener Sept. 18, 1971, at Morehead. The 1971 team had a 2-8 record under coach Jack Lengyel. Team captain was Nate Ruffin.

Gallery: Marshall's Young Thundering Herd victory against Xavier, Sept. 25, 1971
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Gallery: Marshall's Young Thundering Herd victory against Xavier, Sept. 25, 1971

  • Updated Nov 3, 2015
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The Young Thundering Herd of Marshall University (dark jerseys) beat Xavier University (white jerseys) 15-13 on Sept. 25, 1971, at Fairfield Stadium.

Gallery: Young Thundering Herd practice, Aug. 24, 1971
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Gallery: Young Thundering Herd practice, Aug. 24, 1971

  • Updated Nov 3, 2015
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August 24, 1971: The Young Thundering Herd's first day of practice in pads -- three weeks before its season opener at Morehead State. Because the young squad was undermanned, contact drills were conducted lightly to avoid injury.

Gallery: Morris Memorial Hospital then and now
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