Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Motorists Mutual, BrickStreet Mutual Finalize Joint Venture
Apr 24 2017 // Ohio-based property/casualty insurer Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. and West Virginia-based workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. Inc., have been granted regulatory approvals to affiliate...
Feds Grant $5.9M to West Virginia for Drug Addiction Fight
Apr 24 2017 // West Virginia will receive $5.9 million from the federal government to help fight drug addiction. U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins and Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced the grant Thursday from the U.S. Department...
BP Oil Spill Caused $17.2 Billion in Natural Resource Damage: Virginia Tech Scientists
Apr 20 2017 // The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico, a team of scientists recently found after a six-year study of the impact of the largest oil spill in U.S....
Rolling Stone Settles, but Fight Over University of Virginia Rape Story Isn’t Over
Apr 17 2017 // Rolling Stone magazine settled a University of Virginia administrator’s lawsuit over its discredited story about a rape on campus, but its legal fights over the botched article aren’t over. Attorneys for...
West Virginia Overdose Deaths Up 15% in 2016
Apr 17 2017 // The number of reported overdose deaths that occurred last year in West Virginia has continued to rise. Citing data released March 22, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that at least 844 people died in the state of drug...
West Virginia to Spend Opioid Lawsuit Funds on Addiction Treatment Facilities
Apr 13 2017 // With more than 30,000 West Virginians already in drug treatment, lawmakers struggling with the state’s addiction crisis have voted to spend $24 million from recent court settlements with opioid distributors to...
Six Months Later, Hurricane Flood Victims Still Recovering in Virginia
Apr 11 2017 // In the months since Hurricane Matthew, Dawn Sawyer has watched her 9-year-old, Sam, bite his nails down to “nubs.” She’s never seen him do that before. As Sam remembers it, he slept right through the...
Weather Service Warns of High Fire Risk in West Virginia
Apr 11 2017 // The National Weather Service says warm, dry conditions and gusty winds have increased the chances for wildfires in West Virginia. The weather service says in a news release Sunday that outdoor burning is considered...
Trial Concludes for Virginia Man Accused of Killing Son for Insurance
Apr 10 2017 // Joaquin Rams is either a father unjustly accused in the tragic, unexplained death of his 1-year-old son, or he is the most cold-blooded of murderers who snuffed the life from his boy to collect half a million dollars in...
U.S. Judge Tosses Lawsuit Over 1968 Mine Blast in West Virginia
Apr 6 2017 // A federal judge in West Virginia has tossed out a lawsuit filed by relatives of 78 miners killed in a 1968 mine explosion in the state. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley in Clarksburg...
West Virginia One Step Closer to Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Apr 6 2017 // West Virginia’s House voted Tuesday to legalize doctor-prescribed marijuana to treat certain medical conditions following Senate passage of a similar measure last week. The bills approved 76-24 by the House and 28-6...
Virginia Bureau Names Blauvelt Deputy Commissioner of Life and Health Division
Apr 4 2017 // The State Corporation Commission’s Bureau of Insurance (Bureau) in Virginia has named Julie S. Blauvelt deputy commissioner of its Life and Health Division. In this capacity, she oversees a staff that reviews...
West Virginia House Passes Bill to Aid Opioid Addiction Treatment Facilities
Mar 31 2017 // The number of beds available at state-run substance abuse treatment facilities would increase in drug-ravaged West Virginia under a bill passed Wednesday by the House. The bill passed on a 99-0 vote. It now moves to the...
Virginia Governor Signs Bill Giving $1.55M to Exonerated Man
Mar 22 2017 // Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has signed a bill to provide $1.55 million to a man who spent more than three decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Keith Allen Harward was released from prison in April 2016...
Police Investigate Alabama Mosque Burglaries
Mar 21 2017 // Authorities are trying to determine whether a series of break-ins at mosques in Alabama might be linked to a similar case in Virginia based partly on similarities shown in surveillance photos, officials said Friday. Images...
Insurance Agency Manager McVey Named West Virginia Insurance Commissioner
Mar 20 2017 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, who was elected this past November, has appointed BB&T Insurance Agency Manager Allan L. McVey to serve as West Virginia’s Insurance Commissioner, effective April 1. McVey has been...
West Virginia Overdose Deaths Up 13% in 2016
Mar 17 2017 // Fatal drug overdoses in West Virginia continued to rise last year and its overdose death rate still far outpaces any other state in the country. A Feb. 13 analysis by the West Virginia Health Statistics Center shows at...
Dummies Taking Hits for Drone Safety
Mar 16 2017 // Hank sat impassively on a Virginia Tech athletic field, ready to take it on the chin for the future of drone commerce. About 30 yards away, an eight-rotor unmanned copter hovered, buzzing like a swarm of bees. The 21-pound...
Parts of West Virginia Under Winter Storm Warning
Mar 14 2017 // Warnings have been posted in much of West Virginia for up to a foot of snow from a late-season storm. The National Weather Service said snow was expected to start Monday night and last in some places through early...
Six Arrested in $900K Insurance Fraud Scheme Involving 30 Virginia Fires
Mar 13 2017 // Virginia prosecutors say six people have been arrested for their alleged roles in an insurance fraud scheme that involved setting 30 fires. Federal prosecutors say the defendants over the course of 16 years set fire to...
