Latest Virginia Headlines
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Seal Breaks at Abandoned W.Va. Mine, Floods Yards, Highway
Feb 14 2008 // The earthen seal at a former underground coal mine in Delbarton, W. Va., sprung a leak, sending thousands of gallons of water through the yards of several homes and onto a state highway, officials said Tuesday. The seal...
Virginia Safety Crackdown Catches Fewest Bad Drivers in Years
Feb 14 2008 // Virginia State Police hope some new statistics mean drivers are being more cautious on highways statewide. Officials say the most recent highway safety crackdown produced the lowest numbers of traffic summonses and...
People Flee as Fires in Rain-Starved Carolinas, Va. Burn Homes
Feb 12 2008 // Wind-whipped wildfires chased churchgoers from worship, forced hundreds of residents to flee homes and closed highways across the rain-starved Carolinas and Virginia on Sunday. Twelve small structures, including at least...
Virginia Repeal of Abusive Driver Fees Gains
Feb 10 2008 // The Virginia Senate has passed its bill to repeal high fees on bad drivers by resolving a partisan impasse over how to rebate fees courts already imposed. The 39-0 vote marks the first passage by the House or the Senate of...
Virginia Jury Awards $350K in Triathlon Negligence Case
Feb 4 2008 // A Montgomery County jury has awarded $350,000 to a woman involved in a crash that killed a bicyclist during a triathlon in 2000. Sharon Knight had sued the town of Blacksburg and Beverly Biancur, the director of the third...
Virginia Senate Passes Repeal of Abusive Driver Fees
Feb 1 2008 // The Virginia Senate this week finally passed its bill to repeal high fees on bad drivers by resolving a partisan impasse over how to rebate fees courts already imposed. The 39-0 vote marks the first passage by the House or...
Boone County, W. Va., Man Arrested for Insurance Fraud
Jan 29 2008 // West Virginia officials arrested a Boone County man for insurance fraud late last month. West Virginia State Police arrested Mathew J. Harrison, 27, of Bim, W. Va., on Dec. 21, 2007, and charged him with five felony counts...
Virginia Still Trying to Abolish Abusive Driver Fees
Jan 29 2008 // The Virginia Senate rejected a bid last week to allow people already ordered to pay state abusive driver fees to go back to court and ask a judge to excuse the penalty. The floor amendment by Sen. Kenneth W. Stolle,...
Federal Study Backs Installation of Shelters in Nation’s Mines
Jan 28 2008 // Federal researchers have concluded that airtight refuge chambers could save trapped miners and merit installation in the nation’s 731 underground coal mines. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...
OSHA Investigating Fatal Accident in West Virginia
Jan 23 2008 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a man at a McDowell County, W. Va., metal processing plant. Authorities say 46-year-old Mohegan, W. Va., resident Robert Lee Pack died...
W. Va.: Braxton County Man Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Jan 23 2008 // West Virginia officials said a Braxton County man pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of fraudulent schemes. According to a West Virginia Department of Insurance announcement, Fred Lee Morgan, 61, of Frametown, used...
Va. Takes Step Toward Repeal of Costly Bad Driver Fees
Jan 18 2008 // The costly bad-driving fees on Virginians took a first step toward repeal in a chaotic proceeding this week, barely six months after they took effect. Lawmakers, however, stripped the bill of reimbursements for people who...
Va. Court to Rule on Malpractice Immunity for Charitable Care
Jan 15 2008 // The Virginia Supreme Court is expected to rule this spring on case that would spare tax-exempt physician foundations from malpractice suits because of their charitable care for the poor. Parties in the debate call it the...
OSHA Alleges Health, Safety Violations at W. Va. VA Hospital
Jan 10 2008 // Federal inspectors found three alleged health and safety violations at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center near Martinsburg, W. Va., including two deemed serious. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration issued a...
W. Va. Bill would Create Special Program for Low Vision Drivers
Jan 9 2008 // Tonya Conley is one of just 15 people in West Virginia with a driver’s license despite having vision below minimum legal standards. But if a bill recommended by an interim legislative committee passes this year, she...
West Virginia Lawmakers Urged to Ignore Asbestos Proposal
Jan 8 2008 // A leading expert on the way West Virginia’s courts handle asbestos claims urged legislators Sunday to avoid proposed changes to the system. “Not only is it a mistake, it would be unnecessary,” retired...
W. Va. Lawmakers Resume Move Toward Oversight of Workers’ Comp
Jan 8 2008 // West Virginia’s insurance commissioner still objects, but lawmakers continue to pursue some role overseeing the privatization of the workers’ compensation system. A joint Judiciary Committee panel voted Sunday...
Virginia Governor Seeks ID Theft Protection, Credit Freeze Measure
Jan 7 2008 // Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said last week that he will ask the General Assembly to pass legislation guarding against identity theft and credit fraud. Kaine made the announcement at the Virginia headquarters of the...
Court Reduces Damages Award for Virginia Identity Theft Victim
Jan 3 2008 // A federal appeals court has reduced the damages awarded to a Virginia woman in an identity-theft suit against Equifax Information Services. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit last Thursday reduced the mental...
Virginia Legislator Wants to End Texting While Driving
Jan 3 2008 // Text-messaging while driving could be outlawed if a northern Virginia lawmaker gets his wish. Delegate James Scott, a Falls Church Democrat, has proposed a bill that would make it illegal for people to send text messages _...
