News from November 2006
Standalone art for 11/27 issue: A taste of Tex-Mex in downtown Charleston
Cilantro's recently opened on MacFarland Street in downtown Charleston. Owner Virgil Sadorra opened the Tex-Mex eatery where his former restaurant Delish operated until it was destroyed by fire earlier this year.
Caperton creates outstanding teaching award at WVU
Caperton MORGANTOWN -- Former West Virginia Gov. Gaston Caperton has given $100,000 to West Virginia University to create an outstanding professor award for faculty who demonstrate a commitment to improvement in writing.
Standalone P1 art package for 11/27 issue -- Manchins host governors, spouses
As the seminar's host, Gov. Joe Manchin speaks at the event's opening press conference. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS -- Gov. Joe Manchin and First Lady Gayle Manchin host more than 20 governors, governors-elect and their spouses during the National Governors Association's Seminar for New Governors at The Greenbrier last weekend in White Sulphur Springs, WV.
Manchin named states co-chair of Appalachian Regional Commission
CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin has been selected by the governors of the Appalachian states to serve as Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) states co-chair for the year 2007.
WVU lecture spotlights first female physicians in West Virginia
MORGANTOWN -- The lives and times of two pioneering women doctors in West Virginia will be presented in a West Virginia University lecture Nov. 27.
WVU Colleges Against Cancer to hold remembrance ceremony Monday
MORGANTOWN -- The West Virginia University chapter of Colleges Against Cancer will hold their second annual remembrance ceremony at 6 p.m. Monday in the Mountainlair's Mountaineer Room.
Millers establish first 4-H WVU presidential scholarship
Paul and Francena Miller
MU, museum to publish book about shipbuilding on Ohio River
POINT PLEASANT -– As part of their program dedicated to American Institutions and Civic Culture, Marshall University's John Deaver Drinko Academy will join with the Point Pleasant River Museum to debut a recently completed book that chronicles the shipbuilding history of this area of West Virginia.
Putnam hospital named in class action suit
WINFIELD – Two Kanawha Valley attorneys have filed a class action lawsuit against the former Putnam General Hospital over the improper disinfection of instruments.
Albright attends judicial summit
Albright CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Joseph P. Albright recently attended the Spencer Grimes Appellate Judges Summit Nov. 9-11 in Dallas, Texas.
PERSONNEL FILE: Jonathan Ellis joins Steptoe & Johnson
Ellis CHARLESTON -- Jonathan R. Ellis has joined the Business Department of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC practicing in the firm's Charleston office as an associate.
New Web site links to statewide headlines
CHARLESTON -- WVNewsline.com has launched its statewide news headline service.
SupCo calendar for 11/27 issue
Supreme Court calendar for 11/27 issue
Bad medicine
We'll save Sen. Dan Foster and the Charleston Gazette editorial board the suspense.
Steptoe & Johnson attorneys compete in Silverman Triathlon
Steptoe & Johnson attorneys Douglas G. Lee, Toney H. Stroud and John R. Merinar finished the Silverman Triathlon on Nov. 12 in 15 hours, 35 minutes and 46 seconds. CHARLESTON -- Three Steptoe & Johnson attorneys traveled to Las Vegas last week with two objectives: to learn about changing workers' compensation issues and to test their swimming, biking and running skills in Las Vegas's Silverman Triathlon.
McGraw's Zyprexa case sent to federal court in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, New York – West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's lawsuit against drug maker Eli Lilly and Company has landed in federal court at Brooklyn.
General Motors hit with two lemon lawsuits in Berkeley
MARTINSBURG - Angry consumers recently filed lawsuits against General Motors in Berkeley Circuit Court, claiming they were sold clunkers.
Coke plant to blame for injury
WHEELING - An Ohio man says a sledgehammer head shot at him "like a bullet" and is suing Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. over his injuries.
Two asbestos suits filed
CHARLESTON - The estates of two men recently filed asbestos lawsuits in Kanawha Circuit Court.
Race dog breeders entitled to surplus, suit says
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County dog breeder says the West Virginia Racing Commission has failed to distribute its surplus to the state's breeders.