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The ''Times West Virginian'' is a seven-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.〔(Library of Congress "About The Fairmont West Virginian" ), Retrieved on 12 November 2014.〕 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.〔(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.〔(Community Newspaper Holdings, Best of 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 The Inter-Mountain, a daily in Elkins.〔(Better Newspaper's Contest ), accessed May 27, 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Times West Virginian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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