Economy

No branch closures or employee layoffs are planned as part of the merger that would create the third-largest credit union in Virginia.

Employees risk losing workers who can’t find affordable child care. Red Rooster Coffee in Floyd offers it on site to its 48 employees for just $2 per hour.

Universal Logistics Holdings plans to spend a year upgrading a former Southern States building and begin operating there in 2025.

State regulators say Dynax America Corp. released too much hydrochloric acid into the air over a period of several years. If finalized, the civil charge would be among the larger amounts that the DEQ has levied in recent years.

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.

The proposed extension from Pittsylvania County into North Carolina would be less than half the originally proposed length and would no longer require a new compressor station.

Cardinal News: Then & Now takes a look back at the stories we brought you over the last 12 months. In this installment: updates on the casino projects in Danville and Bristol.

Cardinal News: Then & Now takes a look back at the stories we brought you over the last 12 months. Today: an update on Pittsylvania County’s broadband expansion.

Cardinal News: Then & Now takes a look back at the stories we brought you over the last 12 months. Today’s installment: business.

The county’s last shell building opened in 2014.