You can blame the pandemic, changes in beer-drinking habits, and White Claw.
Apple and Microsoft are each worth more than $1.6 trillion today. Amazon has a market capitalization above $1.5 trillion.
The U.S. Senate passed landmark conservation legislation on Wednesday that would provide $9.5 billion to repair national parks and permanently…
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Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, discusses the economic outlook in the wake of COVID-19.
Deficits between what we know and what we need to know are obvious during rapid change. The good news is we have a new list of things worth learning.
Roanoke Valley nonprofits have stepped up their efforts to give food, shelter and services to the most vulnerable members of the population in…
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Lee Enterprises is buying Berkshire Hathaway Media Group's newspaper publications, of which the Richmond Times-Dispatch is a part, for $140 mi…
After years of planning and preparation, one of the lake’s newest wedding and conference venues is now open for business. Nestled on 41 acres …
Voters in four Franklin County districts will head to the polls Nov. 5 to elect their representatives to the board of supervisors.
ROCKY MOUNT — A month after celebrating the start of construction for the first business at Franklin County’s Summit View Business Park, offic…
Christopher Finley has been appointed the new executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce. He assumes the role …
The Bower Center for the Arts was recently awarded a grant for $5,000 from the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation. The grant will enable t…
ValleyStar Credit Union held a groundbreaking ceremony on their construction site at the Summit View Business Park on Tuesday in Franklin Coun…
A Roanoke television station says it cannot be held legally responsible for a disgruntled former reporter’s fatal ambush of a live interview a…
The only survivor of 2015’s mass shooting at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta is suing the television station whose on-camera interview was the sce…
The Bower Center for the Arts in Bedford last week announced that Susan Martin is the nonprofit’s new executive director.
After 17 years of leading the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce, Vicki Gardner is stepping away from her role as executive dire…
Two local marina operators are working to unify boat rental businesses at Smith Mountain Lake with the goals of improving the industry and pro…
Nearly 100 businesses and organizations participated in the 16th annual Smith Mountain Lake Business Expo on May 3 at the Franklin County Fami…
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The SML Business Expo will be May 3 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Franklin County Family YMCA’s Smith Mountain Lake location.
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Franklin County recently changed the design and posting requirements for the public notice signs that are required to be displayed on properti…
BEDFORD — After weeks of contentious debate, the Bedford County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt an equalized property tax rate for next ye…
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BEDFORD — Plans to make Bedford the next scheduled stop for Amtrak trains travelling between Lynchburg and Roanoke may be derailed after a sta…
No Franklin County residents offered their opinions April 16 on the proposed 2019-20 budget and tax rates.