All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 5 2020 // Communities in West Virginia say they would get $1.25 billion from the drug industry in a proposed settlement that would end most of the litigation stemming from the opioid crisis in the state.The deal would be the first...
Mar 5 2020 // A Virginia shipbuilding company could be fined nearly $162,000 over the death of a supervisor who fell while working aboard a vessel, according to online records from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The...
Feb 26 2020 // President Donald Trump has increased the federal share of costs to help West Virginia recover from floods that ravaged the state in June 2016.Gov. Jim Justice’s office said Friday that Trump approved his request to...
Feb 25 2020 // The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced it was awarding Virginia over $700,000 in grant funding to assist with identifying sources of lead in drinking water in schools and child care facilities. The...
Feb 24 2020 // Blackboard Insurance has announced the approval of its commercial insurance package in Virginia, bringing capabilities to middle market customers in 47 states and territories. Blackboard’s commercial insurance...
Feb 21 2020 // A lawsuit has been settled between Virginia Tech and a former student who was accused of overseeing a ceremony that violated the school’s hazing policy.The federal lawsuit filed last month “has been resolved to...
Feb 19 2020 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired UNIRISC Inc., a specialist in the global relocation insurance and risk management needs of corporate personnel and...
Feb 14 2020 // Soaking rains caused part of a hillside to collapse in southern West Virginia and prompted a flood warning along the Ohio River.Highways officials said high water forced road closings in multiple counties Thursday. Near...
Feb 10 2020 // More than 260,000 homes and businesses in the southeastern United States were without power early Friday after a powerful storm raked the region. At least five people were killed.North Carolina had the most customers...
Feb 10 2020 // A former Virginia Tech student is suing the university after he was accused of overseeing a ceremony that violated the school’s hazing policy.Darrien Brown alleges the university denied him due process when...
Feb 7 2020 // A powerful winter storm raked across the Deep South early Thursday, with high winds and flooding causing damage that killed one person, injured several others and littered at least 10 states. Rescue crews repeatedly pulled...
Feb 7 2020 // A former Virginia Military Institute student is suing the school, alleging he was waterboarded, assaulted and forced to wrestle another student while partially clothed.The lawsuit says the incident prompted the student to...
Feb 6 2020 // Kara Cvechko recalled her heart pounding as she scrambled headfirst down into an outdoor grease pit to save her 5-year-old daughter who had fallen through an unsecured opening at a West Virginia restaurant.Kambria...
Feb 4 2020 // The Andrew Agency has acquired A & R Associates in Alexandria, Va., effective January 15, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1971, A & R Associates provides commercial insurance services...
Feb 3 2020 // Gov. Jim Justice’s office announced on Friday that West Virginia will receive more than $131 million (118 million euros) to replace schools in Nicholas County that were destroyed by flooding in 2016. The money comes...
Jan 30 2020 // An oil and gas industry construction company has agreed to pay $242,039 in back wages and damages to 243 employees in West Virginia, the U.S. Labor Department said last month. Apex Pipeline Service Inc. entered into a...
Jan 28 2020 // A Virginia woman has sued a humane society that she says didn’t properly restrain a caged dog that bit her finger.Marie A. Franco-Wisnewski, 55, of Portsmouth, is seeking $240,000 in damages, plus costs and...
Jan 21 2020 // In one of the more modern meeting rooms at the over two centuries old State Capitol, 22 lawmakers gather on Mondays to confront the increasing cybersecurity threats looming over Virginia residents.This session the House...
Jan 15 2020 // The U.S. Labor Department awarded $866,675 for flood recovery in West Virginia, the state’s U.S. senators announced.The funding is through the Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grant Program. Flooding in...
Jan 14 2020 // Thousands of customers remained without electricity in West Virginia on Sunday after severe storms swept through the state.Appalachian Power said on its website nearly 6,600 homes and businesses had no service Sunday...