All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jun 8 2016 // Those involved in a West Virginia University fracking project are praising its success after the first year.The Exponent Telegram reports WVU began the Marcellus Shale Energy Environmental Laboratory project last June. The...
Jun 6 2016 // The Progressive Corp. announced that Glenn Renwick, president and chief executive officer, will retire after more than 15 years as CEO and almost 30 years with the company, effective July 1. He will continue as executive...
Jun 6 2016 // Compare.com, an auto insurance comparison website, said it will expand its Glen Allen, Virginia, headquarters and move into a larger facility to accommodate its continued growth.The new headquarters office on 140 East...
Jun 6 2016 // Information about pill shipments that prescription drug distributors being sued by the state had sought to keep secret show that the firms flooded rural West Virginia with hundreds of thousands of painkillers.The...
Jun 1 2016 // One of more than 3,500 lawsuits alleging links between people’s illnesses and DuPont discharging C8 into drinking water and the Ohio River is headed to trial in federal court.The lawsuits are part of a multidistrict...
Jun 1 2016 // More than 6.8 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are in danger of hurricane storm surge damage. The total cost for reconstruction of the homes located in 19 states and the District of Columbia is more than $1.5...
May 27 2016 // Information about pill shipments that prescription drug distributors being sued by the state had sought to keep secret show that the firms flooded rural West Virginia with hundreds of thousands of painkillers.The...
May 25 2016 // A jury has awarded more than $500,000 to a motorcyclist in South Charleston, W. Va., who was injured in a lumber spill wreck.The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports jurors reached the verdict last week in Larry Keeling...
May 25 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (IIAV) has hired Carter Hope Lyons as director of Education and Professional Development. Based in IIAV’s Richmond, Virginia, office, Lyons will also take on the role of...
May 24 2016 // A new tactical diversion squad through the Drug Enforcement Agency will help north central West Virginia fight the state’s growing drug problem. WBOY-TV reports that starting next month the diversion squad will...
May 23 2016 // West Virginia officials have issued a “Do Not Drink” advisory for Vienna water after the Environmental Protection Agency announced a new limit for the amount of a chemical present in Wood County’s...
May 23 2016 // Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jacqueline Cunningham has issued an administrative letter reminding insurers to review the rate standards outlined in Virginia Code §38.2-1904 to ensure compliance.Cunningham also noted...
May 20 2016 // West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey plans to purchase incinerators for the disposal of unwanted and expired prescription medication in a state that leads the nation in the rate of overdose deaths.Morrisey...
May 13 2016 // Former Massey Energy CEO Donald Blankenship is headed to prison even as he appeals his conviction for conspiring to flout mine-safety laws in connection with the worst U.S. coal industry disaster in almost 40 years.The...
May 13 2016 // Compare.com, an auto insurance comparison website, said it will expand its Glen Allen, Virginia, headquarters and move into a larger office to accommodate its continued growth.The new headquarters office on 140 East Shore...