Cover Story
The rise of the millennials
As boomers exit, the 2020s will see America’s largest generation dominate the workplace
Millennials include everyone born between 1981 and 1996, which, at 73 million, surpassed the aging baby boomers this year as our largest living generation.
Interview
Betting on success
The Pamunkey tribe has high hopes for its planned Norfolk casino
Robert Gray, chief of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, talks heritage, federal recognition and casino plans.
Opinion
A tale of two economies
Inside View: Nowhere are millennials needed more than in small-town America.
From This Issue
The place for placemaking
Fairfax County is NoVa’s epicenter for development
Local leaders realized that they needed to get serious about diversifying their economy, and the result has been an ambitious, two-pronged plan to refashion Fairfax into a center of the knowledge economy.
Altria brings IQOS heated tobacco product to U.S.
The tobacco giant starts a new venture with spinoff company Philip Morris International Inc.
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Passenger numbers taking off at Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
After changing its commercial flight provider in April 2018 to Utah-based SkyWest, the airport saw its passenger numbers climb immediately.
Alexandria searches for solution to Potomac Yard Metro station access
Although the state announced an additional $50 million in funding for improved access, a solution has yet to be found.
Northern Neck set for its first multiscreen movie theater in 2020
Compass Entertainment Complex will be built on seven acres of a 22-acre wooded lot between the towns of Kilmarnock and Irvington.
Mecklenburg co-op aids regional broadband expansion
High-speed fiber-optic internet service still eludes about 50% of Virginians, but the state’s Southside region is making progress.
A strong defense
Cybersecurity is a top concern for Virginia’s CPAs
Virginia Society of CPAs’ 2020 Virginia Economic Expectations Survey
‘Screen-side manner’
Telehealth expands specialists’ reach into remote areas and saves lives
Initially focused on rural areas, U.Va.’s telehealth program has expanded to wherever there is a shortage of specialists.
New kids on the block(chain)
Are cryptocurrencies the future of finance?
This volatile new financial sector has been a roller coaster journey of high hopes, altered plans and sobering realizations.
Drone delivery takes off
Wing, a division of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., launches a pilot program in Christiansburg.