Latest Virginia Headlines
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Feds Grant Additional $3.2M to West Virginia for Flood Recovery
May 19 2017 // West Virginia will receive an additional $3.2 million from the federal government for disaster recovery efforts for last year’s major floods. U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced the community...
Ex-Coal CEO Blankenship Urges Trump to Probe 2010 Mine Blast in West Virginia
May 18 2017 // A former coal executive who last week finished a yearlong prison sentence for conspiring to violate safety standards at a mine where a deadly blast occurred, has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to “get to the...
Business Moves
May 15 2017 // Validus, Crop Insurance Agency Validus Holdings Ltd. has completed its acquisition of Crop Risk Services business (CRS), a primary crop insurance managing general agent, from Archer Daniels Midland Co. In the deal that was...
Feds Grant $5.9M to West Virginia for Drug Addiction Fight
May 15 2017 // West Virginia will receive $5.9 million from the federal government to help fight drug addiction. U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins and Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced the grant from the U.S. Department of Health...
Ex-Coal CEO Blankenship Ends Prison Term
May 12 2017 // Former coal executive Don Blankenship jumped back on Twitter on Wednesday, renewing his feud with U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia on the day Blankenship was to finish a one-year prison sentence arising from the...
New Law Encourages Flood Protection in West Virginia Communities
May 2 2017 // A new law in West Virginia aims to help parts of the state better prepare for major flooding. A new state resiliency office will receive funds, coordinate efforts and update plans annually against disasters like the...
Virginia Tech Scientists: BP Oil Spill Caused $17.2B in Natural Resource Damage
May 1 2017 // The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico, a team of scientists recently found after a six-year study of the impact of the largest oil spill in U.S....
Feds Grant $5.9M to West Virginia in Drug Addiction Fight
May 1 2017 // West Virginia will receive $5.9 million from the federal government to help fight drug addiction. U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins and Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced the grant Thursday from the U.S. Department...
Mine Owned by West Virginia Gov Faces Fines for Safety Violations
Apr 28 2017 // A West Virginia mining operation owned by Gov. Jim Justice faces fines of more than $10,000 for six safety violations following a workers’ fatal fall in February. The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health,...
Motorists Mutual, BrickStreet Mutual Finalize Joint Venture
Apr 24 2017 // Ohio-based property/casualty insurer Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. and West Virginia-based workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. Inc., have been granted regulatory approvals to affiliate...
Feds Grant $5.9M to West Virginia for Drug Addiction Fight
Apr 24 2017 // West Virginia will receive $5.9 million from the federal government to help fight drug addiction. U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins and Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced the grant Thursday from the U.S. Department...
BP Oil Spill Caused $17.2 Billion in Natural Resource Damage: Virginia Tech Scientists
Apr 20 2017 // The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico, a team of scientists recently found after a six-year study of the impact of the largest oil spill in U.S....
Rolling Stone Settles, but Fight Over University of Virginia Rape Story Isn’t Over
Apr 17 2017 // Rolling Stone magazine settled a University of Virginia administrator’s lawsuit over its discredited story about a rape on campus, but its legal fights over the botched article aren’t over. Attorneys for...
West Virginia Overdose Deaths Up 15% in 2016
Apr 17 2017 // The number of reported overdose deaths that occurred last year in West Virginia has continued to rise. Citing data released March 22, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that at least 844 people died in the state of drug...
West Virginia to Spend Opioid Lawsuit Funds on Addiction Treatment Facilities
Apr 13 2017 // With more than 30,000 West Virginians already in drug treatment, lawmakers struggling with the state’s addiction crisis have voted to spend $24 million from recent court settlements with opioid distributors to...
Six Months Later, Hurricane Flood Victims Still Recovering in Virginia
Apr 11 2017 // In the months since Hurricane Matthew, Dawn Sawyer has watched her 9-year-old, Sam, bite his nails down to “nubs.” She’s never seen him do that before. As Sam remembers it, he slept right through the...
Weather Service Warns of High Fire Risk in West Virginia
Apr 11 2017 // The National Weather Service says warm, dry conditions and gusty winds have increased the chances for wildfires in West Virginia. The weather service says in a news release Sunday that outdoor burning is considered...
Trial Concludes for Virginia Man Accused of Killing Son for Insurance
Apr 10 2017 // Joaquin Rams is either a father unjustly accused in the tragic, unexplained death of his 1-year-old son, or he is the most cold-blooded of murderers who snuffed the life from his boy to collect half a million dollars in...
U.S. Judge Tosses Lawsuit Over 1968 Mine Blast in West Virginia
Apr 6 2017 // A federal judge in West Virginia has tossed out a lawsuit filed by relatives of 78 miners killed in a 1968 mine explosion in the state. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley in Clarksburg...
West Virginia One Step Closer to Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Apr 6 2017 // West Virginia’s House voted Tuesday to legalize doctor-prescribed marijuana to treat certain medical conditions following Senate passage of a similar measure last week. The bills approved 76-24 by the House and 28-6...
