Workers’ compensation data costs show that Virginia is a lower cost state, largely due to a lower frequency of claims, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study, Benchmarks for Virginia, found the average cost of medical care …
Delegate Bob Marshall doesn’t want the federal government telling Virginians what kind of light bulbs to use. The Prince William County Republican has introduced legislation to allow the manufacture and sale of incandescent light bulbs within Virginia’s borders after new …
More than $25.2 million in federal disaster aid has been approved to help residents, businesses and local governments in Virginia recover from last summer’s earthquake. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the total includes individual and public assistance, along with …
Virginia is getting more than $19 million in federal funding to repair roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the funding from the Federal Highway Administration’s Emergency Relief Program on …
A Fauquier County, Va., woman has filed a $6 million wrongful-death lawsuit against an Orange County subdivision in a boating accident that killed her husband. Michele Goodman is suing Lake of the Woods Association and Charles Schulle, who was operating …
Federal and state agencies in Virginia are opening a new disaster recovery center in Spotsylvania County and reopening one in Louisa County to assist victims of last year’s earthquake. The Spotsylvania center at 3960 Courthouse Road and the Louisa center …
A fatal accident on a train trestle in Amherst County, Va., hasn’t deterred people from trespassing on railroad tracks. Lynchburg dispatchers received five track trespassing calls just a few weeks after a Liberty University student was hit and killed by …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has extended the deadline for Louisa County, Va., residents affected by the August earthquake and subsequent aftershocks to register for state and federal disaster assistance. The new deadline for renters, homeowners and business owners …
Federal disaster aid approved for earthquake-related damage in Louisa County, Va., has topped $5 million. Federal and state emergency officials say most of the aid, $5.1 million, was approved for housing expenses such as home repair costs and temporary rental …
Virginia is getting federal help to pay for repairing roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood said Monday that Virginia will receive more than $2.1 million from the Federal …