Paymerang said it initially will hire up to 50 people for its new Big Stone Gap operation.
Economy
Covering the economic issues facing Southwest and Southside Virginia.
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Provider warns ‘the child care industry will collapse’
The pandemic has worsened the lack of child care. One Blacksburg provider has more than 1,100 children on waiting list.
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Met coal mine in Buchanan, Tazewell to add 181 jobs
The demand for the type of coal used in steelmaking is driven by war in Ukraine and infrastructure spending in the U.S.
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Top advocate for Virginia’s private colleges retires; will raise llamas
Bedford-based Robert Lambeth Jr. has led the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia since 1983. He’s the longest-serving head of any private college consortium in the U.S.
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‘Phenomenally lucky’ internet pioneer reflects on life from his Giles County hilltop
“What we built was the prototype that didn’t break and wouldn’t stop.”
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A 10-year pipeline of solar jobs in coal country?
12 schools in Wise and Lee counties will soon be powered through solar energy, and their students are learning the trade in the process.
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Caesars partnership with Cherokee in Danville is 25 years in the making
The Danville partnership is new but Caesars association with the Cherokee is not.
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Caesars will break ground today. Is Danville ready?
Danville is proactively preparing for changes that the casino resort will bring.
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Virginia Western launches physical therapy program that once was part of Jefferson College
This is one of the after-effects of Jefferson College of Health Sciences merging into Radford University Carilion; two-year programs move to Virginia Western.
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Two weeks after Buchanan County flood, ‘the hardest part is getting ready to happen’
Dozens of homes were destroyed or damaged when rain and runoff poured into narrow mountain streams. The recovery is just beginning.
