News & Announcements Archives
March 2008
Operation Air, Land & Speed Yields Record Totals on Interstates 81 and 95
March 11, 2008 | Virginia News
16 DUI Arrests – 91 Drug/Felony Arrests – 0 Traffic FatalitiesAssembly adds 3 days to session
March 10, 2008 | Virginia News
A bitterly divided General Assembly voted last night to extend the 2008 session by three days in another effort to reach an agreement on the state's $77 billion budget.At 10:31 p.m., the Virginia Senate voted to concur with the House on the extension. Budget negotiators, who return to work at 1 p.m. today, will have two days to reach a compromise. The assembly is now scheduled to return Tuesday to adopt the budget.
Portsmouth police officer shot during confrontation
March 9, 2008 | Virginia News
A Portsmouth police officer is recovering after being shot in the head during a standoff.Law Enforcement ‘Brotherhood’ Is Challenged To Help Big Stone Gap Detective
March 7, 2008 | Virginia News
BIG STONE GAP, Va. – Police officers from Wise County and the surrounding areas dropped everything Tuesday night and drove with sirens blaring to this Southwest Virginia town after a twister roared through it.Even the most seasoned officers were shocked at the debris field and the one-mile long, 330-yards-wide path of destruction that an EF-1 tornado cut through the Poplar Hills section of town.
Their hearts sank even more when they learned that one of their own – Big Stone Gap Police Detective Turk Hollinger – lost his home and nearly all of his belongings as he directed traffic in the storm.
Stricter Penalties Approved for Teen Drinking, Driving
March 7, 2008 | Virginia News
The legislature voted this week to impose stiffer fines or more community service on underage drivers who drink, even if their blood alcohol level is below the legal limit. The measure also doubles, to one year, the amount of time a teen driver's license would be suspended.Police departments could lose funds
March 6, 2008 | Virginia News
Area police departments might suffer funding cuts, after the Virginia House of Delegates passed its version of the state budget on Feb. 21.The House budget would cut funding for the state's 599 program by $14.9 million during the next two fiscal years.
Senate upholds Kaine’s vetoes
March 5, 2008 | Virginia News
RICHMOND – The Virginia Senate voted this afternoon to uphold Gov. Tim Kaine’s vetoes of two bills to expand the right to carry concealed guns in cars and restaurants.Kaine vetoes 2 gun-rights measures
March 5, 2008 | Virginia News
The first was on guns in restaurants; the second on keeping firearms in vehicle compartments.Kaine vetoes expansion of death penalty
March 5, 2008 | Virginia News
RICHMOND – Gov. Tim Kaine vetoed a pair of bills today to broaden the death penalty by eliminating the state’s “triggerman rule."FOIA Restrictions Considered by General Assembly
March 5, 2008 | Virginia News
Defenders of open government battled legislation to restrict the public’s right to know this past week as both General Assembly chambers discussed a number of restrictions and amendments to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
