Times West Virginian
newspaper in Fairmont, West Virginia
The Times West Virginian is a four-day morning daily newspaper based in Fairmont, West Virginia, which also covers the city of Bridgeport, West Virginia, and surrounding communities in Marion, Monongalia, Taylor and Harrison counties, West Virginia. 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.
Thomson Newspapers purchased the Times West Virginian in 1963; when Thomson left the newspaper business in 2000, the paper was sold to current owner Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
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.
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 The Inter-Mountain, a daily in Elkins.
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.
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