Economy

If the State Corporation Commission approves Appalachian’s request, the average residential customer’s monthly bill would rise by about $6.75, on top of approximately $50 in increases over the past two years.

The facility has been generating electricity since its dam was built at Claytor Lake in 1939.

Jeffrey Schwaner has been a storytelling coach and editor with Gannett’s Virginia papers for more than nine years.

The Cost of Poverty gathered dozens of Martinsville-area public servants, from police to social workers, and asked them to navigate the lived experiences of those they deal with every day. 

A second grant from Virginia Energy’s Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization program will go to a business expansion in Clintwood.

The center, which will be run by Ballad Health, is part of the Regional Workforce and Childhood Development Hub.

The company provides warehousing and distribution services for clients that include the Volvo Trucks North America plant in Dublin.

A firm had accused the Martinsville-based bank of pressuring West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s companies to pay it money that should have gone to other creditors. The bank had called the allegations “false and misleading.”

This path forward will be faster and cheaper than the previous plan, with service expected to arrive in Christiansburg no later than 2027.

The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority is expected to vote Tuesday on the proposal, which would make passenger rail service available in Christiansburg no later than 2027.