The Atlantic tropical season’s latest first hurricane of the satellite era is expected to strike the Gulf Coast near where Alabama and the Florida Panhandle meet.
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Posted inLynchburg area
Developer reveals proposed location for small modular reactor in Amherst County
The news comes two days after Geenex Power announced the nuclear project but not its site, because of the need for due diligence.
Posted inSouthwest Virginia
Damascus cancels Flock contract, joining other Virginia localities that have recently severed ties with the surveillance company
The town’s three cameras will be deactivated and bagged by the police department.
Posted inLynchburg area
Lynchburg amphitheater operator that owes city money in inaugural season is working through ‘learning curve,’ city staff say
The private company’s owner says the problem is “just a miscommunication.”
Posted inOpinion
Governor’s energy plan says a shortage of transmission lines is driving up the cost of power
The report lays out a primer on Virginia’s energy demands, with emphasis on how data centers have broken the business model for supplying electricity. First of two parts.
Posted inNew River Valley
State assistance response to aid Radford’s fiscal distress leaves officials questioning next steps
“We really haven’t heard anything else from the governor’s office or the legislature, and that may happen any day, we don’t know,” said Mayor David Horton.
Posted inLynchburg area
‘Monstrous towers and lines’: With Campbell County’s vote, localities unite against Valley Link
The proposed transmission line’s latest plan has it running through six counties and ending in Culpeper County.
Posted inLynchburg area
Bedford County to hold public hearing on school closures Thursday
The school board is preparing to vote on whether to shutter multiple elementary schools and redraw attendance zones as enrollment drops.
Posted inOpinion
Franklin County official: Virginia is ready to grow its outdoor economy. Now it’s our turn to show up.
Some communities have incredible resources but lack infrastructure, businesses, organizational capacity or investment. Some need trails, while others need river access. Many places need outfitters, guides, lodging, restaurants or places for outdoor businesses to get started. Others simply need help connecting people and projects that are already there.
Posted inNews Briefs
Headlines from across the state: Virginia forest and urban tree canopy plan moves toward completion; more …
From elsewhere: Virginia’s two largest craft brewers, Hardywood and Starr Hill, are merging. Feds accept grid operator’s plan to address power shortfall from data centers. Korn Ferry Tour Championship tees off in Richmond.
