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Youngkin Announces Record-Setting Tourism Spending, $35.1B in Virginia in 2024

Governor Glenn Youngkin and Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) announced that Virginia’s tourism industry generated a record high $35.1 billion in visitor spending in 2024, marking a 5.4% increase from...

Youngkin Highlights Strong Growth in Virginia Job Openings and Hiring

Yesterday, Governor Youngkin announced that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) May 2025 Job...

Youngkin Announces AstraZeneca Selects Virginia for Multi-Billion Dollar Manufacturing Center

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development, and...

Youngkin Announces June Jobs Surveys

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced last Friday that according to BLS CES data, nonfarm employment decreased...

Virginia Tourism Corporation Announces Catherine Marshburn as Vice President of Marketing

Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) yesterday announced that Catherine “Cat” Marshburn has been named Vice President...

Locally Owned High Tech Tire and Battery Service Set to Open

Star City Tire and Battery Service has announced that it will open to the public on Friday, May 31 at 6802 Peters Creek Road. ...

KnowledgeWorks Partner Looks To Hit It Big With “SimulTV”

System Integrates Content, Chat, Social Networks & Search on the Same Screen on Any Web-Enabled Device  Say goodbye to the second screen. According to...

Carilion Scientist Discovers How Alzheimer’s Drugs Sharpen the Brain

The importance of transmitting clear signals, however, is not relegated to the airwaves. The same creed applies to the electrical impulses navigating a human...

Former Gentry Locke Managing Partner Accepts Position at Roanoke College

G. Michael Pace, Jr., former Managing Partner of the Virginia law firm of Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP, will become General Counsel with...

Rethinking Safe Haven Investments

The global credit crisis was marked by a sharp and protracted sell-off across most major financial markets.  During the worst moments of the...

Kaine and Local Officials Discuss Business Concerns

“It’s time to solve the issue of Visa reform,” said U. S. Senator Tim Kaine at the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday....
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