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A man in shorts and a brown work coat reaches for the heated-seat control in a frost-covered pickup.
Local

Charleston Man Turns On Heated Seats, Refuses to Admit It’s Cold

His wife says he scraped the windshield in shorts.

By Darlene “Scoop” McCoy · November 10, 2026
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Local

West Virginia Man Launches Search for Long-Lost Relative He Spoke to Yesterday

Family requests privacy despite remaining in the same group chat.

By Darlene “Scoop” McCoy · November 9, 2026
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Weather

November Remembers It’s November, Gives West Virginia Until Thursday to Put Its Shorts Away

By Earl “Radar” Mullins · November 9, 2026
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Community

Local Woman Says She’s “Keeping Thanksgiving Simple,” Assigns Husband Seventeen Separate Grocery Trips

Final ingredient reportedly mentioned on first list, which husband maintains did not contain it.

By Darlene “Scoop” McCoy · November 8, 2026
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Outdoors

West Virginia DNR Announces First Official Zombie Hunting Season

Hunters must purchase a special undead stamp, wear blaze orange and stop claiming every movement in the brush was “definitely a zombie.”

By Dale Hatfield · November 8, 2026
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Sports

WVU Fans Accuse Schedule Makers of Hiding Michael Hawkins Jr. From Heisman Voters by Playing After Their Bedtime

Mountaineers sent to Lubbock for 9:30 p.m. kickoff, safely beyond the voting committee’s last conscious thought.

By Bobby “Third Down” Jenkins · November 7, 2026
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Community

West Virginia Family’s “Quick Walmart Trip” Enters Second Presidential Administration

Toothpaste mission expands after someone remembers Christmas pajamas.

By The Holler Herald Editorial Board · November 6, 2026
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The Holler Herald Holler Mimic identification card No. 012, showing the woodland creature with two arms, one waving and one extended for a handout.
Outdoors

Holler Mimic Advisory Warns That Answering “Hey, Buddy” Establishes Permanent Financial Responsibility

By Dale Hatfield · November 6, 2026
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Outdoors

Local Hunter Checks Trail Camera, Discovers Deer Have More Consistent Schedule Than He Does

Buck arrives at 6:12 every morning; hunter arrives whenever he finds his gloves.

By Dale Hatfield · November 5, 2026
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The Holler Herald Dam Catfish identification card No. 011, depicting a giant catfish longer than a submerged railroad car beneath a dam.
Outdoors

Giant Catfish Investigation Stalls After Every Witness Turns Out to Know the Same Unnamed Diver

By Dale Hatfield · November 5, 2026
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Community

West Virginia Dad Announces He’s “Not Heating the Whole Neighborhood” While Holding Front Door Open for Entire Conversation

Furnace now financially supporting two households and part of a gravel driveway.

By Darlene “Scoop” McCoy · November 4, 2026
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The Holler Herald Wampus Cat identification card No. 010, depicting a half-woman, half-wildcat creature in Appalachian woods.
Outdoors

Wampus Cat Advisory Reminds Residents That Screaming Back Establishes a Conversation

By Dale Hatfield · November 4, 2026
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Politics

Local Man Arrives at Polling Place, Discovers Person He’s Been Arguing With on Facebook Holding the Door

Three-week constitutional crisis briefly suspended for discussion of unusually warm weather.

By Marlene “Roll Call” Harper · November 3, 2026
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The Holler Herald Snarly Yow identification card No. 009, depicting a spectral black dog with glowing red eyes on a dark mountain road.
Outdoors

Snarly Yow Advisory Warns Residents That Kissing Noises Will Not Improve Encounter With Phantom Dog

By Dale Hatfield · November 3, 2026
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Local

West Virginia Man’s Entire Drive Home Now Takes Place at Midnight Despite It Being 5:14 P.M.

Resident declares day officially over, learns family still expects dinner and groceries.

