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Website claims tech company considering West Virginia
By FRED PACE The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A large, established technology company is considering West Virginia for an expansion, according to a West Virginia Development Office official. A website, https://www.hmenq-inc.com/, began making its rounds on social media in posts claiming that a large, global technology firm is considering locating in[Read More…]
NIE Cruise-In car show is Sunday
By JOHN McVEY The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The fall edition of the Newspapers in Education Cruise-In car show is 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the K-Mart in Martinsburg. Pam Cook, The Journal’s NIE program coordinator, said there will antique, classic and custom cars, trucks and motorcycles. She’s expecting between 100[Read More…]
P&G opens $3M quality control lab in Berkeley Springs
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Call it “CSI comes to Morgan County.” Touted as a state-of-the-art quality control laboratory, joint partners Procter & Gamble, Morgan County and Blue Ridge Community & Technical College took the wraps off its new laboratory center — Pines External Lab– in[Read More…]
WVU Reed College of Media receives a $150,000 grant to expand community-based reporting aimed at bridging America’s divides
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A foundation launched by the founder of eBay is supporting the efforts of West Virginia University’sReed College of Media to better tell the stories of Appalachian communities and to help bridge America’s political and cultural divides. The Democracy Fund recently awarded the College of Media[Read More…]
US high court asked to review WV justice’s role in gas royalties case
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to review West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Beth Walker’s participation in a high-stakes natural gas royalty case that could have had significant financial implications for energy companies in which her husband owned stock. Late[Read More…]
WVPA Alert: Sept. 14 Conference call set on Road Bond Election
Editors, reporters should register before conference call CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association — as a service to member newspapers — is hosting an informational conference call and Q&A with officials from the Governor’s Office, W.Va. Department of Transportation and others involved in the upcoming road bond referendum. Officially, the referendum is titled “Special Election for[Read More…]
WVU capital campaign has raised more than $1B
By ALEX LANG The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Board of Governors heard an update on WVU’s Foundation efforts during its meeting last week. “Our momentum is strong, we know that,” Foundation President and CEO Cindi Roth said. The Foundation is the nonprofit fundraising entity that supports WVU.[Read More…]
WVPA Alert: Sept. 14 Conference call set on Road Bond Election
Editors, reporters should register before conference call CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association — as a service to member newspapers — is hosting an informational conference call and Q&A with officials from the Governor’s Office, W.Va. Department of Transportation and others involved in the upcoming road bond referendum. Officially, the referendum is titled “Special Election for[Read More…]
WVPA Reminder: Newspapers need to file statement of ownership by Oct. 1, affidavit of circulation by Nov. 1
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It’s time for West Virginia newspapers to file the Statement of Ownership form with the US Post Office and the Affidavit of Circulation form with the WV Secretary of State office. The updated forms are attached below. The WVPA has also attached a sample letter of “Notification of Legal Rates” that[Read More…]
