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Richmond ABC store near VCU closes due to COVID-19
A Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) retail store near Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond has been closed until further notice after a store employee’s roommate tested positive for COVID-19. Both roommates are quarantined at home. Located at 1217 West Broad Street near the corner of West Broad and North Harrison streets, the store is […]
Coronavirus spreads to Southwest Virginia
A Botetourt County woman in her 80s who is in serious condition at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital is the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Southwest Virginia, Carilion Clinic and Botetourt County officials confirmed Thursday. The woman was admitted to the hospital on March 16, exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms, according to Dr.[...]
Amazon warehouse worker in New York tests positive for COVID-19
Only two days after Amazon.com Inc. announced it would add 100,000 warehouse and delivery jobs — 1,400 of which are earmarked for Virginia — to combat coronavirus-related unemployment, a warehouse worker in its Queens, New York City, facility has tested positive for the virus. Amazon has a total of 10 fulfillment and sortation facilities in […]
Philip Morris USA suspending Richmond manufacturing operations after second coronavirus case
Henrico County-based Altria Group Inc. has temporarily suspended operations at its Philip Morris USA manufacturing center in South Richmond after a second Philip Morris employee tested positive for COVID-19, Altria Director of Communications George Parman says. Altria expects the manufacturing center to suspend its operations fo[...]
MicroStrategy CEO draws fire for denying COVID-19 is health crisis
Michael Saylor, the CEO of Tysons-based tech company MicroStrategy Inc., wrote a later-redacted three-page memo to his 2,400 employees this week arguing that COVID-19 is not a public health crisis and saying he refused to close down MicroStrategy’s offices and shift to teleworking unless he was legally required to do so. In the letter, he […]
SAIC wins $950M DoD contract
Reston-based Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced Thursday that it has been awarded a $950 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency — a combat support agency of the U.S. Department of Defense that includes more than 26,000 civilian and military personnel. SAIC will take over supply chain management of paints, preservation and sealing compounds […]
Small businesses hurt by coronavirus can apply for federal funds
UPDATED MARCH 26 As more than 10,000 Virginians have applied for emergency unemployment assistance in the wake of the financial disruption caused by the coronavirus, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday that Virginia small businesses can begin applying for low-interest loans of up to $2 million from a U.S. Small Business Administration fund aimed at helping […]
Metro closing stations to deter cherry blossom visitors
In order to prevent use of the Metrorail for recreational visits to the cherry blossom trees around the Washington, D.C., Tidal Basin during the COVID-19 crisis, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is closing the Smithsonian and Arlington Cemetery Metro stations at 5 p.m. on Thursday March 19 until further noti[...]
Va. sees 23% one-day spike in COVID-19 cases
UPDATED MARCH 19, 7 P.M. There are now 95 COVID-19 cases in Virginia — a 23% increase from the 77 cases confirmed in the commonwealth as of Wednesday, according to data from the Virginia Department of Health and Carilion Clinic in Roanoke. The new cases include an elderly patient in serious condition at Carilion Roanoke [&hell[...]
Amazon to hire 1,400 Virginians to meet order surge, donate $1M to Arlington nonprofits
Amazon.com Inc. announced this week that it would add 100,000 full-time and part-time jobs to its United States fulfillment centers — with an expected 1,400 jobs added in Virginia — and will add $2 per hour worked through April for current employees. “We also know many people have been economically impacted as jobs in areas […]
Herndon-based Learning Tree names new CEO
Herndon-based information technology and management training course provider Learning Tree International Inc. on Wednesday named David Brown as its new CEO and a member of the board of directors. Brown most recently worked as the global head of sales and services for information services company Clarivate Analytics. He also prev[...]
Falls Church company sends text from space satellite to phone
Falls Church-based wireless network company Lynk Global Inc. said Wednesday that it has sent a text message from a satellite in space to a standard mobile phone on Earth. “This is a game-changer for the billions of people who own a mobile phone, for the billions who do not have affordable connectivity, and for the […]
