All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 12 2016 // The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training will receive more than $524,000 in federal funds for training courses aimed at reducing mining accidents, injuries and illnesses.The Mine Safety and...
Jul 11 2016 // Federal aid is on its way to some of the communities in West Virginia ravaged by flooding last month, the governor said July 7, delivering some good news on the same day the owner of a posh resort announced the imminent...
Jul 11 2016 // An advocacy group has filed a lawsuit challenging Virginia’s practice of suspending the driver’s licenses of people who can’t pay court costs and fines.In a federal lawsuit filed against the commissioner...
Jul 8 2016 // Officials say a construction worker has died after being electrocuted while working at a site on the campus of Shepherd University.Shepherd University officials said in a news release that the man was killed on campus on...
Jul 7 2016 // Three tornadoes have been confirmed in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia from recent storms, the National Weather Service said Tuesday.After sending a team Tuesday to survey damage reports from Monday’s...
Jul 7 2016 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Michael Riley has issued several emergency orders to address the response and claims handling process from severe flooding that hit the state June 23.The three emergency orders signed...
Jul 6 2016 // A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape has been tossed out by a judge.U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel in Manhattan last...
Jul 6 2016 // MVB Financial Corp. has sold all of the assets of its wholly-owned subsidiary, MVB Insurance, LLC in Fairmont, W. Va., to USI Insurance Services LLC. MVB Insurance will retain the assets related to, and continue to...
Jul 5 2016 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $10 million in individual assistance to West Virginia homeowners and renters following last month’s devastating flooding.FEMA says more than 2,000...
Jul 1 2016 // GEICO has named John Pham vice president of its regional operations in Virginia Beach. Pham will oversee all business functions for Virginia and North Carolina insureds, as well as GEICO’s military, motorcycle and...
Jun 30 2016 // At West Virginia’s usually immaculate Greenbrier resort, the grandstands set up for a PGA tournament that was supposed to start the week of July Fourth now look out on a muddy, gouged-out golf course strewn with...
Jun 28 2016 // Two men who were presumed dead when a camper was swept away in rushing waters during the West Virginia floods have been found alive, officials said Monday as more heavy rain fell on already-soaked parts of the state.The...
Jun 28 2016 // Five drug wholesalers have agreed to a $4.2 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging that they shipped an excessive number of prescription opioids to West Virginia, the attorney general said June 23.According to a news...
Jun 27 2016 // The West Virginia counties of Greenbrier, Kanawha, and Nicholas have been declared federal disaster areas in the wake of severe storms that devastated the state, killing 24 people and destroying more than 100 homes, as of...
Jun 17 2016 // The number of prescription drugs being dispensed in West Virginia is on pace to drop to its lowest amount in five years.The number of controlled substances being dispensed is expected to fall to 268 million by the end of...
Jun 16 2016 // Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) is advising former licensed insurance agents of the potential improper access to their personal data by a former contractor.The suspected compromise of personal data...
Jun 15 2016 // The Blue Ridge mountain hamlet of Buena Vista, Virginia, is in danger of having its City Hall, police headquarters and municipal golf course seized for defaulting on its debt.The city, with 6,600 residents, has failed for...
Jun 14 2016 // Low-interest disaster loans are available for people with damage from February’s storms to pay for repairs.The U.S. Small Business Administration loans are available to homeowners, renters, business owners and...
Jun 14 2016 // Programs that use medication to treat substance abuse are now more tightly regulated under West Virginia law.The law endorsed by Democratic Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and the GOP-led Legislature took effect Friday. It provides...
Jun 13 2016 // West Virginia environmental officials say they struck a $300 million-plus deal for mine cleanup with bankrupt coal giant Alpha Natural Resources.The Department of Environmental Protection said the agreement would cover...