The company, TECHnista, develops K-12 curricula to teach students about the advanced manufacturing and defense industries.
Matt Busse
Matt Busse covers business for Cardinal News. He can be reached at matt@cardinalnews.org or (434) 849-1197.
Posted inRoanoke Valley
New details emerge about Botetourt grid upgrades for Google data center
Transmission line and substation upgrades are estimated to cost $264 million, but Appalachian Power says other customers won’t pay for it.
Posted inRoanoke Valley
Section of I-81 in Roanoke Valley expands to 3 lanes each way
The widening effort is among dozens of construction projects in the state’s Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Program.
Posted inEconomy
Dominion and NextEra pledge more bill credits and jobs if merger is approved
Monday’s announcement comes amid public pushback over the $67 billion merger, which would create the largest regulated electric utility business in the world.
Posted inEconomy
Columbia Gas plans more work in Covington
The utility company asks drivers to be cautious traveling through work zones as it upgrades natural gas infrastructure in the area.
Posted inEconomy
VDOT says towing incentive program clears I-81 traffic incidents faster
Virginia’s transportation agency says five years of data shows tow operators are getting the interstate flowing again more quickly after crashes involving commercial vehicles.
Posted inEconomy
Cardinal Commerce Notes: Brookneal-based Foster Fuels to be sold to Georgia company
Plus: Danville names a new head of economic development and tourism, and Virginia has opened applications for a new solar interconnection grant program.
Posted inEconomy
Amtrak infrastructure work will temporarily reduce train service in Virginia
Passenger rail options in Roanoke and Lynchburg will be scaled back and service to Danville will be eliminated during Amtrak’s nine-day “Pause for Progress” project.
Posted inLynchburg area
Lynchburg-based Delta Star to be acquired at time of ‘unprecedented demand’ for transformers
The company, which has 755 employees in Lynchburg and more than 1,400 overall, also makes mobile substations.
Posted inLynchburg area
Salvation Army denies employment discrimination claims in Lynchburg
The Christian charitable organization said that it allowed a sick employee named in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to miss dozens of days of work and that the employee resigned voluntarily.
