All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 29 2021 // Three major U.S. drug distributors should be held responsible for sending a “tsunami” of prescription pain pills that caused a health crisis in one corner of West Virginia, an attorney for local governments...
Jul 28 2021 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawyers for a West Virginia city and county hard hit by the opioid crisis began wrapping up their case in a $2.5 billion trial on Tuesday arguing major drug distributors flooded the region with the...
Jul 21 2021 // Virginia Tech says it was targeted in two recent cyberattacks but feels confident no data was stolen.Virginia Tech spokesman Mark Owczarski told the Roanoke Times that a few university units used Kaseya, a U.S. software...
Jul 19 2021 // The Hilb Group (THG) is building its presence in its home state with six acquisitions of Virginia-based agencies so far this month. The acquisitions were effective July 1.“We’re always looking to grow,...
Jul 15 2021 // West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said he will oppose OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy plan, arguing that his state, one of the hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, would get shorted in...
Jul 13 2021 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired the insurance brokerage assets of Pete Webb Agency. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Owner Pete Webb was...
Jul 8 2021 // Officials have charged a man with one count of arson after a string of suspicious fires in Norfolk, Virginia.News outlets report that the Norfolk Fire Marshal’s Office announced the arrest of Ryan Elza, 42, on...
Jul 2 2021 // A 15-year plan to abate the opioid crisis in a West Virginia community will cost local officials $2.5 billion, a forensic economist has testified.George Barrett testified Tuesday that Cabell County and the city of...
Jul 2 2021 // A group of environmentalists said Tuesday it intended to sue West Virginia over evidence of pollutants running into waterways from a coal mine site.In a letter to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection,...
Jul 1 2021 // The owner of two West Virginia pharmacies has agreed to pay $300,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations that they filled illegitimate prescriptions in violation of federal law. Federal prosecutors said Beckley...
Jun 23 2021 // The father of a Black man who was fatally shot by police in Virginia Beach has filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit.The Virginian-Pilot reported Monday that the federal lawsuit was filed by the father of Donovon...
Jun 14 2021 // EUNICE, W.Va. — Eunice should have been Becky Rectenwald’s place to settle. The dust settled there instead.Rectenwald, 58, moved to the former Raleigh County mining town from Marmet nearly four years ago for...
Jun 4 2021 // Florida has again taken the top spot for strongest building code with Virginia right behind in second place.That’s according to the 2021 edition of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) report...
Jun 3 2021 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice confirmed on Tuesday that he is personally liable for $700 million in loans taken by his coal companies from a lender in the United Kingdom that went bankrupt.The Republican governor took...
May 20 2021 // A former gynecologist in Virginia who was convicted on fraud charges for performing unnecessary surgeries and procedures was sentenced Tuesday to 59 years in prison.Dr. Javaid Perwaiz also was ordered to pay $18.5 million...
May 20 2021 // Environmental groups are seeking to force the federal government to address an underfunded program in West Virginia whose purpose is to help cover the costs of coal mine reclamation.The lawsuit said the U.S. Office of...
May 14 2021 // A data expert testifying at a landmark opioid trial in West Virginia said Tuesday that the potency of prescription drugs sent to local communities increased over time, but the three large drug distributors being sued tried...
May 10 2021 // An insurance company alleges in a federal lawsuit that a company run by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and his adult children owes $166,000 for workers’ compensation and employers’ liability coverage...
May 3 2021 // The three largest U.S. drug distributors, who are accused of helping fuel the opioid crisis that has resulted in nearly 500,000 overdose deaths in the United States, will defend themselves in a trial that kicks off on...
Apr 28 2021 // A circuit judge should have dismissed civil claims against West Virginia State Police by a teenager who alleged excessive force when he was beaten during a traffic stop while handcuffed, the state Supreme Court ruled last...