All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 9 2023 // A West Virginia logging company hoping to locate a log-fumigation facility in the picturesque Allegheny Mountains won’t be allowed to build in that particular spot due to a zoning issue, a local official...
May 3 2023 // Richmond National Group, Inc., a specialty excess and surplus lines insurance company, said it will invest $350,000 to expand its headquarters in Virginia’s Henrico County. The company said it will add 7,200 square...
May 2 2023 // Virginia’s statutory presumption that a COVID-19 disability of a first responder is work-related, which went into effect July 1, 2020, does not require that the employee be diagnosed with COVID-19 on or after that...
May 1 2023 // The Virginia Beach community in southeastern Virginia was hit by a tornado on Sunday, April 30, just minutes before 6:00 pm.City Manager Patrick Duhaney declared a state of emergency. Officials said there were no reported...
Apr 27 2023 // The Newport News public school board says the $40 million lawsuit filed against it by the teacher who was shot by a six-year old is barred by the state’s workers’ compensation law that is the exclusive remedy...
Apr 24 2023 // The family of a northern Virginia man fatally shot by U. S. Park Police officers has reached a $5 million settlement in its civil lawsuit against the government.Two officers shot 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar of McLean in...
Apr 11 2023 // A federal appeals panel has affirmed $2.5 million in penalties against Appalachian coal mines owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice over claims they violated a settlement meant to prevent pollution.A three-judge panel of...
Apr 4 2023 // A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence for allegedly...
Mar 31 2023 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Northern Neck Insurance Co. of...
Mar 24 2023 // A coal miner died Wednesday in an accident at a northern West Virginia mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. Cecil Barker, 62, of Philippi, was working as a surveyor at Century Mining’s Longview Mine in Barbour County. Two...
Mar 13 2023 // A U.S. federal judge on Friday rejected a bid by Alphabet Inc’s Google to move a Justice Department lawsuit against it over dominance in advertising technology from Virginia to New York.“I am going to rule...
Mar 13 2023 // Frozen human embryos can legally be considered property, or “chattel,” a Virginia judge has ruled, basing his decision in part on a 19th century law governing the treatment of slaves.The preliminary opinion by...
Mar 6 2023 // Republicans in the West Virginia House passed a bill last week that would cap some of the damages workers and their families can receive if their employer deliberately puts them in harm’s way on the job.The 52-45...
Feb 23 2023 // An employee who was injured while scraping ice off his company-owned truck parked at his home is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission has ruled, reversing a deputy...
Feb 14 2023 // A West Virginia water utility is enhancing its water treatment process as a precaution following the derailment of a train hauling chemicals that later sent up a toxic plume in Ohio.West Virginia American Water said Sunday...
Feb 9 2023 // The families of two students at a Newport News, Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old shot and wounded his teacher have filed notices of potential legal action against the school system over trauma they say the...
Feb 9 2023 // Three Virginia college students were killed when their vehicle left a road and struck a tree in West Virginia, authorities said Friday.The single-vehicle accident occurred Thursday night along West Virginia Route 259 near...
Feb 7 2023 // The family of an inmate who died in a northern Virginia jail has reached a wrongful death settlement with the county sheriff and the jail’s former health care provider.Darryl Becton died at the Arlington County jail...
Jan 27 2023 // NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Concerned staff warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a...
Jan 26 2023 // RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Attorneys representing a U.S. Army lieutenant who was pepper-sprayed, struck and handcuffed during a traffic stop have filed a motion for a new trial after a jury found mostly in favor of the police...