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Smith campaign completes record 100th town hall in Huntington

Douglas Harding, News Editor • July 31, 2019

At Tuesday night’s town hall in Huntington, Stephen Smith’s gubernatorial campaign under the West Virginia Can’t Wait movement announced it has participated...

Bipartisan coalition of lawmakers urges responsible use of drug settlement funds

Douglas Harding, News Editor • July 29, 2019

Monday morning, five lawmakers formed a bipartisan coalition urging West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey to hold the tens of millions of dollars...

Smith’s Summer of 10,000 Conversations Tour to visit Huntington

Douglas Harding, News Editor • July 29, 2019

Gubernatorial candidate under the statewide West Virginia Can’t Wait movement, Stephen Smith, will be in Huntington Tuesday evening with the movement’s...

Hardin to serve one year in jail after probation revoked

STAFF REPORT • July 26, 2019

The former Marshall University student facing four counts of second-degree sexual assault will now serve one year in jail after his probation sentence...

Macaron truck ‘rolls’ into downtown Huntington

Hanna Pennington, Executive Editor • July 23, 2019

A new food truck in Huntington with a sugary, French twist is on the move. Abbey Shae Bakes, named after its founder Abbey Shae Kimball, 22, can be found...

Women and Gender Center provides support for sexual assault victims

Hanna Pennington, Executive Editor • July 23, 2019

Marshall University’s Women and Gender Center is working to provide resources and support to students who are victims of sexual assault. “We definitely...

Smith campaign workers first in W.Va. history to unionize

Douglas Harding, News Editor • July 23, 2019

Considering the billions of dollars spent on elections in American politics each year, the amount spent on wages and benefits for campaign workers, those...

Organizations fight against panhandling prohibition in Huntington

Douglas Harding, News Editor • July 23, 2019

Local grassroots community organization, On the Streets Committee, recently partnered with the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, with support...

New campus counselors available to Marshall students

Sarah Ingram, Campus Editor • July 23, 2019

Marshall University expanded students’ access to mental health care after hiring two new counselors this summer who are both eager to work with new students...

Local activists protest “cruel, inhumane” U.S. border conditions

Douglas Harding, News Editor • July 20, 2019

Amid recent controversies surrounding living conditions for those detained in border facilities run by the United States federal government, Women’s...

Education strikes challenge political norms, emblematic of working-class consciousness

Douglas Harding, News Editor • July 9, 2019

In February last year, roughly 20,000 West Virginia educators and school service personnel demanded their voices be heard by going on strike, shutting...

Hardin appears in court for probation revocation hearing

Hanna Pennington, Executive Editor • July 9, 2019

The former Marshall University student facing four counts of second-degree sexual assault appeared in court Tuesday morning for a probation revocation...