WV malpractice insurer seeks 23 percent rate hike
Medical Assurance Inc seeks approval from the state Insurance Commission to raise premiums by 23 percent, effective July 1, covering about 600 West Virginia physicians. The filing cites higher reinsurance costs after widespread market losses, as regulators review actuarial data over a 90 day period.
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Medical Assurance
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St. Paul Companies Inc
Roanoke County Tire Dump Fire Blackens 145 Acres
A large illegal tire dump near Roanoke, Virginia, holds 3 to 4 million tires across 145 acres. Firefighters contained a brush fire nearby Saturday while the tire blaze spread, with experts predicting the tires may burn for months and pollutants controlled by dams around Back Creek. No injuries reported though residents were evacuated and health officials advised precautions for vulnerable people.
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Frederick County
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State Department of Environmental Quality
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Keeling
Virginia
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Clearbrook
Fairfax Stone Park Hikes Reveal Historic Northeast Corner
West Virginia describes Fairfax Stone State Park as one of its smallest and least visited parks reached by a winding gravel approach. The feature recounts the 1746 survey party led by Col Peter Jefferson locating the Potomac North Branch headwaters and notes the aging markers at the site. The piece underlines the long history linking Lord Fairfax to the land grant and the route surveyors took to chart the frontier.
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Fairfax Stone State Park
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U.S. 219
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George II
England
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Charles II
Rappahannock
Potomac
Bearfence Mountain
Shenandoah National Park
Third installment of West Virginia ghost stories due out soon
South Charleston AP reports 88 year old author Dennis Deitz will publish Greenbrier Ghost 3 self published. The Greenbrier Ghost and Turnpike Ghost Stories precede it. Deitz highlights interviews and memories from locals and notes strong sales of over 100000 copies across his works including Mountain Memories.
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South Charleston
West Virginia
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