Business

Former Roanoke Goodwill CEO Honored With Hall of Fame Award

Bruce Phipps, the former CEO of Goodwill Industries of the Valleys, has been awarded the prestigious Goodwill Industries International Hall of Fame Award for his outstanding contributions to the...

A Brief Look at The Importance of Having A Workplace First Aid Kit

There are numerous regulations that businesses must comply with concerning the workplace. Many of these...

2024 Recreational Trails Program Grant Round Opens

The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation is now accepting applications for $1.9 million in Recreational...

NFIB’s Optimism Index stays below 50-year average in February 

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index decreased in February to 89.4, marking the 26th consecutive...

Obesity on The Rise in Virginia’s Most Vulnerable Populations—How Online Workshops Step in to Help

Obesity rates in Virginia are at an all-time high. Over two-thirds of people in the state are...

Julia Boas Named Director of Marketing at Roanoke Regional Partnership

Julia Boas has been named director of marketing for the Roanoke Regional Partnership. Boas has worked the last seven years as the director of...

Read This Before You Begin a Higher Education Journey

Higher education advocates cite the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) findings that college graduates make, on average, twice as much a week...

Goodwill Community Career & Resource Fair This Saturday, May 15th

Goodwill Industries of the Valleys will be hosting a Community Career & Resource Fair on Saturday, May 15th from 11 am – 3 pm...

Ronald McDonald House Charities of SWVA Announces New Executive Director 

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Virginia (RMHC of SWVA) is excited to announce that Shannon Boothe has been promoted Executive Director of the...

9 Steps For Turning Your Idea Into A Business

You have a great idea for a new small business. Congratulations! Now, what do you do to turn that idea into a legitimate business?...

Iannello Joins Chorda Pharma as CEO

Serial entrepreneur and innovator Victor Iannello, Sc.D., has joined Roanoke-based Chorda Pharma as its CEO. “Chorda Pharma is poised for significant growth in the coming...