Recent coverage on support being provided to Appalachian Law School. From yesterday:

The Buchanan County Board of Supervisors plans to fund the Appalachian School of Law to help the school through its financial struggles.

On Monday, in a 6-1 vote, the Buchanan County Board of Supervisors agreed to form a committee with representatives from the board, the county industrial development board and the law school to write the agreement. According to Trey Adkins, a member of the Board of Supervisors, the deal will be worth $6 million.

“I felt like it was important for us to do what we could to help the law school survive,” Adkins said. “If you don’t have the law school and those 300-plus people; the students, the faculty, their families. If you don’t have those people in the community, they’re not spending money, they’re not eating at our restaurants, they’re not doing all of these things.”

Liam Bridgeman, Buchanan County Board of Supervisors to fund Appalachian School of Law, WCYB News, Feb. 3, 2026. For other recent coverage, see Lisa Rowan, Buchanan County to Provide Short-Term Funding for Appalachian School of Law, Cardinal News, Feb. 3, 2026; Chris Williams, Regional Law School Explores Long-Distance Merger, Above the Law, Jan. 28, 2026.