Cover Story
The best of times?
Year of pandemic and civil strife also saw transformative giving
The past year or so in America has often seemed a dark time, with headlines dominated by COVID-19, the tumult surrounding social justice issues and our deeply politically divided nation.
Interview
Breaking down barriers
Virginia Beach teacher tapped as NFL’s first Black woman official
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Maia Chaka, a health and physical education teacher at Virginia Beach’s Renaissance Academy, will be the National Football League’s first Black female referee, the league announced in March. A 2006
Opinion
Are big tech firms more like nations?
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Roughly two years ago, Facebook announced plans to lead a consortium of companies creating a new digital token currency called Libra. The partners were to include major payment processors Visa,
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Rolling out the red carpet
Tourism destination branches into tech, offshore wind
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With high-speed subsea internet cables landing on Virginia Beach’s shores and massive wind turbines propelling off its coast, the state’s largest city is primed to welcome new businesses and industries
Innovative development planned along Silver Line
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Big plans are in place for a 103-acre plot on the Loudoun-Fairfax county line, property originally pitched by the two counties as a potential location for Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2 East
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June For The Record
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Roanoke/ New River Valley In late April, Salem-based LewisGale Regional Health System broke ground for a new freestanding emergency room in Roanoke. Located on West Ruritan Road, the nearly 10,000-square-foot
(Solar) powering the economy
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A 700-acre solar farm on a former surface mine outside of Hurley will be more than it appears, according to Adam Edelen. “Buchanan County and the entire region of Southwestern Virginia
Space race
NASA moon-Mars missions are boon for Virginia contractors
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With NASA on the verge of returning astronauts to the moon and one day to Mars, Virginia’s federal contractors also are taking a giant leap into space, fulfilling millions of
Botetourt wind project hits resistance
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Apex Clean Energy Inc. continues working toward a day when wind turbines standing atop Botetourt County’s North Mountain might generate enough energy to power up to 21,000 homes each year.
Play ball!
Sports teams and tourism destinations expect summer rebound
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Minor League Baseball is back for 2021, after the coronavirus pandemic canceled the 2020 season. And there’s no question that this summer will look much different than a typical baseball
Help wanted
Hotels, restaurants confront post-pandemic staffing crisis
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Twenty years ago, John Zirkle was just starting out in the Virginia Beach hotel business as a houseman, stripping bed sheets and doing laundry. Fast-forward to today and he is
Martinsville moves forward on reversion
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Exactly when it happens remains up in the air, but the city of Martinsville is set on downsizing to town status. It’s been about a year and a half since
A dose of inspiration
Pandemic disrupts med schools, boosts applications
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Admissions officers call it “the Fauci effect.” Inspired by Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden and the highly visible point person for the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic
