Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Officials: Lightning Likely Cause of Deadly W. Va. Sago Mine Blast
May 11 2007 // One or more lightning strikes likely caused an electrical current in a cable left deep inside the Sago Mine and touched off the methane blast blamed for the deaths of 12 coal miners last year, the federal Mine Safety and...
Auto Safety Backfires at NASCAR, Says Professor
May 11 2007 // A West Virginia University professor who examined 21 years of NASCAR accident reports and made a comparison to introductions of safety requirements, has concluded that more safety regulations in the popular sport has led...
Feds to Unveil Conclusions on W. Va. Sago Mine Disaster
May 10 2007 // Federal investigators will issue their report Wednesday on the Sago Mine disaster, which killed 12 West Virginia coal miners in a January 2006 explosion and prolonged entrapment underground. Mine Safety and Health...
W. Va. Man Arrested on Insurance Fraud Charges
May 9 2007 // A Raleigh County was arrested May 4 and charged with first degree arson and insurance fraud after allegedly setting fire to his former residence. Andrew B. Halstead, 51, and currently of Prosperity, allegedly burned down...
Audits Target W. Va. Workers Comp Writer BrickSreet’s Transition Spending
May 9 2007 // West Virginia egislators fielded two audits this week questioning $3.5 million spent by the state workers’ compensation program before it became the BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. last year. But BrickStreet...
West Virginia a ‘Test Ground’ of U.S. Chamber’s Anti-Lawsuit Efforts
May 8 2007 // In its ongoing, multimillion-dollar lobbying and advertising campaign decrying “frivolous” lawsuits and “jackpot” jury awards, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has anointed West Virginia the poster...
Federal Disaster Declaration Approved for W. Va. Flooding
May 8 2007 // Gov. Joe Manchin’s request for a federal disaster declaration in seven West Virginia counties was approved by President Bush. The emergency assistance is the result of damage from severe storms, flooding, landslides...
U.S. probes 2005 W. Va. mine death
May 7 2007 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has decided to investigate a fatal 2005 West Virginia coal truck accident after all. MSHA and the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training did not...
Violence in schools: Having a plan is key to survival
May 7 2007 // It’s a parent’s worst nightmare: worrying about the safety of a child. But many parents were thrown into that situation on April 16. As the nation well knows by now, on that day, student Seung-Hui Cho unleashed...
W. Va. Vioxx Trial Set for October
May 2 2007 // A West Virginia civil trial in a lawsuit that blames the death of a Mingo County man on Merck & Co.’s prescription pain medicine Vioxx is scheduled for October. The lawsuit is similar to thousands of others...
U.S. Court Upholds Virginia Law Regulating Viatical Settlements
May 2 2007 // A federal appeals court has upheld a Virginia law that regulates the sale of life insurance benefits by terminally ill citizens strapped for cash to pay medical bills and other expenses. Such transactions, called...
W. Va. Hosts International Mining Health and Safety Symposium
Apr 26 2007 // Representatives of the coal industry, labor, government, academia as well as technology innovators and equipment manufacturers are expected to attend the second annual International Mining Health and Safety Symposium in...
U.S. to Probe 2005 W. Va. Mine Death
Apr 24 2007 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has decided to investigate a fatal 2005 West Virginia coal truck accident after all. MSHA and the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training did not...
W. Va. Dam Failure Could Flood Lincoln County Community
Apr 19 2007 // West Virginia environmental officials are working to breach a failing earthen dam that threatened to flood a small Lincoln County community following heavy weekend rains. Lee’s Fishing Lake dam could be breached...
Concern About Dam Leads to Evacuations in W. Va.’s Lincoln County
Apr 17 2007 // Emergency officials in West Virginia asked hundreds of Lincoln County residents living downriver from an earthen dam to evacuate last Sunday night because of concerns the dam might crumble and loose millions of gallons of...
Va. Jury Awards Wife $5.5 Million for Husband’s Asbestos Death
Apr 16 2007 // The widow of a former shipyard worker who died from exposure to asbestos while building Navy aircraft carriers was awarded $5.55 million by a Circuit Court jury in Virginia. The seven jurors determined hat Kay Oney should...
Virginia bartenders test drive anti-DUI program
Apr 9 2007 // The men and women who usually have a sympathetic ear for customers will be on extra alert for drinkers who drive. The nonprofit Foundation For Alcohol Responsibility has selected Harrisonburg, Va., and its bartenders, as...
Car insurance taxes to help fund masive Virginia transit plan
Apr 9 2007 // Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has proposed $3 billion in borrowing for transportation projects, one-fifth more than Republican legislators sought, using existing taxes on car insurance premiums to pay off debt. Kaine, a...
Virginia bartenders test drive anti-DUI program
Apr 9 2007 // The men and women who usually have a sympathetic ear for customers will be on extra alert for drinkers who drive. The nonprofit Foundation For Alcohol Responsibility has selected Harrisonburg, Va., and its bartenders, as...
Car insurance taxes to help fund massive Virginia transit plan
Apr 9 2007 // Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has proposed $3 billion in borrowing for transportation projects, one-fifth more than Republican legislators sought, using existing taxes on car insurance premiums to pay off debt. Kaine, a...
