Plus: Emerging Tech Conference seeks proposals for this year’s event; professor emeritus at Virginia Tech makes seven-figure donation to support undergraduate research.
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.
Posted inEconomy
COVID-era strategy shift leads to exponential growth for CPR training startup
Roanoke-based Code One Training Solutions currently has 112 remote training locations. Its owners want to expand nationwide.
Posted inEconomy
Tech Briefs: Chandler Vaughan named Virginia broadband office director
Plus: RBTC’s Beer + Biotech events are moving to the new RoVa labs building.
Posted inCulture
‘Cheese slaw town’: Pimiento cheese’s Roanoke kin retains its spicy cult following
The treat, good as a side or a condiment, can be found in a few places across the Roanoke Valley, or made at home.
Posted inEconomy
Tech briefs: Sen. Warner seeks comment on potential law for AI agents market
Plus: Energy Department gives Virginia Tech $2.8 million for a project to improve energy transmission; Smyth, Washington counties receive GO Virginia grant for shared industrial park.
Posted inEconomy
Investment firm to buy troubled tech company Luna Innovations
The company, formerly headquartered in Roanoke, had recently settled a class-action lawsuit for $7.3 million, after plaintiffs alleged securities fraud.
Posted inEconomy
Tech Briefs: Virginia adds a new term, agrivoltaics, to its code of laws
Plus: Jefferson Lab Data Center will provide research boon to Virginia Tech, professor says.
Posted inEconomy
Tech Briefs: Virginia Tech adds an artificial intelligence minor to its curriculum
Plus: The Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council offers Ecosystem Navigator office hours.
Posted inEconomy
Bedford County wants out of a broadband deployment project that is in danger of missing a federal deadline
RiverStreet Networks is seeking financing to complete internet service to nearly 40,000 locations in Southwest and Central Virginia. In Bedford County, where RiverStreet has about 950 locations left to serve, local officials say there has been no new work in about a year.
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Grandin Theatre digging a hole for performer perks
A new dressing room and restroom area are being constructed underground, adjacent to the Roanoke theater’s new green room.
