Lessons from the Bench draws lawyers to Bluefield seminar
A large turnout of lawyers filled the Holiday Inn Bluefield for Mountain State Bar Association's continuing legal education seminar titled Lessons from the Bench. 82 registered with as many as 10 more arriving, citing mandatory 24 hours of CLE every two years as the motive. The day featured seven CLEs with judges from West Virginia and federal courts, plus State Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw. The event closed with a banquet at 7 p.m. headlined by Judge Roger L. Gregory of the Fourth Circuit.
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State Supreme Court of Appeals
Darnell Long
Princeton
Robert E
Bob” Holroyd
Booker T. Stephens
8Th Judicial Circuit
David A. Faber
Southern District
West Virginia
John Hiko
27Th Judicial Circuit
John R. Frazier
9Th Judicial Circuit
Rudolph J. Murensky II
Warren McGraw
West Virginia Supreme Court
Derek Swope
Mullins
Hrko
Pineville
Charles Mullins
Hiko
Roger L. Gregory
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Manchin refuses resignation amid GOP calls in West Virginia
HARLESTON AP A West Virginia GOP official Gary Abernathy urged Secretary of State Joe Manchin to resign while running for governor, calling it a political stunt. Manchin, a Democrat, rejected the claim saying his record on business and student voter registration shows voters back his gubernatorial campaign.
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Republican Party
Joe Manchin
Manchin
Gary Abernathy
West Virginia
Regional industrial park eyed for Tazewell and Buchanan counties
A proposed regional industrial park to be jointly developed by Tazewell and Buchanan counties moves toward reality with a memorandum of understanding approved by the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors. A similar agreement in Buchanan County is on the May 24 agenda. The plan envisions a 100acre site with water and sewer infrastructure and possible revenue sharing, with later talks of a second park involving West Virginia.
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Buchanan
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Buchanan County
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Tazewell County
Jim Spencer
Spencer
West Virginia
Caperton urges early literacy amid WV reading gaps
Former Gov. Gaston Caperton, president of The College Board, spoke at a West Virginia Kids Count Fund forum on early literacy. He described his own struggles with dyslexia in fourth grade and urged educators and communities to believe in every child's potential to improve reading skills. The Kids Count report found only 29 percent of fourth graders and 25 percent of eighth graders were proficient or advanced in reading in 2003, and Caperton highlighted home learning and high expectations as key factors.
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Gaston Caperton
Caperton
College Board
West Virginia
Kids Count Fund
Gover
Gaston
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