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Few Details in Police Shooting
HUNTINGTON, Va. - It's been nearly a week since police shot and killed a suspected flower thief along Route 1 in Huntington and investigators have offered few details about what led an officer to open fire.
Police spokesman says no gun found in car of man shot after police pursuit
Fairfax County Police have acknowledged that a Fredericksburg man who was killed in the Huntington area by a police officer during a traffic stop last Friday did not have a gun.
Huntington Middle School teacher Marjorie Wallace up for VA top teacher award tonight
Huntington Middle School teacher Marjorie Wallace finds out tonight if she is the state's teacher of the year for 2010.
Downed pole affects traffic in Newport News this morning
A utility pole was knocked down in a single-vehicle accident in Newport News this morning, causing traffic headaches during the morning commute.
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Police utilize taser on man outside Green Leafe Caf
Huntington, Va. resident Garrick Pridemore, 27, was tasered by a Williamsburg Police Department officer after struggling with a group of officers outside the Green Leafe CafA© on Scotland St.
Alexandria Gets Bike Friendlier
City officials see bicycles as key to sustainable future. By Tommy Hill The steady buzz of spinning bicycle wheels competed with the hum of passing traffic as swarms of cyclists enjoyed the newly-completed Woodrow Wilson Bridge Trail one recent weekend afternoon.
Rahall Secures Nearly $5 Million for Huntington VA Medical Center
July 15, 2009 Rahall Secures Nearly $5 Million for Huntington VA Medical Center Special to Huntingtonnews.net Washington, DC -- U.S. Rep.
Federal funds for new mental health facilities at the Huntington V.A. Medical Center
Southern W.Va. Democratic Congressman Nick Joe Rahall says nearly five million dollars has been included in a congressional appropriations bill to pay for construction of a mental health complex at the Huntington V.A. Medical Center.
Project seeks health care stories
The Virginia Organizing Project is sending out summer interns to collect information about the struggles people have had with health care.
Huntington Community Hosts Annual Festival
Music, food, local businesses, volunteers and Fairfax County Public Safety officers were on hand to greet the Huntington residents at the annual community festival last Saturday.
MEMORIAL Day takes notice of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for protecting liberty and our nation.
Huntington woman in her 80s murdered while reading a book in Huntley Meadows on Oct.