Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Safety Urged During Holiday Season in Virginia
Nov 21 2014 // Several groups, businesses and state leaders in Virginia are kicking off efforts to prevent drunken driving this holiday season. Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Nationwide Insurance and AAA Mid-Atlantic were joined by...
Blankenship Pleads Not Guilty to Charges Linked to Massey Mine Explosion
Nov 21 2014 // Former Massey Energy chief Donald Blankenship pleaded not guilty to charges linked to the West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 workers in the worst U.S. coal industry disaster in almost 40 years. The former...
Draft Report: Taxis to Be Outnumbered by Rideshare Drivers in Virginia
Nov 20 2014 // A draft state report predicts taxis will be outnumbered by ride-sharing drivers after Virginia begins regulating the industry. The report estimates that 5,900 personal vehicles would be registered under a ride-sharing...
Safety Board Upholds FAA Regulation of Drones
Nov 18 2014 // The U.S. government’s ability to regulate drones was upheld today by a federal safety board, which overturned a judge’s decision that aviation regulations don’t apply to small unmanned aircraft. The...
Massey Ex-CEO Blankenship Faces Criminal Charges Over 2010 Mine Explosion
Nov 18 2014 // The former Massey Energy chief, scorned by regulators and a U.S. senator, may face three decades in prison if convicted of charges stemming from a West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 workers, the worst U.S. coal...
West Virginia University Suspends Fraternities
Nov 17 2014 // West Virginia University last week suspended activities at its fraternities and sororities after a freshman suffered a “catastrophic medical emergency” at a frat house. Nolan Burch, 18, from Buffalo, New York,...
West Virginia Court Reinstates Damages Against City for Flooding
Nov 17 2014 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has ordered the restoration of monetary damages to Huntington homeowners hit by flooding in 2011. The high court ruled in an appeal brought by five plaintiffs along Krouts Creek, The...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires The Titan Group in Virginia
Nov 14 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of The Titan Group, LLC located in Richmond, Virginia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001, Titan provides human resource consulting...
Virginia SCC: November Is Peak Month for Vehicle-Deer Collisions
Nov 12 2014 // November is the peak month for collisions between vehicles and deer. With this in mind, Virginia’s State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) Bureau of Insurance reminds Virginia motorists to be careful, especially...
Hilb Group Acquires North Carolina’s Lake Norman Benefits
Nov 4 2014 // The Hilb Group, LLC said it has acquired Lake Norman Benefits of Charlotte, North Carolina. Terms were not disclosed on the transaction that closed on Nov. 1. LNB will continue to operate at its current location under...
West Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Immunity for Jail Authority
Nov 2 2014 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has again ruled that the state Regional Jail Authority cannot be held liable in a lawsuit that alleged a male correctional officer repeatedly raped a female inmate. The Charleston Gazette...
Virgin Galactic Spaceship Crashes; Co-Pilot Reported Dead
Oct 31 2014 // A spacecraft for Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Ltd. tourism operator crashed during a test flight in California’s Mojave Desert, killing the co-pilot and injuring the pilot. The pilot ejected and suffered...
550 West Virginia Coal Miners Flunk Drug Tests
Oct 22 2014 // In the last two years, more than 550 West Virginia coal miners have temporarily lost their mining certifications because they failed a drug test. State Office of Miner’s Health, Safety and Training Eugene White...
MEMIC Hires Comer as Senior Production Underwriter in Virginia
Oct 22 2014 // Roger Comer Workers’ compensation insurer The MEMIC Group has hired Roger Comer as senior production underwriter to serve its agents in Northern Virginia and Maryland. Comer is based in The MEMIC Group’s Tysons...
Thousands to Get Damages in Chinese Drywall Suit, Louisiana Judge Says
Oct 8 2014 // A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that nearly 4,000 homeowners who say Chinese drywall ruined their homes are eligible to share any further damages he may award in lawsuits against Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd., a...
West Virginia Judges Give Preliminary OK to University Settlement
Oct 8 2014 // A January hearing is set on a proposed settlement of hundreds of lawsuits against Mountain State University. Media outlets reported that a three-judge mass litigation panel gave preliminary approval to the settlement...
West Virginia Begins Registering Storage Tanks
Oct 3 2014 // State environmental officials had tallied more than 46,400 aboveground storage tanks as Wednesday’s deadline to register them approached. Despite the deadline, the Department of Environmental Protection expects to...
West Virginia’s Small City Balks at Restriction on Radar Use
Oct 1 2014 // Benwood, West Virginia Police Chief Frank Longwell is calling for changes to a state law regarding radar after his city lost state funding for speed enforcement. The law doesn’t allow police in Class IV...
West Virginia Names Fire Marshal
Oct 1 2014 // Anthony Carrico has been appointed as West Virginia’s state fire marshal. The West Virginia Fire Commission selected Carrico to succeed Sterling Lewis Jr. Carrico has been serving as acting state fire marshal since...
Wells Fargo Insurance Hires Aon Exec Samuel for Metro D.C., Va. Region
Sep 22 2014 // Kyle Samuel Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Company, has named Kyle Samuel managing director for its Metro Washington, D.C., and Virginia offices. Samuel will lead business development, client service and...
