John Hagy, a Roanoke native, returns home to run the Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program.
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 inPolitics
Proposed state budget amendments aim at broadband deployment challenges
Hundreds of thousands of utility poles must be added or replaced as part of the state’s broadband expansion. ISPs and electric utilities have disagreed about who should have to pay.
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Electric co-ops push back on broadband bill
State legislation has been proposed to meet a federal deadline for broadband deployment on utility poles. But opponents say it puts an unfair onus on small power providers.
Posted inEconomy
Caron Trumbo left the Roanoke Valley to find a job in biotech. Now she’s an evangelist for its growing biotech sector.
Caron Trumbo, vice president for operations at Virginia Biotechnology Association, talks with Cardinal News about how much has changed in the region’s technology landscape, and what that means for its future.
Posted inEconomy
Virginia is trying to get broadband to 162,000 locations without it. Old utility poles may get in the way.
Virginia has $750 million in federal funding for expanding broadband. Delays in making hundreds of thousands of utility poles ready for high-speed fiber could threaten funding.
Posted inEconomy
Southwest Virginia scientists are gene-editing pigs for human transplants
Revivicor’s Roanoke County facility, and one under construction in Montgomery County, are set to supply hearts and organs from pigs for human transplantation.
Posted inEducation
OpenAI teaming with Virginia Tech’s Rishi Jaitly to make headway in India
Jaitly said he isn’t leaving the university, where he leads the Institute for Leadership in Technology.
Posted inEconomy
Governor announces funding proposal for ‘Virginia’s Research Triangle,’ including Roanoke, New River Valley
The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke would receive $27 million.
Posted inEconomy
Blacksburg shopping app looks to grow, while keeping its local focus
The Localyte app launched during the pandemic. By mid-November, about 3,000 people had downloaded the app, and 400 businesses had signed up.
Posted inEducation
‘An antidote to so much of what ails culture’: A Virginia Tech fellowship aims to bring humanities to tech leadership
Some tech leaders are acknowledging the “techtopia” we dreamed of in the 2000s hasn’t come to fruition. The humanities are a “path to a healthier civic life,” a Virginia Tech professor believes.
