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Out and About September 2025
1. Caesars Virginia guest Jill P. won $327,282 in Three Card Poker, according to an Aug. 7 announcement by the Danville casino resort. (Photo courtesy Caesars Virginia) 2. (L to R) Spotsylvania County Assistant County Administrator Wanda Parrish; Jeff Faircloth, vice president of building supply for The Lester Group; Fitzhugh Jo[...]
Luray Airport lands major upgrade
Until recently, planes flying in and out of Luray Caverns Airport were serviced by a terminal that could most kindly be described as humble. The white, clapboard 945-square-foot structure, which dated back to the turn of the last century, had once housed chickens and “was more or less falling down,” recalls Edwin P. Markowit[...]
Crossed wires over regional power expansion
As data centers and power usage become ever more intensely debated topics in Northern Virginia, it’s no surprise that a new transmission line could ruffle feathers. Dominion Energy has proposed a 500-kilovolt transmission line to run from its Morrisville substation in Fauquier County through parts of Prince William and Lou[...]
Top Five: September 2025
The top five most-read daily news stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from July 10 through Aug. 10 included news of a Virginia company tapped by President Trump to build a $200 million addition for the White House. 1 | Judge blocks Youngkin university board appointees In a win for Virginia Senate Democrats, a Fairfax County Circuit [...]
The Mailroom: America needs immigrants
I appreciate your column in the July issue of Virginia Business on the value of immigrants (“Your friends and neighbors”). I’ve been sounding the benefits of immigrants for years since working in the nonprofit sector helping immigrants and refugees in the 1990s. In addition to the factors and data you cite, I find it[...]
