The ''Times West Virginian'' is a four-day morning

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based in

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, which also covers the city of

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, and surrounding communities in

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, Monongalia,

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and

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counties,

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. The paper was founded as the ''Fairmont Times and West Virginian'' through the merging of the long-running '' Fairmont Times'' and '' Fairmont West Virginian'' in 1975. It adopted its current name in 1976. It is published Wednesday Thursday Friday and Sunday.

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purchased the ''Times West Virginian'' in 1963; when Thomson left the newspaper business in 2000, the paper was sold to current owner

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Inc.Times West Virginian: About Us
accessed January 20, 2007.

Awards

The ''Times West Virginian was named Newspaper of the Year by its parent company in 2006. Judges said it was "packed full of local stories with and about ordinary people," offering a strong sense of community. The ''Times'' competed against a host of other papers owned by CNHI.
, accessed May 27, 2007. The ''Times West Virginian'' has won back-to-back West Virginia Press Association "Newspaper of the Year" awards for 2005 and 2006. This award isgiven regardless of circulation size and is determined by the cumulative points earned in both the Ad awards and Editorial awards competition. Also in 2006, the paper won second place in the general excellence category of the West Virginia Press Association's Better Newspaper's Contest. The paper was beaten by ''

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'', a daily in Elkins.Better Newspaper's Contest
accessed May 27, 2007.

''Corridor Magazine''

In October 2005, the ''Times West Virginian'' began ''Corridor Magazine'', a regional lifestyles magazine focusing on Monongalia, Harrison, Taylor and Marion counties in West Virginia. The magazine was edited by Hope Stephen, also the paper's managing editor. One of its early senior contributing writers, Mary Wade Burnside, later became a full-time staffer at the paper and then was promoted to ''Corridor''s editor in May 2006, after Stephan left the paper. ''Corridor'' is published under the name of Impact Publishing and Marketing.Corridor Magazine
accessed June 11, 2007.

Noted reporters and contributors

John Veasey

In 2006,

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, a reporter and editor with the paper since 1960, won the Adam R. Kelly Premier Journalist Award, the West Virginia Press Associations' highest honor.Times WV state’s ‘Newspaper of the Year’
, accessed May 28, 2007. The award was established in 1991 in memory of Adam R. Kelly, who was the owner and editor of the Tyler Star News in Sistersville. Kelly was known nationally for his outstanding service to newspapers.

Mickey Furfari

Mickey has covered the West Virginia University Mountaineer sports teams for decades.

Ruth Ann Musick

Musick wrote a

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column, "The Old Folks Say".

References

External links

''Times West Virginian'' Website

CNHI Website

''Corridor Magazine''
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