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ODU and IALR to launch manufacturing engineering tech degree
Sep 27, 2023

ODU supply chain/logistics school approved by SCHEV

Old Dominion University’s School of Supply Chain, Logistics, and Maritime Operations was approved Wednesday by the state’s higher education council, and it’s set to start programming on Oct. 1, according to the university. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) OK’d the new school, whi[...]

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Sep 25, 2023

Dominion offshore wind farm hits next federal benchmark

Dominion Energy’s proposed offshore wind farm on Monday hit another major milestone. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced it has completed its environmental assessment of the project, planned 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, a little more than two years after the review began. The nearly 700-pag[...]

Rendering of Amazon’s robotics fulfillment center in Virginia Beach, expected to start operations in 2025. Photo courtesy Amazon.com.
Sep 25, 2023

Amazon to open fulfillment, delivery facilities in Va. Beach

Amazon.com will launch a fulfillment center and delivery station in Virginia Beach, creating an estimated 1,000 full-time jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. Groundbreaking began Monday, according to Ian Allen-Anderson, an Amazon spokesperson. The fulfillment center will be located at the intersection of Harpers and Dam [...]

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Sep 20, 2023

Lyon Shipyard to expand, adding 134 jobs

Lyon Shipyard, a 95-year-old family-owned ship repair facility in Norfolk, will spend $8.5 million to expand its operations and add an estimated 134 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. The shipyard plans to increase its capacity to work on commercial ships and vessels that will work on offshore wind farm operations. V[...]

Sep 14, 2023

NoVa home prices increase, Hampton Roads sees inventory boost

Median home prices in Northern Virginia continue to increase, hitting $700,000 in August, an 11.6% percent increase over the previous year, according to the latest report from the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors. At the same time, year-over-year sales declined, decreasing 12.4% from August 2022, but month-over-month sales increased as the summer reaches its end. […]

Law 2023: A. BENJAMIN SPENCER
Sep 14, 2023

William & Mary law dean becomes of counsel at McGuireWoods

William & Mary Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer is consulting for McGuireWoods as a part-time, of counsel attorney, the law firm announced Thursday. Spencer, who is also a trustee professor at the law school, will consult with McGuireWoods lawyers and clients on pending legal matters and work on learning initiatives and c[...]

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Sep 14, 2023

Canadian company to spend $22.8M to expand to Suffolk

Toronto-based Automatic Coating Ltd., which provides advanced custom powder, liquid, and blasting, will invest $22.8 million to open its first U.S. location in Suffolk, adding an estimated 50 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. Virginia competed with Florida for the project. The move supports an existing contract with [...]

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Sep 13, 2023

Sandpaper manufacturer to expand in Va. Beach

Hermes Abrasives USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Hamburg, Germany-based Hermes Abrasives, will invest $5.6 million in a Virginia Beach expansion that will add an estimated 30 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. Hermes Abrasives manufactures coated and bonded abrasives and grinding tools. The company will return its narrow[...]

Rocket Lab's HASTE launch vehicle on the pad at Launch Complex 2 in Wallops. Photo by Austin Adams.
Sep 12, 2023

Rocket Lab, Leidos sign contract for 4 rocket launches

California-based Rocket Lab USA has signed a contract with Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Leidos to launch four Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) missions, the launch company announced Tuesday. The suborbital testbed launch vehicle missions will lift off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 2 at the [...]

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze arrives in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 3, 2023. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cryton Vandiesal/U.S. Navy
Sep 7, 2023

General Dynamics, HII subsidiaries receive $14.58B in Navy contracts

Reston-based General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works subsidiary and Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding will construct Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers for the Navy during the next 10 years under contracts valued up to $14.58 billion. The Pentagon announced the contracts Aug.[...]

Melissa Stratton Moffa. Photo courtesy Chartway Credit Union.
Sep 6, 2023

Chartway Credit Union names chief legal officer

Melissa Stratton Moffa is Chartway Credit Union’s new chief legal officer, the Virginia Beach-based credit union announced Tuesday. Moffa was most recently Tysons-based Pentagon Federal Credit Union’s senior director, associate general counsel and privacy officer. “We are thrilled to have Melissa on board. Her [...]

Ben Flowers. Photo courtesy Groundworks.
Aug 31, 2023

Groundworks promotes two execs to C-suite

Virginia Beach-based Groundworks has promoted two employees, including one to chief sales officer and another as chief revenue officer, the foundation and water management solutions company announced Thursday. Ben Flowers has been promoted from vice president of Groundworks’ southern division to chief sales officer, a new [...]

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