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West Virginia cracks down on major banks over environmental activism

West Virginia has banned four major financial institutions from entering into state contracts worth tens of billions of dollars over environmental policy. West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore has announced that Citigroup, TD Bank, HSBC and Northern, the banks that collectively oversee trillions of dollars worth of assets, are actively working to boycott fossil fuels. Added […]

Storms, flooding in West Virginia kill 1, damage 200-year-old graveyard

Storms and flooding killed at least one person and washed away about 200 gravestones in a cemetery built in the early 1800s in West Virginia, officials said. The death was reported Thursday night in Wood County, which borders the Ohio River, the Wood County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on social media. The car […]

Audit reveals issues with Virginia USPS after election official warns against mailing ballots

A recent audit conducted by the U.S. Postal Service’s Inspector General found significant problems at a mail processing facility in Richmond, Virginia, confirming previous reports of continuing delivery problems. Associated Press report. march audit report“Effectiveness of New Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Richmond, Virginia” was announced just one month after Keith Ballmer, Richmond’s general […]

Virginia police chief calls Chinese signatures on trainee certificates ‘unacceptable,’ town dropped by academy

A northern Virginia town has been removed from a countywide police training academy after its mayor complained about Chinese signatures on trainees’ graduation certificates. Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBord complained that the academy director, Maj. Wilson Lee, used Chinese characters to sign the certificates that graduates receive after completing their training at the Fairfax County […]