List of newspapers in West Virginia

This is a list of newspapers in West Virginia, sorted by location.

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## Daily and nondaily newspapers

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Title  | Locale  | Year est.  | Frequency  | Publisher/parent company  | Notes

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Barbour Democrat | Philippi | 1893[1] | Nondaily  |  |
Black By God | Charleston | 2000[2] |
Bluefield Daily Telegraph | Bluefield | 1893[3] | Daily  | CNHI[4] |
Braxton Citizens' News | Sutton | 1976[5] | Nondaily  |  |
Braxton Democrat | Sutton | 1883[6] | Nondaily  |  |
Brooke County Review | Wellsburg | 1911[7][8] | Nondaily  |  |
Calhoun Chronicle | Grantsville | 1883[9] | Nondaily  |  |
Charleston Gazette-Mail | Charleston | 1872[10][11] | Tue - Sun  | HD Media[12] | Major newspaper[13]
Clay Free Press | Clay | 1905[14] | Nondaily  |  |
Coal Valley News | Madison | 1925[15] | Nondaily  | HD Media[16] |
Doddridge Independent | West Union |  | Nondaily  |  |
Dominion Post | Morgantown | 1863[17] | Daily  | Ogden Newspapers Inc. | Major newspaper
Exponent-Telegram | Clarksburg | 1874[18] | Daily  | NCWV Media  |
Fayette Tribune | Oak Hill | 1883[19] | M/Th  |  |
Glenville Democrat | Glenville | 1904[20] | Nondaily  |  |
Glenville Pathfinder | Glenville | 1892[21] | Nondaily  |  |
Good News Paper | Shepherdstown | 1979[22] | Nondaily  |  |
Grant County Press | Petersburg | 1896[23] | Nondaily  |  |
Greenbrier Valley Ranger | Lewisburg |  | Nondaily  |  |
Hashtag Lewisburg WV City Paper | Lewisburg  | 2012  | Monthly  |  | City paper
Hampshire Review | Romney | 1884[24] | Weekly  |  |
Herald Record | West Union | 1885[25] | Nondaily  |  |
Herald-Dispatch | Huntington |  | Daily  |  | Major newspaper[13]
Intelligencer | Wheeling | 1852[13] | Daily  | Ogden Newspapers Inc.[26] | Major newspaper
Inter-Mountain | Elkins |  | Daily  | Ogden Newspapers Inc.[26] |
Jackson County Citizen | Ripley |  | Nondaily  |  |
Jackson Herald | Ripley |  | Nondaily  | NCWV Media[27] |
Jackson Star News | Ravenswood |  | Nondaily  |  |
Journal | Martinsburg |  | Daily  | Ogden Newspapers Inc.[26] |
Logan Banner | Logan |  | Daily  | HD Media |
Mineral Daily News-Tribune | Keyser |  | Daily  | NCWV Media[27] |
Monroe Watchman | Union |  |  |  |
Morgan Messenger | Berkeley Springs | 1893  | Weekly  |  |
