Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
First Estimate on Virginia Tornado Property Damage: $18 Million
Apr 30 2008 // Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine visited the city of Suffolk to comfort storm victims and to survey the damage caused by severe weather that hit central and southeastern Virginia. The governor walked through neighborhoods where...
Va. Tech Research: Inexpensive Roof Vent Could Prevent Wind Damage
Apr 29 2008 // Hurricanes often lift the roofs off buildings and expose them to havoc and damaging conditions, even after the worst of the wind has passed. A local roofer, Virginia Tech faculty members from architecture and engineering,...
West Virginia Lawmaker Says State Should Pay Firefighters’ Workers’ Comp
Apr 29 2008 // With the prospect of rising insurance premiums, some of West Virginia’s 424 volunteer fire departments say they’re worried about staying in the black. That’s why Delegate Margaret Staggers, D-Fayette,...
Kentucky Residents Recovering from Tornadoes Unhappy with Feds
Apr 29 2008 // Allen County, Ky. Judge-Executive Bobby Young has a simple description of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “FEMA is a joke,” Young said. That sentiment – and variations on it – can be heard...
Virginia Gov. Kaine Declares Emergency After 3 Tornadoes Strike
Apr 29 2008 // Governor Timothy M. Kaine declared a state of emergency in Virginia, directing state agencies to take all necessary actions to aid in the response to widespread damage from yesterday’s violent weather in the...
Virginia Mine Where Worker Died Had 48 Safety Violations
Apr 25 2008 // The owner of a southwest Virginia coal mine where a worked was killed Tuesday had been cited 48 times for safety violations since 2005, according to state documents. The violations at the Wise County mine included seven...
$65M Lawsuit Blames BJ’s Wholesale Club in Virginia Slaying
Apr 25 2008 // A Virgina woman who was shot and wounded by her estranged husband after he killed her sister has filed a $65 million lawsuit against the BJ’s Wholesale Club where the crimes happened. Karen Phillips was an employee...
9 West Virginia Airports Get Federal Funds for Improvements, Safety
Apr 25 2008 // Nine West Virginia airports are getting federal funding for runway improvements and other projects. U.S. Sens. Robert C. Byrd and Jay Rockefeller say the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $1.9 million to Yeager...
West Virginia Mining Co. Blames Losses on Structural Issues, Labor Shortage
Apr 25 2008 // West Virginia-based International Coal Group says its first-quarter loss widened nearly 42 percent due to lagging production and other problems. ICG said Wednesday it lost $11.5 million, or 8 cents per share, in the first...
Virginia Students’ ‘Safety Bug’ Ride Mimics Drunk Driving
Apr 21 2008 // Salem (Virginia) High School students got firsthand experience with drunken driving on a recent morning. Almost 100 students buckled into the Safety Bug, a yellow Volkswagen Beetle designed to mimic the effects of drunken...
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5 West Virginia Fire Departments Respond to Blaze, Motel Evacuated
Apr 17 2008 // A five-alarm fire is blamed for snarling traffic for eastbound commuters driving into Charleston, W. Va. Wednesday. All four lanes of U.S. Route 60 in the Kanawha County community of Jefferson were blocked by firefighting...
Safety Award at West Virginia Mine Stirs Critics
Apr 16 2008 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration plans to give a safety award to a Massey Energy Co. underground mine in West Virginia where two men were killed in a January 2006 fire. Massey announced the award for its...
Former West Virginia Doc Files $10m Suit over Revoked Medical License
Apr 15 2008 // A former West Virginia physician facing 124 malpractice lawsuits has filed a suit of his own, seeking $10 million from the state Board of Osteopathy. In the lawsuit, Dr. John A. King, formerly with Putnam General Hospital,...
West Virginia Man Sentenced in Insurance Fraud Case
Apr 14 2008 // West Virginia officials sentenced a Kanawha County man on April 10 for a misdemeanor count of insurance fraud committed in 2006, according to West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline Meddie R. Dunlap, 56, of...
Families of Virginia Tech Victims Reach $11 Million Settlement
Apr 14 2008 // Most families of victims of the mass shootings at Virginia Tech that left 33 people dead have agreed to an $11 million (euro6.93 million) state settlement that will compensate families who lost loved ones, pay...
West Virginia Cracks Down on Young Boaters Who Skip Safety Training
Apr 14 2008 // Young West Virginia boaters who avoid mandatory safety training are being targeted by the Division of Natural Resources. A 2001 state law requires anyone born after Dec. 31, 1986, to have at least seven hours of training...
Mines Lack Safety Equipment 2 Years After Sago Tragedy, U.S. Says
Apr 10 2008 // Underground coal mines lack stockpiles of breathable air and communications gear for trapped workers, according to a federal report released this week, nearly two years after a series of mine fatalities led to Congress...
2 Plead Guilty in West Virginia to Insurance Fraud Related Charges
Apr 10 2008 // West Virginia officials sentenced two Kanawha County women on insurance fraud related charges last week, according to Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. Tina Marie Browning, 40, of Eskdale, W. Va., was indicted on one...
Virginia Police ‘Saturation’ Patrols Target High Volume I-95 Area
Apr 9 2008 // Virginia State Police say there were no crashes during a one-day increased patrol along a 13-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in the capital region. Last Thursday, troopers conducted “saturation” patrols in the...
