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Revamped DARE program may offer kids way out in W.Va.

By Amanda Hayes For The Inter-Mountain BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — Drug Abuse Resistance Education, the hallmark drug education program known as DARE,will be returning to Upshur County next year after a 20-year absence. The Upshur County Board of Education gave its approval for the program to be taught in schools by[Read More…]

10 things to know: Friday, July 26

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Friday, July 26, 2019. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. Senate Intelligence panel warns of election-security threat The Senate Intelligence Committee on[Read More…]

WV Press 2019 Convention: Register for the advertising and editorial awards today

Convention is next weekend, Aug. 2-3; Register and reserve your rooms today CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With only a week until the West Virginia Press Association’s 2019 Convention —  Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2-3, at Lakeview Resort in Morgantown — reservations for the Advertising and Editorial awards event are still arriving. “We’re excited[Read More…]

Opinion: Feeding 7.7 billion people

By James A. Haught When I was born in 1932, the world had 2 billion people.  Today, the global population has swelled to 7.7 billion – soon to quadruple in a single lifetime. How can the planet feed the mushrooming manswarm?  Here are some thoughts: I grew up in a meager farming[Read More…]

Campaign workers with ‘Stephen Smith for WV’ vote to unionize

Press Release from campaign workers with Stephen Smith for WV: CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Campaign workers with Stephen Smith for WV have ratified a collective bargaining agreement, becoming the first campaign in West Virginia history to unionize. This contract sets industry standards for worker flexibility and high-quality benefits. “It was important to[Read More…]

Lottery revenue tops $1B for 17th straight year in W.Va.

By Phil Kabler for The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For the 17th straight year, West Virginia Lottery gross revenue topped $1 billion, defying the Lottery’s own projections that it would fall below that milestone for the first time since fiscal 2002. “We’re just tickled with the fact the numbers[Read More…]

Hampshire Review’s Ailes, Pineville’s Cline elected to West Virginia Press Association’s Hall of Fame

CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Two weekly newspaper publishers, each of whom worked more than 30 years providing community journalism for local residents, are entering the West Virginia Press Association’s Hall of Fame as the Class of 2019. John C. Ailes (1913-1991) of the Hampshire Review and Charles R. ‘Randy’ Cline (1933-2001) of[Read More…]

World Jamboree in W.Va. celebrates action sports in a big way

By Matt Combs for The Register-Herald of Beckkley, W.Va. GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — Scouting brings up images of merit badges, camping, friendship and of time-worn traditions and of principles. And even in this demographic: 40 percent of the participants in the World Jamboree this year are female.  At the 2019 World Jamboree,[Read More…]

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