Latest Virginia Headlines
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Derailed Train in West Virginia Had Safer Tank Cars
Feb 26 2015 // The fiery derailment of a train carrying crude oil in West Virginia earlier this month is one of three in the past year involving tank cars that already meet a higher safety standard than what federal law requires –...
Feds Say Speed Not a Factor in West Virginia Oil Train Crash
Feb 23 2015 // Speed doesn’t appear to have been a factor in an oil-train derailment in southern West Virginia, a federal transportation official said Thursday. The CSX train was going 33 mph at the time of the crash on Feb. 16 in...
Nationwide to Close Virginia Call Center; 340 Jobs to Leave Area
Feb 23 2015 // Nationwide Insurance says it will close its Lynchburg, Virginia, call center by the middle of 2016. The News & Advance reports that the move means 340 jobs will leave the area. Nationwide spokesman Eric Hardgrove says...
Gas Vapor Possible Factor in West Virginia Oil Train Fireball
Feb 20 2015 // Federal investigators will examine whether pressurized gas played a role in the massive blast that followed the derailment of a train carrying crude oil through West Virginia this week, the U.S. Transportation Department...
Calls for Safety Upgrades Follow West Virginia Oil Train Crash
Feb 18 2015 // A fiery oil train derailment in West Virginia this week exposes lax safety standards and strengthens the case for tougher U.S. rules governing such shipments, safety advocates said on Tuesday. A 109-car delivery of crude...
Update: Crude Oil Train Derails in West Virginia
Feb 16 2015 // A CSX Corp train hauling North Dakota crude derailed in West Virginia on Monday, setting a number of cars ablaze, destroying a house and forcing the evacuation of two towns in the second significant oil-train incident in...
Former West Virginia Chemical Company Execs. Request Delay of Trials
Feb 12 2015 // Four former executives of a West Virginia chemical company are asking a judge to delay their trials on charges stemming from the January 2014 chemical spill. Attorneys for former Freedom Industries President Gary Southern...
West Virginia House Clears Reform Bill for Deliberate Intent Lawsuit Protections
Feb 12 2015 // The GOP-led West Virginia House of Delegates voted 59-38 Tuesday to scale back deliberate intent lawsuit protections. When there’s a known unsafe working condition that hurts or kills someone, the lawsuits are...
Former Massey CEO Requests Dismissal of Charges from West Virginia Mine Explosion
Feb 10 2015 // A former coal company executive is seeking the dismissal of charges stemming from a 2010 mine explosion that killed 29 workers in West Virginia. Don Blankenship, former chief executive officer of Massey Energy, also has...
Ex-Owner of West Virginia Chemical Co. Responsible for Spill Requests Trial Delay
Feb 6 2015 // The former owner of a chemical company that fouled drinking water used by hundreds of thousands of West Virginia residents wants his trial delayed. Attorneys for Charles Herzing cite the heft of documents they must review...
Geico Goes End-to-End with Virginia Ridesharing Product
Feb 5 2015 // In a continuation of the encouraging trend of personal insurers embracing innovation as a way to deal with the increased popularity of “sharing economy” services, auto insurance giant Geico has announced it...
GEICO Launches Ridesharing Coverage in Virginia
Feb 4 2015 // GEICO has rolled out a new product to meet the insurance coverage needs of ridesharing drivers in Virginia. The product, available now to new and existing customers, covers drivers that Uber (UberX and UberXL), Lyft,...
West Virginia Regulators Propose Fees for High-Risk Storage Tanks
Feb 2 2015 // State environmental regulators in West Virginia say the highest-risk above ground storage tanks could face a $375 annual fee in a law to protect water supplies. Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Randy...
Water Being Restored in West Virginia Town Affected by Diesel Spill
Jan 29 2015 // Officials in southeastern West Virginia began turning the water back on Monday evening for about 12,000 Lewisburg area residents who lost service after a diesel fuel spill. The Bureau of Public Health notified the city it...
Diesel Fuel Spill in West Virginia Leaves 12,000 Residents, Businesses without Water
Jan 28 2015 // Schools, restaurants and businesses in the Lewisburg, West Virginia area were closed Monday and about 12,000 people were without water following a diesel fuel spill that prompted a shutdown of the city’s treatment...
New Charge Filed for Ex-President of Company Behind West Virginia Chemical Spill
Jan 26 2015 // A former Freedom Industries executive charged in a West Virginia chemical spill is facing a new federal fraud charge stemming from the company’s bankruptcy. A federal grand jury in Beckley handed up a superseding...
Report: Storage Tanks Pose Risks to West Virginia Water
Jan 21 2015 // Drinking water sources in West Virginia are at risk of contamination from more than 20,000 aboveground storage tanks that are located beyond an area where extra safeguards are required, according to a report released last...
Storm Slickens Virginia Roads, Troopers Respond to 344 Wrecks
Jan 16 2015 // Virginia State Police report more than 300 wrecks across the state due to roads slickened by a winter storm. State police spokeswoman Corinne Geller says no injuries were reported in a majority of the wrecks. Geller says...
West Virginia Judge Dismisses Parts Suit Against Body Shop, Liberty Mutual
Jan 16 2015 // A Kanawha County, W. Va., judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accused a St. Albans body shop owner of illegally installing junkyard parts on new vehicles. Former Attorney General Darrell McGraw filed the lawsuit in 2011...
West Virginia’s City National Bank Sells Insurance Operations
Jan 15 2015 // City National Bank, headquartered in Charleston, W. Va., has sold its insurance operations, CityInsurance, to Richmond, Va.-based The Hilb Group. City National’s parent, City Holding Co., said the sale was effective...
