The utility said its request, which would raise the average residential monthly bill by $9.10, is the lowest proposed increase in nearly 30 years.
Economy
Covering the economic issues facing Southwest and Southside Virginia.
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Tech Briefs: A Blacksburg with no Hokie stone? AI imagined it.
Plus: Virginia Tech researchers modify “Call of Duty” to train Marines.
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Cardinal Commerce Notes: Transformer factory opens in Wytheville
Plus: Lynchburg upgrades its GIS website and more than $1 million in grants will go to Campbell County projects.
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Southwest Virginia needs to solve its housing shortage if it wants economic growth, new jobs, governor says
Later in the day, the governor attended two health-related events in Abingdon.
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In Lynchburg’s historic Black commercial district, developers are giving Fifth Street a second chance
New apartment units and commercial spaces are on the market or in the works on the street that was once regarded as the city’s Black Main Street but was later lost to history.
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6 years after closing, Amherst’s former state-run training center is still on long path to redevelopment
Plans for demolishing some of the site’s buildings and constructing a new access road are in the works to make the site more marketable to developers.
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Tech Briefs: Annual summit brings indoor growers back to Danville
Plus: an update on the cancellation of the Digital Equity Act.
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History remembered at former Amherst training center site as redevelopment plans take shape
Central Virginia educators, community members are taking stock of the campus’ stories — the good ones of strong patient care, and the bad of eugenics and forced sterilization.
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Cardinal Commerce Notes: Mabry Mill restaurant set to reopen with new operator
Plus: Airports get federal funding, Roanoke law firm expands, home builders launch charitable foundation.
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Pittsylvania data center project approved with more investment and jobs than previously announced — as long as tax breaks remain in place
A local performance agreement outlines a $100 billion investment and 2,500 new jobs over 30 years, but it’s contingent upon a state tax exemption remaining in place.
