News from October 2006
This Just In: Kanawha County
Oct. 13
This just in: Berkeley County
Oct. 10
This just in: Ohio County
Oct. 17
This Just In: Putnam County
Oct. 23
This just in: Monongalia County
Oct. 16
This just in: Wayne County
Oct. 10
This just in: Upshur County
Oct. 5
This just in: Jefferson County
Oct. 13
Blankenship's opportunity cost
So imagine you're a fifty-something self-made multi-millionaire businessman with enough in the kitty to live a life of luxury and never work another day the rest of your life.
Dozen suits filed over controversial drug
CHARLESTON - Twelve users of the prescription drug Bextra are suing its makers over side effects, which include a higher risk of heart attack and are each seeking several million dollars.
Allstate asks Supreme Court for relief
CHARLESTON - Allstate Insurance wants the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to relieve it of a duty to analyze 10 years of property damage claims.
Correction for 10/30 issue
Due to a reporter's error, a story in the Oct. 23 issue of The Record misquoted House of Delegates candidate Mike Stuart about his idea of probing the actions of Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office. "This is not a Republican-versus-Democrat issue," Stuart actually said. "It's an issue of making certain our attorney general operates within the constraints of the law."
Marshall's first CLE gets high marks
McQuain CHARLESTON – Marshall University's first attempt at a Continuing Legal Education class seems to have been a success.
Martinsburg attorney files two personal injury lawsuits
CHARLES TOWN - A Jefferson County man blames Sheetz for allowing oil to collect on a parking lot in one of two lawsuits recently filed by a Martinsburg attorney.
Man awarded $2 in case against Kanawha deputies
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man who says three sheriff's deputies wrongly used excessive force on him was awarded $2 damages in U.S. District Court.
Hacked medical institute sues
CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Medical Institute has filed a lawsuit claiming its system was hacked into.
It's time to upgrade our government
Blankenship Some of you remember our typing classes back in the 1960s and 1970s. We were asked to repeatedly type, "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country."
PERSONNEL FILE: WVU business professor wins Chapter Advisor of the Year award
West Virginia University's Dr. David Dawley accepts the 2006 Delta Sigma Pi national Chapter Advisor of the Year award from Neeley Lantz, student president of WVU's Nu Upsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi.
MORGANTOWN -- Dr. David Dawley, a West Virginia University College of Business and Economics associate professor, won the 2006 Delta Sigma Pi national Chapter Advisor of the Year award.
Manchin welcomes Brookfield Power investment
CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin last week joined officials from Brookfield Power in announcing the North American energy leader has completed its purchase of two West Virginia hydroelectric power generation facilities, resulting in a significant reinvestment in these facilities and the retention of hundreds of area jobs.