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28-581: The Gazette traces its roots to 1873. At the time, it was a weekly newspaper known as the Kanawha Chronicle . It was later renamed The Kanawha Gazette and the Daily Gazette —before its name was officially changed to The Charleston Gazette in 1907. In 1912 it came under the control of the Chilton family, who ran it until its bankruptcy in 2018. William E. Chilton , a U.S. senator,

56-482: A Joint Operating Agreement the two newspapers merged their production and distribution from 1961, while maintaining completely separate editorial operations. A combined Sunday Gazette-Mail (distinct from the 2015 fully-merged newspaper) was published on Sundays from 1961 to 1991, produced by both papers' staffs, and from 1991 to 2015, produced by the Gazette staff alone. A similar combined Saturday Gazette-Mail

84-544: A 60-day period during which bids for the paper can be made, with the opening high bid coming from Ogden Newspapers , which publishes five other daily newspapers in the state. However, local politician Doug Reynolds, owner of the Huntington Herald-Dispatch , together with investors he declined to name, entered a higher bid and Ogden withdrew. On March 9, 2018, bankruptcy judge Frank Volk approved sale of Gazette-Mail to HD Media . The company having met

112-404: A combined weekend edition would be sent out on Saturday starting Aug. 5. Eric Eyre, a Gazette-Mail reporter, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for his documentation of the 780 million prescription painkillers that multibillion-dollar drug companies poured into small West Virginia towns via pharmacies. Ken Ward Jr., a Gazette-Mail reporter, received a 2018 fellowship from

140-574: A federal injunction prohibiting it from shutting down the Daily Mail until July 20, 2015. The previous owner was to be paid a fee to produce the paper during that era, and controlled its editorial content. On July 20, 2015, owners merged the Daily Mail and Gazette without prior notice and renamed the paper the Charleston Gazette-Mail . The entire staff of both papers was given two-weeks notice and told to "reapply" for jobs at

168-500: Is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of

196-423: The Gazette , filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google and Facebook, Inc. , claiming that the companies have unlawfully manipulated the digital advertising market at the expense of the newspaper. According to The Wall Street Journal , while both Facebook and Google have faced antitrust scrutiny from the federal government, the lawsuit was the first of its kind to be filed by an individual news outlet. Later in

224-594: The MacArthur Foundation (commonly referred to as a "genius grant"). Ward also was one of the first reporters chosen for ProPublica's Local Reporting Network, which began in 2018. The newspaper has won the top award for general editorial excellence from the West Virginia Press Association each year since the Gazette and Daily Mail were combined. Despite editorial support for many labor unions in other industries, in 1972,

252-641: The Pulitzer Prize for editorials in 1975 for a series of editorials he wrote the year before amid a battle over textbooks in Kanawha County. It was the first Pulitzer won by a newspaper in West Virginia. The newspaper published in the afternoons, Monday-Saturday, with a Sunday morning edition, until 1961; Monday - Saturday afternoons from 1961-2005, Monday - Friday afternoons from 2005-2009, and Monday - Friday mornings from 2009-2015. Under

280-593: The Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Census (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses) and of the Committee on Printing (Sixty-fourth Congress), and also served on the Senate Judiciary Committee . Chilton's bid for reelection in 1916 failed; he unsuccessfully contested the election of his opponent, Howard Sutherland . After Chilton's term in the Senate, he resumed the practice of law and

308-825: The Southern District of West Virginia (in case citations , S.D. W. Va. ) is a federal court in the Fourth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act , which are appealed to the Federal Circuit ). The District was established on June 22, 1901. As of October 13, 2021 , the United States attorney for the District is William S. Thompson . The United States District Court for

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336-436: The Southern District of West Virginia is one of two federal judicial districts in West Virginia. Court for the Southern District is held at Beckley , Bluefield , Charleston , and Huntington . Beckley Division comprises the following counties: Greenbrier , Raleigh , Summers , and Wyoming . Bluefield Division comprises the following counties: Mercer , McDowell , and Monroe . Charleston Division comprises

364-496: The company employed strike breakers to eliminate unions of its own. The company remains non-union. Three days after running an editorial relative to a pension dispute between Patriot Coal and some of its former workers, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation filed a $ 1.3 million lien on the company because of "years of unpaid pension deposits". On February 4, 2021, HD Media, the owner of

392-409: The conditions set forth in a February order, including bidding at least $ 500,000 more than Ogden Newspapers ' initial bid of $ 10,911,000. The final sale price was $ 11,487,243. The previous day, Ogden Newspapers announced that they no longer intended to pursue purchase, leaving HD Media as the highest bidder. On July 16, 2023, the newspaper announced the elimination of its Sunday print edition. Instead,

420-512: The first time in history the Mothers have a part in the dedication of a great public edifice. It is an honor to every West Virginia home, and a tribute to all Mothers. May we realize that this beautiful building stands for truth, for justice, for integrity, for progress, and for the hopes and ambitions of all West Virginia Mothers." United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia The United States District Court for

