Economy

Wellfarm Veterinary Consultants will use $125,000 to expand its services and further advocate for preventative care of cattle, pigs, sheep and other large production animals.

The federal lawsuit is the latest in a yearslong dispute over hundreds of millions of dollars that the West Virginia governor’s family owes to the Martinsville-based bank.

The Lynchburg-based company will work on a team developing a nuclear fission reactor that would provide electricity to space vehicles.

The Blue Ridge Parkway receives more visitors than the Yellowstone, Yosemite and the Grand Canyon national parks combined. But it has had to put off many maintenance projects over the years due to lack of funding.

A public meeting to discuss the proposal for the mostly industrial neighborhood will be held Monday.

Thanks to the city’s flood reduction project, 44% of the parcels in the city’s flood control map are now in a lower risk category.

Tate will open a new facility to make data center components for customers in Virginia and elsewhere, according to the governor’s office.

The three companies were part of a Johnson & Johnson Innovation contest.

The goal of the project is to drive commercialization and deployment of conventional and innovative energy technologies on 65,000 acres of previously mined land, mostly in Wise County. The hope is that it will lead to jobs for residents and will bring tax revenue to local governments that have been affected by the downturn in the coal industry.

Proponents of artificial intelligence technologies say they can save time — and lives — when used in health care. But with such advances come concerns about safety, accuracy and the evolving role of the human medical professional.