Of the committee’s 12 members, three hail from Southwest Virginia. Two others are from Lynchburg area.
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Posted inEconomy
Cultivating the next generation of farmers
A new model of land stewardship aims to open up agriculture to people who have been boxed out of farming opportunities.
Posted inOpinion
What’s it mean to have a majority leader from Southwest Virginia?
Instead of being led by two women from Northern Virginia, House will be led by two men from west of the Blue Ridge.
Posted inNews Briefs
McAuliffe’s ‘rural problem’ was ‘everywhere problem’; more . . .
Here are some of the top headlines around Southwest and Southside:
Posted inPolitics
Gilbert and Kilgore endorse each other for House GOP leadership roles
Gilbert set to become speaker, Kilgore in line for Majority Leader.
Posted inEconomy
What to do with gob?
Southwest Virginia has a coal waste problem, and the solutions are muddy at best.
Posted inOpinion
If Prince William doesn’t want data centers, we do
Why do data centers insist on clustering in Northern Virginia when so many localities in Southwest and Southside Virginia are begging for them?
Posted inNews Briefs
28% of state economic development funding goes to data centers; more . . .
Here are some of the top stories around Southwest and Southside.
Posted inCulture
Lynchburg’s ‘ice culture’
Fifteen years after the LaHaye Ice Center opened, Lynchburg has developed a thriving culture of ice sports.
Posted inOpinion
Six questions about what comes next
Both Republicans and Democrats face questions as Virginia adapts to (partial) GOP governance.
