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January 23rd, 2014 By Bordas & Bordas

Baseball Sign-ups are Here!

I know it's freezing out. School has been cancelled a lot. The roads are bad and it seems like winter will never end. Don't worry, though. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. It won't be long before many of us are standing in the warm sunshine...

January 22nd, 2014 By Jay Stoneking

Takeaways From The Elk River Spill

More than a week after the fact, thousands of West Virginians are still reeling from the effects of the toxic spill into the Elk River. Water supplies were cut off. Some were actually exposed to the contaminated water, resulting in nausea, vomiting and other symptoms requiring emergency treatment. More than that,...

One Lawyer/Mother’s ‘Non-Opinion’ on Richard Sherman’s Interview

January 21st, 2014 By Bordas & Bordas

One Lawyer/Mother’s ‘Non-Opinion’ on Richard Sherman’s Interview

The day after the NFC championship I woke up to a world of highly opinionated sports enthusiasts giving their take on the public interview between Erin Andrews and Richard Sherman. I was browsing through my Facebook feed and realized that I had missed quite a controversial moment in sports history....

With Championship Games in the Background – A Reminder of the Ongoing Concussion Issue in the NFL:

January 17th, 2014 By Bordas & Bordas

With Championship Games in the Background – A Reminder of the Ongoing Concussion Issue in the NFL:

It's hard to imagine a more compelling NFL Championship weekend. In the AFC, old rivals Tom Brady and Peyton Manning square off yet again when the Broncos host the Patriots. In the NFC, the new rivalry between the Seahawks and the 49ers takes center stage. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell couldn't...

January 16th, 2014 By Bordas & Bordas

50 Miles South of Pittsburgh

From shows like Buckwild to offensive tweets about incest, West Virginia often takes a beating in the media. Bordas & Bordas is proud to have deep roots in the state, and knows that many of our readers are too. As native West Virginian Carrie Scanlon details below, there are many...

January 15th, 2014 By Bordas & Bordas

My Thoughts on a Snowy Forecast

We all have memories, and we all undoubtedly have things that make them flare up from time to time. For some, it is the smell of fresh cut grass on a hot summer afternoon, for others it is the sound of crisp leaves crunching beneath cold feet on a brisk October...

They Can’t Be Bothered With Us: America’s CEO Culture

January 14th, 2014 By Chris Regan

They Can’t Be Bothered With Us: America’s CEO Culture

West Virginians are going to remember WVCHS8's iconic photo of Gary Southern swigging ice-cold bottled water as he walked away from reporters in Charleston, citing a "very long day" that he had after depriving hundreds of thousands of West Virginians of usable water. The "Freedom Industries" CEO is not all...

Memories Last Forever – Senior Yearbooks Donated at St. Clairsville High School

January 10th, 2014 By Bordas & Bordas

Memories Last Forever – Senior Yearbooks Donated at St. Clairsville High School

My daughter is a freshman at St. Clairsville High School, and she recently brought home an order form for the yearbook. I noticed on the order form that you could donate a yearbook. Now this may not be a new thing, considering I haven't ordered a yearbook for 25 years...

Contaminated Water Emergency in West Virginia: What Do You Need to Know?

January 10th, 2014 By Bordas & Bordas

Contaminated Water Emergency in West Virginia: What Do You Need to Know?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WATER IN WEST VIRGINIA? A company called Freedom Industries spilled a large amount of a chemical called 4-methylcyclohexane into the Elk River in South Central West Virginia. Kanawha county and the counties surrounding it, as far north as Jackson and Roane conties, as far south as...

One Political Mess and One Real Mess: The First Bordas & Bordas Legal Review of 2014

January 10th, 2014 By Bordas & Bordas

One Political Mess and One Real Mess: The First Bordas & Bordas Legal Review of 2014

Don't miss the first episode of the Bordas & Bordas Legal Review for 2014 that deals with the political mess created for Chris Christie when it was recently learned that emails and text messages from his staff had were obtained by the New Jersey press. The emails and texts tended...

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Baseball Sign-ups are Here!

Takeaways From The Elk River Spill

One Lawyer/Mother’s ‘Non-Opinion’ on Richard Sherman’s Interview

With Championship Games in the Background – A Reminder of the Ongoing Concussion Issue in the NFL:

50 Miles South of Pittsburgh

My Thoughts on a Snowy Forecast

They Can’t Be Bothered With Us: America’s CEO Culture

Memories Last Forever – Senior Yearbooks Donated at St. Clairsville High School

Contaminated Water Emergency in West Virginia: What Do You Need to Know?

One Political Mess and One Real Mess: The First Bordas & Bordas Legal Review of 2014