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Wythe’s lack of zoning eases way for data center plan
Wythe County is one of just a handful of Virginia’s 95 counties without a countywide zoning system. That’s why the Wythe Board of Supervisors didn’t have to hold a public hearing to approve Purcellville-based Solis Arx’s plan to build an artificial intelligence data center campus expected to cost more than $1 billion at Progress Park, […]
Weather disrupts Highland maple syrup yield
Maple syrup production in Highland County fell sharply due to disrupted winter weather, impacting the annual festival and local economy.
Valley Health to expand with two new buildings
Valley Health is expanding its Winchester campus with a $20.9 million behavioral health pavilion and a $74.3 million rehabilitation tower to enhance mental health and rehab services.
Data center developers seek on-site energy in Wise
Wise County data center developers plan a $1 billion campus powered by hydrogen or natural gas, aiming to generate 600 megawatts and boost local tax revenue.
Mecklenburg Electric Coop wrestles with data center energy demand
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative petitions state to increase rates for large-load consumers, to cover their increased infrastructure costs
Danville cracks down on River District parking
Danville faced a problem, but it was a good kind of problem to have. Its downtown, once a landscape of former tobacco and textile buildings, had been so successfully revitalized that parking had become a headache. “Timed parking was not being enforced,” says Alyssa Turner, interim executive director of the River District Association, a nonprofit […]
Data centers stir debate in Frederick
After rejecting two major data centers, Frederick County supervisors back a fact sheet to study impacts on land, utilities, jobs and revenue.
Luray Airport lands major upgrade
Until recently, planes flying in and out of Luray Caverns Airport were serviced by a terminal that could most kindly be described as humble. The white, clapboard 945-square-foot structure, which dated back to the turn of the last century, had once housed chickens and “was more or less falling down,” recalls Edwin P. Markowitz, longtime […]
Va. community colleges and businesses help fill in-demand jobs
Virginia had about 295,000 unfilled jobs as of November 2024, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report released in January, but it’s not as simple as sending people to job interviews to fill these positions. Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration notes that these are good jobs for skilled workers, but there are long-term labor shortages […]
Profits follow culture at Williams Mullen
Williams Mullen is having a good decade. In the past 10 years, the Richmond law firm has seen its annual revenues swell from $106 million to $171 million and its annual profits have risen by 11.2%. What’s more, the firm’s president, CEO and chairman of the board, Calvin W. “Woody” Fowler Jr., is bullish on […]
