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Roanoke Times union pickets over wages, mileage
The Roanoke Times’ newsroom union staged its first-ever picket line briefly Monday as a message to the newspaper’s owners, Lee Enterprises, which the union says won’t budge on requested salary and mileage reimbursement increases. Alison Graham, vice chair of the Timesland News Guild and a staff writer at The Roanoke Times, said earlier Monday that […]
Ridge View banks on Roanoke region
Drawn by the Blue Ridge’s “blue-collar atmosphere,” a new bank has set up shop in the Roanoke region. Ridge View Bank, a division of Pennsylvania-based CNB Bank, opened for business in October 2021 and plans to be headquartered in the city of Roanoke next year. “We’re not ready to disclose the exact location yet,” says […]
New SVP for HR joins The Branch Group
Roanoke-based The Branch Group Inc. has hired Tina Pfalzgraf as senior vice president for human resources, the company announced March 28. Pfalzgraf’s first day was Monday. She will be responsible for leading human resource initiatives for the company, and will serve on its executive leadership team. Pfalzgraf has more than 25 years of experience in […]
Ex-Roanoke Times press building to become apartments
Another former newspaper building will be turned into apartments. The former Roanoke Times press building, located at 120 Salem Ave. in Roanoke, sold for $2.2 million. BH Media Group Inc. sold the 51,087-square-foot former press production facility to Belleview Investments LLC as a redevelopment property. A restauranteur shared his plans with The Roanoke Times last […]
Salem names new economic development director
Salem’s new economic development director, Tommy Miller, says he has “the entrepreneurial gene,” a trait that should come in handy with his new role. Miller established Richmond Brewery Tours, a venture he ran from 2012 through 2020 to highlight the burgeoning craft beer industry. “Any entrepreneurial venture should be both calculated and gut driven,” he […]
Penn. logistics firm building cross-dock centers in Va.
Pennsylvania-based warehousing and logistics company A. Duie Pyle Inc. will invest about $20 million to establish three cross-dock service centers in Manassas, Richmond and Roanoke, an expansion expected to create 75 jobs, Pyle and Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. It’s the company’s first entry into Virginia. “Global supply chains are experiencing unprecedented pressure and we [...]
Compounding interest
The Roanoke Valley enjoyed a constant stream of nibbles from prospective corporations considering the area in 2021, according to John Hull, executive director of the Roanoke Regional Partnership, which promotes development in four counties and three cities. “I don’t think we’ve ever been this busy in terms of interest and activity,” Hull says. “It’s just […]
Lowe’s warehouse to create 70 jobs in Roanoke County
A new Lowe’s warehouse and distribution center is expected to create 70 jobs in Roanoke County, the $11 million project’s developer announced Monday. Lowe’s Cos. Inc. has hired Roanoke-based Cherney Development, in partnership with North Carolina-based Samet Corp., to build a 60,000-square-foot distribution warehouse and distribution center on an 8.45-acre site in Roanoke County&[...]
Revamping Vinton
Vinton has been reinventing itself over the past decade, using public-private partnerships to convert old, vacant buildings into bustling modern developments. Now that the small eastern Roanoke County town has attracted new residents and visitors, the town’s new focus is on improving its transportation, walkability and infrastructure. “We really had a renaissance the last five […]
Virginia Tech Carilion hires director of communications
Josh Meyer will join Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine as its director of communications, the school announced this week. A Virginia Tech alumnus, Meyer was most recently director of marketing and strategic communications for Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke. “We are excited to have Josh join the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine […]
Bedford lays tracks for possible Amtrak stop
Leigh Ann Ellis is all aboard for Amtrak to begin stopping in the town of Bedford. In the past, Ellis, a journalism teacher at Bedford County’s Staunton River High School, had her students board the train in Lynchburg for field trips to New York or Washington, D.C. For students who live in Goodview, on the […]
Hollins University alumna makes $75M donation
Hollins University has received a $75 million donation from an anonymous alumna, the largest in its history and believed to be the largest private donation to a women’s college, the university announced Thursday. The gift will fund scholarships and undergraduate financial need. It will be given in $25 million increments to the Hollins endowment over […]
