Readers of the Charleston Gazette look forward each Monday to an in-depth interview with someone from the paper’s readership area. Writer Sandy Wells excels in both the selection of her subjects and in mining their memories for terrific human interest. Here’s the latest example: By Sandy Wells Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON,[Read More…]
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Morgantown paper boosts Rotary Club’s fight against polio
The Dominion Post does more than just write about a local group’s initiative: “…this disease still haunts regions of the world in south Asia and west Africa. In October, members of more than 30 North American Rotary clubs, including clubs in Morgantown and Kingwood, traveled to Togo. Togo’s proximity to[Read More…]
Elkins paper touts its special Thanksgiving edition
By Matthew Burdette The Inter-Mountain ELKINS, W.Va. — This year’s Thanksgiving edition of The Inter-Mountain will be as stuffed as the holiday turkey with a virtual cornucopia of savings from a variety of businesses throughout central West Virginia. The Wild Wednesday newspaper – priced at $1.25 – will feature more[Read More…]
Revitalizing neighborhoods a widespread challenge
An editorial in the Charleston Daily Mail supports an initiative to reinvigorate a section of the city: CHARLESTON, W.VA. — “THE West Side is the best side,” goes the old adage, boasted by generations of Charlestonians who grew up west of the Elk River. While it is still a significant[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things you need to know for Monday, Nov. 25
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press bureau chief for West Virginia and Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Monday, Nov. 25, 2013. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items, upcoming events and stories in West Virginia newspapers: 1. OBAMA DISCLOSED SECRET IRAN TALKS TO ISRAEL IN[Read More…]
WV Sharing: Child poverty coalition defining goals, benefits
By GEORGE HOHMANN For the WVPA Editor’s Note: The following is part of the West Virginia Press Association’s series on the “Our Children, Our Future” Coalition. The association is following the coalition’s efforts to develop and push legislation to combat child poverty during the 2014 session of the West Virginia Legislature.[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Kids Health No. 7 Download
Hello editors, Here is the 11-24-13 Kids’ Health article and art. You will find the article – below – and cutlines for four pieces of art plus the logo. Article, with Kids’ Health logo, with Juvenile Commitment Rates graphic, with State Housing Profile graphic, with color headshot of Paul Sheridan[Read More…]
Safety emphasized as W.Va. buck firearms season opens
By Jeremiah Shelor Exponent-Telegram CLARKSBURG — Buck firearms season opens in West Virginia on Monday and extends through Dec. 7, which means hunters will soon be out en masse looking to bag deer. But as anticipation builds for the start of rifle season, it’s important not to overlook proper safety[Read More…]
Huntington celebrates iconic local treasure
Photographer Sholten Singer documents an 85th anniversary gala at the Keith-Albee Theater in downtown Huntington for the Herald-Dispatch. The event entitled “1928” was held on Saturday, Nov. 23. Click here for more photos.
Wheeling paper urges lawmakers to ensure vehicle insurance rules are realistic
An editorial in The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register urges state lawmakers to reexamine the minimum requirements for vehicle insurance coverage: “…Reasonable people do not like the idea of pricing insurance out of the reach of low-income West Virginians, of course. But adequate insurance, like car payments and gasoline prices, needs[Read More…]
