With the first presidential debate complete and its spin cycle nearly over, the two understudies are getting ready to take the main stage. The vice presidential debate Tuesday will be the only time Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine will for the most part have the nation’s political attention all to themselves, away from their … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An Alexandria man has been sentenced to five years and 11 months in federal prison for mail fraud and money laundering. Thirty-four-year-old Sean M. Weaver was also was ordered Tuesday in federal court in Richmond to pay more than $20 million in restitution to clients. A statement of facts filed with … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted three Virginia men accused of plotting to shoot up or bomb synagogues and black churches. The Richmond-area men were originally charged last month. A federal magistrate found probable cause to send the case to a grand jury, which returned a three-count indictment Tuesday. Court records … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dominion Resources Inc. will no longer add the cost of some charitable donations to customers’ electric bills. The energy giant, which owns the state’s largest electric utility, said in a recent regulatory filing with the Virginia State Corporation Commission that it won’t try and recover more than $2 million related to … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Federal Railroad Administration has cited an Amtrak station in Henrico County for violating a deaf man’s rights under the Americans With Disabilities Act. The agency said the station on Staples Mill Road lacked required public telephone technology for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. The agency also said … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond’s Main Street Station parking lot is now home to an electric car charging station. The Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1MPDcfa) reports that the city’s first DC Fast Charging Electric Vehicle Charging Station has opened. Michael Phillips of Virginia Clean Cities says the station can boost a battery to 80 percent of its … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Federal disaster loans are available to southwest Virginia homeowners, businesses and nonprofit organizations hit by severe weather in February. The Virginia Department of Emergency Management says the U.S. Small Business Administration approved the low-interest loans at the request of Gov. Terry McAuliffe. McAuliffe says two dozen homes and businesses in Wise … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Terry McAuliffe says separate cheese production and poultry processing facilities will be built in Albemarle County. McAuliffe said Thursday that Kelly Turkeys USA LLC will invest $1.4 million in its first U.S. poultry processing facility, creating 33 jobs. McAuliffe also says Ewes Guys LLC will do business as Twenty Paces … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An evidentiary hearing is continuing in Richmond for two former sailors who claim they falsely confessed to a 1997 rape and murder. A federal judge has already heard testimony from former sailors Danial Williams and Joseph Dick Jr. They are two of the so-called Norfolk Four, who have long claimed that … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Thursday that local approval is required for a key element of a proposed high-rise electrical transmission line over a historic section of the James River. Opponents celebrated the decision, but stopped short of saying the ruling would kill the project. Dominion Virginia Power said it … Continue reading
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