Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Virginia to Hold First Tax Holiday for Hurricane Preparedness
May 12 2008 // Virginians looking to prepare for hurricane season can thank the state for an upcoming tax holiday on items to keep their families ready in case of a storm. Virginia is holding its first hurricane preparedness tax holiday...
Coal Mining Company Cited for Violations in West Virginia Mine Death
May 9 2008 // Federal investigators cited coal operator Massey Energy Co. for safety violations that contributed to the death of a West Virginia miner last year, according to a federal report released May 7. The U.S. Mine Safety and...
Judge in West Virginia Approves Settlements of 3 King Lawsuits
May 8 2008 // A circuit judge has approved settlements totaling $2.4 million of three malpractice lawsuits that accused a former West Virginia doctor of harming patients. Lawyers for Putnam General Hospital and the hospital’s...
Buchanan to Manage New Ohio Casualty Office in Virginia
May 7 2008 // Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, has opened a new branch office in suburban Richmond to provide commercial lines and inland marine underwriting services for agents in central and southern...
West Virginia Officials: Source of Fires May Never be Known
May 5 2008 // West Virginia Officials may never know the source of gas buildup that caused two small fires and prompted a handful of evacuations in the Marion County community of Metz. The Delaney family was asleep when an explosion...
2 Sentenced for Insurance Fraud in West Virginia
May 2 2008 // West Virginia officials sentenced two McDowell County men after charging them with conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, according to West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. Cline said Harold Patrick Estep,...
Seat Belt Usage Rate Nets $5 million for West Virginia
May 2 2008 // West Virginia’s efforts to encourage motorists to buckle up have paid off. The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a $5 million grant April 30 to the governor’s highway safety program because the state...
Virginia’s Had Worse Tornadoes than Most Recent Outbreak
May 1 2008 // Only one other tornado outbreak in Virginia’s history caused more injuries than this Monday’s, although several others have been more prolific and deadly, according to the Virginia Department of Emergency...
Update: West Virginia Cancels Mine Seal Meeting
May 1 2008 // The state Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety has put off plans to revisit West Virginia’s regulations for sealing abandoned sections of coal mines. State law requires the board to review West Virginia’s...
West Virginia to Revisit Mine Seal Rules
Apr 30 2008 // The state board of Coal Mine Health and Safety plans to revisit West Virginia’s regulations for sealing abandoned sections of coal mines. State law requires the board to review West Virginia’s regulations...
West Virginia City Votes to Ban All-Terrain Vehicles
Apr 30 2008 // West Virginia’s second largest city has voted to ban all-terrain vehicles from public roads and property. Huntington’s City Council voted unanimously April 28 to endorse the measure that was sought by police...
Virginia Tornado Victims Cope with Injuries, Demolished Homes
Apr 30 2008 // Weary residents of the southern Virginia city of Suffolk, some awakening in emergency shelters, braced themselves to see what was left of their homes and livelihoods Tuesday after three tornadoes smashed houses, piled cars...
First Estimate on Virginia Tornado Property Damage: $18 Million
Apr 30 2008 // Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine visited the city of Suffolk to comfort storm victims and to survey the damage caused by severe weather that hit central and southeastern Virginia. The governor walked through neighborhoods where...
Va. Tech Research: Inexpensive Roof Vent Could Prevent Wind Damage
Apr 29 2008 // Hurricanes often lift the roofs off buildings and expose them to havoc and damaging conditions, even after the worst of the wind has passed. A local roofer, Virginia Tech faculty members from architecture and engineering,...
West Virginia Lawmaker Says State Should Pay Firefighters’ Workers’ Comp
Apr 29 2008 // With the prospect of rising insurance premiums, some of West Virginia’s 424 volunteer fire departments say they’re worried about staying in the black. That’s why Delegate Margaret Staggers, D-Fayette,...
Kentucky Residents Recovering from Tornadoes Unhappy with Feds
Apr 29 2008 // Allen County, Ky. Judge-Executive Bobby Young has a simple description of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “FEMA is a joke,” Young said. That sentiment – and variations on it – can be heard...
Virginia Gov. Kaine Declares Emergency After 3 Tornadoes Strike
Apr 29 2008 // Governor Timothy M. Kaine declared a state of emergency in Virginia, directing state agencies to take all necessary actions to aid in the response to widespread damage from yesterday’s violent weather in the...
Virginia Mine Where Worker Died Had 48 Safety Violations
Apr 25 2008 // The owner of a southwest Virginia coal mine where a worked was killed Tuesday had been cited 48 times for safety violations since 2005, according to state documents. The violations at the Wise County mine included seven...
$65M Lawsuit Blames BJ’s Wholesale Club in Virginia Slaying
Apr 25 2008 // A Virgina woman who was shot and wounded by her estranged husband after he killed her sister has filed a $65 million lawsuit against the BJ’s Wholesale Club where the crimes happened. Karen Phillips was an employee...
9 West Virginia Airports Get Federal Funds for Improvements, Safety
Apr 25 2008 // Nine West Virginia airports are getting federal funding for runway improvements and other projects. U.S. Sens. Robert C. Byrd and Jay Rockefeller say the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $1.9 million to Yeager...
