Chip plant expansion will benefit potato farmers
Route 11 Potato Chips will invest more than $1.2 million in an expansion and create 13 jobs in Mount Jackson.
Shentel to pay $640 million to acquire Ntelos
Edinburg-based Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. (Shentel) has agreed to acquire Waynesboro-based Ntelos Holdings Corp. in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $640 million.
New facility expected to boost turkey processing
The Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative Inc. is expanding its 80,000-square-foot, turkey processing facility in Rockingham County.
Commonwealth formally transfers Fort Monroe land to National Park Service
Historic site will become national monument.
Interchange develops food-grade warehouses
Harrisonburg-based Interchange Group is acquiring a 13-acre site in the Hampton Roads area within 15 miles of the ports.
First Bank names president and chief operating officer
Dennis A. Dysart was senior executive vice president and COO.
Mary Baldwin to become university in 2016
On Aug. 31, 2016, Mary Baldwin College will become Mary Baldwin University.
Shenandoah Growers plants seeds for higher sales
Shenandoah Growers Inc. in Rockingham County plans to boost sales by $15 million and hire 15 additional workers in the next three years.
Dynamic Aviation gets new initiatives off the ground
Bridgewater-based Dynamic Aviation overhauls airplanes and modifies them for its customers, including the U.S. military.
Shenandoah Valley Partnership picks new director
Carrie Chenery is chosen as the new director of the Shenandoah Valley Partnership.
International impact
Foreign companies made a splash in Shenandoah Valley region last year.
Forming a bond
Welder training at Blue Ridge Community College was a selling point for Italian company, Provides Metalmeccania.