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J-Lab scientist to receive nuclear physics prize
Volker D. Burkert, a scientist at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, aka the Jefferson Lab, has been chosen to receive the 2025 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, the lab announced Wednesday. Burkert has worked at the U.S. Department of Energy lab for 39 years of its 40-year history, and […]
Dominion files energy plan that includes more wind, nuclear
Dominion Energy Virginia filed its 2024 Integrated Resource Plan on Tuesday with the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina Utilities Commission, setting out its long-term plans for energy generation over the next 15 years. The report calls for more offshore wind and solar energy development, as well as small modular nuclear reactors starting […]
Norfolk casino groundbreaking set for Oct. 30
Groundbreaking for Norfolk‘s forthcoming casino is set to take place Oct. 30, according to a news release Tuesday. The announcement of the event, which is slated to feature remarks by the CEO of Boyd Gaming, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe’s chief and Norfolk’s mayor, comes after the Norfolk City Council approved the project last month after […]
Allianz named title sponsor of Richmond amphitheater
Allianz Partners will be the naming sponsor for Richmond‘s forthcoming 7,500-capacity, $30 million outdoor amphitheater, the global insurer announced Tuesday. The Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront, a project led by Charlottesville’s Red Light Ventures and Live Nation, is expected to open next year in time for the summer concert season, according to the announcement. The amphitheater [[...]
Marble Systems to build facility in Caroline County
A Fairfax County-based stone products manufacturer and distributor, Marble Systems, will invest $9.7 million on a warehouse and distribution center in Caroline County, creating an estimated 59 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. Virginia competed with South Carolina, New Jersey and Georgia for the project, which will also include cut stone and stone product manufacturing […]
Currie Medical to expand in Norfolk
Currie Medical, a medical device manufacturer, plans to invest $1.22 million to expand its operations in Norfolk, creating an estimated 60 jobs, the governor‘s office announced Friday. Based in Franklin, Tennessee, Currie Medical will lease a 30,000-square-foot building at 3701 E. Virginia Beach Blvd. in Norfolk, where it will house its medical device reprocessing operation […]
Yagen makes $100M donation to Military Aviation Museum
Gerald “Jerry” Yagen, founder of the Aviation Institute of Maintenance and Centura College, has made a $100 million gift to Virginia Beach‘s Military Aviation Museum, including his private collection of 70 vintage military aircraft, the museum announced last week. In the 1990s, Yagen began collecting aircraft from the first 50 years of aviation history, from […]
Siemens Energy agrees to pay $104M over Dominion bidding scheme
Siemens Energy pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $104 million this week to settle a federal criminal investigation into stealing trade secrets in order to undercut competitors’ bids in 2019 to build a Dominion Energy gas turbine “peaker” power plant in the Richmond metropolitan area. The settlement comes after three former Siemens employees and a […]
For Government Contracting Companies, AI Can Be a Gift That Keeps on Giving
Report highlights how AI can benefit a GovCon business, offers best practices for a successful AI journey By Kim Koster Government contractors make their living working for, and being held accountable to, the U.S. government and by extension, the American public. That means they have to deal with a uniquely challenging set of risks. And […]
U.S. port strike starts; Port of Va. stops cargo operations
Oct. 3 update: Strike is suspended About 45,000 International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) workers walked off the job midnight Tuesday at the Port of Virginia and every other major port along the East and Gulf coasts, launching the ILA’s first U.S. port strike in 47 years. Dockworkers hit the picket lines after the union reached an […]
