By Christopher Millette, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After 43 years of photojournalism in West Virginia, Kenny Kemp, visuals editor for the Charleston Gazette-Mail retired on Sept. 20, 2024. His current newsroom coworkers, former colleagues and other Gazette-Mail and Daily Mail retirees came by for his party in the Gazette-Mail[Read More…]
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Nardo Turns Page After 43-Year Career in Newspaper Business
The Intelligencer WHEELING, W.Va. — Forty-three years ago, Perry Nardo began a career that would see him ascend from an advertising sales representative at The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register to a regional publisher overseeing several newspapers in the region. Along the way he would craft his own unique leadership style[Read More…]
Agreeable solution regarding the publication of legal advertisements may be on the horizon for West Virginia’s newspaper industry
By Autumn Shelton, West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – An agreeable solution between members of the West Virginia Legislature and members of the West Virginia Press Association regarding the publication of legal advertisements may be on the horizon for the state’s newspaper industry. On Friday, during the West Virginia[Read More…]
MEDIA ADVISORY: Lawmakers, community invited to honor lives touched by cancer (Aug. 26)
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) invites the community to join a heartfelt event honoring the countless lives touched by cancer during the Lights of Hope display at the Capitol building courtyard. On Monday, August 26th, Lights of Hope bags will[Read More…]
MEDIA ADVISORY: Intermediate Court of Appeals of WV issues memorandum decisions, opinion (July 30)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia (ICA) issued 28 Memorandum Decisions on July 30 and one separate opinion on July 23. There is a link to each on the ICA Opinion page of the West Virginia judiciary website: Intermediate Court – Opinions | West Virginia Judiciary[Read More…]
2024 WVPA Convention is next week — Aug. 9-10
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The WVPA’s 2024 Convention is Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9-10, 2024 in Charleston at the Four Points by Sheraton. Deadline for registration (at bottom of article) is Saturday, Aug. 3. In this pivotal election year, we’re celebrating news organizations — the true Defenders of Democracy. As watchdogs,[Read More…]
MEDIA ADVISORY: WVSOM/The Health Plan scholarship program announcement (July 19)
WHEELING, W.Va. — On Friday, July 19, at 10 a.m., in Wheeling, Jeff Knight, president and CEO of The Health Plan (THP), and James W. Nemitz, president of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM), will announce a partnership that allows medical students attending WVSOM to apply for The[Read More…]
MEDIA ADVISORY: New Cabell County Family Court judge to be sworn in (July 10)
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Sarah E. Dixon will be sworn in as a family court judge in Cabell County at 1 p.m. on July 10 in Courtroom One of the Cabell County Courthouse in Huntington. Governor Jim Justice appointed Ms. Dixon to the bench in the Sixth Family Court Circuit (Cabell[Read More…]
MEDIA ADVISORY: Marshall University’s iconic fountain expected to be nominated to National Register of Historic Places (June 13)
West Virginia Archives and History Commission to meet at university on Thursday HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University’s Memorial Fountain, created in memory of the 75 individuals lost in the 1970 Marshall University plane crash and officially dedicated in 1972, is expected to be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places[Read More…]
West Virginia has a severe shortage of direct care professionals: Here’s how you can help
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Help your community while earning money — that’s the opportunity that the West Virginia Pathways to Professional In-Home Care is offering. The West Virginia Department of Human Services has partnered with the West Virginia University Health Affairs Institute to create a new training[Read More…]
