CHARLESTON — The Weirton Daily Times collected 21 awards, including nine first-place recognitions, as part of the 2025 West Virginia Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.

The newspaper competes in the WVPA’s Division II, which includes the smaller daily publications in the state.

The awards were presented during the annual WVPA convention, held Saturday on the campus of the University of Charleston, and honoring news, sports, and editorial writing, along with advertising work done in 2024.

“I’m incredibly proud of our news, sports and advertising staffs for consistently being recognized by their peers through the West Virginia Press Association contest,” said Managing editor Craig Howell. “It reinforces the importance of community journalism and the work we do the inform our reade

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