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United Way, employers address regional workforce shortage
At the end of October, United Way of Southwest Virginia broke ground on its $25 million project to convert a former Kmart store in Abingdon into a regional workforce development
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Clean energy development could draw $8.5B in investments
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Wise County and neighboring localities may become home to a massive clean energy development that could attract up to $8.25 billion in capital investments, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Nov. 1.
$14.9M manufacturing facility coming to Russell County
Data center supplier Tate to create 170 jobs
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Tate, a data center supplier, will invest $14.9 million to establish a new manufacturing facility in Russell County, creating 170 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. The new plant will
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SWVA clean energy development could draw $8.5B in investments
65K acres of former mine lands to be redeveloped, Youngkin announces
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Wise County and neighboring localities in Southwest Virginia may become home to a massive clean energy development that could attract up to $8.25 billion in capital investments, Gov. Glenn Youngkin
ACP expands pharmacy doctoral program to Abingdon
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The Appalachian College of Pharmacy has expanded its Doctor of Pharmacy program to the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon in response to increased post-pandemic demand for pharmacists. ACP
October 2023 FOR THE RECORD
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Central Health system Bon Secours filed suit against insurer Anthem Health Plans of Virginia Aug. 30 in Henrico County Circuit Court, alleging Anthem owes Bon Secours $93 million in unpaid
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
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.
September 2023 Virginia 500 Spotlight: DONNA PRICE HENRY
Chancellor, University of Virginia’s College at Wise, Wise County
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FIRST JOB: I worked at a Dairy Queen during the summers while I was in high school. FAVORITE APP: Apple Fitness, except when it tells me that I’m behind in
Low inventory, high interest rates strap Va. housing market
July home sales down 20% from 2022, NoVa sales down 23.5% from June
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Homebuyers in Virginia are continuing to feel the strain of low inventory and high interest rates. The number of active listings on the market is shrinking, and fewer new listings