Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Explosion of Oil Tanks in West Virginia Sends 4 to Hospital
May 29 2018 // Four people have been hospitalized after oil tanks exploded in West Virginia. News outlets report a company was removing three oil tanks in West Union on Friday when the tanks exploded. West Virginia Department of...
Virginia Governor Northam Vetoes GOP Healthcare Bills
May 25 2018 // Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has vetoed a handful of GOP-backed bills related to health care. Northam vetoed a bill that would have allowed all groups like the Virginia Chamber of Commerce to pool their members together in...
Flash Floods Prompt State of Emergency in 2 West Virginia Counties
May 22 2018 // Two counties in West Virginia have declared a state of emergency over flash-flood risks in the area. The Journal of Martinsburg reports the declaration in Jefferson and Berkeley counties comes after four days of torrential...
W. Virginia Supreme Court: Gov.’s Coal Companies Didn’t Contaminate Water
May 16 2018 // The West Virginia Supreme Court says two of Gov. Jim Justice’s coal companies weren’t responsible for contaminating the wells of more than a dozen families. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the court last...
State Labor Agency Rebuked Illinois VA Over Legionnaires Outbreak
May 14 2018 // Illinois workplace safety officials reprimanded state veterans’ officials for how the agency told staffers about a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a Quincy veterans’ home, according to...
Crashes Along West Virginia Interstate Work Zone Prompt New Safety Measures
May 11 2018 // West Virginia’s Division of Highways says it will take additional steps to increase safety in the Interstate 64 work zone between Milton and Hurricane. Media reports say the steps were spurred by a rash of at least...
Insurers Seeking Major Premium Hikes for Obamacare Plans in 2019
May 8 2018 // The first glimpse of what health insurance companies plan to charge for Obamacare plans next year suggests there’s no relief ahead for consumers saddled with high premiums. Several insurers in Maryland and Virginia...
West Virginia Roofing Company Fined $57K for Workplace Safety Violations
May 7 2018 // A roofing company in West Virginia has been assessed $57,600 in proposed fines for workplace safety violations. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Master Roofers and...
Family of Teen Who Drowned in West Virginia Community Pool Awarded $1.75M
May 2 2018 // A judge in West Virginia has approved a $1.75 million settlement of a lawsuit filed in a teenager’s drowning at a municipal swimming pool. Media outlets report Harrison County Circuit Judge Chris McCarthy approved...
Virginia High Court Rules Lawsuit Can Move Ahead in License Plate Reader Case
Apr 30 2018 // In a victory for privacy advocates, the Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled a lawsuit challenging a police department’s practice of keeping data from automated license plate readers for a year can move forward. Last...
Former Student Expelled After Gun Arrest Sues Virginia Tech
Apr 30 2018 // A former student expelled from Virginia Tech after being arrested on a gun charge is suing the school and police officials in federal court. Yunsong Zhao filed a complaint Thursday saying police violated his rights in...
FEMA Hosts Flood Insurance Roundtable in West Virginia
Apr 25 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region III and the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (WVDHSEM) hosted the first-ever West Virginia Flood Insurance Partners Roundtable in...
West Virginia Settles With Pharmacy Accused of Providing 10M Painkillers
Apr 23 2018 // A pharmacy accused of dispensing millions of prescription pain pills in West Virginia has agreed to a $550,000 settlement with the state. In a news release, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says the settlement of a...
West Virginia Regulators Monitoring Collapsed Section of Dam
Apr 20 2018 // West Virginia regulators are monitoring a damaged dam in the northern part of the state that could potentially fail. The state Department of Environmental Protection says in a news release a worker with the town of...
Trump Administration Proposes Curbs on Opioid Manufacturers
Apr 19 2018 // The U.S. government on Tuesday proposed tightening rules governing the amount of prescription opioid painkillers that drugmakers can manufacture in a given year, in hopes of reining in the deadly opioid epidemic. The Drug...
Spring Storm Brings Tornadoes, Floods to Southeast
Apr 18 2018 // A mid-April storm that pushed across the U.S. created a tornado in North Carolina that killed a person, caused widespread power outages in North and South Carolina and caused flooding emergencies in West Virginia and...
Plane Crashes in Virginia, Fatalities Unknown
Apr 17 2018 // Emergency service units were responding to reports of an aircraft crash in Virginia. The Daily Progress reports that just before 9 p.m. on Sunday multiple rescue crews from Charlottesville and Albemarle County responded to...
Virginia Business Owner Must Pay Back $4M for Fraud Scheme
Apr 16 2018 // A Virginia business owner who spent business loans on personal expenses, including his rock band, will pay more than $4 million in restitution, in addition to serving a 10-year federal prison sentence. The Virginian-Pilot...
West Virginia Sues Equifax Over Data Breach
Apr 13 2018 // West Virginia sued Equifax Inc on Thursday for failing to safeguard consumer information of hundreds of thousands of state residents and for delaying alerting the public to a breach that exposed the personal data of about...
Markel Corporation Names Kenny Managing Director in Virginia Headquarters
Apr 11 2018 // Markel Corporation has named Brian Kenny managing director of strategic customer growth. Kenny is based in Markel’s headquarters in Richmond, Va., and reports to Markel Assurance President Bryan Sanders. In his new...
