“Doug Skaff should be remembered and will be remembered as a great champion of the state of West Virginia,” Sponaugle said. “He’s a generational leader for the state, and West Virginia is not going to ...

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has confirmed that former West Virginia lawmaker Doug Skaff Jr. has died. Skaff, 48, died in a car accident on I-79 in Jane Lew Tuesday afternoon.

Skaff served in the supermajority-Republican state House of Delegates for nearly 11 nonconsecutive years, representing Kanawha County.

Doug Skaff Jr., a West Virginia newspaper executive and former Democratic legislative leader, died Tuesday following an accident on Interstate 79. Skaff was president of HD Media, which publishes ...

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.

Remembering former West Virginia delegate Doug Skaff, Jr., who was killed in a car crash on I-79 in Lewis County on June 10, 2025.

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 ...