Buchanan County tweaks law school funding agreement; first payout expected soon

Buchanan County tweaks law school funding agreement; first payout expected soon

Buchanan County supervisors still intend to provide $3.4 million to keep the struggling Appalachian School of Law from leaving the county — but some details of the plan have changed, and county officials have made few public comments as to why. Meanwhile, the law school’s president and dean, David Western, says that projected fall enrollment is looking much better and that the county funds, along with $1 million in new private donations, greatly…