Moundsville Daily Echo | Moundsville | 1891  | Weekly  | Moundsville Echo, LLC  |
Mountain Messenger | Lewisburg |  | Nondaily  |  |
Mountain Statesman | Grafton | 1870  | Nondaily  | NCWV Media  |
Nicholas Chronicle | Summersville | 1880[28] | Nondaily  |  |
The Observer | Shepherdstown |  | Monthly  |  |
Parkersburg News and Sentinel | Parkersburg |  | Daily  | Ogden Newspapers Inc.[26] | Major newspaper[13]
Parsons Advocate | Parsons | 1886  | Weekly  |  |
Pendleton Times | Franklin | 1913  | Weekly  | Pendleton Times LLC  |
Pennsboro News | Pennsboro |  | Nondaily  |  |
Pineville Independent Herald | Pineville | 1912  | Weekly  |  |
Pleasants County Leader | St. Marys |  | Nondaily  |  |
Pocahontas Times | Marlinton |  | Nondaily  |  |
Point Pleasant Register | Point Pleasant | 1862[13] | Daily  |  |
Princeton Times | Princeton |  | Nondaily  | CNHI[4] |
Putnam Standard | Culloden |  | Nondaily  |  |
Record Delta | Buckhannon |  | Nondaily  |  |
Register-Herald | Beckley | 1985  | Daily  | CNHI[4] | Major newspaper[13]
Ritchie Gazette | Harrisville |  | Nondaily  |  |
Sentinel | Salem |  | Nondaily  |  |
Shepherdstown Chronicle | Shepherdstown  |  |  | Ogden Newspapers Inc.[26] |
The Shinnston News and Harrison County Journal | Shinnston | 1898  | Nondaily  | Harrison County Publishing Co  |
Spirit of Jefferson and Farmer's Advocate | Charles Town | 1844  | Nondaily  |  |
St. Marys Oracle | St. Marys |  | Nondaily  |  |
State Journal | Charleston | 1984  | Nondaily  | NCWV Media  |
Sunday News-Register | Wheeling |  | Daily  |  |
Times West Virginian | Fairmont |  | Daily  | CNHI[4] | Major newspaper
Tyler Star News | Sistersville |  | Nondaily  | Ogden Newspapers Inc.[26] |
Wayne County News | Wayne |  | Daily  |  |
Weirton Daily Times | Weirton |  | Daily  | Ogden Newspapers Inc.[26] |
Welch News | Welch |  | Nondaily  |  |
West Virginia Daily News | Lewisburg |  | Daily  |  |
Weston Democrat | Weston | 1868  | Weekly  | NCWV Media  |
West Virginia Queer News | Parkersburg |  | Daily  |  |
Wetzel Chronicle | New Martinsville |  | Nondaily  | Ogden Newspapers Inc.[26] |
Wheeling News-Register | Wheeling |  | Daily  | Ogden Newspapers Inc.[26] | Major newspaper
Williamson Daily News | Williamson |  | Daily  | HD Media |
Wirt County Journal | Elizabeth | 1908  | Daily  |  |
WV Statewide News  | Charleston  | 2022  | Nondaily  | MediaWorx  | WV's Conservative News Source

