Economy

The state Department of Environmental Quality found more than a dozen offenses during a quarterly review of site inspections.

Tazewell County officials want to tap into a major gas pipeline to help local industries dealing with soaring electricity costs. They need state help to pay for the infrastructure.

Virginia Western Community College’s longtime president was selected for the RBTC Hall of Fame, and an oncological therapeutics company took the top entrepreneurship prize.

A farming and small business network called Purely Appalachia is looking toward a day when Virginia will have a legal cannabis marketplace.

Yancey will continue to write his daily column and to oversee special projects including Cardinal News 250.

The 4,000-acre tract on the northwest side of the town is largely farms, fields and wooded areas. About 3,500 of the town’s 45,000 residents live in the basin.

Across the Dan River from Danville’s River District, a largely revitalized part of the city, is North Danville, a business district with a rich history that lost investments and attention after the tobacco and textile industries left town.  This part of Danville is the city’s next target for revitalization. But an unorthodox approach is needed […]

The hub will house an early childhood development center, STEM labs for teacher training, and a shared services alliance designed to strengthen early child care and education providers.

The Roanoke-based technology company has struggled since it announced an indefinite delay of annual and quarterly reports. It has now fired its CTO, accepted the resignation of its CFO and taken back its former CEO’s severance pay.

The project’s lead developer said construction delays and weather have contributed to the latest increase. It hopes to have the 303-mile pipeline in service by the end of May.