CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The WVPA will share photos from the WVSSAC Girls State Basketball tournament with its member newspapers. Photos will be emailed to the editorial email list and posted on wvpress.org.Morgantown vs. Spring Valley1 – Morgantown’s Sydney Holloway moves with the ball as Spring Valley’s Karlee Alderman defends during opening round action[Read More…]
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WVSSAC Girls State Basketball Photos – Tolsia vs. Wyoming East
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The WVPA will share photos from the WVSSAC Girls State Basketball tournament with its member newspapers. Photos will be emailed to the editorial email list and posted on wvpress.org. Tolsia vs. Wyoming East:
WVSSAC Girls State Basketball Photos – Buckhannon-Upshur vs. Huntington
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The WVPA will share photos from the WVSSAC Girls State Basketball tournament with its member newspapers. Photos will be emailed to the editorial email list and posted on wvpress.org. Buckhannon-Upshur vs. Huntington:
WVSSAC Girls State Basketball Photos – Lincoln vs. Grafton
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The WVPA will share photos from the WVSSAC Girls State Basketball tournament with its member newspapers. Photos will be emailed to the editorial email list. Lincoln vs. Grafton:
State’s ‘Learn and Earn’ program helps students go to college and pay bills at home
By George Hohmann For the W.Va. Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — How to attend college and still pay the bills at home is one of the biggest challenges facing many West Virginians trying to prepare for today’s job market and workplace. One increasingly popular solution is the state’s “Learn and Earn” program, which provides students with part-time[Read More…]
ACLU of W.Va. opposes drug testing welfare recipients
Organization has serious constitutional concerns with SB 6 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia Senate Bill 6, also known as the “Welfare Drug Testing Act,” passed the House today and returns to the Senate for concurrence on amendments added in the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee. This legislation would require all[Read More…]
OpEd: Passage of SB 705 would help maintain coal jobs and tax dollars
By Chris R. Hamilton Senior Vice President, WV Coal Association and Chairman, WV Business & Industry Council The coal industry finds itself trying to survive a national, forced conversion of base fuels and a shrinking[Read More…]
WVSSAC Girls State Basketball Photos – Fairmont Senior vs. North Marion
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The WVPA will share photos from the WVSSAC Girls State Basketball tournament with its member newspapers. Photos will be emailed to the editorial email list. Fairmont Senior vs. North Marion:
Warren Buzzerd, West Virginia newspaper industry leader, dead at 83
James Warren Buzzerd 1932-2016James Warren Buzzerd, 83, died Monday, March 7, 2016, under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle, Kearneysville. The son of James Simeon Buzzerd and Margaret duFief Buzzerd, he was born in Hagerstown, Md., on August 16, 1932.He is survived by his wife, Linda Swaim Buzzerd; two sons, James David Buzzerd and wife, Sandra; Todd Carlson Buzzerd and wife, Beverly;[Read More…]
This week in W.Va. History: March 17-23
Charleston, W.Va. – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. March 17, 1837: Mercer County was created from parts of Giles and Tazewell counties and named for Hugh Mercer, a general during the Revolutionary War. March 17, 1858: William Edwin Chilton was born[Read More…]