While the vertical farming company sent out a news release touting new investment that will allow its Pittsylvania County facility to remain in operation, a letter to the state says it may yet close this month.
Tad Dickens
Tad Dickens is technology reporter for Cardinal News. He previously worked for the Bristol Herald Courier and The Roanoke Times and likes to bang on his drums when he can. Reach at tad@cardinalnews.org or 540 293-6018.
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Readers recall decades of food and family at dearly departed eateries
After the recent closing of Mrs. Rowe’s in Staunton and the K&W Cafeteria chain, Facebook users who follow Cardinal News responded to a post by listing their favorites among now-closed restaurants, including The Roanoker, Pete’s Deli, Angler’s Cafe, The Homeplace, Country Cookin’ and Mike’s Grill.
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GO Virginia awards technology, life sciences grants
Among the projects to receive funding: an initiative to strengthen startups and a workforce development effort.
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Then & Now business and technology: Broadband vs. railroads, Carter Bank and the Justice family, missing Radford arsenal chemicals, Project VITAL funding
Courts disarm state law to speed broadband crossing railroads, but federal lawmakers propose bill to address the issue. Justices still paying down Carter Bank loans. More than a year after flooding from Hurricane Helene, three totes of chemicals from the Radford arsenal are still missing. Southwest Virginia tech concerns enact programs from $5 million Project VITAL partnership.
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FloydFest adds Railroad Earth and more to `26 lineup
The Dip and Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes also part of lineup additions announced on Thursday.
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Southside organization receives grant from the OpenAI Foundation
South Boston-based SOVA Innovation Hub is one of four organizations serving Virginia — and among 208 nationwide — to receive an award from the foundation linked to ChatGPT.
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Virginia Tech passes research spending goal, but looks to fill possible funding gaps left by federal cuts
Virginia Tech has passed targets for research spending, but in what one official calls an “increasingly unpredictable” federal funding climate, the university might ask for more money from state, corporate and private sources.
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Broadband expansion in Virginia can continue under federal program, Trump administration says
States had to rewrite their proposals for federal funding after the Commerce Department changed the program rules to put satellite internet companies on equal footing with fiber-optic cable providers.
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Generational changes dominate Day of Data discussions at Virginia Tech
Generative AI is disrupting technology sectors — and jobs — at a staggering pace, said speakers at Tech’s data symposium.
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Tedeschi Trucks Band, My Morning Jacket set to headline FloydFest
Larkin Poe, The Word, lower ticket prices and more are part of the initial lineup announcement from event organizers.