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PPP loans could make comeback in time for holidays
Congress could pass a third round of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program funding just in time for the holidays. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Monday introduced a $908 billion coronavirus relief bill, including an estimated $300 billion set aside for another round of PPP funding. In April, the first $349 […]
Va. COVID-19 rates climbing as vaccines are released
Virginia’s COVID-19 numbers continue to climb, with 26,279 more cases and 206 deaths recorded last week, according to the Virginia Department of Health’s Dec. 14 update. The state has had 285,149 cases and 4,414 deaths in total as of Dec. 14. The seven-day average number of new daily cases is 3,754, with 44.1 new dai[...]
Hampton University president announces retirement
After 42 years at the helm, Hampton University President William R. Harvey announced Monday he will retire at the end of June 2022. Harvey is one of the nation’s longest-serving university presidents and will retire with 44 years at the 152-year-old historically Black private university. He is the eighth longest-serving univer[...]
Virginia leads nation in COVID-19 app use
Amid grim headlines related to the coronavirus, Virginia has one piece of bright news — the commonwealth leads the nation in the percentage of citizens who have downloaded a COVID-19 app to alert users about possible instances of exposure to the coronavirus. According to a Dec. 7 report from The New York Times, a higher [&hell[...]
Hampton industrial building sells for $1.85M
An industrial building in Hampton has sold for $1.85 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Monday. The 39,200-square-foot property is located at 2506 58th St. The property is vacant, but the buyer, Reuter 58 LLC, will occupy the building, says Clay Culbreth of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer. Industrial Prop[...]
Land in Portsmouth sells for $1.05M
A 0.75-acre plot of land sold in Portsmouth for development of a car wash location, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Tuesday. Green Clean Holdings purchased the land located at 5820 High St. from Chesapeake-based Parker Burnell Real Estate Group for $1.05 million. The buyer plans to develop its ninth Hampton Roads Green Clean Auto […]
Metro Rail managers cleared of allegations, but workplace is ‘disrespectful and unprofessional’
Following a three-month investigation into Metro’s Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC), the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced Friday that complaints of racial discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation by senior rail officials were unsubstantiated — but that disrespect and unprofessional conduct is commonplace there. San Francisco-based law firm Littler Mendelson PC conducted the independent investiga[...]
CACI receives $160M Air Force network operations support task order
Arlington-based federal technology contractor CACI International has secured a potential $160 million task order to provide information technology support for U.S. Air Forces Central Command’s Network Operations and Security Center (AFCENT NOSC). On Thursday, CACI said it will offer networking, cyber, help desk and technical s[...]
Northrop Grumman books $73M Air Force contract to update missile tech
Falls Church-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a $73.2 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to incorporate new capabilities into a remote visual assessment tool in support of the Minuteman III missile’s production and deployment. The company will modify the Remote Visual Assessment II program to enable […]
BAE to begin $184M full-rate production on Marines amphibious vehicle
Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems has received approval from the U.S. Marine Corps to begin full-rate production of amphibious combat vehicles (ACVS) and received a $184 million contract modification to procure an initial 36 full-rate production of the vehicles for the service branch’s ship-to-shore operations. US[...]
VCU and VCU Health receive $24M gift
The C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Foundation has donated $24 million to Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Health, the university announced Friday. The gift was made in honor of the late C. Kenneth “Ken” and Dianne Wright, who died in 2019 and 2013, respectively. They were longtime supporters of VCU and VCU Health, with philanthropic […]
Amazon announces investment in two more solar farms in Halifax County
Part of a global renewable energy purchase, Amazon.com Inc. announced Thursday it will invest in two more Halifax County solar farms, in addition to a deal announced in March that is expected to come online in 2021. The two new solar farms, which are expected to provide 70 megawatts and 51 megawatts of power by […]
