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This is a collection of my newspaper work. As of November 2009, I am still putting older clips of note online. I am adding noteworthy stories as they come.

Also, a full résumé is available .

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GOP preparing to challenge Mollohan for seat
November 24th, 2009

Congressman Alan Mollohan, who had no opposition from the GOP in eight of his 14 election bids, could have more than a half dozen Republicans vying to unseat him in 2010.

Many unsure unions can take over PEIA
November 11th, 2009

This article appeared in print on Nov. 11, 2009, on page A1 of the Charleston Daily Mail.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A plan by five of West Virginia’s most powerful unions to take over the state Public Employees Insurance Agency faces political and practical obstacles.
While there is likely to be opposition from state lawmakers to giving unions control [...]

Debate over changed grades heats up
September 25th, 2009

The dean of Marshall University’s largest college changed two grades given to West Virginia Treasurer John Perdue’s daughter, and the classroom professor is asking for an investigation by the university’s Faculty Senate.

Bill puts coal, utilities at odds
September 9th, 2009

The companies that mine coal and the companies that burn it are taking opposite approaches to a plan intended to prevent global climate change.

Man put to rest in his ‘67 Chevy truck
March 13th, 2009

CLAY COUNTY, W.Va. — In a burial plot that is 19 feet long and nine feet wide,Albert Dancy Jr. lies in a casket in a vault in his 1967 Chevy pickup.