Virginia’s transportation agency says five years of data shows tow operators are getting the interstate flowing again more quickly after crashes involving commercial vehicles.
Economy
Covering the economic issues facing Southwest and Southside Virginia.
Posted inRoanoke Valley
‘Busting at the seams’: Report calls Roanoke’s planning department tone deaf, with a culture of no
Its problems are costing the city money, according to the findings.
Posted inNew River Valley
Tech Briefs: Animatronics, AI and more at Virginia Tech’s Music + Technology Festival
Plus: Virginia Tech professors weigh in on Meta settlement ramifications. Roanoke College teams with Google to offer free AI training, career certificates.
Posted inEconomy
Cardinal Commerce Notes: Brookneal-based Foster Fuels to be sold to Georgia company
Plus: Danville names a new head of economic development and tourism, and Virginia has opened applications for a new solar interconnection grant program.
Posted inEconomy
Amtrak infrastructure work will temporarily reduce train service in Virginia
Passenger rail options in Roanoke and Lynchburg will be scaled back and service to Danville will be eliminated during Amtrak’s nine-day “Pause for Progress” project.
Posted inNew River Valley
Tech Briefs: Warner, Griffith talk drone technology for Iran — and the Radford arsenal
Warner says White House turned down Ukraine’s offer of drone assistance; Griffith floats a plan to have Virginia Tech drone program monitor Radford Army Ammunition Plant.
Posted inLynchburg area
Lynchburg-based Delta Star to be acquired at time of ‘unprecedented demand’ for transformers
The company, which has 755 employees in Lynchburg and more than 1,400 overall, also makes mobile substations.
Posted inEconomy
Cardinal Commerce Notes: Fresh off acquisition, AeroFarms adds new products to its line of microgreens
Plus: A Lynchburg-based electrical supplies company is acquired, and a job fair focused on veterans is coming up.
Posted inEconomy
Lynchburg’s Diamond Hill neighborhood is on its way to revitalization, one project at a time
The most recent initiative brought a colorful mural and “sense of pride” to 12th Street, the artist says.
Posted inEconomy
Top federal broadband official visits Bedford County, touts connectivity
Arielle Roth, who leads the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, announced that all contracts have been signed to move forward with the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.
