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Randolph-Macon College names next president
Ashland’s Randolph-Macon College has chosen Michael E. Hill as its 16th president, effective Aug. 1, the college announced Tuesday. Hill is currently president of Chautauqua Institution, a western New York nonprofit educational institution for children and adults that runs extensive theater, music and other arts programming during its nine-week summer season. He will succeed Randolph-Macon [[...]
The Virginia Home plans $128M campus in Hanover
The Virginia Home plans to build a $128 million, 75-acre campus in Hanover County, according to a Thursday announcement by the nonprofit, which serves adults with irreversible physical disabilities. The current facility in Richmond will be sold, a spokesperson said. At its location overlooking Richmond’s Byrd Park, The Virginia Home houses 130 residents who have […]
Richmond starts water testing, but city remains under boil water advisory
On Thursday, Richmond Mayor Danny Avula said that water levels have risen across the city to the point that authorities have started testing samples for contamination and most buildings in the city have at least some running water, four days after the city’s water treatment plant failed following a winter storm. A Jan. 6 power […]
Owens & Minor sues Anthem, accusing insurer of mishandling claims
Mechanicsville-based Fortune 500 health care logistics and supply company Owens & Minor filed a federal lawsuit against Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield this week, claiming that the Henrico County insurer mismanaged funds for Owens & Minor’s employee health insurance plan and allegedly violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA. According to the […]
Owens & Minor leases new HQ in Henrico
Henrico County is getting a fifth Fortune 500 company. Global health care logistics and supply company Owens & Minor is moving from Hanover County to a new headquarters in Henrico’s Innsbrook Corporate Center. The company is leasing the fourth floor of the Highwoods One building at 10900 Nuckols Road, according to Will Bradley, an executive […]
VDOT buys Owens & Minor’s Hanover HQ for $33.5M
The Virginia Department of Transportation has purchased the Mechanicsville headquarters of Owens & Minor for $33.5 million, with plans to move the state agency’s central office there in summer 2025. Much of VDOT’s staff will move from the Annex building at 1401 E. Broad St. into the new building at 9120 Lockwood Blvd. in Hanover […]
Wholesale electrical distributor plans Va. expansion
Cooperative Electric Energy Utility Supply (CEEUS), a South Carolina-based electrical distributor that serves cooperatives, municipals and investor-owned utilities, plans to invest $37 million into a new 187,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility in Hanover County, creating 30 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. The facility will support CEEUS’s customers in Virginia, [...]
Kings Dominion parent Cedar Fair and Six Flags announce $2B merger
Cedar Fair Entertainment, the parent company of Kings Dominion, is merging with Six Flags Entertainment in an all-stock deal valued at $2 billion, the companies announced Thursday. Cedar Fair unitholders will own 51.2% and Six Flags shareholders will own approximately 48.8%. Together, the two companies will have a combined 27 amusement parks, 25 water parks […]
Dominion pitches new solar projects to SCC
Dominion Energy is pitching the State Corporation Commission on several solar projects that could generate enough carbon-free electricity to power nearly 200,000 homes. The projects, presented in the Fortune 500 utility’s fourth annual clean energy filing with the state, include six solar projects totaling 337 megawatts and 13 power purchase agreements totaling 435 megawatts with […]
Love at first site
Home to eight Fortune 500 companies and three Fortune 1000 companies, metro Richmond is “punching above our weight” for a region of 1.3 million residents, says Jennifer Wakefield, president and CEO of the Greater Richmond Partnership. For the third year in a row, the Richmond region was named by Business Facilities magazine as a top […]
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: BRIDGETTE C. BYWATER
Coming out of pandemic-driven restrictions, “Kings Dominion will be the cure for cabin fever in 2023,” Bywater said in October 2022, announcing the 48-year-old amusement park’s intention to welcome guests year-round, adding weekends in January, February and March to its regular April to December season. Kings Dominion aimed to hire 2,500 employees this year; in […]
Bon Secours names new leader for Hanover, Rappahannock hospitals
Bon Secours has named John Emery to lead Memorial Regional Medical Center in Mechanicsville and Rappahannock General Hospital in Kilmarnock, effective Monday. Emery previously served as president of the hospital system’s Southside Medical Center in Petersburg and Southern Virginia Medical Center in Emporia. In his new role, Emery will be responsible for the operational success […]