448-479: The following counties: Boone , Clay , Fayette , Jackson , Kanawha , Lincoln , Logan , Mingo , Nicholas , Roane , Wirt , and Wood . Huntington Division comprises the following counties: Cabell , Mason , Putnam , and Wayne . As of September 5, 2024 : Chief judges have administrative responsibilities with respect to their district court. Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice

476-476: The job of a newspaper was to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." The newspaper's liberal reputation was enhanced by principal editorial writer and columnist L. T. Anderson, associate editor and two-time runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize. Anderson later moved to the rival Daily Mail as a columnist after he was passed over for an editorial position at the Gazette , and often used his Daily Mail column to snipe at his former employer. The Daily Mail

504-456: The new paper. The combined paper included both former Gazette and Daily Mail staff members, and included two separate editorial pages that were intended to represent the Daily Mail ' s more conservative views, and Gazette ' s more liberal views, on current topics. On July 23, 2015, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation filed a $ 1.3 million lien on the company because of "years of unpaid pension deposits". On October 6, 2015,

532-639: The newspaper publishing business in Charleston. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Senate in 1924 and again in 1934. He died in Charleston in 1939; interment was in Teay's Hill Cemetery, St. Albans. His parents' house at St. Albans, known as the Chilton House , was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Chilton didn't use a suffix in his lifetime but

560-619: The previous owner of the Daily Mail , the MediaNews Group , filed suit in the Delaware Court of Chancery against the Gazette ' s owners. They alleged that: The matter was taken to arbitration and the Gazette was found liable on all counts. A judgment was awarded for almost $ 4,000,000. The Gazette appealed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia but

588-403: The speaker to be the founder of Mother's Day, Miss Anna Jarvis. As quoted she stated "This beautiful moment and magnificent capitol building is a fitting monument to the sacrifice, the devotion, the industry, and the hopes of West Virginia Mothers. This State has always shown the element of greatness. Today this State honors its homes, and its Mothers as has no other state in this nation. Today for

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616-682: The year, it was reported by Axios that over 200 newspapers across the United States have filed similar lawsuits against Facebook and Google under similar grounds. William E. Chilton William Edwin Chilton (March 17, 1858 – November 7, 1939) was a United States senator from West Virginia . Born in Colesmouth, Virginia (now St. Albans, West Virginia), he attended public and private schools and graduated from Shelton College in St. Albans. He taught school, studied law, and

644-581: Was admitted to the bar in 1880, commencing practice in Charleston, West Virginia , in 1882. He also engaged in the newspaper publishing business, and was prosecuting attorney of Kanawha County in 1883. In 1892 he was chairman of the Democratic State executive committee and was Secretary of State of West Virginia from 1893 to 1897. Chilton was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1911, to March 3, 1917; while in

672-573: Was again found liable on all counts. In October 2017, the newspaper ceased physical printing of a Monday edition, substituting a "virtual edition" and website updates. In January 2018, the company settled for an undisclosed sum with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Trust, filed under the WARN Act notice that up to 206 of its 209 remaining employees "might" be subject to termination and then filed for bankruptcy . This set up

700-747: Was founded in 1914 by former Alaska Governor Walter Eli Clark and remained the property of his heirs until 1987. Governor Clark described the newspaper as an "independent Republican" publication. In 1987, the Clark heirs sold the paper to the Toronto-based Thomson Newspapers . The new owners moderated the political views of the paper to some degree. In 1998, Thomson sold the Daily Mail to the Denver-based MediaNews Group . Editorial writer Jack Maurice won

728-403: Was published on Saturdays from 2005 to 2015. It was likewise produced by the Gazette staff, but featured two editorial pages, one produced by each paper's staff. In 2004, the Gazette purchased the Daily Mail . In May 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit, alleging that the Daily Mail had been operated in an uncompetitive manner. The newspaper settled without trial and agreed

756-479: Was publisher of The Gazette , as were his son, William E. Chilton II, and grandson, W. E. "Ned" Chilton III, Yale graduate and classmate/protégé of conservative columnist William F. Buckley, Jr. Ironically, the paper's opinion page, usually on the left, carried Buckley's column until Buckley's death. In 1918 a fire destroyed the Gazette building at 909 Virginia St. The newspaper was moved to 227 Hale St., where it remained for 42 years. Ned Chilton used to claim that

784-548: Was technically William Edwin Chilton Jr., as his parents were William Edwin Chilton (1827–1881) and Mary Elizabeth Wilson Chilton (1831–1918). On December 19, 1892, he married Mary Louise Tarr (1866–1953) in Washington, D.C. They had four children: His wife's niece, Louise Benedict Schoonmaker, married Robert V. Keeley , a United States diplomat. At the dedication of the capital of West Virginia, Mr. Chilton introduced

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