All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 8 2025 // Afore Insurance Services said it has acquired Resolve Insurance Group, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia that is known for its marine insurance specialty.Resolve will become part of...
Dec 1 2025 // A jury in Newport News, Virginia, has awarded $10 million to a teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student.Abby Zwerner, who was shot in January 2023 in her first-grade classroom, originally asked for $40 million against...
Nov 13 2025 // The body of a coal miner was found inside a mine in southern West Virginia, four days after the stretch of mine was flooded when crews hit an unexpected pocket of water, officials said.It’s the third death this year...
Nov 7 2025 // A jury in Newport News, Virginia has awarded $10 million to a teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student.Abby Zwerner, who was shot in January 2023 in her first-grade classroom, had asked for $40 million against a former...
Nov 4 2025 // Afore Insurance Services, LLC announced its acquisition of Salzberg Insurance Agency in Norfolk, Virginia, a firm with an 87-year history of serving the Hampton Roads business community. Terms were not disclosed. Under the...
Oct 29 2025 // A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday revived a $2.5 billion lawsuit against drug distributors accused of contributing to an opioid addiction crisis in West Virginia communities, overturning a 2022 victory at trial by the...
Oct 28 2025 // Virginia’s lawsuit against TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. will move forward in state court, despite TikTok’s efforts to have it dismissed.Richmond City Circuit Court Judge Richard B....
Oct 24 2025 // The University of Virginia has agreed to abide by White House guidance forbidding discrimination in admissions and hiring, becoming the latest campus to strike a deal with the Trump administration as the college tries to...
Oct 14 2025 // Florida-based insurance broker King Risk Partners announced it has acquired Jenkins Insurance, an independent insurance agency based in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Jenkins Insurance has been serving Harrisonburg, Rockingham,...
Oct 9 2025 // A Virginia appellate court has ordered a new trial in a malpractice case in which a jury awarded a $2.5 million in damages against a doctor for alleged failure to properly administer anesthesia to a woman undergoing an...
Sep 29 2025 // No injuries were reported after a commercial regional jet overshot the designated touch down zone at a Virginia airport amid heavy rain last Wednesday night, but was stopped in a safety area at the end of the runway,...
Sep 26 2025 // Heather Clark has juggled working full-time for an insurance agency and caring for her young daughter for the past five years.“When you have a kid at home, you can’t answer the phones, and you can’t have...
Sep 24 2025 // Every day, LaRanda Schoolcraft drives five minutes down the hill from her Terra Alta home to visit the family member she calls her “person.”“My grandpa has dementia now and doesn’t always make...
Sep 17 2025 // Democratic lawmakers are questioning whether a Boar’s Head deli meat plant at the center of last year’s deadly listeria outbreak will be fit to reopen.Rep. Rosa DeLauro, of Connecticut, sent a letter Monday...
Sep 15 2025 // In 2023, dirty mine water gushed out of the ground behind James Christian’s home, flooding his yard in Wyoming County, West Virginia.Sinkholes formed, a strong sulfur-like odor lingered in the air and oily sheens...
Sep 12 2025 // Last week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced that the state had finalized its $1.2 billion plan to bring high-speed broadband to homes and businesses in the state.“We are excited about the opportunity to bring...
Sep 9 2025 // Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that the state’s $50 million disaster aid fund is now accepting applications from homeowners and businesses in the southwest region of the state.The Virginia Disaster...
Aug 27 2025 // On the Ohio River in Wood County, officials are clearing hurdles to prepare sites for new businesses.Two locations, 70 acres of farmland and a sprawling industrial park, are set to become suitable for development, thanks...
Aug 15 2025 // Nearly a decade after the deadly 2016 floods, West Virginia officials are moving forward with a study to look at flood mitigation measures across the Kanawha River Basin.Last month, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced that the...
Aug 11 2025 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Police in West Virginia shot and killed a knife-wielding man in a hospital emergency room after he attacked an employee early Friday, authorities said.The shooting occurred around 1:45 a.m. at...