Southwest Virginia Archives

A reality check on remote workers

Rural localities are counting on an influx of remote workers to reverse their population declines. How realistic is this?

Why having a plan matters, and why other communities should take notice.

The study on the coalfields economy — part of what the region got in return for the repeal of coal tax credits — is now out.

Northam urges residents in rural Virginia, where vaccination hesitancy is the highest, to roll up their sleeves.

A look at geopolitical power: Which localities in Southwest and Southside will gain influence and which ones will lose.

And this is just on our side of the state. Hint: They’re in Danville, Martinsville, Lynchburg, Albemarle and much of Southwest.

Lynchburg continues to have one of the lowest infection rates among major cities in Virginia.

Third of a three-part series.

Second of a three-part series.

First in a three-part series.