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Published March 8, 2021, 1:49 PM Giannis Antetokounmpo of Team LeBron shoots the ball during the 70th NBA All Star Game as part of 2021 NBA All Star Weekend on March 7, 2021 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler / NBAE / Getty Images / Getty Images via AFP) Damian Lillard nailed a game-ending three pointer from just inside half court as LeBron James improved to 4-0 as an NBA All-Star Game captain with a 170-150 win over Team Durant on Sunday night. Two-time NBA...

After earlier capturing the 3-Point Contest title, Stephen Curry combined with Damian Lillard for 16 3-pointers and 60 points for Team LeBron.

: Gov. Northam at a mass vaccination event earlier this year. (Crixell Matthews/VPM News) A spokesperson for Gov. Ralph Northam said he welcomes an outside investigation into allegations involving the Virginia Parole Board. It remains unclear what form the investigation would take or whether the proposal has enough support among Democratic lawmakers. “The Governor welcomes further outside investigation,” said Alena Yarmosky, a spokesperson for Northam. “We feel strongly that the...

EAST: James Harden, Julius Randle, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Zach LaVine, Ben Simmons, Nikola Vucevic WEST: Chris Paul, Paul George, Damian Lillard, Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, Zion Williamson, Anthony Davis On the Eastern Conference side of the ballot, Harris has a tough case to make against a lot of those players, who are either better than him individually (e.g. James Harden) or putting up superior numbers in bigger roles on admittedly worse teams. Theres not really an objectionable nam...

Ben Simmons has shot the most points by an Australian in an NBA game, but his 42-point haul came in a losing cause.

PRICHARD, W.Va. — No injuries were reported in a house fire in Prichard on Thursday. According to the Kenova Volunteer Fire Department, the department was dispatched with Prichard and Ceredo volunteer fire departments about 11:15 a.m. Thursday to reports of an active structure fire in the Prichard area of Wayne County. The departments arrived to find heavy fire coming from two sides of a mobile home but were able to take control of the flames. England Hill Volunteer Fire Department, of Cat...

The Huntington Mall has seen its 40th anniversary. Yet the cold hard truth is that the mall shouldn’t have been built in the Ona area. It should have been built in downtown Huntington, where it would have created a retail hub that would breathe life into the city’s central business district. The first sentence in the above paragraph is a statement of fact. The second and third sentences are opinions believed by many people who were around when the mall was built, but they are false. T...

HUNTINGTON — A man has been arrested and charged in connection with an armed robbery that occurred Tuesday in a convenience store parking lot. David Michael Weaver was arrested Wednesday in Ceredo and charged with two counts of first-degree armed robbery. He has an extensive criminal history spanning numerous states and has previously been charged with grand theft auto, carjacking and armed robbery, according to a release from the Huntington Police Department. His arrest stems from an inci...

HUNTINGTON — The Cabell County Board of Education discussed potential new sites for Meadows and Davis Creek elementary schools during a special meeting Thursday with the architect for all bond

Dec 19, 2020 Fairmonts new city planner, Shae Strait, starts his new job Jan. 11. Photo by Eddie Trizzino FAIRMONT — Shae Strait began his career in city planning working on a program that worked to demolish derelict, vacant buildings in throughout the city. His early experience in Fairmont helped him land a job as planner for the city of Huntington, where he still works on zoning and architectural projects for residential and commercial development in the c...