A groundbreaking this afternoon in Franklin County for a new centralized warehouse and offices for Virginia Furniture...
Local Business and Economic Development
In 2020 and despite the pandemic, Goodwill Industries of the Valleys placed 2600 people in jobs and...
(from Governor’s office) Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Virginia’s unemployment rate fell 0.4-percentage point to 4.7...
A shortage of semi-conductor “chips” in recent months has idled auto manufacturing plants – and the supply...
Munters Group broke ground on their new home in Botetourt County this morning at Greenfield. It will...
Parts of Northwest Roanoke City have been labeled as a “food desert” but now there’s a new...
Business and community leaders are invited to hear updates on the State of Tourism, Education, Healthcare and...
The Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission released a comprehensive economic development strategy for public review…WFIR’s Rob Ruthenberg has...
(Volvo news release) Volvo Trucks North America today announced that employees represented by the United Auto Workers...
The GO Virginia economic development initiative that is a public-private partnership continued its regional meeting tour today...
The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday and passed various resolutions involving economic development in the...
Despite the pandemic and COVID safety conditions still in place the Blue Ridge Marathon and related races...
The good news – there is no shortage of gasoline on the East Coast – the bad...
You may have seen commercials about it already – Congress is considering labor legislation called the “Pro...
If you work at a Sheetz fueling center and convenience store you are in for a raise:...