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.
Economy
Covering the economic issues facing Southwest and Southside Virginia.
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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.
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New Danville Community College president looks to grow enrollment
A Q&A with Jerry Wallace, who has been in office for a month.
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Roanoke’s Victor Cardwell is first Black president of Virginia Bar Association
“You have to believe that you can control your future, you have to believe that people want to support you.”
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Indoor farm expands before it even opens, adds more jobs in Pittsylvania
The indoor vertical farming company promises 66 more jobs in the county, on top of the original 92.
