WV redistricting yields limited shifts in House seats
West Virginia's new maps mostly preserve party balance as Democrats hold a wide majority in the House. The plan increases single member districts and shifts a few seats including in the Eastern Panhandle and Kanawha County. Republicans push to capitalize in 2012 while debates over DCCC influence surface.
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SWCC honors Crigger with garden and scholarship
A memorial garden at Southwest Virginia Community College grows from a single rose bush in memory of Christopher Crigger, a SWCC student who died in a spring auto accident. The Chris Crigger Scholarship funds aid for students needing help, with donations welcomed via the SWCC Educational Foundation.
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West Virginia woman’s archive gifted to national museum
Charleston educator Charlene Hodges Byrd built a 14 box trove of African-American history spanning the early 1800s with photos poetry newspaper articles and autograph books. Her will directed donation to a museum and the collection now rests at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. Byrd died in 2009 and goddaughter Jaretta Engleman recounts the pride in sharing the family history that inspired others.
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