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November 20, 2008
3 Virginians die of car-crash injuries
A Manassas man died of injuries he suffered in a single-car crash in Fairfax County yesterday, Virginia State Police said.
‘Virginia is for Lovers’ is 40 and going strong
“Virginia is for Lovers” has hit middle age but it’s still going strong.
November 19, 2008
Tiger bites young worker at Luray zoo
Zoo co-owner Jennifer Westhoff says the female employee was showing the animal to a group of visitors Sunday when the 5-year-old Bengal tiger named Star bit her through its cage as she tried to pet it.
Body found in car of missing Herndon woman
Fairfax County police say the car of a missing Herndon woman has been found with a woman’s body inside
Northern Virginia lawyer joins Republican race for Attorney General
Dave Foster of Arlington, a litigator with a national law firm and a former member of the Arlington County School Board, announced his candidacy
Even pets feeling the sting of the economy
An increasing number of animals have been abandoned or given up for adoption by people who’ve lost jobs or homes, according to animal-rescue groups.
Food company to open plant in Chesterfield County
New York-based Sabra makes a range of refrigerated dips and spreads
Jefferson Davis statue may not go at American Civil War Center
The Sons of Confederate Veterans are talking to two other sites about the life-size bronze statue after talks with the American Civil War Center at Tredegar Iron Works broke down
Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor named Republican whip
Cantor is the first Virginian to hold the post in either party
Virginia may cut Medicaid, public education spending
Options on the table, include slashing payments to health-care providers; and enlarging class sizes and reducing payments to local school boards.
VDOT to open lanes for holiday travel
To help ease Thanksgiving holiday travel, the Virginia Department of Transportation will open lanes that have been temporarily closed for construction or maintenance work on major roadways.
VDOT suggests early Thanksgiving travel
The Virginia Department of Transportation has some advice for motorists traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday - leave early.
November 18, 2008
House of Delegates budget writers learn grim details of economy
Already facing a $2.5 billion revenue shortfall, House Appropriations Committee members meeting in Roanoke learned Tuesday on the first of two days of briefings that the beleaguered housing market is hardly the state’s only problem.
Virginia and Maryland eligible for $20 million in crab disaster relief
Each state will be eligible for as much as $10 million in relief to help watermen hurt by the failure of the Chesapeake Bay’s soft shell and peeler blue crab fishery, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service said.
Virginia woman served under 5 different presidents
Patricia Woodfolk was supposed to work for only 90 days. By the time she retired, Woodfolk had seen five U.S. presidents fill the Oval Office during her time at the Office of Administration.
Santa Train to feature country singer Kathy Mattea
The train will begin its route in Pikeville, Ky., about 200 miles east of Louisville, and make 14 stops as it moves through southwest Virginia en route to Kingsport, TN
Former Virginia teacher donates $1 million to UNC
The late Jane Iris Crutchfield left $1.1 million to the university’s School of Information and Library Science. It’s the largest gift the school has ever received.
Virginia’s Attorney General unveils new anti-gang video
The video is filled with interviews with gang members, parents, and members of law enforcement. It also features stunning images of gang violence filmed or photographed in Virginia.
Tazewell County woman accused of running puppy mill
Officers found more than 50 dogs in a small confined area
Trial under way in missionaries shooting
The jury heard opening statements on Monday in the case of James Boughton Jr. who is charged with first-degree murder, malicious wounding, attempted malicious wounding and three firearms violations
Norfolk doctor gets suspended sentence in drug-sex case
A Norfolk doctor received a suspended sentence and 10 years of probation after admitting that he traded prescription drugs for sex with a female patient.
Conference targets water, energy in Mid-Atlantic
The conference will explore links between water and energy, and the impacts that coal mining and gas drilling can have on water resources.
November 17, 2008
Gov. Kaine opposes planned carrier move
Virginia’s Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today urged the Navy to maintain Hampton Roads as the East Coast base for a nuclear carrier that the Navy wants to move to Florida.
McCain campaign removed from ballot case
The new plaintiff is the U.S. Department of Justice
Crash kills two on I-66
Police say a teenager traveling the wrong way on Interstate 66 crashed head-on into another car, killing two women
Judge denies Taylor Behl’s killer’s petition
A Mathews Circuit Court judge today dismissed a motion to vacate a second degree murder conviction of Behjamin Fawley for the 2005 slaying of Virginia Commonwealth University freshman Taylor Behl.
Intense gubernatorial race under way
Now that the dust is settling on this year’s election, candidates running in next year’s Virginia governor’s race are prepping for an intense statewide race.
Casteen looks to head off UVA endowment concerns
In a letter sent out Thursday evening, UVa President John T. Casteen III wrote that while UVa’s endowment investments were hit to the tune of close to $900 million in the first quarter of this fiscal year, the investments will rebound in the long run.
Senator-elect Mark Warner chooses chief of staff
Warner’s choice is Luke Albee, a political consulant who previously spent 11 years as chief of staff to Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont
Rural Virginia governments stretch dollars
Facing a haggard economy, rural governments across the state are reaching deep into their bag of tricks to find ways—sometimes novel ones—to save dollars