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Inside Fontainebleau Las Vegas: The Bold New Icon Transforming the Standard of 5-Star Luxury

Fontainebleau in Miami Beach is easily one of the most iconic and luxurious hotels you can book in Florida. It’s been one of the famous landmarks of Miami Beach...

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...

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...

VT Carilion Professor Receives Prestigious Neuroscience Award

William “Jamie” Tyler, an assistant professor in the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, has received a 2012 McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award. He is...

Susan Geary to help launch NPR station

Susan Geary, who produced the morning news program and hosted an on-air shift at Roanoke’s public radio station (WVTF) for almost three years, is...

“Graetest” Ice Cream In The World!

Oh, the things I do for my craft, you know, journalism.  Like last week for instance, when a public relations agency alerted me...

Ownership Transition at Martin Brothers Contracting Completed

 The ownership transition of MB Contractors, Inc. that began six years ago is officially complete as President Todd Morgan and Executive Vice President...

Roanoke Ranks Among Nation’s Top Ten Digital Counties

For the tenth time in as many years Roanoke bested most other counties in the entire country in information and communications technology use,...

It’s Always “Ssunny” In Roanoke For Hotelier

When he first came to America in 1990, Ssunny Shah (yes, he spells his first name with two S’s) had only $400 in his...