Latest Virginia Headlines
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NHC: Hurricane Florence 9th Most Destructive Storm, Caused $24B in Damage
May 7 2019 // Hurricane Florence killed 22 people across three Southeastern states, was the ninth most destructive storm in terms of property damage in U.S. history and spawned 44 tornadoes, a report from the National Hurricane Center...
More States Could Settle Opioid Suits in Wake of West Virginia’s McKesson Deal
May 6 2019 // McKesson Corp.’s settlement of an opioid lawsuit with West Virginia — the state with the highest U.S. rate of drug-overdose deaths — may encourage other states to seek quick cash to cope with the rising...
McKesson to Pay $37M to Resolve West Virginia Opioid Suit
May 6 2019 // Drug distributor McKesson Corp has agreed to pay $37 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of West Virginia alleging it helped fuel a U.S. opioid epidemic by failing to stop suspicious orders of painkillers by...
Virginia Glass Products Employee Crushed to Death by Plate Glass
May 3 2019 // A Virginia man was crushed to death when plate glass he was loading onto a truck fell on top of him. Henry County Sheriff’s Capt. Wayne Davis said Damarcus Laquan Calloway died April 22. Calloway was an employee of...
West Virginia Hospitals Seek Damages from Opioid Companies in New Lawsuit
May 3 2019 // Hospitals in West Virginia have banded together to sue some of the country’s largest opioid companies, saying they flooded Appalachia with powerful painkillers and forced medical centers to deal with the financial...
Federal Flood Repair Projects in West Virginia Behind Schedule
May 1 2019 // Hundreds of federally funded flood disaster assistance projects in West Virginia are behind schedule. The Intelligencer reports it’s been more than a year since the flood damage was declared a disaster, yet about 43...
Alphabet’s Wing Is First Commercial Drone Unit Certified as Airline
Apr 24 2019 // An offshoot of Alphabet Inc.’s Google has become the first drone operator to receive government approval as an airline, an important step that gives it the legal authority to begin dropping products to actual...
Business Moves
Apr 15 2019 // National NSM, Embrace Pet Insurance Program specialist NSM Insurance Group has acquired Embrace Pet Insurance, a Cleveland-based national provider of pet health insurance for dogs and cats. Embrace offers an accident and...
Virginia Prosecutors Charge Anti-Opioid Addiction Drug Maker with Fraud
Apr 12 2019 // Federal prosecutors say the company that makes a drug meant to curb opioid addiction has been lying for years about the relative safety of its product. Prosecutors in Virginia filed fraud charges Tuesday against...
Southeast States Push Industry Over Cleanup of Toxic Coal Ash Ponds
Apr 11 2019 // It’s the other dirty problem for U.S. coal — one that could cost utilities billions to clean up. Even as the Trump administration tries to revive the industry, some states are pushing utilities including Duke...
Virginia Woman Accused of Embezzling $93K from Company for Wedding
Apr 1 2019 // A Virginia woman is accused of embezzling more than $93,000, which she allegedly funneled toward her wedding, among other expenses. News outlets report 32-year-old Vanessa Cline worked as a bookkeeper for No Limits...
NOAA Retires Hurricane Names Florence, Michael
Apr 1 2019 // The names of two hurricanes that caused widespread devastation from Florida to Virginia last year have been retired. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says Florence and Michael will be replaced with...
West Virginia to Receive $14.6M in Federal Funds to Fight Opioid Addiction
Mar 25 2019 // West Virginia will receive $14.6 million in federal funds to fight opioid addiction. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced the funding in a news release Thursday from the U.S. Department of Health and...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Virginia’s McLean Insurance Agency
Mar 25 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Potomac Falls, Va.-based McLean Insurance Agency Inc. Established in 1971, McLean Insurance Agency offers retail property and casualty, life and employee benefit brokerage and...
NTSB Says Impaired Truck Driver Likely Cause of GOP Train Crash in Virginia
Mar 25 2019 // A trash truck driver who had marijuana in his system likely caused a fatal collision last year with an Amtrak train that was carrying Republican lawmakers, federal investigators concluded. The National Transportation...
W. Virginia Electric Company Worker Killed in Accident at Customer Home
Mar 22 2019 // Police in West Virginia say an electric company employee has died in an accident at a customer’s home. News outlets report the accident happened Wednesday morning in the Harts community of Lincoln County. State...
Harmful Dry Cleaning Chemical Detected in W. Virginia Town’s Drinking Water
Mar 19 2019 // Officials say the drinking water in a West Virginia community along the Ohio River contains a harmful chemical widely used by dry cleaners. State Bureau for Public Health spokeswoman Allison Adler said in an email...
Blankenship Files $12B Suit Against Media Over Failed W. Virginia Senate Bid
Mar 18 2019 // Former coal baron Don Blankenship is suing several news outlets and media personalities, claiming he was defamed during his failed bid for a U.S. senate seat in West Virginia. Blankenship’s suit was filed Thursday in...
West Virginia Pipeline Firm Ordered to Pay $3.7M in Overtime Violations
Mar 18 2019 // A natural gas pipeline construction management company has been ordered to pay $3.7 million in back wages and damages to safety inspectors for failing to pay overtime wages. The U.S. Labor Department says in a news release...
Consumer Advocacy in an Age of Consumer, Insurer Options
Mar 18 2019 // Today’s Insurance Consumer Advocates Are Tackling Some New and Old Issues Years ago, insurance consumer advocates in the states were most often focused on getting consumers access to insurance at fair prices. They...
