By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Candidates for two unexpired seats on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will be here for a candidate forum this month. At least 15 of the 20 candidates have confirmed they will attend the event, set for Oct.[Read More…]
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Still time to register for WVU’s Oct. 19 ‘Covering and Protecting Your Elections’ seminar
Free half-day training session helps journalists covering the midterms MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Reed College of Media, Society of Professional Journalists, and the Google News Initiative are partnering to host “Covering and Protecting Your Elections,” a free half-day training session for journalists covering the midterms. The event is set for[Read More…]
10 things to know: Thursday, October 11
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. MICHAEL CHARGES INTO SOUTHEAST AFTER SLAMMING FLORIDA As the tropical storm continues to weaken it[Read More…]
National Newspaper Week: Your journalism has never been more important
By RUSTY CUNNINGHAM Editor, La Crosse Tribune Executive Editor, River Valley Media Group LA CROSSE, Wis. — “…Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” –Thomas Jefferson, third president[Read More…]
Jury to start deliberations in Loughry trial
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Allen Loughry, the embattled justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, remains confident that he committed no federal crimes. Starting today, a jury will get to decide if the evidence backs up Loughry’s confidence. The defense[Read More…]
Coal industry funds WV Senate president’s PAC’s PR efforts on public employees strike
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nobody paid more to fund GOP Senate President Mitch Carmichael’s public relations campaign on the 2018 teacher and school service personnel strike than West Virginia’s largest coal producer. Murray Energy Corp.’s $72,000 donation was one of many that companies and individuals within[Read More…]
West Virginia Gov. Justice dismisses ‘F’ on Cato Institute report card on fiscal policy
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is one of eight governors to garner a grade of “F” for fiscal policies in a biennial report card released Tuesday by the conservative Cato Foundation. In the “Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2018,” the[Read More…]
Endorsement: GOpac Endorses the following W.Va. Legislative candidates
Release from the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia: CHARLESTON, W.Va. ─ GOpac, the Gas and Oil Political Action Committee of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia (IOGAWV) has endorsed 64 candidates for legislative races in the upcoming West Virginia 2018 General Election on November 6,[Read More…]
