Jeremy Slayton joined the Virginia Press Association in April as the new publications editor. Contact him if you have any ideas or suggestions about improving communication between the VPA and its members. Or, you can contact him to share your newspaper's or news organization's news.

He became editor and general manager of the Page News and Courier in Luray after the weekly newspaper was acquired by the News-Record in 1967. He retired from that position March 10, 1996. A memorial service will be held May 17.

Sam Bartley, a 38-year Virginia Mountaineer employee, has been named editor and publisher of the newspaper following the company's reorganization this week. Bartley becomes the sixth editor in the newspaper's 91-year history, succeeding former editor and publisher Lodge Compton, who served in the role for over 40 years. Bartley, part-owner of the Mountaineer for a number of years, is now joined by Scotty Wampler and Joe St. Clair as sole owners of the paper.

Newspaper opens new downtown office with ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this month.

Philip Kennicott, the chief art critic of The Washington Post, won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. According to The Pulitzer's website, Kennicott was noted for "his eloquent and passionate essays on art and the social forces that underlie it, a critic who always strives to make his topics and targets relevant to readers."

Charles “Leon” Townsend, the well-known photographer described as "the face" of the Danville Register & Bee has died.

Ann Gregory, 77, of St. Paul died early Sunday morning, ending a 12-year courageous battle against cancer.

Woodrum was a former chairman of the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council and a champion of open government.

Michael Tate, a former owner of the Norton Press, has died from injuries in a firearms accident.

Bill O'Donovan will step down as publisher of The Virginia Gazette, Tidewater Review and Williamsburg Magazine at year-end as part of a consolidation of senior management at the Daily Press Media Group.

William "Bill" Hall, a former publisher of the Bristol Herald Courier, died July 16 at the age of 71.

Winchester Star reporter Sarah Greenhalgh has been confirmed as the victim discovered in a house fire and authorities are investigating her death as a homicide, according to the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office.

Terry Jamerson has been named vice president of community newspapers for the Virginia division of World Media Enterprises, Inc.

Catherine Harley Cleaton, owner of the Rappahannock Times, died May 30 after a brief illness. She was 67.