Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
West Virginia Insurance Agents Cancel Convention, Citing Tough Economy
Sep 28 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of West Virginia has called off its 110th annual convention that was set to kick off on Sept. 30 for a few days at Pipestem State Resort. The association cited the struggling economy as the...
West Virginia Officials Concerned Over Fall Forest Fire Season
Sep 28 2009 // Officials with the West Virginia Division of Forestry are watching the weather with growing concern because a recent dry spell could mean a bad fall forest fire season. A recent dry spell has evaporated 4 to 5 inches of...
Norfolk & Dedham, Rockingam Group Form Mutual Insurance Alliance
Sep 28 2009 // 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 their companies. The Norfolk...
Virginia Saw Increase in On-the-Job Fatalities Last Year
Sep 22 2009 // On-the-job fatalities in Virginia increased by 5 percent in 2008, despite declines in several categories. Preliminary figures released Thursday by the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry show 154 workers were killed...
Virginia Agents Present Award to Lawmaker
Sep 21 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (IIAV) has given its Commonwealth Award to Republican lawmaker Frank D. Hargrove Sr. The award recognizes outstanding service for the insurance industry, independent insurance...
Kentucky Among States Considering Ban on Texting While Driving
Sep 15 2009 // Motorists would be forbidden to send text messages while behind the wheel under proposals awaiting legislative action in Kentucky early next year. Two lawmakers have filed bills that would add Kentucky to a growing list of...
West Virginia Governor Expects Insurance Home Rule Agreement
Aug 24 2009 // West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin believes the parties in a dispute over the state’s home rule experiment are close to resolving their differences. Manchin spokesman Matt Turner says meetings recently convened by the...
