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Fairmont paper names new sports editor

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Misty Poe, general manager and editor of the Times West Virginian, announces that Sean McNamara has been named the newspaper’s sports editor. A graduate of the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism at West Virginia University, McNamara began working at the Times West Virginian in December 2014[Read More…]

Gilbert Times to start home delivery

GILBERT, W.Va. — The Gilbert Times will begin offering home delivery for new subscribers within two weeks. For more than 30 years, The Gilbert Times has served the Gilbert, Justice and Horsepen areas and offered local community sports and news. Recently, The Gilbert Times has expanded its coverage area into[Read More…]

Carrier ‘dedicated life to Bluefield Daily Telegraph’

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A dedicated veteran paper carrier for the Daily Telegraph passed away Wednesday night. Jack Mitchem Jr. 55, of the Princeton area, served the Daily Telegraph as an independent contractor for 38 years. Daily Telegraph Circu-lation Manager Christina Meadows said ink was in Mitchem’s blood. “He was awesome,”[Read More…]

Longtime WV reporter, columnist dead at 82

BECKLEY, W.Va. — Cherished by her community and respected by her colleagues in the fields of journalism and history, Debbie Schwarz Simpson — a newspaper reporter, columnist and author, who died Tuesday at age 82 in a Fredericksburg, Va., hospital — left an indelible impression on everyone she met. Simpson’s[Read More…]

Youths get an inside glimpse of Bluefield paper

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Local high school students learned Wednesday that newspapers are much more than printed paper these days. Students from Graham and Bluefield High Schools visited the world of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph during the annual Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Youth Leadership Program. The students spent much of[Read More…]

WVU journalism professor up for prestigious award

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University professor has been nominated for the prestigious Edgar Award. The award, named after Edgar Allen Poe, is presented each spring to honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film and theatre published or produced in the previous year.  John Temple, a Reed College of[Read More…]

Friends celebrate Bluefield newsman’s long career

BLUEWELL, W.Va. — Well-wishers braved slick roads Wednesday to enjoy stuffed shrimp and mushrooms, cake, and the opportunity to wish a star among local journalists the best with his future endeavors. Despite the inclement weather, people converged on the Buffalo Trail resort off Lorton Lick Road in Bluewell for a[Read More…]

Fundraiser to aid Beckley sports writer

BECKLEY, W.Va. — A benefit night will be held Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Beckley Galleria Chick-fil-A for sports writer Gary Fauber, who continues recovering from December brain surgery. Community members are hosting this fund raiser to help with his medical expenses. Fauber was diagnosed with a mass[Read More…]

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