All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 9 2013 // The state Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether the Monroe County Commission and a dog warden are responsible for the 2009 death of a man who was attacked by neighborhood dogs.The justices heard arguments last...
Sep 9 2013 // The number of filings in the state Supreme Court was the lowest in more than 25 years in 2012, according to a report presented to West Virginia lawmakers.The report by court clerk Rory Perry says there were 1,524 cases...
Sep 5 2013 // Google is working with Virginia Tech researchers to bring its vision of cars that can drive themselves one step closer to reality.The technology company spent the past month in Blacksburg testing one of its self-driving...
Sep 4 2013 // The family of a Rainelle, West Virginia man who died in a traffic accident is suing an ambulance company and an emergency medical technician for allegedly circulating photos of the victim’s corpse.The lawsuit in...
Sep 4 2013 // Institutional shareholders in the former Massey Energy Co. want the state Supreme Court to revive a lawsuit they filed two weeks after the Upper Big Branch mine disaster.Lawyers for the California State Teachers’...
Aug 29 2013 // Billionaire coal company and resort owner Jim Justice is in a war of words with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection over an illegally built dam at a gated golf course community, a 17-foot-high...
Aug 23 2013 // A southern West Virginia coal company contractor has been charged with conspiring to defraud the federal government.Aracoma Contracting LLC of Williamson is accused of structuring cash withdrawals in increments of $10,000...
Aug 22 2013 // A former Virginia insurance agent, who also owned her own insurance agency in Cumberland County, Va., will spend the next five years on supervised probation after pleading guilty to felony charges. She will also pay more...
Aug 22 2013 // A state study says no new rules are needed to protect West Virginia’s air quality from natural gas drilling.State lawmakers were presented with the study’s results during an interim committee meeting this week....
Aug 21 2013 // The number of filings in the state Supreme Court reached its lowest level in more than 25 years in 2012, according to a report presented to West Virginia lawmakers.The report by court clerk Rory Perry says there were 1,524...
Aug 16 2013 // Markel Ventures Inc. and Eagle Construction of VA LLC announced that Markel has acquired Eagle Construction and its affiliated entities. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Markel Ventures is a Markel Corp....
Aug 15 2013 // The Travelers Companies Inc. and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) recently co-hosted a symposium where research on some of the top concerns of the trucking industry was discussed with fleet managers and...
Aug 9 2013 // The West Virginia Board of Risk and Insurance Management paid $75,000 to resolve a lawsuit that challenged single-sex classrooms in Wood County.Board executive director Chuck Jones revealed the amount in response to a...
Aug 6 2013 // West Virginia University has reduced its workers’ compensation costs by about $600,000 and is looking for more ways to save money.WVU Office of Risk Management head Mike Ganso tells The Dominion Post that the effort...
Jul 31 2013 // A southern West Virginia mine foreman faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to falsifying safety reports at four mining operations.Federal prosecutors say 36-year-old Craig Belcher of Bluefield pleaded...
Jul 23 2013 // Workers’ compensation loss costs are going down in West Virginia for the ninth consecutive year since the market was privatized.The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCC), which files rates on behalf of...
Jul 22 2013 // West Virginia property owners in general didn’t see a huge uptick in insurance premiums after making claims from last summer’s massive windstorm, state data shows.Figures compiled by the state insurance...
Jul 19 2013 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant serving design professionals, law firms and other professional organizations, promoted Tom Marchetti to vice president from assistant vice president. In...
Jul 19 2013 // The Andrew Agency, an independent insurance agency based in Richmond, Va., announced its acquisition of Samuel D. Baughman Insurance Services, an agency also based in Richmond. The Andrew Agency serves clients in Virginia,...
Jul 8 2013 // An explosion over the weekend at a natural gas well site in West Virginia operated by Antero Resources injured at least five people, prompting state and federal investigations, local officials and Antero said on Monday.A...