CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Doug Skaff Jr., a West Virginia newspaper executive and former Democratic legislative leader, died Tuesday following an accident on Interstate 79. He was 48.

“Doug Skaff was more than just a colleague; he was a friend to many of us, even after he left the legislature,” West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin said in a statement.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Doug Skaff Jr., a West Virginia newspaper executive and former Democratic legislative leader, died Tuesday following an accident on Interstate 79. He was 48. Skaff was ...

West Virginia newspaper executive and former House of Delegates Democratic leader Doug Skaff Jr. has died in a highway accident. He was 48. The Charleston Gazette-Mail announced Skaff's death on ...