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HUNTINGTON – Mayor Steve Williams has signed an executive order establishing temporary rules that expedite the process for restaurants to set up outdoor dining.

HUNTINGTON -- The City of Huntington would like to remind all candidates running for public office that placing campaign signs in public rights-of-way is prohibited.

The City of Huntington has organized a first-responder parade to salute health care workers at Cabell Huntington Hospital and St. Mary's Medical Center on Thursday, April 30. Participating agencies will include Huntington Police, Huntington Fire, Huntington Public Works, Marshall University Police Department, Cabell County EMS, Cabell County Sheriff's Department, West Virginia State Police and more. Vehicles in the parade will line up at Huntington Fire Department Centennial Station No. 1, 839 7th Ave., at 11:45 a.m. They will leave at noon and travel to Cabell Huntington Hospital and then to St. Mary’s.

The City of Huntington has been recognized as a Tree City USA community for 2020 by the Arbor Day Foundation. This is the 20th year that Huntington has received the recognition from the program, which has been greening up cities and communities since 1976.

The City of Huntington is extending its period for waiving penalties that have accrued on delinquent municipal service and refuse fees through June 30, 2020.

In order to comply with the governor’s executive order no. 24-20, which requires essential businesses and operations to limit the number of members of the public entering their premises, the May 4, 2020, Huntington Planning Commission meeting will not permit any members of the public to be physically present in City Council chambers

In the interest of public health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Deitz Hollow Landfill trash drop-off facility in Guyandotte is closed until further notice.

The Cabell-Huntington Health Department, in collaboration with the City of Huntington and KYOVA Region 2 Planning & Development Council, has partnered with Esri, a global market leader in GIS tracking, to create a local GIS tracking site for our community to provide up-to-date information on the COVID-19 pandemic.

HUNTINGTON -- Mayor Steve Williams announced Tuesday, April 7, that he is appointing Interim Police Chief Ray Cornwell to serve in the position permanently.

HUNTINGTON – Mayor Steve Williams announced Friday, April 3, that the City of Huntington has receive two federal grants totaling almost $1.6 million that will be used for the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.