News Headlines for Alleghany, Virginia

One killed in West Virginia plant blast (CNN.com)
One person was killed and another injured in a chemical plant explosion late Thursday near Charleston, West Virginia.

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Restored B-25 bomber flies to Virginia Beach museum (The Virginian-Pilot)
VIRGINIA BEACH After years of restoration work, a B-25J twin-engine bomber took its maiden flight with full armament today from Suffolk to the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, landing without a hitch before a crowd of former pilots and other aircraft aficionados.

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Virginia Beach police prepare for weekend visitors at Oceanfront (The Virginian-Pilot)
VIRGINIA BEACH Probably none of the visitors packing Oceanfront hotels has spent more time planning for the weekend than police Capt. Tony Zucaro. And none likely will spend as much time planning for next year’s summer vacation, either.

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Allegheny Power Files for Rate Increase in West Virginia (Centre Daily Times)
Allegheny Power, the electric delivery subsidiary of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE), today submitted a request to the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to recover an additional $173 million (annualized) in fuel and purchased power costs, effective January 1, 2009.

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October is wine month in Virginia, with tastings, festivals and packages (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
RICHMOND, Va. - October is Virginia Wine Month, with tastings, festivals and hotel packages around the state.

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Wall Street Journal Examines Concerns Over Large Not-for-Profit Hospital System In Southwestern Virginia (Medical News Today)
The Wall Street Journal on Thursday profiled Carilion Health System, a large not-for-profit hospital system in southwestern Virginia that critics maintain has created a monopoly on health care services in the area. According to the Journal, not-for-profit hospitals, which account for the majority of U.S.

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Can Virginia end USC's BCS title hopes early? (Orange County Register)
The position-by-position matchup between USC and Virginia.

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University of Virginia Hurricane Tip Sheet (Newswise)
The University of Virginia has experts in a variety of disciplines available to talk on various aspects of the effects of hurricanes on people and the environment.

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Sniper Judge Takes Seat on Virginia Supreme Court (Washington Post)
The judge who presided over one of the Washington area sniper trials will now be making decisions that affect people throughout Northern Virginia.

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Virginia Republicans call Palin ‘proven and consistent conservative’ (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
Attorney General Bob McDonnell, the presumed Republican nominee for governor in 2009 and chairman of the Virginia delegation at the Republican National Convention in Minnesota, said the selection of Palin as the first woman on a Republican ticket “is another milestone in the life of our nation.”

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