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VA Tech Launches VR Workforce Training for Utility Sector

Workforce training is about to get a 21st century overhaul through virtual reality. Traditionally, one of the best ways to learn how to do a job is to get hands-on...

Youngkin Announces Hitachi Energy Expands Footprint in Southwest Virginia  

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that Hitachi Energy, a global technology leader that provides electrical...

Youngkin Announces Gains in Nonfarm Payrolls in March 

Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced that, according to the BLS Current Employment Statistics Survey (“CES”...

Youngkin Announces Delta Star Expansion, 300 New Jobs in Lynchburg

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that Delta Star Inc., a manufacturer of power transformers and...

Virginia Chamber Launches Blueprint 2035 Business Survey and Tour

Yesterday, the Virginia Chamber Foundation launched a statewide survey to gather input for Blueprint Virginia...

Going “Raw” at Roanoke Natural Foods Co-Op

Heidi Garrabrant has been eating raw food for almost 3 years - and now teaches others how to prepare delicious meals using raw ingredients....

“Creatathon” Group Brainstorms For Valley Non-Profits

Gather a bunch of energetic competitive types in one place for 24 hours, give them creative assignments that might normally take days or weeks...

New Workforce Center Offers One Stop Shopping for Jobs, Skills

Sometimes necessity is the mother of invention, and the recent economic slowdown in Virginia is one reason, said Governor Tim Kaine, that many agencies...

W & L’s Oliver White Hill House Expands Legal Help for Under Served Residents

This fall marks the one-year anniversary of services provided by the Oliver White Hill House – Washington & Lee’s community law center located in...

Asphalt Plant In Glenvar Area Back On The Table

Thwarted in an attempt to gain approval for an asphalt plant on the site of the old Salem water treatment plant in Glenvar,...

Local Businesses, Employees Join Together in Support of United Way

“Live United,” this year’s campaign theme for United Way of Roanoke Valley, has turned out to be an appropriate one as the 26 “Pacesetter...