Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Virginia Governor Requests Federal Damage Assessment Teams
Nov 16 2009 // Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine has requested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) send preliminary damage assessment teams to Virginia to help determine damage levels from the recent...
Massey Energy Settles Age Bias Claim with West Virginia Miners
Nov 4 2009 // Hundreds of miners who were not rehired after Massey Energy bought a West Virginia mine have settled an age discrimination lawsuit against the Richmond, Va.-based coal producer. A hearing to approve the deal is scheduled...
West Virginia Seeks Funds to Boost Effort to Ban Distracted Driving
Nov 4 2009 // West Virginia’s lawmakers have tried and failed to ban texting and talking on cell phones, but that effort may get a new boost from Washington. Sen. Jay Rockefeller wants grant money for states that ban texting while...
Proposed West Virginia ‘Fat Tax’ Hit
Oct 27 2009 // West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin’s proposal that the state Public Employees Insurance Agency consider charging higher premiums for overweight workers has drawn criticism. Gordon Simmons, an organizer for state Public...
GEICO Opens West Virginia Office
Oct 23 2009 // GEICO hosted the grand opening of its new local office in Morgantown, West Virginia this week. Jim Robinson, local GEICO field representative, heads the Morgantown office. The open house featured GEICO’s official...
West Virginia Insurer Brickstreet Plans to Trim 24 Jobs
Oct 21 2009 // BrickStreet Insurance is looking to shed about 24 jobs as it continues adjusting to a market in which it’s no longer the sole provider of workers’ compensation insurance in West Virginia. President and CEO Greg...
New Virginia Car Insurer to Host Grand Opening
Oct 20 2009 // Virginia-based Elephant Insurance, a recently launched direct writer for auto insurance, plans to host a grand opening for its new offices tomorrow. The company, which is owned by UK-based Admiral Group, has invited...
Jury Awards $200K to Virginia Newsman Banned from School
Oct 20 2009 // A federal jury has awarded $200,000 to a newspaper publisher after deciding the Buchanan County School Board unconstitutionally banned him from school grounds. The jury in Abingdon, Virginia ruled Thursday after a...
Business Moves
Oct 19 2009 // Norfolk & Dedham, Rockingham Two East Coast-based mutual insurance companies have formed a mutual alliance that they say allows them to achieve efficiencies, diversification and spread of risk without actually merging...
Virginia’s Crashed Boats Will Be Safety-Teaching Tools
Oct 19 2009 // A boating safety group hopes crashing boats on the James River will help investigators learn how to reconstruct collisions. The crashes last month were recorded, and the damaged boats, video and data gathered will be used...
Virginia Officials Tour Homes Built with Chinese Drywall
Oct 15 2009 // Three Virginia lawmakers are asking lenders to help homeowners whose homes were built with suspect drywall imported from China. U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and Congressmen Bobby Scott and Glenn Nye Reps issued their appeal...
Virginia Wildland Fire Season Begins Tomorrow
Oct 14 2009 // Virginia foresters are asking residents to use caution when burning outdoors during the state’s fall wildland fire season. The season begins Oct. 15 and continues through Nov. 30. As of Thursday, the Virginia...
Virginia’s Crashed Boats will be Safety-Teaching Tools
Oct 9 2009 // A boating safety group hopes crashing boats on the James River will help investigators learn how to reconstruct collisions. The crashes last month were recorded, and the damaged boats, video and data gathered will be used...
West Virginia Racetrack Settles Lawsuit with Paralyzed Jockey
Oct 8 2009 // MTR Gaming Group Inc. has settled a 3-year-old lawsuit by a jockey who was paralyzed from the chest down in a West Virginia racing accident. Gary Birzer sued MTR and Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in Chester,...
Operator Killed When Crane Falls into Virginia Lake
Oct 7 2009 // A crane operator has been killed after his machine fell off a barge into Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. Capt. Patrick Meeks of Franklin County’s Department of Public Safety says divers recovered the body of...
Virginia Woman Sentenced for Staging Auto Crashes
Oct 7 2009 // A Norfolk, Virginia woman will spend seven years in prison for staging auto accidents to collect insurance money. Teresa R. Gallop was sentenced in federal court Monday. The 41-year-old had 60 prior felony convictions,...
People
Oct 5 2009 // W. R. Berkley Corp. has appointed Carol J. LaPunzina as senior vice president of human resources. In her newly established position, she will oversee human resource operations and personnel development for the company....
Carbon Monoxide Sickens 41 Workers in Virginia
Oct 1 2009 // Officials say carbon monoxide fumes have made ill 41 workers at a banking office in Richmond, Virginia. Ten of the 41 who were examined Monday afternoon by fire officials were taken to area hospitals for additional...
West Virginia Accustomed to Being Leader in Deer Collisions
Sep 30 2009 // In West Virginia, where there’s roughly one deer for every two people and the largest city boasts an annual deer hunt within its boundaries, it’s no surprise the animals pose a common hazard for motorists. This...
West Virginia Workers’ Comp Insurer BrickStreet Free of Debt to State
Sep 30 2009 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance has remitted its final payment to West Virginia for funds it owes the state for aiding its transition from a state-run organization to a private carrier in 2006. Since the end of June when the...
