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Sailing for the horizon
Despite pandemic disruptions, the Port of Virginia looks to the future
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Tariff wars and the COVID-19 pandemic delivered a one-two punch to the Port of Virginia, but officials are focusing on the positive as expansions are completed at the port’s two largest terminals, and a dredging project to make Virginia the East Coast’s deepest port is running ahead of schedule. The third-largest East Coast port behind
Cash crop?
Hemp growers find crowded, uncertain market
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Petunias, plants, strawberries, meat, tomatoes and more have been the primary revenue sources for Rolling Meadows Farms during the past 31 years. Tim Belcher took over the 400-acre Martinsville family farm in 1989 after his father retired. Now, the farm has a new product line and Belcher has high hopes that it could run neck
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Changing times
A demographic revolution is transforming how Virginians live — and vote
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Town houses and apartments, storefronts and restaurants, grassy medians, pocket parks, sidewalks everywhere. Doesn’t this look a lot like a downtown? Picking up his mail in slippers and shorts on a brisk January day, Tandy Harris pauses to consider the question. “It does,” he agrees. “It’s got all the bells and whistles.” That’s one reason
LGBTQ group names top Va. companies for equality
19 Virginia companies made the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2020 list
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Nineteen Virginia companies have made the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2020 list of “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality.” Nearly 700 U.S. companies were included in the list, which was released in the 18th edition of the organization’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index. This year’s index was determined via a survey of 1,059 companies, including
Amazon and Richmond’s Martin Agency join LGBT-friendly workplaces program
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Equality Virginia invites companies with inclusive employee policies to join Virginia Competes.
IQOS shop opening in Richmond
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Tobacco product will be marketed only to adult smokers, Altria and Philip Morris USA say.
Company opens opioid treatment facility in Harrisonburg
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Location is the sixth in Virginia for ARS Treatment Centers.
What does Fed rate cut mean for Virginia?
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Old Dominion experts weigh in on the Fed’s first rate cut since December 2008.
Virginia unemployment remains unchanged in April
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Rate stays at 2.9 percent while labor force continues to grow.
One addition, one departure among state firms on Fortune 500
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Virginia still has 21 companies ranked on the annual list.