## College newspapers

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Marshall University, Huntington

* The Parthenon

West Virginia University, Morgantown

* The Athenaeum[29]

Shepherd University, Shepherdstown

* The Picket[30]

## Defunct newspapers

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Title  | Locale  | Year est.  | Year ceased  | Frequency

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Cabell Standard | Culloden |  | 2015  | Nondaily
Charleston Advocate | Charleston | Vol. 9 was published in 1910.  |  | Weekly
Charleston Daily Mail |  |  |  |
Charleston Gazette |  |  |  |
Huntington Advertiser |  |  | 1979  |
Industrial News | Iaeger | 1923  | 2017  |
Richwood News Leader[31] |  |  |  |
La Sentinella del West Virginia | (Thomas | 1905  | 1913  | [32]
Virginia Argus and Hampshire Advertiser | Romney | 1850  | 1861[33] | Nondaily
West Virginia Hillbilly[31] |  |  |  |

## See also

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* West Virginia media
* List of radio stations in West Virginia
* List of television stations in West Virginia
* Media of cities in West Virginia: Charleston, Huntington, Wheeling
* Journalism
* Category:Journalists from West Virginia
* West Virginia University Reed College of Media, in Morgantown
* Marshall University Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications (est. 1926)[34]
* West Virginia literature

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## References

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1. ^ "About Barbour Democrat". Chronicling America. Library of Congress.
2. ^ "Black by God". Black by God.
3. ^ "About Bluefield Daily Telegraph". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
4. ^ a b c d Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Locations: West Virginia, Montgomery, Alabama, retrieved April 10, 2017
5. ^ "New Braxton County Weekly Begins Publication on Monday". Sunday Gazette-Mail. Charleston, West Virginia. February 8, 1976.
6. ^ "About Braxton Democrat". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
7. ^ "About Mill Town Review". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
8. ^ "[Plate]". Brooke County Review. August 11, 1994.
9. ^ "About Calhoun Chronicle". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
10. ^ "About The Kanawha Chronicle". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
11. ^ "Our History". Charleston Gazette-Mail.
12. ^ "Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale of Gazette-Mail to HD Media". Charleston Gazette-Mail. March 9, 2018.
13. ^ a b c d e f Harold Malcolm Forbes. "Newspapers". West Virginia Encyclopedia. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
14. ^ "About Clay County Free Press". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
15. ^ "About Coal Valley News". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
16. ^ "About Us". Coal Valley News.
17. ^ "About Morgantown Monitor". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspaper. Library of Congress.
18. ^ "About The Clarksburg Telegram". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
19. ^ "About Fayette democrat. (Fayetteville, W. Va.) 1883-189?
Fayetteville, W. Va. (1883-189?)". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
20. ^ "About The Glenville democrat. (Glenville, W. Va.)". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
21. ^ "About The Glenville pathfinder. (Glenville, W. Va.)". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
22. ^ "Summer 2018 Issue". Good News Paper.
23. ^ "About Grant County press. (Petersburg, W. Va.)". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
24. ^ "About The Hampshire review". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
25. ^ "About West Union herald". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
26. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ogden Newspapers Inc., Locations: West Virginia, Wheeling, WV, retrieved March 27, 2017
27. ^ a b "WV News expands with purchase of Mineral Daily News-Tribune of Keyser, Jackson Star and Jackson Herald". WV News. April 4, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
28. ^ "The Nicholas Chronicle". nicholaschronicle.com.
29. ^ "WVU student newspaper to stop printing daily". Charleston Gazette-Mail. May 29, 2016.
30. ^ "The Picket". Retrieved August 7, 2019.
31. ^ a b "West Virginia Hillbilly". West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
32. ^ "About La sentinella del West Virginia. (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905–1913". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
33. ^ "US Newspaper Directory: West Virginia". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
34. ^ "Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications". W. Page Pitt School of Journalism & Mass Communications. Huntington, WV: Marshall University. Retrieved March 22, 2017.

## Bibliography

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* S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: West Virginia". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475.
* "West Virginia". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. pp. 1084+. hdl:2027/umn.31951002273861a - via HathiTrust.
* "West Virginia". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 1043+. hdl:2027/umn.31951001295695n.
* Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers", West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State, American Guide Series, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 112+, ISBN 9781603540476 - via Google Books `{{citation}}`: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
* Otis K. Rice (July 1953). "West Virginia Printers and their Work, 1790-1830". West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN 0043-325X.
* Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: A Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC 863601 - via Internet Archive.
* G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: West Virginia". Guide to the Study of United States Imprints. Harvard University Press. p. 886. ISBN 978-0-674-36761-6. (Includes information about newspapers)
* Harold M. Forbes (1981), "The Press and Printing" (PDF), West Virginia History: A Bibliography and Guide to Research, West Virginia University Press
* Harold M. Forbes (1989). West Virginia Newspapers, 1790-1990: A Union List. Morgantown: West Virginia University Library. OCLC 20336545.
* Betty L. Powell Hart (1991). "Spicy Editorials and Fearless Sayings: The Black Press in West Virginia". Appalachian Heritage. 19 (4): 51–55\. doi:10.1353/aph.1991.0120. S2CID 201761388.
* Edgar Simpson (2011). "Pressing the Press". Journalism History. 36. (About newspaper industry in W. Virginia)

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newspapers of West Virginia.

* "West Virginia Newspapers". Historical U.S. Newspapers Online. Library Guides. Ohio: Bowling Green State University. "Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet"
* West Virginia State Archives. "Newspapers on Microfilm". West Virginia Division of Culture and History.
* University of Florida. "West Virginia". NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville.
* "West Virginia". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997.
* "West Virginia Newspapers". AJR News Link. American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on November 16, 1999.
* "United States: West Virginia". NewsDirectory.com. Toronto: Tucows Inc. Archived from the original on November 18, 2001.

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