By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — People across the region were sharing fond memories Thursday of a journalist who, with passion and dedication, recorded life’s good and the bad moments while striving to give people a voice and improve their quality of life. Susan Samantha Myers Perry,[Read More…]
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Register-Herald editor named Editorial Writer of the Year in CNHI contest
The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — J. Damon Cain, editor of The Register-Herald, has been named Editorial Writer of the Year in the 2025 Best of CNHI newspaper contest. In his 10th year at the helm in Beckley, Cain won in the large circulation class for work published in 2024. Last[Read More…]
COLUMN: The time has come
By Katie Long McDowell, managing editor, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — This past September, I wrote a column to serve as a tentative goodbye, should my time at The Dominion Post be coming to an end. As it turned out, that farewell was unwarranted. Today, my friends, it’s for[Read More…]
Pssst, heard the latest: Longtime WV sports writer Chuck Landon announces retirement
By Tim Stephens, The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Chuck Landon covered Heisman Trophy candidates, major bowl games and interviewed the biggest stars in sports. Some of his most cherished days, though, were spent as a college student writing for the Parthenon, Marshall University’s newspaper. “It might be when I was[Read More…]
Celebrating 50th Anniversary of What Never Happened
Hurricane Breeze Newspaper A clipping from the Front Page of the January 31, 1975 issue of The Hurricane Breeze. Today, the Breeze is celebrating that which did not happen fifty years ago. On Friday, January 31, 1975, the Breeze announced the intent to immediately cease publishing the newspaper. It did[Read More…]
Historic glass door goes home
By Liz Beavers, Mineral News and Tribune Read more: https://www.wvnews.com/mineralnews/historic-glass-door-goes-home/article_7c7b5d46-d1bf-11ef-b898-87a99c817a72.html
Community Christmas Tree brings joy to hundreds of children
By Greg Jordan, Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, VA — Holiday wishes for hundreds of children who might have had little or nothing under their trees on Christmas morning were fulfilled Tuesday when donations made to the annual Community Christmas Tree paid for holiday shopping. Parents and guardians lined up early Tuesday[Read More…]
Former Calhoun Chronicle editor Newton Nichols passes away
The Calhoun Chronicle GRANTSVILLE, W.Va. — He was a quiet and unassuming man, but he was one of the most powerful and knowledgeable persons in the last 50 years of Calhoun County history. Milford Newton (Newton) Nichols the former long time editor of the Grantsville News and the Calhoun Chronicle[Read More…]
Hunt Column: 500 Columns
The Shinnston News & Harrison County Journal SHINNSTON, W.Va. — The Shinnston News and Harrison County Journal, honors, celebrates, and appreciates Jim Hunt’s 500 columns, each offering healthy helpings of fun and good information. We are proud of his contributions and looking forward to celebrating many, many more. By Jim[Read More…]
MEDIA ALERT: Affidavit of Circulation & Qualification forms must be submitted to Sec. of State’s office Nov. 1
It is almost time to submit your annual “Affidavit of Circulation & Qualification” form to the Secretary of State’s Office. The affidavit and the submission process has not changed from last year. Following is some important items to remember: The Secretary of State’s office staff has provided the following explanation[Read More…]