By Gary “Transmission” Adkins · November 2, 2026
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The Holler Herald Ogua identification card No. 008, depicting an enormous turtlelike river monster emerging from an Appalachian river.
Outdoors

Ogua Advisory Reminds Fishermen That Losing a Hook Does Not Require a Recovery Operation

By Dale Hatfield · November 2, 2026
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Weather

November Arrives in West Virginia, Immediately Borrows August’s Clothes

Earl advises residents to keep the winter coat handy, preferably somewhere it won’t interfere with the box fan.

By Earl “Radar” Mullins · November 2, 2026
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Community

West Virginia Man Spends Extra Hour From Time Change Explaining How It’s “Really” a Different Time

“It’s actually six,” says man standing beneath a clock that clearly says five.

By Earl “Radar” Mullins · November 1, 2026
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The Holler Herald Sheepsquatch identification card No. 007, showing a shaggy white horned creature and a warning against approaching with shears.
Outdoors

Sheepsquatch Advisory Warns Farmers That Not Everything With Wool Needs Brought Inside the Fence

By Dale Hatfield · November 1, 2026
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A prepared West Virginian stands on his porch as zombies approach along a mountain road.
Opinion

Why West Virginia Would Absolutely Survive the Zombie Apocalypse

Experts say the undead remain poorly prepared for mountains, back roads and a population that has been expecting civilization to collapse since 1978.

By Josh Scott · November 1, 2026
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Outdoors

West Virginia Patient Zero Contained After Stopping to Explain Which Pocket Knife Everyone Should Carry

Six-hour conversation yields no additional infections, three sharpener purchases.

By Dale Hatfield · October 31, 2026
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Local

Local Zombie Gives Up After Failing to Find Brains in Facebook Comments

Patient Zero spends afternoon hungry, somehow joins argument about a black panther.

By Darlene “Scoop” McCoy · October 31, 2026
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Local

West Virginia Man Becomes Zombie, Still Expected at Work Monday

Supervisor says employee appears capable of sitting down and making noises.

By The Holler Herald Editorial Board · October 31, 2026
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The Holler Herald Grafton Monster identification card No. 006, showing a pale headless creature beside an Appalachian road.
Outdoors

Grafton Monster Advisory Urges Drivers to Stop Circling Back for a Better Look

By Dale Hatfield · October 31, 2026
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Local

Holler Herald Publisher Becomes West Virginia’s Patient Zero, Calls It “Something I’ve Been Preparing For”

Officials declare emergency as local publisher asks whether anyone got a horizontal picture.

By Darlene “Scoop” McCoy · October 31, 2026
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Community

Local Dad Volunteers to Inspect Halloween Candy, Rejects Every Reese’s Cup for Further Testing

“I’m not comfortable releasing these to the children yet,” says man conducting investigation from recliner.

By The Holler Herald Editorial Board · October 30, 2026
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Local

Morgantown Taco Supplies Exhausted After Local Man Gets “A Little Hungry”

Restaurants describe coordinated dinner rush involving one customer.

By The Holler Herald Editorial Board · October 30, 2026
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The Holler Herald Appalachian Big Cats identification card No. 005, showing a black panther and mountain lion sitting together on an Appalachian overlook.
Outdoors

Appalachian Big Cat Advisory Asks Residents to Photograph Animal Before It Becomes a Family Tradition

By Dale Hatfield · October 30, 2026
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Community

West Virginia Woman Opens Windows After Husband Says House Is Finally Comfortable

Man who refused to turn furnace on for three weeks now heating neighborhood in shorts.

By Darlene “Scoop” McCoy · October 29, 2026
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The Holler Herald Greenbrier Ghost supernatural identification card No. 004, depicting a ghostly woman beside an Appalachian farmhouse.
Outdoors

Greenbrier Ghost Advisory Warns Residents That “Case Closed” Is Not Their Decision

By Dale Hatfield · October 29, 2026
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