Perry Nardo of The Intelligencer of Wheeling wins Adam R. Kelly Award CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Four West Virginia newspapers earned first-place General Excellence awards, which honor outstanding achievement by circulation division, in the 2018 West Virginia Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. The General Excellence Award winners are Charleston Gazette-Mail in[Read More…]
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Advertising excellence, lively panel discussions highlight WVPA Convention 2018
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association recognized winners in the Better Newspaper Contest: Advertising Friday at the first whole day of the WVPA Convention 2018. In addition to the advertising awards luncheon, convention-goers participated in panels on the future of social security — which featured U.S. Sen. Joe[Read More…]
Road construction costs going up for West Virginia, cities
By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Nearly 10 months after it was passed, the constitutional amendment allowing the state to take out bonds for road construction is allowing the state to fund billions in road construction, but not as inexpensively as officials hoped. With[Read More…]
New policy: West Virginia parents must watch young students at bus stop
By BISHOP NASH The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — County school districts across West Virginia are preparing to enforce a new statewide policy requiring parents and guardians of students in third grade and younger be present with their children for both pickup and drop-off at the bus stop. The updated Policy[Read More…]
WVU-led bridge research featured in technical report
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A five-volume report produced by a professor from West Virginia University that details a new approach to developing and testing short-span bridges is gaining world-wide recognition. The report, Development and Experimental Testing of Press-Brake-Formed Steel Tub Girders for Short Span Bridge Applications, was compiled by[Read More…]
Appalachian Festival set for Aug. 24-26 in Beckley
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Annual Appalachian Festival, presented by the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce, is just around the corner. Events will be held in various locations in and around Beckley from Aug. 24-26. In its 22nd year, the Appalachian Festival features several well[Read More…]
Spirits of Lake Shawnee: Ghost Hunt Weekends comes to the abandoned southern West Virginia amusement park
By EMILY RICE Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON, W.Va. — As the sun set over Lake Shawnee on Saturday night, hundreds gathered for a ghost hunting experience at the lake’s abandoned amusement park. The site, rumored to be cursed and haunted, is a Native American Burial Ground and home to violent deaths[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, August 13
The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SMALL TURNOUT FOR WHITE NATIONALIST RALLY Only a few dozen turned out for a march[Read More…]
West Virginia Gov. Justice defends increasing highways construction costs, slams critics
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In what is becoming a familiar routine, a news conference by Gov. Jim Justice on Friday — this one to explain rising highway construction costs for the “Roads to Prosperity” projects — devolved into a tirade against critics, particularly House Minority Leader[Read More…]
