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Top Five: February 2025 edition
The top five most-read daily news stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from Dec. 13, 2024, to Jan. 13
Virginia Business //January 30, 2025//
Top Five: February 2025 edition
The top five most-read daily news stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from Dec. 13, 2024, to Jan. 13
Virginia Business //January 30, 2025//
1 | Richmond water crisis shuts down restaurants, businesses
Businesses “Dry January” became all too literal in Richmond, where city residents and businesses struggled with a water outage that started Jan. 6, delaying the start of the General Assembly, and leaving the city without water for several days. (Jan. 8)
2 | Buc-ee’s estimates first Va. location to open in June
Texas-based Buc-ee’s projects it will open its first travel center in Virginia — a 74,000-square-foot Rockingham County location on June 30. (Jan. 2)
3 | Hundreds pack into Caesars Virginia on opening day
Caesars didn’t shortchange on spectacle for the opening of its $800 million Danville casino, the third permanent casino to open in the state. (Dec. 17, 2024)
4 | World’s first commercial fusion power plant planned for Chesterfield Commonwealth Fusion Systems
A Massachusetts-based fusion energy company, plans to build the world’s first grid-scale commercial fusion power plant in Chesterfield County. (Dec. 17, 2024)
5 | Martinsville doctor found guilty of 460+ counts of opioids distribution
A federal court jury in Abingdon found Dr. Joel Smithers, who previously practiced in Martinsville, guilty of 466 federal counts of illegally prescribing Schedule II controlled substances and of one count of maintaining a place for the purpose of illegally distributing controlled substances. (Jan. 7)
