By Gwen Sour, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Press Association honored newspapers across the state Saturday during its annual Advertising Awards Luncheon at the University of Charleston. The luncheon and awards were sponsored by The Health Plan and West Virginia Press Foundation. Keynote speaker Heather Richardson,[Read More…]
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The Evolution of Advertising: From Hieroglyphics to Algorithms – WVPA 2025 Conference Session I
By Craig Howell, The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON – The art of advertising has changed dramatically throughout the centuries, but probably not as much as within the last 100 years. Attendees of the West Virginia Press Association’s 2025 annual conference, held Oct. 11 at the University of Charleston learned more[Read More…]
Gazette-Mail wins 2025 Newspaper of the Year at WVPA awards ceremony
Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Charleston Gazette-Mail is the 2025 West Virginia Newspaper of the Year. The Gazette-Mail took home the top prize at the West Virginia Press Association’s annual convention Saturday, held at the University of Charleston. The honor is bestowed on the publication that earns the most[Read More…]
WV News wins several awards at West Virginia Press Association Editorial Awards event
WV News CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — WV News publications had several award winners in the Editorial Awards announced Saturday at the West Virginia Press Association Advertising Awards ceremony. “WV News produces more original local content than any other media in West Virginia day in and day out. Our skilled[Read More…]
The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register Earn 17 Awards in West Virginia Press Association Contest
The Intelligencer CHARLESTON — The staff of The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register picked up 17 awards, including six first places, in the 2025 West Virginia Press Association Advertising and Editorial Better Newspaper Contest. That award haul led to the newspapers winning second place in General Excellence in Division I, which[Read More…]
WVU Athletics sells naming rights to Coliseum to Hope Gas
By Bryce Cohen, The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — WVU Athletics and Gold & Blue Enterprises announced a 10-year partnership with Hope Gas Thursday that will rename the WVU Coliseum to “Hope Coliseum,” per a WVU Athletics release. The deal signifies a “commitment from Hope Gas” to generate a “significant new[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: Treatment courts deserve funding
The Weirton Daily Times State lawmakers created the Family Treatment Courts program in West Virginia back in 2019. Two years later, they were pleased enough with the program to make it permanent — under the state Supreme Court of Appeals’ supervision. For a while, this important program — 14 Family[Read More…]
WV News promotes two journalists to Deputy Managing Editor
WV News CLARKSBURG (WV News) — WV News, publishers of The Exponent Telegram, The State Journal and 20 other titles and digital sites, has promoted two journalists as the company continues its mission of delivering in-depth coverage of news, sports and events that matter to readers. Sports Editor Michael Minnich and Senior Staff[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: Celebrating 135 Years of Service
The Intelligencer We truly are in the “information age.” Never before has so much information been exchanged by so many, so quickly. But long before most people used the term “information technology,” we at the Wheeling News-Register were experts in using it. Today is our 135th birthday. We at the[Read More…]
EDITORIAL: Addressing what the state really needs
The Weirton Daily Times Data from the most recent WV MetroNews West Virginia poll, presented during this year’s state Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Business Summit, contained “a warning sign … for political leadership in the state.” Despite the incessant dive by too many elected officials for the cheapest[Read More…]