Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Virginia Police to Enforce Seat-Belt Use as Part of ‘Click It or Ticket’ Campaign
May 19 2014 // Police officers across Virginia are planning an effort to enforce traffic laws, particularly seat-belt and child-restraint use. The enforcement efforts this month are part of the national Click It or Ticket enforcement...
West Virginia Mine Where Two Died Had Pattern of Safety Violations
May 14 2014 // The West Virginia coal mine where a collapse this week killed two workers had “chronic compliance issues” and received numerous citations from inspectors last year, federal authorities said on Tuesday. The...
Virginia to Raise Penalties for Employers Without Workers’ Comp Coverage
May 13 2014 // Employers in Virginia who fail to provide workers’ compensation insurance for their employees will be assessed, beginning July, a civil penalty of up to $250 per day for each day of noncompliance, subject to a...
Survey Reveals Public Attitudes on West Virginia Chemical Spill
May 13 2014 // About one-third of those who responded to a survey conducted three months after a chemical spilled into the Elk River indicated a member of their household had a spill-related illness, Kanawha County’s health officer...
In Charleston, Business Interruption Losses from Chemical Spill Take Toll
May 12 2014 // Restaurants and storefronts are buzzing again in West Virginia’s capital city of Charleston, but many still haven’t filled a financial hole after chemicals sullied their running water and forced them to close...
Mother Files Wrongful Death Suit Against West Virginia ‘Tough Mudder’
May 7 2014 // A Maryland woman whose son drowned last year along an obstacle course in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the organizers of Tough Mudder’s Mid-Atlantic event. The...
West Virginia Judge Allows City’s Chemical Spill Investigation to Continue
May 5 2014 // A Putnam County judge has ordered a Hurricane landfill where wastewater from a Charleston chemical spill was dumped to produce documents sought by the city of Hurricane in its investigation. Circuit Judge Phillip Stowers...
People – Southeast
May 5 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers (Big “I”) recently awarded agent Cloyce Anders of North Carolina with the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the association bestows on one of its...
People – East
May 5 2014 // Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. has appointed Eddie Dunn as director, Military and Veteran Affairs. In this role, Dunn will support the U.S. Veterans Talent Initiative that Marsh & McLennan announced last...
CSX Oil Tank Cars Derail, Catch Fire in Lynchburg, Virginia
May 1 2014 // A CSX Corp. crude train derailed in Lynchburg, Virginia, Wednesday, sparking a fire in at least three tank cars, spilling oil into a river and forcing a partial evacuation of the city’s downtown. No injuries were...
MEMIC Adds to Underwriting Teams in Virginia, Maryland and Florida
Apr 24 2014 // The MEMIC Group has appointed three underwriters for its territories in Virginia, Maryland and Florida. Timothy Cook, Michael Diamond and Scott Meinke joined the group’s underwriting team as senior production...
Lawsuits Over West Virginia Chemical Spill Moved to District Court
Apr 22 2014 // Lawsuits against Freedom Industries Inc., whose leaky chemical tank polluted drinking water in West Virginia, were transferred from bankruptcy court to federal district court in Charleston last week to “assure...
West Virginia Seeks Input on Chemical Tank Safety Rules
Apr 22 2014 // West Virginia regulators are asking stakeholders for input as they begin developing rules to implement a new chemical storage tank safety law. The Water Resources Protection Act regulates above-ground storage tanks like...
West Virginia Mine Board Approves Detection System Rule
Apr 15 2014 // A new state mine safety rule will require coal operators to install detection systems that automatically shut down continuous mining machines when people get too close. The rule gives companies until July 1, 2017, to...
West Virginia Jury Awards $1 Million to Fired Whistlblower Nurse
Apr 13 2014 // A former West Virginia hospital nurse has been awarded more than $1 million in a lawsuit that claimed she was fired for expressing concerns of possible violations. A Kanawha County Circuit Court jury made the award after a...
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of $93M Monsanto Settlement in West Virginia
Apr 10 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear an appeal of Monsanto Co.’s massive settlement with thousands of West Virginia residents. In an order Monday, justices said they would not review the $93 million settlement...
Top 10 States and Cities for Job Growth
Apr 7 2014 // North Dakota, California, Texas and Florida did well in job growth in 2013 while Arkansas and Pennsylvania lagged and West Virginia was the only state to lose jobs. Overall, 12 states showed job growth of at least two...
Freedom Industries Chief Drops Pay, Insurance Requests in West Virginia Spill
Apr 7 2014 // The president of Freedom Industries “bears no fault” for a West Virginia chemical spill that spurred a water-use ban for up to 10 days for 300,000 people, his lawyer said in a court filing. On Friday, Freedom...
West Virginia Storage Tank Safety Bill Signed Into Law
Apr 4 2014 // West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed legislation imposing new safeguards on above-ground storage tanks and water systems in response to a Jan. 9 chemical spill in Charleston. The Water Resources Protection Act...
West Virginia Governor Signs Gun Rights Bill
Mar 28 2014 // West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed a bill that lets people with concealed-carry permits bring guns to city-owned recreational facilities, including swimming pools and after-school centers. The law requires...
