The death of West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Tim Armstead at the age of 60 is nothing short of tragic. The Elkview resident was a good public servant lost far too soon.

Armstead had been dealing with cancer for about a year and died Tuesday after a brief hospitalization.

He was first appointed to the Supreme Court in 2018 during a time of massive turmoil. The court was embroiled in an ethics scandal that involved lavish spending, and the Legislature launched an effort to impeach the entire bench. Armstead was speaker of the House of Delegates at the time -- the first Republican to hold the post in more than eight decades. Knowing he would likely run for a seat on the court in 2020, Amrstead made the ethical decision to remove himself from impeachment proceedings. Such a simple move s

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