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List of newspapers in West Virginia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ6630606 ↗
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This is a list of newspapers in West Virginia, sorted by location.

Daily and nondaily newspapers

College newspapers

Marshall University, Huntington

The Parthenon

West Virginia University, Morgantown

The Athenaeum

Shepherd University, Shepherdstown

The Picket

Defunct newspapers

See also

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)

West Virginia literature

References

Bibliography

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.

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