Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
West Virginia Receives $3.1 Million for Disaster Relief
Oct 30 2008 // West Virginia is getting $3.1 million in federal funds to support its long-term disaster recovery and critical infrastructure needs. U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston announced the grants as part...
‘Good Students’ in Virginia Get 15% Auto Insurance Break from GEICO
Oct 29 2008 // In Virginia, drivers who are full time students between the ages of 16 and 24 could be eligible for a 10-15 percent discount from GEICO. The insurer said its discount applies if the teens meet any of these requirements: B...
West Virginia-based BrickStreet Policyholders Elect New Directors
Oct 28 2008 // Charleston, W.Va.-based BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. policyholders elected a new board of directors, to begin oversight of the workers’ compensation carrier in January. The new board includes four current board...
West Virginia-based BrickStreet Launches Out-of-State Coverage
Oct 28 2008 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co., headquartered in West Virginia, will expand its services in 2009 by offering to provide its West Virginia policyholders with workers’ compensation coverage in other...
Feds Fine West Virginia Coal Operation $763K over Dust Hazard
Oct 24 2008 // Federal officials fined an Alpha Natural Resources subsidiary more than $763,000 for repeated safety violations at a West Virginia coal operation, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration said. Alpha’s...
Cinders to Help Keep West Virginia Roads Safe
Oct 24 2008 // The increased cost and shortage of salt may mean some slicker roads in parts of West Virginia this winter. But officials in Lewisburg are hoping to keep their streets safe by using more cinders and less salt. Public Works...
Virginia Workplace Fatalities Drop 15 Percent
Oct 22 2008 // Workplace fatalities in Virginia dropped 15 percent in 2007 to their lowest level since 1995. The Virginia Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries reported that 141 on-the-job fatalities were reported last year compared to...
Southern Drought Creeping Northward to West Virginia
Oct 20 2008 // Extreme drought conditions, the second-worst possible, have now spread into Kentucky, and severe conditions have returned to West Virginia and southwest Virginia, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. “The last...
Fire Damages Virginia’s Chantilly Country Club
Oct 17 2008 // Investigators are trying to determine what caused a three-alarm fire at the Chantilly National Golf and Country Club in Virginia. The blaze caused extensive damage to a building housing offices, a golf shop and a...
West Virginia Residents Asked to Shelter after Ammonia Leak
Oct 14 2008 // Officials asked residents of the Carbon area of Kanawha County, W.Va. to shelter in place because of a leak of anhydrous ammonia. Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Kathy Cosco says the chemical is leaking...
7 Miners Injured in West Virginia when Vehicle Derails, Crashes
Oct 14 2008 // Seven miners were injured when their underground transport vehicle jumped its tracks and crashed at the Round Bottom Mine in Sylvester, W.Va. Authorities said the mantrip accident happened at 11:45 p.m. on Oct. 10 near the...
Virgina’s ‘Fire Season’ Begins Tomorrow
Oct 14 2008 // In a year that already has seen fire leave its mark on 25,000 private acres, Virginia’s Department of Forestry reminds residents the fall fire season starts on Wednesday. Foresters stress caution when it comes to...
West Virginia-based BrickStreet Launches Out-of-State Coverage
Oct 13 2008 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co., headquartered in West Virginia, will expand its services in 2009 by offering to provide its West Virginia policyholders with workers’ compensation coverage in other...
Virginia Swamp Fire Finally Out after 121 days, $11 Million
Oct 13 2008 // A fire in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is finally out after burning for 121 days and costing more than $11 million to extinguish. Refuge manager Chris Lowie said no smoke or fire was seen by refuge...
Insurer: Odds of Deer-vehicle Crashes Highest in West Virginia
Oct 10 2008 // For the second straight year, data gathered by State Farm Insurance shows that vehicles are most likely to collide with deer in West Virginia — a one in 45 chance. That’s up from a year ago when the odds were...
1 Person Killed in West Virginia Mine
Oct 10 2008 // A contract worker has been killed at a Massey Energy mine in West Virginia. State Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training spokeswoman Jama Jarrett says apprentice miner Steven Cain was pinned between the wall...
Motorcycle Safety Event Planned at West Virginia Bridge Day
Oct 8 2008 // At this year’s Bridge Day In West Virginia, 200 motorcycle enthusiasts will join parachutists and rappelers. But a motorcycle ride scheduled across the bridge during the Oct. 18 festival isn’t just a pleasure...
West Virginia Insurance Commission Employee Info on Stolen Laptop
Oct 8 2008 // A laptop containing personal information about more than 500 state employees in West Virginia is now in the hands of a thief. Department of Administration spokeswoman Diane Holley says the laptop was taken from an...
Former Navy Technician Sues Virginia Gym over Workout
Oct 8 2008 // A former Navy information systems technician is suing a Manassas, Virginia gym over an exercise program that he says left him permanently disabled. Makimba Mimms, of Bristow, says the CrossFit workout he did in 2005 caused...
West Virginia Resort Loses Another Insurance Conference Over Labor Rift
Oct 6 2008 // An insurance group has canceled another conference scheduled at The Greenbrier resort in West Virginia because of an ongoing contract dispute between the resort and its employees. The Council of Insurance Agents and...
