All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 14 2004 // The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that low-interest loans to replenish working capital are available to West Virginia small businesses impacted by the July storms and subsequent federal disaster...
Sep 8 2004 // Victims of Tropical Depression Gaston are reportedly in danger of being victimized again, this time by scam artists, disaster officials warned. One person reported getting a call saying he would get a disaster grant, but...
Sep 2 2004 // Members of the Arson Task Force are investigating a Fairfax County house fire to see if it was the work of the Washington region’s serial arsonist.Firefighters were called to a single family home in the...
Sep 1 2004 // Residents and officials are assessing damage after the remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston battered central Virginia with torrential rain Monday, causing heavy flooding that sent cars floating down streets and trapped people...
Aug 31 2004 // The Associated Press reported that an insurance company that had threatened to stop offering medical malpractice coverage to doctors in West Virginia has been granted a 9.5 percent rate increase, according to Gov. Bob...
Aug 24 2004 // West Virginia residents in the Fayette, Lincoln, Logan and Mingo Counties who suffered damage in the late July severe storms can be exempted from paying some state sales and use taxes. Deadline for this exemption for both...
Aug 23 2004 // The West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission on Monday, Aug. 2 received more than $52 million in premiums, a new single-day record that exceeds the previous mark by nearly a half-million dollars.Deposits by...
Aug 20 2004 // The Virginia State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) Bureau of Insurance now offers a free educational compact disc (CD) geared to teenage drivers. The 15-minute CD is designed to give teens a basic understanding of...
Aug 18 2004 // West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise has extended the State of Emergency for 10 counties and added Fayette and Lincoln counties to the proclamation.“Several areas of our state suffered substantial damage to private and public...
Aug 18 2004 // Donegal Mutual Insurance Company in Marietta, Pa., announced it will purchase shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock of Donegal Group Inc. at market prices prevailing from time to time in the open...
Aug 17 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default.Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County...
Aug 13 2004 // Severe weather from Tropical Storm Bonnie spawned tornadoes from Florida to Virginia Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, killing three people and destroying numerous homes.In Rocky Point, N.C., a twister killed three...
Aug 9 2004 // Gov. Bob Wise announced that a federal Major Disaster Declaration for West Virginia has been granted by the President because of recent flooding in the state. “I thank the President for granting this declaration so...
Aug 9 2004 // A Charleston woman has been sentenced to five years of supervised probation and ordered to pay full restitution to West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission after pleading guilty to conducting a...
Aug 6 2004 // The West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission on Monday received more than $52 million in premiums, a new single-day record that exceeds the previous mark by nearly a half-million dollars.Deposits by check or...
Jul 28 2004 // State Farm Insurance confirmed it is moving to phase-out its Frederick, Md. claims and operations office as part of a reorganization that could eliminate from 400 to 500 jobs there and an equal number in field offices in...
Jul 23 2004 // West Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Commission recently filed injunctions against three state employers whose accounts with the Commission are reportedly in default.Injunctions were filed in Kanawha County...
Jul 20 2004 // West Virginians paid more for auto insurance in 2001 than people in all but 15 other states, according to statistics from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the Associated Press and the Charleston Gazette...
Jul 9 2004 // Virginia Gov. Mark Warner on Thursday applauded Virginia’s law enforcement, transportation officials, and motorists for doing their part in making the Commonwealth’s highways among the safest in the...
Jul 8 2004 // The West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission recently received two checks totaling nearly $320,000 in restitution resulting from recent convictions in U.S. District Court in Charleston.“This is the most...