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Youngkin Announces Hitachi Energy Expands Footprint in Southwest Virginia  

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that Hitachi Energy, a global technology leader that provides electrical grid infrastructure to customers in the utility, industry, transportation, data center, and infrastructure sectors,...

Youngkin Announces Gains in Nonfarm Payrolls in March 

Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced that, according to the BLS Current Employment Statistics Survey (“CES”...

Youngkin Announces Delta Star Expansion, 300 New Jobs in Lynchburg

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that Delta Star Inc., a manufacturer of power transformers and...

Virginia Chamber Launches Blueprint 2035 Business Survey and Tour

Yesterday, the Virginia Chamber Foundation launched a statewide survey to gather input for Blueprint Virginia...

Youngkin Announces Integer Expansion, 83 New Jobs in Salem

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Integer, a global medical contract developer and manufacturing organization, plans...

VT Carilion Scientists Seek to Develop Cutting Edge Imaging Capabilities

Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists Deborah Kelly and Sarah McDonald are ambitious and determined, and it’s paying off. The two assistant professors recently received...

Miller-Motte Students Look to the Future

That school inside Tanglewood Mall, Miller-Motte Technical College, was abuzz last week as students met with prospective employers at a job fair. About 20...

Regional Chamber Requests Nominations For Annual Small Business Awards

The Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for the 28th Annual Small Business Awards. The nomination deadline is June 23, 2014....

Virginia Tech Opens New Research Laboratory in India

Four years in the making, Virginia Tech's research laboratory in India opened recently with Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger presiding over the ribbon...

Roanoke Has New Emergency Manager

Roanoke Fire-EMS has announced that Marci Stone is the new Emergency Manager for the City of Roanoke. Marci was previously the Deputy Chief of Operations for...

Haley Toyota Breaks Ground on New Home

Haley Toyota paid the City of Roanoke just over a million dollars for a 17-acre parcel near Williamson Road and I-581 – a new...