Light at the end of the tunnel
Bridge-tunnel expansion is key to Hampton Roads’ growth
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Off and on since the 1980s, John Rivera has commuted from his home in Hampton to Naval Station Norfolk. He’s seen Interstate 64 grow from two to four lanes in
VTCSOM seeks to create neurosurgery department
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Administrators at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine are working toward establishing a department of neurosurgery, a step up from its smaller program. The State Council of Higher Education
Wallops Island lifts off with Rocket Lab addition
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Rocket Lab USA is boosting the visibility of one of the United States’ lesser-known spaceports on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Since January, the California-based aerospace company has launched three successful missions
EarthLink support center approaches completion
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By mid-August, construction workers had gotten up a big portion of the steel framework for the 28,000-square-foot, two-story building that will house EarthLink’s customer support center at Project Intersection, a
Blue Ridge festival rocks on — for now
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UPDATED SEPT. 11: The Blue Ridge Rock Festival was canceled on Sept. 9 due to severe weather, including storms and hail. The festival’s organizers said they would provide refund details
Satellite internet improves mobile health care
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The Health Wagon got its start in 1980 when Sister Bernadette Kenny, a nurse practitioner, began dispensing free, much-needed health care to people in rural Appalachia from her Volkswagen Beetle.
Big deals
Here are some of the state’s biggest economic development announcements in 2022 and 2023, expected to create at least 100 jobs each.
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CENTRAL VIRGINIA Appomattox: In November 2022, Virginia MetalFab, a precision sheet metal fabricator, moved from Nelson County’s Gladstone area to nearby Appomattox, where it’s leasing the former Thomasville Furniture plant,
FloydFest cancelation causes economic ripples
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FloydFest, a five-day celebration showcasing more than 100 performers, has had an annual regional economic impact of about $4 million since its 2002 founding, according to festival organizers. Even so,
Riverdale project could be ‘transformative’
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Partnering with the city of Roanoke, developer Ed Walker started redevelopment of 100 acres encompassing the sprawling, former campus of American Viscose, a rayon plant that closed in 1958. “This
German auto parts maker revamps Salem GE plant
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Most everyone in the Roanoke Valley either worked at the former General Electric Co. facility in Salem or knew someone who had, says Renée Turk, the city’s mayor. “On some