FEMA rejected requests for aid for victims of the August 2021 flood in Buchanan County, prompting the state to step in.
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Posted inEconomy
Partnership aims to create rural pipeline for pharmaceutical jobs
Students at Averett, Bluefield, Eastern Mennonite and Ferrum can now earn dual degrees from VCU as part of initiative to grow pharmaceutical workforce.
Posted inEconomy
As staffing shortages continue, hospitals see labor costs soar
Hospitals’ labor expenses have increased by more than a third from pre-pandemic levels, thanks to a shortage of staff, especially nurses. Second of a two-part series.
Posted inEconomy
Hospitals face ‘broad and serious threats’ as pandemic-related losses mount
Federal pandemic aid is mostly gone, and rising labor and supply costs – and static reimbursement rates – are forcing hospitals to rethink how they provide care. First of a two-part series.
Posted inNews Briefs
Buchanan, Tazewell county flooding in July approved for federal aid
President Biden approved a disaster declaration.
Posted inPolitics
Congressional delegation seeks federal disaster declaration, aid for flood-ravaged Southwest Virginia
Warner, Kaine, Griffith cite previous request for federal aid for Hurley, ask Biden to consider “cumulative impact on this community.”
Posted inEconomy
Southwest Virginia transportation technology proposal loses out on massive influx of federal funding
Tech-led group had been in the running for up to $100 million in federal funding. However, Richmond-Petersburg project was one of the 21 winners.
Posted inCulture
‘We have to figure out how to deal with the water in a better way’
A year after a flash flood killed one person and left dozens of families homeless in the Buchanan County community of Hurley, cleanup continues. So does planning for how to keep the next flood from wreaking such devastation.
Posted inEconomy
Richmond-area financial automation company announces Wise County expansion
Paymerang said it initially will hire up to 50 people for its new Big Stone Gap operation.
Posted inEconomy
Met coal mine in Buchanan, Tazewell to add 181 jobs
The demand for the type of coal used in steelmaking is driven by war in Ukraine and infrastructure spending in the U.S.