Ben Fields: Doug Skaff Jr.: The Likable Guy and the Difficult Job (Opinion)

Ben Fields: Doug Skaff Jr.: The likable guy and the difficult job (Opinion)

Like everyone here at HD Media, and most everyone in Charleston and throughout West Virginia, I was stunned and saddened by the news that my boss, HD Media President Doug Skaff Jr., had died in an accident on Interstate 79…

Thousands turn out for Skaff visitation and celebration of life at Culture Center

Thousands of family, friends and well-wishers turned out, on June 16, 2025, to the Culture Center in Charleston, West Virginia for a visitation and celebration of life for Doug Skaff Jr., former House of Delegates member and current president of HD Media, which publishes the Charleston Gazette-Mail. Skaff, 48, died in a vehicle crash on June 10, 2025.

Ben Fields: Doug Skaff Jr.: The likable guy and the difficult job

Like everyone here at HD Media, and most everyone in Charleston and throughout West Virginia, I was stunned and saddened by the news that my boss, HD Media President Doug Skaff Jr., had died in an accident on Interstate 79…

'Not going to find a better servant': Ex-delegate, HD Media president Doug Skaff remembered

Doug Skaff Jr., a former state delegate and the president of HD Media, which publishes the Charleston Gazette-Mail, died June 10, 2025, in a vehicle crash in Lewis County, West Virginia. He was 48. Details about the crash, which shut down the southbound lanes of Interstate 79 near Mile Marker 101 for several hours Tuesday afternoon, have not yet been released.

Thousands honor “champion for West Virginia” Doug Skaff Jr.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For hours Monday evening, people wrapped around the West Virginia Culture Center in Charleston, waiting in line to pay their respects to beloved businessman and former Delegate Doug Skaff Jr. Senate Finance Chair Jason Barrett says the outpour of support was a testament of who Skaff was. “It just speaks to Doug’s…