Posted on 7/20/17
Campbell IDA To Construct Building To Help Draw Businesses
Instead of waiting for a company to move to the region, construct a building and create jobs, Campbell County’s Industrial Development Authority is taking the matter . . .
Posted on 3/1/17
Shares Soar After BWXT Reports 4Q Profit
Investors on Tuesday cheered BWX Technologies’ fourth-quarter results, sending the stock up more than eight percent.The Lynchburg-based nuclear-services firm reported a fourth-quarter net income of $34 . . .
Posted on 2/14/17
Bank Of The James' 'UnBranch' Upends The Traditional Banking Experience
No matter the bank, most branches have similar, familiar features. Customers stand in line to be waited on by tellers behind tall counters, while employees specializing . . .
Posted on 1/18/17
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Surveying Suit Will Move Forward After Ruling On Revised Notices
A Nelson County judge overruled a motion Tuesday from 35 Nelson County landowners seeking to dismiss a surveying lawsuit from Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC.The landowners’ motion . . .
Posted on 12/20/16
Blue Ridge Overland Gear Expanding Bedford Operations
When Matt Akenhead needed bags to pack his family’s outdoor gear, he created them himself.Calling on years of experience researching and developing problem-solving equipment for military . . .
Posted on 12/19/16
Blue Ridge Overland Gear Expanding Bedford Operations
When Matt Akenhead needed bags to pack his family’s outdoor gear, he created them himself.Calling on years of experience researching and developing problem-solving equipment for military . . .
Posted on 12/16/16
Economic News For Lynchburg And Virginia Mixed In 2016
Economists from the Strome School of Business at Old Dominion University presented an uneven snapshot of Virginia and Lynchburg’s economic performance in 2016 at the second . . .
Posted on 12/13/16
Bedford County Names New Tourism Director
Bedford County has hired a tourism director after seven months without one.Nicole Shackleford Johnson, the current associate director for development and marketing at the National D-Day . . .
Posted on 12/12/16
Bedford Firm Plans At Least 16 New Jobs
Smyth Companies is investing $4.6 million and creating a minimum of 16 jobs in Bedford over the next 3 years.The custom label company is purchasing a . . .
Posted on 12/1/16
Columbia Gas's Natural-Gas Costs Rise Nearly 12 Percent
The cost of natural gas from Columbia Gas of Virginia is going up nearly 12 percent, the utility said.Effective this past Tuesday, the average residential customer's . . .
Posted on 11/30/16
New Virginia Initiative Focuses On Higher-Paying Jobs
Passed in the 2016 General Assembly session, a new program created to distribute economic development dollars on a regional basis is beginning to take shape.Called the . . .
Posted on 11/28/16
Appalachian Power Grants To Boost Lynchburg, Nelson County Economic Development
Appalachian Power has announced grants totaling $155,000 for economic development projects in several Virginia and West Virginia counties and cities.The 13 grants range from $5,000 to . . .
Posted on 8/18/16
Lynchburg Firm Earns Canadian Export Deal, Governor's Office Says
A Lynchburg-based provider of high performance microwave components has made new sales to Canada thanks to a trade mission to Vancouver, according to Gov. Terry McAuliffe. . . .
Posted on 7/27/16
Lumber Liquidators To Put $26M In Settlement Fund
Lumber Liquidators Inc. said in a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it has entered into a consolidated settlement agreement in shareholder . . .
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