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Southwest Virginia

Jan 8, 2021

COVID-19 vaccinations for Va. essential workers start Monday

On Monday, 11 Virginia health districts will begin COVID-19 vaccinations of “frontline essential workers,” including police, teachers and grocery store workers, the Virginia Department of Health announced Friday afternoon. Some regions will continue vaccinations of priority group 1a, which includes frontline health care providers and employees and residents of long-term care facilities. But the following […][...]

The show goes on for Barter Theatre at the former drive-in Moonlite Theatre.
Dec 29, 2020

Barter Theatre hangs on with Moonlite shows

Abingdon’s Moonlite Theatre is on the National Register of Historic Places and in the lyrics of at least two country western songs, but the drive-in movie theater was closed for most of the last decade. When Katy Brown visited it last spring, “it was a wreck,” she recalls, “but I thought all we’d have to […]

Jessica Johnson. Photo courtesy Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer
Dec 18, 2020

Thalhimer employee named CCIM Mid-Atlantic board secretary/treasurer

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Friday that Jessica Johnson, a certified commercial investment member (CCIM) with its Southwest Virginia office, has been appointed as the secretary/treasurer of the CCIM Mid-Atlantic Board of Directors for 2021 through 2022. There are more than 13,000 members worldwide in 50 CCIM ch[...]

SpaceX launched its 12th Starlink mission on Sept. 3 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Photo courtesy SpaceX
Dec 14, 2020

Wise County is first to receive Starlink internet in Va.

Wise County Public Schools announced Monday it is the first school district in Virginia to use SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet constellation for high-speed internet. Founded by Elon Musk, aerospace company SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches spacecraft and is working to deploy its Starlink system, a constellation of[...]

Dec 10, 2020

eHealth Technologies creating 160 jobs in Scott County

eHealth Technologies Inc., a provider of medical record and image retrieval and clinical intelligence services, is investing $375,000 to establish a customer support center in Scott County that will create 160 jobs, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. Based in Rochester, New York, eHealth Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fairfax County-based private equity […]

Dec 7, 2020

Va. COVID-19 rate now exceeds 10%

Virginia’s coronavirus rates continue to rise, with 21,035 new cases and 146 deaths in the past week, according to the Virginia Department of Health’s Dec. 7 update. As of Dec. 3, the state’s seven-day positivity rate was at 10.8%, a jump of more than 3% over the previous week. In parts of Southwest Virginia, p[...]

Dec 1, 2020

Grayson County food manufacturer announces $1.5M expansion

Organic meat snack brand Grayson Natural Farms LLC will expand its Grayson County operation by 35,000 square feet through a $1.5 million investment, creating 40 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. Grayson Natural Farms produces Landcrafted Food, which are grass-fed, organic meat snacks. Its smokehouse and production operation is currently located at 226 Industrial Lane. […]

Will Payne, director of InvestSWVA and managing partner of Coalfield Strategie, says Southwest Virginia’s solar and geothermal assets make it a good fit for data centers.
Nov 29, 2020

Can Southwest Virginia win the data center game?

Like many other parts of the commonwealth, Southwest Virginia is making a play to attract data centers, offering cheap land, available workers and a natural cooling system. Data centers aren’t huge employers but do offer high wages and significant tax revenue — which other regions in Virginia have taken full advantage of, p[...]

Nov 24, 2020

Appalachian Power denied rate increase by SCC

A rate increase sought by Appalachian Power Co. has been denied by the State Corporation Commission. According to a statement issued by the SCC on Tuesday, Appalachian Power was seeking to increase rates by approximately $10 per month for a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity. Appalachian Power earned profits that were […]

Nov 20, 2020

Vinton, Warsaw, Wytheville receive industrial revitalization funding

The towns of Vinton, Warsaw and Wytheville will receive a total of more than $1.4 million in state industrial revitalization fund (IRF) grants, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. IRF funding provides gap financing for redevelopment projects that can lead to long-term employment opportunities. “This funding will not only help transform deteriorating or unused structures, it […]

Nov 19, 2020

Va. Coalfield Economic Development Authority establishes $1M Renewable Energy Fund

The Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) announced Thursday it has established a $1 million Renewable Energy Fund from coal tax credit funds.  “With the establishment of the Renewable Energy Fund, VCEDA is poised to readily assist in the development of renewable energy projects, which will add new jobs and investment to the region and […]

Nov 19, 2020

Report: Half of SWVA households earned less than basic living cost in 2018

More than 50% of Southwest Virginia households in 2018 lived in poverty or earned less than the basic cost of living, according to a report released Thursday by the United Ways of Virginia. Using the “ALICE” acronym — asset-limited, income-constrained and employed — the United Ways of Virginia reported that 51% of Southwest households were […]

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