RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A paramedic-firefighter who disappeared last week always put others first, and authorities are asking the public to return the favor by calling police if they have any information that might help search crews scouring the rugged terrain of the Shenandoah National Park. Nicole Mittendorff, 31, is an avid runner and tri-athlete … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The business agent for one of six dockworker union offices in the Port of Virginia has resigned after an internal audit found an “unauthorized and previously undisclosed account.” The Virginian-Pilot reports (http://bit.ly/1VjAzIb) that Thomas Little, spokesman for International Longshoremen’s Association in Hampton Roads, confirmed Tuesday that business agent-financial secretary of ILA’s … Continue reading
LURAY, Va. (AP) — A fire in Shenandoah National Park has now scorched more than 5,600 acres and closed a portion of the Appalachian Trail. Crews with the Virginia Department of Forestry worked Wednesday to contain the wildfire. There have been no reports of property damage or injuries. Forestry officials say the wildfire has steadily … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Republican lawmakers failed to override several of Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s vetoes Wednesday on coal-related tax credits, legislation related to clergy opposed to same-sex marriage and other issues. Lawmakers returned to Richmond for a one-day legislative session to vote on McAuliffe’s vetoes and amendments to legislation passed earlier this year. … Continue reading
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — Two Chesapeake police officers have been charged with assault following the arrest of a man in October. Multiple media outlets report Chesapeake police spokeswoman Kelly O’Sullivan says officers Thomas Walden and Michael Hill are both charged with one count of misdemeanor assault. Fifty-nine-year-old Thomas Wilson tells The Virginian-Pilot (http://bit.ly/1VDuMOi) both officers … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Norfolk’s popular “lion dog” will soon be up for adoption after its owner was caught letting the animal run free. Deputy City Attorney Cynthia Hall told media outlets in a statement that Charles the Monarch was seen on camera without a leash at various places hours after being released from a … Continue reading
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — State archaeologists are criticizing Confederate treasure hunters for a dig at a plantation site in Southside Virginia during the shooting of a television series last year. One archaeologist likened the dig to ripping pages from a history book. The filmed dig for artifacts was for a Discovery Channel series called Rebel … Continue reading
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Goodyear is closing a southern Virginia plant temporarily after a third death there in eight months. Media outlets report that Goodyear confirmed Tuesday’s death at the Danville plant in a statement. Goodyear, Danville’s largest private employer, says the plant will be closed for an evaluation of the facility and investigation of the incident. … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Norfolk officials have approved a plan that calls for using state funds to buy the schooner Virginia, a replica of the last pilot vessel to sail the Chesapeake Bay in the 1920s. News outlets report that the Norfolk City Council voted Tuesday in favor of the Nauticus Foundation using a $1 … Continue reading
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Navy is considering Wallops Island as its home base for the next generation of surveillance drones. Business and government leaders gathered Tuesday in Chincoteague, as part of the Wallops Island Regional Alliance, to call upon the Navy to select the Wallops Flight Facility as the East Coast home base … Continue reading
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — After 15 years of denial, a northern Virginia drug dealer admitted his role in a 2001 murder as part of a plea bargain that spares him a possible death sentence. Justin Wolfe’s guilty plea Tuesday in Prince William Circuit Court ends a long-running saga which at one point left him only … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A coal production company is asking a judge to allow the business to break its contract with a union in order to reorganize its finances. Alpha Natural Resources filed a petition on Monday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, asking to be able to modify the company’s obligations for retiree … Continue reading
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — One of two officers in charge of the squadron that maintains F-22 fighter jets at Joint Base Langley-Eustis has been relieved of his command, the Air Force said Wednesday. Lt. Col. Ivan Pennington of the 1st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was removed from his command March 25 after the Air Force … Continue reading
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — Officials say a teenager has been seriously injured after he fell through the roof of a Portsmouth middle school. Multiple media outlets report the incident happened Wednesday night at William E. Waters Middle School. Portsmouth police say officers were called to the school after a burglar alarm went off just before … Continue reading
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A judge is weighing arguments that a former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted in the slaying of his former girlfriend did not receive a fair trial. George V. Huguely V of Chevy Chase, Maryland, is serving a 23-year sentence for the 2010 alcohol-fueled attack on Yeardley Love of suburban Baltimore. … Continue reading
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