The membership of the West Virginia Press Association elected new officers and board members during their annual meeting at Oglebay Resort Saturday morning. Perry Nardo of the Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register will be the president for 2013-14. Ed Dawson of the Herald-Dispatch in Huntington will be vice president of dailies,[Read More…]
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Lawmakers discuss state’s issues
The top lawmakers from the West Virginia Legislature joined the West Virginia Press Association for a lively discussion on the first full day of seminars at Oglebay Resort. Senate President Jeff Kessler, House Speaker Tim Miley, Senate Minority Leader Mike Hall and House Minority Tim Armstead all spoke to editors[Read More…]
Hollendonner inducted into WVPA Hall of Fame
G. Ogden Nutting gave the remarks inducting the late Fran Hollendonner into the WVPA Hall of Fame Thursday night. Afterward he posed with Fran’s widow, Carolyn, and Bill, Bob and Snookie Nutting.
Lyell Clay inducted into WVPA Hall of Fame
Lyell B. Clay Nanya Friend, retired editor and publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail, gave remarks inducting Lyell Clay into the WVPA Hall of Fame Thursday evening.
See who is attending Convention 2013
Convention 2013 starts Thursday evening and by the time the Premier Journalist is announced Saturday night more than 200 people will have participated in this year’s convention. Remember to bring plenty of business cards. Attached is this year’s announced guest list (We always have a few surprise guests at the[Read More…]
Brew Skies Festival Aug. 9-10
THOMAS – The Brew Skies Festival was so good, it’s coming back for an encore. The event, dedicated to great music and West Virginia craft beers, is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9-10, at Canaan Valley Resort State Park. Last year’s inaugural Brew Skies Festival attracted good crowds from[Read More…]
Clay, Hollendonner honored by newspaper industry
CHARLESTON — Newspaper publishers Lyell Clay and Fran Hollendonner, both prominent figures in the West Virginia newspaper industry through the 1980s, have been elected to the West Virginia Press Association’s Hall of Fame. The two men, both deceased, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame during the WVPA’s annual[Read More…]
Legislative Interim Hearings
The Legislative Oversight Committee for the state’s Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority met Monday as part of the West Virginia legislature’s July interim hearings in Charleston. Among those attending the meeting were, on the left, Joe Delong, executive director of the West Virginia Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority,[Read More…]
High-Speed Internet Access In West Virginia is Essential to Competing in a Global Economy
By Senator Jay Rockefeller In 1996, I met a 16-year-old high school sophomore named Jessica Lambert from McDowell County, West Virginia. She had been using a computer in her classroom to learn to speak Japanese through satellite classes offered by the University of Nebraska. She told me that without these[Read More…]
‘Honor Flight: One Last Mission’ screenings set
ELKINS — Two free showings of documentary “Honor Flight: One Last Mission” are scheduled for the July 29 and 30 at Cinema 8 Elkins in the Tygart Valley Mall. The film about four veterans visiting the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., set the Guinness World Record for[Read More…]
