Economy

Parkland Direct, which makes lithographic prints and custom envelopes, will create 41 new jobs as it adds new machinery at its Forest facility, the governor said Tuesday.

Families are struggling to find child care because providers are struggling to find employees. The Fast Track initiative aims to solve those problems. 

A new cohort of technology companies has been named, with an emphasis on the life sciences sector.

The McAfee Knob page on the Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge website received nearly 1,000% more traffic than it did this time last year.

Following a federal government agency’s proposed safety order, the pipeline’s operator says an independent third-party engineering firm will evaluate the integrity of the pipeline for the remainder of the project’s construction.

No arrests have been made in what authorities said was an “extensive, ongoing criminal investigation” centered on drugs and money laundering by retail establishments.

Home sales activity this year has dropped far more sharply than previously predicted, but next year is anticipated to bring improvement. Meanwhile, median home prices in many Southwest and Southside localities are rising at a faster rate than in Virginia overall.

Read Montague, who runs the Center for Human Neuroscience Research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke, is among the planet’s leading AI experts. On Thursday, he’ll discuss insights in brain research in a free public presentation.

The banking company will become the county’s largest employer, according to the governor’s office.

A different Virginia Tech professor is expected to be called by Google to testify about the role data plays in the case.