THE BEST LOCAL NEWS, SPORTS, AND EVENTS COVERAGE IN YOUR AREA! Mission: To be the preferred multimedia provider of local news ... , sports, events, and marketing in the region. The newspaper is published seven days a week as The Exponent Telegram. With a daily circulation of about 20,000 on Sunday, The Exponent Telegram serves Clarksburg, Bridgeport, Salem, Shinnston, Nutter Fort, Stonewood, Anmoore, West Milford, Weston, Jane Lew, Buckhannon, Philippi, Whitehall, Doddridge County, and surrounding communities. The Exponent and Telegram newspapers were originally owned by separate companies until 1927. After that year they were owned by Clarksburg Publishing Company, sharing staff and facilities but published separately. In 2002, they were combined into a single newspaper, The Exponent Telegram. General Manager Cecil B. Highland Jr., who was involved with The Exponent Telegram from 1957 until his death, January 13, 2002, was the only West Virginian ever elected president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. read more