RICHMOND — In July 2020, the Virginia Clean Economy Act went into effect, setting the commonwealth on a path towards ...

West Virginia has long been an energy state. But far-reaching legislation its United States House of Representatives members ...

It's undeniable that seat belts save lives, and Virginia enacted a law on July 1 that affects anyone riding in the back seat ...

JARRATT, Va. (AP) — A former Army counterintelligence worker was executed by electric chair Tuesday for killing a Virginia couple, becoming the first U.S. inmate to die by electrocution in over ...

This 1991 photo shows the Virginia electric chair, which was moved from the old, now-demolished state penitentiary in Richmond to the prison facility in Greensville, Va.

Executive director named for Virginia Commission on Electric Utility Regulation Commission, reenergized after 2023 legislation, is tasked with reviewing legislative proposals, utility planning ...

A small, handwritten note indicates that a device – likely the electric chair – was turned on by one worker at 11:01 p.m. for over a minute. Shortly after, Clanton was dead.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, left, looks over the electric chair in the death chamber at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va., with Operations Director George Hinkle, center, and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — On a 1989 audio recording crackling with static, an inmate is barely audible as he offers his last words before he is executed in Virginia's electric chair.

Left: The electric chair in the death chamber at Virginia State Penitentiary in 1991. Right: The computer that controlled the electric chair. The prison was closed and demolished in the early '90s.

WASHINGTON — A Virginia congressman has introduced a bill to stop the U.S. Postal Service from buying new delivery trucks unless at least 75% are electric. U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D ...

Electric chair, other execution tools donated to Virginia Museum of History and Culture by: Nathan Crawford Posted: Jan 14, 2022 / 08:13 PM EST Updated: Jan 14, 2022 / 08:13 PM EST ...