Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ex-Freedom President Gets 1 Month in Prison for West Virginia Chemical Spill
Feb 18 2016 // An executive who appeared unsympathetic when he spoke to the public after a chemical spill sullied tap water for 300,000 people in West Virginia was sentenced to one month in federal prison Wednesday. Ex-Freedom Industries...
Ridesharing Bill Makes It Through West Virginia House
Feb 17 2016 // West Virginia is a step closer to letting Uber and similar companies offer rides in the state. The bill passed the House of Delegates by a 94-4 margin Monday. It next moves to the Senate. The proposal would apply to Uber,...
Ex-Freedom Industries Exec Sentenced to 1 Month for West Virginia Chemical Spill
Feb 17 2016 // A former Freedom Industries executive was sentenced Feb. 11 to one month in federal prison for a chemical spill that fouled the drinking water supply of 300,000 West Virginians. Dennis Farrell also was fined $20,000 in...
A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Negative for West Virginia Mutual Insurance Co.
Feb 16 2016 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company (WVMIC)...
West Virginia House Approves Bill Waiving Permits for Concealed Guns
Feb 10 2016 // After the bill was vetoed last year, a proposal to allow carrying a concealed gun without a permit in West Virginia passed its first major test this week. The Republican-led House of Delegates voted 68-31 on the concealed...
Drug Price Transparency Bill Stalls in Virginia General Assembly
Feb 9 2016 // Legislation to make drug makers reveal how much they spend marketing high-priced drugs has stalled in the Virginia General Assembly, at least for this year. Virginia state senators said the bill wasn’t ready for...
The Hilb Group Acquires Dowling & O’Neil in Massachusetts
Feb 9 2016 // The Hilb Group, a middle market insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Dowling & O’Neil, an independent agency in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Terms of the transaction...
Virginia’s Genworth Financial to Cut 330 Positions
Feb 9 2016 // Henrico County, Virginia-based insurance company Genworth Financial Inc. has announced it would eliminate 330 positions in a cost-cutting move. Media outlets report that the latest job cuts were disclosed on Friday, Feb....
Ames & Gough Promotes Barefoot to Vice President in Virginia
Feb 8 2016 // Allison W. Barefoot Ames & Gough, a specialty insurance broker based in McLean, Virginia, has promoted Allison W. Barefoot to vice president from assistant vice president. She is based in the firm’s McLean...
Company Responsible for West Virginia Chemical Receives ‘Symbolic’ Fine
Feb 8 2016 // A bankrupt chemical company responsible for a spill that contaminated a West Virginia river and fouled the drinking water supply of 300,000 residents was fined $900,000 on pollution charges Feb. 4, with a judge noting that...
Bill Legalizing Ridesharing Moving through West Virginia House
Feb 5 2016 // What a difference a year makes in the world of ridesharing. Just 18 months ago, only one state (Colorado) had passed comprehensive legislation legalizing and regulating the emerging market of transportation network...
Freedom Industries Official Sentenced for West Virginia Chemical Spill
Feb 3 2016 // A former environmental consultant at a chemical distributor was sentenced to three years’ probation and fined $10,000 Monday for a 2014 chemical spill that fouled the drinking water supply of 300,000 West...
NOAA: Recent Northeast Winter Storm 4th Most Powerful Since 1950
Jan 31 2016 // The Jan. 22-24 blizzard was the fourth most powerful snowstorm to hit the Northeast in at least 66 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced. The agency gave the storm a rating of 7.66 on the...
Patriot National Acquires Mid Atlantic Insurance Services in Virginia
Jan 29 2016 // Patriot National Inc., a workers’ compensation outsourcing services firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, announced that it has acquired Mid Atlantic Insurance Services, a wholesale commercial insurance broker and...
State of Emergency Lifted for Most Parts of West Virginia
Jan 29 2016 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has lifted a state of emergency in 51 of West Virginia’s 55 counties following cleanup of the recent winter storm. Tomblin says the declaration issued last week will continue until Friday...
Survey: Natural Gas Production in West Virginia Surpassing Expectations
Jan 28 2016 // A single Ohio County, West Virginia Marcellus Shale well yielded enough natural gas in 2014 to provide electricity for 24,315 homes, according to new numbers released by the West Virginia Geological & Economic...
Snowed-Under East Coast Cities Getting Closer to Normal Routines
Jan 27 2016 // After more than three days with life at a virtual standstill in the nation’s capital and elsewhere up and down the East Coast, the cities hit hard by a massive snowstorm were getting closer to their normal...
West Virginia Town Begins Recovery From 42-inch Snowfall
Jan 27 2016 // It wasn’t quite like winning Powerball, yet the small West Virginia town of Glengary is getting a lot of attention for receiving the most snow from the recent storm: 42 inches. “Yeah, it’s cool....
West Virginia Governor to Introduce Ridesharing Bill
Jan 26 2016 // Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is on board with letting Uber offer rides in West Virginia. Tomblin spokeswoman Shayna Varner says the governor plans to introduce a bill letting ridesharing companies, including Uber and Lyft,...
Southeast States Recovering from Record-Breaking Snowstorm
Jan 26 2016 // A massive winter storm that hit the Southeast and East Coast over the weekend set a snowfall record in West Virginia, caused tornadoes in Mississippi and stranded motorists on a cold highway in Kentucky overnight....
