Community journalism in West Virginia and Virginia
Samantha Perry reflects on why small town news matters at Bluefield College event. The piece highlights Fender-bender at a busy intersection, local memorials, court scandals, community events, and unauthorized tours of reporting in intimate town life. It urges reporters to chase truth with integrity and stay connected to readers.
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Bluefield College
Daily Telegraph
West Virginia
Virginia
Bluefield
Aaron Crook
Shott
Belk
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Roster and Motto
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists News Editor Randy Mooney Publisher Andy Patton Sports Editor Samantha Perry Editor Asst Managing Editor Charles Owens and Brian Woodson among its staff. The paper ends with a Bible quote from Psalm 24 1.
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Charles Owens
Brian Woodson
West Virginia opioids toll tops $1 billion in lost economic activity
WVU economist John Deskins estimates the opioid crisis cost West Virginia nearly 1 billion dollars in deaths, lost productivity, and health care and criminal justice expenses. The state saw 884 overdose deaths in 2016, with 756 involving opioids, underscoring a dire public health crisis and urging action from local to federal leaders.
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West Virginia University
John Deskins
WVU
Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Deskins
Associated Press
Mountain State
West Virginia
Department of Health and Human Resources
Centers For Disease Control
WVII
Statehouse
Charleston
Halls of Congress
Washington
Public letters invited by The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph will publish letters on public interest topics. Each letter must include the writer’s signature address and phone number. Pen names and anonymous submissions are not accepted. Include opinion on a public issue by mail, email, or signed fax.
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Daily Telegraph
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End the war on coal versus a cleaner environment
A public hearing in Charleston on withdrawing the Clean Power Plan drew anti coal activists from Climate Justice Alliance Sierra Club and others. Pro coal supporters argue coal’s low cost powered industrial growth and warn Western environmentalists oppose new plants while other nations expand coal use. They criticize climate models as biased and advocate nuclear power or natural gas fracking as safer options, calling for an end to the war on coal.
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Environmental Retection Agency
Charleston
Climate Justice Alliance
Sierra Club
Citizens Climate Lobby
Natural Resources Defense Council
University of Charleston
New York Times
U.S
America First Energy Conference
Houston
Texas
University of Delaware
David Legates
Chernobyl
Ukraine
Engineers discuss energy policy in New Zealand
Bryan Leyland, Auckland consulting engineer and ICSC founding secretary, and Tom Harris, CSC executive director, present remarks on national energy issues and policy directions.
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Bryan Leyland
International Climate Science Coalition
ICSC
Tom Harris
CSC
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